{"id":2950,"date":"2012-10-29T07:52:19","date_gmt":"2012-10-29T12:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/?p=2950"},"modified":"2012-10-28T20:46:27","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T01:46:27","slug":"rise-part-time-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2012\/10\/rise-part-time-america\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rise of Part-Time America"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article very much worth reading, if you can spare a handful of minutes:<\/p>\n

NY Times: <\/i>A Part-Time Life, as Hours Shrink and Shift<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A snippet:<\/p>\n

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At its store here, just east of San Diego, Shannon Hardin oversees seven self-checkout stations, usually by herself. Typically working shifts of five or six hours, she hops between stations \u2014 bagging groceries, approving alcohol purchases, explaining the checkout system to shoppers and urging customers to join the retailer\u2019s loyalty program, all while watching for shoplifters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like it. I\u2019m a people person,\u201d said Ms. Hardin, 50, who used to work as an office assistant at a construction company until times went bad.<\/p>\n

But after nearly five years at Fresh & Easy, she remains a part-time worker despite her desire to work full-time. In fact, all 22 employees at her store are part-time except for the five managers.<\/p>\n

She earns $10.90 an hour, and with workweeks averaging 28 hours, her yearly pay equals $16,500. \u201cI can\u2019t live on this,\u201d said Ms. Hardin, who is single. \u201cIt\u2019s almost impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ouch. As a guy who hasn’t worked a part-time gig since my college days, I can freely admit that I have a difficult time comprehending the worklife situations of the story’s interviewees.<\/p>\n

But if you’re the sort who wants a sounding board for “Damn all these greedy corporations!” then you’ll have a delightful time perusing the NY Times’<\/i> article’s comments section. Reading through that<\/b> will require a significantly larger investment of time than the article itself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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