Re:50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010
by rauljara on Thursday October 20, 2011 @04:31PM
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I do think that looking at all workers is a valid metric of how we're doing as a nation, but it is important to remember that all workers does include those working part time. It is a valid metric because there are many people out there who would like to be working full time who are not, but it can be misleading because it sort of looks like everyone took a pay cut. But that isn't the case. Some people took a pay cut. Some people had their hours cut. Some people got laid off and could only find a part time job to replace their full time job with.
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Re:50% of All Workers Made Less than $26,000 in 2010
by rdtsc on Thursday October 20, 2011 @04:40PM
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> Some people took a pay cut. Some people had their hours cut. Some people got laid off and could only find a part time job to replace their full time job with.
At the end of the day that still looks like a collective pay cut. Some took a part-time pay cut, some took a paycut down to 0.
From what I hear from people working in retail (I am sure it is true for other places as well), employers are cutting everyone to part time hours so they don't have to pay benefits. So people find 2 part time jobs to make ends meet. They effectively work full time and more , but now they don't have health benefits. First trip to the hospital and it is all over, they can't get out of dept, ever.