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BOHICA12

(471 posts)
29. But it does make both esteem and job hunting sense
Sat Apr 7, 2012, 09:54 AM
Apr 2012

Riding the couch, the Employment Office, the laptop wears on the psyche and diminishes your perceived value in the workforce in the eyes of those doing the hiring.

wtf? Can't anyone do basic math? Iris Apr 2012 #1
They - of course - did not go there. 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #2
Thanks. I'd really like to see it. Iris Apr 2012 #4
Ask the staff in local One Stop Employment Center ..... BOHICA12 Apr 2012 #6
Oh, they did "research" believe me. 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #8
Some PBS programming is sponsored by the Koch Bros. FarLeftFist Apr 2012 #13
PBS has become an adjunct of the Republican party. asjr Apr 2012 #3
Those wages are all under $30,000 per year (excluding O.T.) glowing Apr 2012 #5
+ lonestarnot Apr 2012 #7
O.T.??? Ha ha ha ha ha! longship Apr 2012 #17
I have been fighting to get UE since end of Dec The Straight Story Apr 2012 #9
Best of luck with getting your UE soon 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #11
There is some truth to it, I was laid off 3 years ago. I stayed on unemployment doc03 Apr 2012 #10
I do not doubt that SOME do game the system 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #12
It does happen though. I worked in a steel mill and we got among the highest wages in the area doc03 Apr 2012 #14
Here is link to the PBS story I was referencing 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #15
Sounds like the gas drillers around here. We are in the shale gas area here doc03 Apr 2012 #18
Looking for work that does not exist. CAPHAVOC Apr 2012 #28
It makes no economic sense for someone to take a job that pays less WCGreen Apr 2012 #16
Exactly. No argument there. 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #20
As I recall, if you get work that is part-time and JDPriestly Apr 2012 #24
But it does make both esteem and job hunting sense BOHICA12 Apr 2012 #29
Exactly, however... WCGreen Apr 2012 #30
PBS shilled for Bush 1st in the Panama Deception film blackout upi402 Apr 2012 #19
Yet PBS markets their telethons to older "Liberals" 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #21
Au contraire, elleng Apr 2012 #22
you are welcome 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #23
Or better yet, listen to Pacifica radio. It's much better than just about anything else out here. JDPriestly Apr 2012 #25
Are you referring to the "Pentagon Broadcasting Service" that helped to whore us coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #26
We've had them here (UK) for a while Prophet 451 Apr 2012 #27
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