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Anonymous wrote:I will need to point my unemployed friends to this thread because it seems that they are unemployed by choice. Apparently they are so many sectors hiring.

People don't just want any jobs. We are hiring without any experience and the pay goes from $18 an hour to $40 an hour within months. We cannot find workers.

I don't know your sector but if people have a family they can't support a family on $18 and hour. Often also those types of jobs do not guarantee 40 hours a week. Some less than 20.

Anonymous wrote:NYT did a cool reel this week about the jobs report and the apparent job growth. If i remember correctly it revealed that we lost jobs in every sector but healthcare/companionship -- where jobs were added. And the "companionship" tag on there is telling. It includes in the healthcare category the folks with zero healthcare training who are getting paid minimum wage to sit at home with elderly people who can't take care of themselves.

So if you want a job -- apply for that one. Very, very easy to get hired. Don't expect more than minimum and don't expect benefits.

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Anonymous wrote:The FAA is always hiring Air Traffic Controllers. They are severely understaffed.

It's good pay, no college degree required, paid training.

It's also crazy hours (many facilities operate 24/7/365), high stress, zero flexibility, often has mandatory overtime because they are so understaffed.

But Rs think that's the way it should be.

No benefits; forced over time; no work life balance. it's capitalist paradise.

Your ignorance is showing. ATCs have potential early retirement at age 50, benefit from an enhanced federal pension formula, a government match to their TSP account, and excellent health insurance which can be carried into retirement. They can earn up to 26 days of vacation, earn sick leave, and receive paid holidays.

https://www.faa.gov/atc-hiring

They have to retire at 50 because the job is so stressful. And they need good health insurance to deal with chronic health issues brought on by the stress.

This life sounds miserable, but that's what Rs what. They want to squeeze as much life out of you as possible, then discard you.

Do you really think they are taking 26 days of vacation? Maybe sick days due to all the stress.

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/07/nx-s1-5630388/air-traffic-control-is-stressful-this-former-controller-describes-the-reality-of-the-job

Oh wow so air traffic controllers are government workers ....wow I didn't know the people making sure my place doesn't collide with another are government workers wow OMG

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Anonymous wrote:The FAA is always hiring Air Traffic Controllers. They are severely understaffed.

It's good pay, no college degree required, paid training.

It's also crazy hours (many facilities operate 24/7/365), high stress, zero flexibility, often has mandatory overtime because they are so understaffed.

But Rs think that's the way it should be.

No benefits; forced over time; no work life balance. it's capitalist paradise.

Your ignorance is showing. ATCs have potential early retirement at age 50, benefit from an enhanced federal pension formula, a government match to their TSP account, and excellent health insurance which can be carried into retirement. They can earn up to 26 days of vacation, earn sick leave, and receive paid holidays.

https://www.faa.gov/atc-hiring

They have to retire at 50 because the job is so stressful. And they need good health insurance to deal with chronic health issues brought on by the stress.

This life sounds miserable, but that's what Rs what. They want to squeeze as much life out of you as possible, then discard you.

Do you really think they are taking 26 days of vacation? Maybe sick days due to all the stress.

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/07/nx-s1-5630388/air-traffic-control-is-stressful-this-former-controller-describes-the-reality-of-the-job

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone i know who is looking for a job and can't find one "needs" WFH. That well is totally dry. They are willing to take a big pay cut as long as they don't have to actually go in. I know multiple lab scientists (my job) who are trying to do "medical billing" etc at less than half the pay because it's from home. The whole world is fighting over those jobs.
All the unfilled jobs are those that must be done in person.

Trust fund B can afford to be picky. You can’t.
My friend in Bethesda call me up she was laid off. She wants 100 percent renote, no OT, flex she can go to bus stop, do chores go to kids things at school, in summer have time make meals. She is ok hybrid two days a week as long as within 10 minutes of her house. She want 150base and a 40k bonus with a months vacation action. She is out of work 9 months.

I had a job in McLean in person but she was like no way driving to VA or in person s no thanks.

LOL. She will remain unemployed.

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Anonymous wrote:The FAA is always hiring Air Traffic Controllers. They are severely understaffed.

It's good pay, no college degree required, paid training.

It's also crazy hours (many facilities operate 24/7/365), high stress, zero flexibility, often has mandatory overtime because they are so understaffed.

But Rs think that's the way it should be.

No benefits; forced over time; no work life balance. it's capitalist paradise.

Your ignorance is showing. ATCs have potential early retirement at age 50, benefit from an enhanced federal pension formula, a government match to their TSP account, and excellent health insurance which can be carried into retirement. They can earn up to 26 days of vacation, earn sick leave, and receive paid holidays.

https://www.faa.gov/atc-hiring

They have to retire at 50 because the job is so stressful. And they need good health insurance to deal with chronic health issues brought on by the stress.

This life sounds miserable, but that's what Rs what. They want to squeeze as much life out of you as possible, then discard you.

Do you really think they are taking 26 days of vacation? Maybe sick days due to all the stress.

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/07/nx-s1-5630388/air-traffic-control-is-stressful-this-former-controller-describes-the-reality-of-the-job

Early retirement is optional. The job is no more stressful than many others which involve public safety, and nobody is compelled to do that kind of work if they don't find it attractive. But feel free to project your limited values on others who are quite happy to work harder than you evidently want to, in return for roles which are meaningful and impactful, and for reasonable compensation and benefits. Not everyone aspires to nothing more demanding than driving for Uber.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The FAA is always hiring Air Traffic Controllers. They are severely understaffed.

It's good pay, no college degree required, paid training.

It's also crazy hours (many facilities operate 24/7/365), high stress, zero flexibility, often has mandatory overtime because they are so understaffed.

But Rs think that's the way it should be.

No benefits; forced over time; no work life balance. it's capitalist paradise.

Your ignorance is showing. ATCs have potential early retirement at age 50, benefit from an enhanced federal pension formula, a government match to their TSP account, and excellent health insurance which can be carried into retirement. They can earn up to 26 days of vacation, earn sick leave, and receive paid holidays.

https://www.faa.gov/atc-hiring

They have to retire at 50 because the job is so stressful. And they need good health insurance to deal with chronic health issues brought on by the stress.

This life sounds miserable, but that's what Rs what. They want to squeeze as much life out of you as possible, then discard you.

Do you really think they are taking 26 days of vacation? Maybe sick days due to all the stress.

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/07/nx-s1-5630388/air-traffic-control-is-stressful-this-former-controller-describes-the-reality-of-the-job

Anonymous wrote:They have to retire at 50 because the job is so stressful.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The FAA is always hiring Air Traffic Controllers. They are severely understaffed.

It's good pay, no college degree required, paid training.

It's also crazy hours (many facilities operate 24/7/365), high stress, zero flexibility, often has mandatory overtime because they are so understaffed.

But Rs think that's the way it should be.

No benefits; forced over time; no work life balance. it's capitalist paradise.

Your ignorance is showing. ATCs have potential early retirement at age 50, benefit from an enhanced federal pension formula, a government match to their TSP account, and excellent health insurance which can be carried into retirement. They can earn up to 26 days of vacation, earn sick leave, and receive paid holidays.

https://www.faa.gov/atc-hiring

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The FAA is always hiring Air Traffic Controllers. They are severely understaffed.

It's good pay, no college degree required, paid training.

It's also crazy hours (many facilities operate 24/7/365), high stress, zero flexibility, often has mandatory overtime because they are so understaffed.

But Rs think that's the way it should be.

No benefits; forced over time; no work life balance. it's capitalist paradise.

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Anonymous wrote:Wondering where the IT jobs went??

H1bs (and OPTs and L1s)

A landmark study from Harvard economist George J. Borjas, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, has confirmed that the H-1B visa program is being used to undercut American workers.

After analyzing merged federal data from the Department of Labor, the Department of Homeland Security, and the American Community Surveys, Borjas found:

H-1B workers earn 16% less than comparable Americans – a gap of nearly $31,000 per year – after controlling for education, age, gender, occupation, and location.

Over a six-year visa term, each H-1B hire saves employers approximately $100,000 in payroll costs.

American software developers, the largest H-1B occupation, face a 30% wage disadvantage, and the underpayment is systemic: 75% of H-1B hires occur outside the top 25 firms, with a wage gap of -18.5% across those smaller employers.

Perhaps most revealing: when Borjas modeled the impact of charging employers $150,000–$200,000 per visa, demand barely declined – all or nearly all 85,000 annual visas would still be used. The savings from underpaying foreign workers are so large that employers would gladly pay and still profit at the expense of American workers.

George J. Borjas, NBER Working Paper No. 34793 (February 2026)

https://gborjas.scholars....4793_1.pdf

Tangible actions you can take to help your children

America’s largest tech companies are laying off American workers by the tens of thousands while continuing to import foreign labor through the H-1B visa program.

In 2022, the top 30 H-1B employers hired 34,000 new H-1B workers while laying off at least 85,000 employees.

If there were truly a “worker shortage,” these companies would not be conducting mass layoffs.

Please send a message to your U.S. Representative urging him to cosponsor H.R. 7451, Rep. Greg Steube’s EXILE Act, to end the H-1B visa program.

Then, send a message to your U.S. Senators urging them to cosponsor S. 2941, Sen. Tom Cotton’s Visa Cap Enforcement Act, to make the 65,000 annual H-1B cap a true cap by closing the loopholes that allow hundreds of thousands of H-1B workers to operate beyond it.

Anonymous wrote:The FAA is always hiring Air Traffic Controllers. They are severely understaffed.

It's good pay, no college degree required, paid training.

It's also crazy hours (many facilities operate 24/7/365), high stress, zero flexibility, often has mandatory overtime because they are so understaffed.