Way to go Lithium.
One of my favorite Radio hosts, likes to say it is not equal outcome, but equal opportunity.
Everyone, black, white, red, yellow, has an equal opportunity in the United States, now more so than ever.
-John
Way to go Lithium.Good job, spidey. I had a similar experience, first job in Sr. year of HS i started at minimum wage(6.75) working the register and bussing tables at a pizza place. I was always on time, didn't call in sick and did my job and more, without being asked. within a year i was shift supervisor making 8.50. Three years later i was still there, but as an assistant manager making 11.00. Wasn't a career i wanted to be in forever so i quit. My first job out of college was at walgreens. my wife was working at ikea at the time. we bought a house together and then had a kid. it started getting tough financially so i went out and bought a few books and studied at night after work...i got a certification from Cisco on my own. (my college degree was linguistics which didn't translate into much work, but at least i didn't have student debt) That put me into a job at $20/hr. my wife took classes during the day and worked at night and got her pharmacy technician license, which brought her from minimum wage to $16/hr...
It's a tough road out there.
If you want it, go and get it.
Bullshit. You didn't pay attention to what I said.
Skilled labor is labor that has demonstrated and trained skills.
A 6 week training course and you consider that skilled labor?
Why the hell didn't you listen when I said if I had to do over again I'd be a plumber? It takes YEARS to learn the skills of that trade. Hell, I get it with the IT industry "hey, I'm certified, gimme a job". You may be licensed/certified but you have no skills.
You aren't getting what I was saying. Good luck to you. You. Just. Don't. Get. It.
6 weeks of training in your mind with no demonstrated on the job skills = skilled labor? Really man? Really?
Do you even know what skilled labor is?
Everyone, black, white, red, yellow, has an equal opportunity in the United States, now more so than ever.
Not really. White privilege is probably the biggest type of social welfare that gives people a major advantage in life. People with privileges just like to say stuff like that because it makes them feel like they actually earned what they have. There are lots of other privileges, too.
People don't have equal opportunities. Much of what we have is a combination of privilege, parental wealth, luck, and your own work.
Nope.Not really. White privilege is probably the biggest type of social welfare that gives people a major advantage in life. People with privileges just like to say stuff like that because it makes them feel like they actually earned what they have. There are lots of other privileges, too.
People don't have equal opportunities. Much of what we have is a combination of privilege, parental wealth, luck, and your own work.
Not really. White privilege is probably the biggest type of social welfare that gives people a major advantage in life. People with privileges just like to say stuff like that because it makes them feel like they actually earned what they have. There are lots of other privileges, too.
People don't have equal opportunities. Much of what we have is a combination of privilege, parental wealth, luck, and your own work.
you do realize as part of a CDL license you have to have X many hours of driving experience over 6 months? you don't just take a multiple choice test and BAM, you have a license.
You. Don't. Get. It.
A LPN and an RN with no experience is consider skilled labor.
A Licensed certified CDL driver with no experience is skilled labor.
Whether labor is skilled or not is determined by the work to be done, not by the worker doing the job.
Plumbing? Skilled
Janitorial? Unskilled
Pilot? Skilled
Checkout Clerk? Unskilled
Nurse? Skilled
Class A Driver? Skilled
Not just anyone can do either of these jobs. you must be trained and licensed and have minimal OTJ experience, which is accomplished as part of your certification.
A person who is properly trained and licensed can perform this job just as adequately as a person who has been doing this job for 5 years.
Only you could concoct a situation where entry level people are unhirable in a national shortage.
Nope.
There is plenty of opportunity in America for people that will work hard.
-John
then how come the asians and mexicans are doing so much better than the blacks and moving up much faster than the whites?
Asians often have to work much harder than whites to get to the same place because white privilege is an incredible form of welfare. Though, many Asians benefit from having very well educated parents.
White privilege involves diverting economic wealth away from blacks throughout America history (slavery, Jim Crow, etc.) and accumulating the wealth among whites, who now benefit from that diverted economic wealth.
If we want to make opportunities more equal, maybe we should tax privilege as a form of income. As it's right now, it's among the most powerful form of societal and governmental welfare that humanity has ever seen.[/QUOTE]
how do you quantify it? sounds kinda subjective
you do realize as part of a CDL license you have to have X many hours of driving experience over 6 months? you don't just take a multiple choice test and BAM, you have a license.
You. Don't. Get. It.
A LPN and an RN with no experience is consider skilled labor.
A Licensed certified CDL driver with no experience is skilled labor.
Whether labor is skilled or not is determined by the work to be done, not by the worker doing the job.
Plumbing? Skilled
Janitorial? Unskilled
Pilot? Skilled
Checkout Clerk? Unskilled
Nurse? Skilled
Class A Driver? Skilled
Not just anyone can do either of these jobs. you must be trained and licensed and have minimal OTJ experience, which is accomplished as part of your certification.
A person who is properly trained and licensed can perform this job just as adequately as a person who has been doing this job for 5 years.
Only you could concoct a situation where entry level people are unhirable in a national shortage.
I took FOUR WHOLE YEARS to get a certification of bachelors in business.
Am I super dooper qualified for everything in the business world now? :whiste:
Give me my CEO position bitch boy.
how do you quantify it? sounds kinda subjective
Glad I left working for $$$ per hour back in the 80's. Got tired of being laid off and decided there must be a better way and took a different approach to making money. Straight commission works for me! It's the purest example of where your results tell you exactly what you're worth.
Turning tricks on the corner? haha i kid i kid
i work now as salaried . . . and i think i work more hours than i did before but i'm not compensated. at the same time it's more stable income..
If you can have a comfortable life flipping burgers, what is the motivation to go to school and learn real skills?
If you can have a comfortable life flipping burgers, what is the motivation to go to school and learn real skills?
Ah, I love all the bullshit personal stories that pop up in these threads.
"My uncle was born as a one-legged pony but managed to work his way up from a floor sweeper to KING OF THE TOWN!
My simple pea brain erroneously concludes that it's possible for everyone to pull their socks up and work hard and get what they want."
Ah I love the alternative from useless liberal assholes like yourself.Ah, I love all the bullshit personal stories that pop up in these threads.
"My uncle was born as a one-legged pony but managed to work his way up from a floor sweeper to KING OF THE TOWN!
My simple pea brain erroneously concludes that it's possible for everyone to pull their socks up and work hard and get what they want."