| As long as everyones costs keep rising.. do you really expect them to try and squeeze blood from a turnip? Prices should go up. And it's not a zero sum game with your wallet either. My paychecks higher than it was last year, how about yours? |
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emptywigHuh? What?Premium
join:2002-08-05
Pasadena, TX
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emptywigHuh? What?Premium
join:2002-08-05
Pasadena, TX | reply to jasonD
Um, no, my paycheck's not higher than it was last year.
How about that?
wig |
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 WeSRT4
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL
 ·AT&T Southeast
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Nope.... far less than last year. High paying jobs are being eliminated left and right due to outsourcing/globalization.
FYI the governments job numbers are flawed.
Example:
We lost 50k high paying jobs, but replaced them with 70k minimum wage jobs. But hey.... we created 20k new jobs!
See the issue here? This is what is going on in this country!
Get your head out of the sand people. |
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| For those out there making less, I feel for ya, but that's usually an indication the skills you've got are loosing value in the (global) marketplace. Choose another job or career path, get more education, or both. If you're making less by choice, then you've got some readjustments to make. And if by chance you've recently retired, congratulations! |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| When your job skills are devalued at age fifty, and the best career paths require ten years of training before you can reach entry level positions, what do you do then?
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~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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WeSRT4
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL Reviews:
·AT&T Southeast
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said by jasonD :
For those out there making less, I feel for ya, but that's usually an indication the skills you've got are loosing value in the (global) marketplace. Choose another job or career path, get more education, or both. If you're making less by choice, then you've got some readjustments to make. And if by chance you've recently retired, congratulations!
I am in the process of changing career paths. It takes time... |
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WeSRT4
join:2000-11-20
Mobile, AL Reviews:
·AT&T Southeast
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said by jasonD :
For those out there making less, I feel for ya, but that's usually an indication the skills you've got are loosing value in the (global) marketplace. Choose another job or career path, get more education, or both. If you're making less by choice, then you've got some readjustments to make. And if by chance you've recently retired, congratulations!
One more thing... because of globalization and fluctuating currency values career changes may be a constant occurrence. Jobs will move back and forth between markets as currency values change. Globalization has proven itself to be a disadvantage for the wealthy countries and an advantage for their counterparts. As we import more and more goods we export jobs and wealth. It's simply amazing to me that the politicians can't see the big picture.
The system has failed! |
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 XBL2009------
join:2001-01-03
Chicago, IL
·EarthLink
·AT&T Midwest
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said by jasonD :
do you really expect them to try and squeeze blood from a turnip? Prices should go up. And it's not a zero sum game with your wallet either. My paychecks higher than it was last year, how about yours?
1. The cost of bandwidth and equipment are going down.
2. AT$T had 63 billion in revenue with 7.3 billion in profit after taxes.
3. AT&T continues to layoff workers.
This is about making even more PROFITS.....don't cry for AT&T! |
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 CylonRedPremium,MVM
join:2000-07-06
Bloom County | reply to WeSRT4
I am still not making more than I made in 2001 and my wife with a Master's in Special Ed makes more money than me since 2001. |
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disc
join:2005-12-31
Raleigh, NC | reply to jasonD
said by jasonD :
do you really expect them to try and squeeze blood from a turnip? Prices should go up. And it's not a zero sum game with your wallet either. My paychecks higher than it was last year, how about yours?
OK, so let's figure this out. Which costs in particular are going up in the DSL biz? |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
kudos:4 Reviews:
·SONIC.NET
·Pacific Bell - SBC
| said by disc:OK, so let's figure this out. Which costs in particular are going up in the DSL biz? They must be burning dihydrogen monoxide in all of those trucks installing and setting up the VRADs for Uverse, instead of the more expensive gasoline.
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Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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