how many of you out in the workforce in the usa has lost??
337647
Not China or Mexico but:\nMy job consisted of working in several departments. Due to some of those departments going to Germany and some to Brazil, many of us were laid off, permanently. I had to find another job at 1/2 what I had been making.  I had recieved good reviews, offered raises and bonuses. I feel like our businesses shouldn't offer the raises and bonuses and then let us go, and hire temporary workers, at lower wages, to do some of the other jobs available that we could have done. I would have taken a cut in pay just to keep my benefits and seniority. We were not given that option.\n\nOur leaders do not see what the common worker has to deal with. They need to come down here and talk to US, the ones affected by NAFTA and CAFTA. Big corporations want more for less, not necessarily better quality. Quantity for the money is more important than quality. It stuffs their wallets and takes it out of ours.
1069717
There will be X amount of employees who quit, retire or get fired. This is your turnover. You need to have a certain amount of people in the pipe to replace them, as training takes time.
631273
I am for neither, I am 45 yrs of age, it seems to me that this Country is in some serious Crap. We/USA are always more concerned with other Countries and their well being. The USA is not taking care of their own people first, as they should be. We have many, many people in our own country that is homeless, going hungry, etc. Yes there are a few programs out there that are trying to help, but come on, all that food and medical that other Countries are getting, why not give it to our country first where it is so desperately needed. Medical in the USA is crazy, I have to work 2 jobs at 32 hours a week for each, yes i am correct here on the hours, i get very little sleep and am getting burned out. just so i can have medical, one medical plan does not cover what i would like it to, so i have to have another medical plan to try and make up for the first one. Now how crazy is that? You asked me whom I am standing up for? believe in? well no one has earned my belief yet. I hope the future changes that.
280552
I wonder how many of you know that 5% unemployment is an ambiguous figure. There are many more people then that unemployed that are no longer eligible for unemployment and they aren't counted. Just like the votes in Florida.
418671
It's the USA... We're falling apart. I'm ashamed to live here. What a mess. :-&#92;
685196
They have failed.  PUT UP The WALL !!!!!  Lets start there.  THEN FINE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE GIVING ILLEGALS JOBS!!!!!!
514522
Go to a different country we have enough problems of our own finding jobs! In Fact we are all unemployed
177478
come back, because Americans are the industry and without us they wont thrive. they will become immigrants of their own country hahaha that is funny stuff!!!
342651
NO. I think that would be impossible. We cannot flourish if people are not working. Outsourcing causes Americans to loose jobs. Think of the problem on an individual level, if as an individual you cannot take care of yourself and have to depend on others what would happen? Just like individuals our country needs to be self sufficient.
22029
I've been in transition over the past 18 months to rejoin the private sector, and have applied for about 130 jobs.  I've gotten about 10 responses stating why I wasn't selected.  About three-quarters of the respondents said another candidate that was more qualified was selected, and the remaining positions were either cancelled or left unfunded.
496412
It really stinks that we don't have enough skilled workers. The skills shortage is the result of US policy and a lousy education systems that doesn't seek to fill the needs of the workforce. H-1B Visas hurt American workers and prevent the long term solution, which is to train American workers, from being implemented. The US Department of Labor does use H-1B fees to help pay for US worker training in skill shortage areas but its a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed. \n\nAs an example of how US domestic policy has helped create worker shortages, immigration problems  and funding for programs like social security and medicare in America one only needs to know that there have been over 48 million abortions since Roe V Wade in 1973.
282814
"going to hell in a handbasket" Where the hell are you living? Unemployment is down to like 5% thats lower than just about any country in the world. We in the United States enjoy very good lives. Perhaps you would rather have been young in the 30s and 40s. There was no support for the elderly. Children were expected to start work at age 7. The work week was Monday thru Saturday with 16 hour days. The child mortality rate was very high as kids were hurt in textile plants, on farms and generally abused by overworked, parents. Open up a history book and learn where we have come from before you start blabbing about how things have gone bad. Things are quite good. You should be damned thankful you are alive in this era and living in this country.
885914
Unemployment in the US is at an all time low.  Your generalization that most corporations are moving most of their employment out of the country is not supported.  Look up the difference between salaries for those with college educations and those with out.  Think then ask.
620629
ILLEGAI IMMIGRATION I SUPPOSE ,CONSIDERING THAT MILLIONS AMONG THE WORKFORCE ARE ILLEGAL.IF THEY SUDDENLY STOPPED WORK THIS WOULD IMPACT NEGATIVELY ON THE US ECONOMY BEARING IN MIND THEY ARE DOING ALL THE MEANIAL JOBS.
509114
NOT ALL AMERICANS ARE LAZY! but a big chunk ARE! can you say UNEMPLOYMENT! plus I know many many people who work in labor type jobs and they all say that an American white boy who was born with everything is extremely LAZY.
627339
IT'S OVERDUE PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE IF WE DON'T STEP UP NOW WE WILL LOSE EVEN MORE.WE ARE DEVELOPING A NATION OF THE SUPER RICH AND THE SUPER POOR.THE MIDDLE CLASS IS DISAPPEARING.
283448
Bad. Mostly bad. Seldom good since many states are cracking down on hiring them anyway. See similar que a few minutes ago.