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Originally Posted by Ayles
I work at a tech start up, LOADED with young people. Also, worked at a major vid game publisher you have heard of, my question was always where are the old people, not a gray hair in the lot of 8k employees.
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Here's part of your answer, Shawn. I gave recruitment talks, around 2010-2011 as part of my job. When I began, I saw the tops of their young heads because they were looking at their phones. I said "Let's see a show of hands. Who would like to start at $25/hr, full benefits, with increases every six months up to $50/hr." I saw faces. When I mentioned apprenticeship programs in the construction trades, BOOM. I saw the tops of their heads again. Some of those jobs now pay wage/benefit packages in the $100/hr neighborhood, and these jobs cannot be outsourced. But they are not interested. They want to play video games and get paid.
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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
I wish we were giving more, a lot more, Ukrainians temporary work visas and opening up immigration.
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Immigration is a dirty word here, Shawn. Those people work too hard. We'd rather just not have them here. Apparently. Inexplicably. Well....I suppose if their faces are white, then that might be okay. Apparently.