boycott united forever

George Patterson wrote:
*You* try finding a decent job when you're in your 50s. No, they won't
discriminate on age, they'll just tell you they're looking for someone
with less experience.


Exactly. Many of these people who 'thought' they were going to enjoy a decent
retirement with their pension plans will need to go back to work (or work for
another 15 years). They will find they are competing with a new class of laborer,
resently arrived from another country willing to work for a wage suprisingly
lower than they expected to make (if they can get hired at all).

kontiki wrote:

They will find they are competing with a new class of
laborer, resently arrived from another country willing to work for a
wage suprisingly
lower than they expected to make (if they can get hired at all).

No, they won't. Recently arrived immigrants aren't thick on the ground in
professional positions. They will be competing with other professionals who are
in their late 20s or early 30s (that's typically the age bracket employers
target with their ads for "3 to 7 years experience"). If they return to school
and try to enter another profession, they may get as far as the interview.

George Patterson
"Naked" means you ain't got no clothes on; "nekkid" means you ain't got
no clothes on - and are up to somethin'.

What industry are you referring to? I work in an industry that contains
a lot of H-1 employees (software, telecommunications). There is no
difference in saleries.

-Robert