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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband and I have both discussed the fact that as we get older our jobs seem to get easier and we work less hard, but here's the thing.  I'm an academic and I have studied history and there's this phenomenon where you need to keep certain types of people in strategic professions 'in reserve'.  In other words, you might not need that military planner or that economist now, but if you need hundreds of them at some point because you go to war or something, you can't just suddenly find these people and train these people -- so there's this idea of backfill.  You have extra people who don't appear to be working hard at the moment, but what you are paying for is to keep their expertise on retainer, to keep their skills up to date in the event that they are needed.  I realize that what I bring to the table at the age of 60 is mostly institutional memory, knowledge of procedures, etc.  and this is why they keep me around -- because I can answer the question without your having to research it, rather than because you need me to fulfill some other function.  And my husband has also added that countries historically keep a lot of ex military around and on the payroll because it's good for these guys to be kept busy and happy -- mostly so they don't riot, carry out a coup, etc.  This has been a thing historically since the ROman Empire.  I worry that Ramiswamy et al do not understand these basic facts.  At the beginning of World War Two, Britain was losing badly against the Nazis because they had cut back on ship manufacturing, and at times they were using civilian fishing boats and the like to patrol the coastline because someone thought defense cuts were a good idea.  Short sighted.  We can learn from that. [/quote]

Actual just in time staffing is how most private companies work. There is no slack in labor supply, so if someone takes maternity leave, quits, gets sick, etc there is no backfill at all in the staffing so EVERYONE works unpaid overtime to get work done. This is by design, and why they created salaries employees. [/quote]

Why would oyu work somewhere that has no contingency planning and requires you to work unpaid time on a regular basis?  Sounds like you have a really crappy job and should probably improve your skills/education so you can find a better one.[/quote]

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