The Worker's Plight
May. 31st, 2006 12:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danaerisWell, all's well that ends well. Supervisor backed down on the article entirely, which is good, because not only did I refuse to write the testimonials, but now that I know more about what she had in mind, I think we would have been caught by our readers, too. Meanwhile, edits on the Gcon article are going well and I'm no longer as upset with myself regarding the article. I had a quiet and productive and healthy evening yesterday, and this morning saw the Dietitian again (more on that in another post at some point). I've received an email response from University Skating Club asking if I'd still be interested if there's no kids program, and I responded in the affirmative. I know the Central Toronto (was Moss Park) people have read my email although there's been no response. Expect a post in the next few weeks about teaching skating and my thoughts and conflicted feelings about this. Housing plans are going well. More on THAT later as well.
Right now, however, I want to post about the worker's plight. Specifically, two interesting links.
This one from my father: The short synopsis is that an economist studied the wages of individuals, and found that your first job determines your future income to a great degree, especially if you stay with the same company for any length of time. So, students graduating into a recession would always earn less, throughout their careers, than students who graduated into a boom. Depressing!
http://econblog.aplia.com/2006/05/your-first-job-matters-more-than-you.html
This one from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
velvetpage: Gen Xers and the youth of today struggle more and more to achieve middle class affluence, or to simply maintain the standard of living their parents enjoyed. The article is about the US, but I think it applies to some extent in Canada as well.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/36658/
Yay! Depressing stuff! But, at least we know we're not alone in our struggles.
Right now, however, I want to post about the worker's plight. Specifically, two interesting links.
This one from my father: The short synopsis is that an economist studied the wages of individuals, and found that your first job determines your future income to a great degree, especially if you stay with the same company for any length of time. So, students graduating into a recession would always earn less, throughout their careers, than students who graduated into a boom. Depressing!
http://econblog.aplia.com/2006/05/your-first-job-matters-more-than-you.html
This one from
velvetpage: Gen Xers and the youth of today struggle more and more to achieve middle class affluence, or to simply maintain the standard of living their parents enjoyed. The article is about the US, but I think it applies to some extent in Canada as well.http://www.alternet.org/workplace/36658/
Yay! Depressing stuff! But, at least we know we're not alone in our struggles.
