I'm under-employed because I prefer it to the alternative (unemployment). There's little call for a person with 2 years scientific computing background without a Masters/Ph.D. and probably not much more call for one with the pedigree...
Tuition is going up 30% at the SUNYs, don't think that's going to happen for me anytime soon. So, I guess 10/hrs a week as a research assistant followed by 30/hrs a week at the local Barnes & Nobles is better than nothing.
And for those of us fortunate enough to work, our Republican friends in office are ensuring that we can become even more flexible (thus becoming a more valuable commodity to our overlord bosses) by letting companies eliminate overtime. Yes, this wonderful bill exempts even more people from overtime pay by expanding the "management" umbrella down to the "assistant manager" kiddie working the late shift at McDonalds. Don't want to accept comp time for those extra hours we make you work? We'll give the OT to someone else that doesn't want the money. We'll even tell you when you can take the comp time.
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I'm under-employed because I prefer it to the alternative (unemployment). There's little call for a person with 2 years scientific computing background without a Masters/Ph.D. and probably not much more call for one with the pedigree...
Tuition is going up 30% at the SUNYs, don't think that's going to happen for me anytime soon. So, I guess 10/hrs a week as a research assistant followed by 30/hrs a week at the local Barnes & Nobles is better than nothing.
And for those of us fortunate enough to work, our Republican friends in office are ensuring that we can become even more flexible (thus becoming a more valuable commodity to our overlord bosses) by letting companies eliminate overtime. Yes, this wonderful bill exempts even more people from overtime pay by expanding the "management" umbrella down to the "assistant manager" kiddie working the late shift at McDonalds. Don't want to accept comp time for those extra hours we make you work? We'll give the OT to someone else that doesn't want the money. We'll even tell you when you can take the comp time.