Quotes About Employment

When ranked by the size of their labor force, in 1960 11 out of America's 15 largest companies (led by GM, Ford, GE, and United States Steel) were producers of goods employing more than 2.1 million workers; by 2010 just two makers of goods, HP and GE, employing about 600,000 people, were among the top 15, and the group is now dominated by retailers and service-providing firms (Walmart, UPS, McDonald's, Yum, Target).

In 1871 about 24% of all workers were in "muscle power" jobs (in agriculture, construction, and industry) and only about 1% were in "caring" professions (in health and teaching, child and home care, and welfare), but by 2011 caring jobs claimed 12% and muscle jobs only 8% of the labor force, and many of today's muscle jobs, such as cleaning and domestic service and routine factory line jobs, involve mostly mechanized tasks.

The greater the reduction of these fossil fuel–based services, the greater the need for the labor force to leave the cities to produce food in the old ways.

si usted no está en condiciones de solventar a las personas que pueden dirigir el negocio en su lugar, usted sólo dispone de un empleo, no de un negocio.

Um dos livreiros para quem trabalhava, Magimel, creio eu, oferecera-lhe levá-lo para sua casa, fornecer-lhe um trabalho regular e dar-lhe 1500 francos por ano. Ter boa casa e 1500 francos, que boa coisa! Mas renunciar à sua liberdade, ser uma espécie de mercenário, uma espécie de literato-caixeiro. Segundo o modo de ver de Mário, (...) ganhava em comodidades e perdia em dignidade

complaining about cutbacks at the paper plant. He

Une société qui se serait emparé de toute la richesse sociale et qui aura hautement proclamée que "tous" ont droit à cette richesse, - quelle que fut la part qu'ils eussent prises antérieurement à la créer, - sera forcée d'abandonner toute idée de salariat, soit en monnaie, soit en bons de travail.

the choice isn't between automation and non-automation," says Erik Brynjolfsson, one of the MIT economists focused on digital technology and work. "It's between whether you use the technology in a way that creates shared prosperity, or more concentration of wealth.

Of all American workers making less than $40,000 a year, one in eight are bound by noncompete agreements.

do would share in the additional bounty; that many millions of middle-class jobs and careers would vanish, along with fixed private pensions and reliable healthcare; that a college degree would simultaneously become unaffordable and almost essential to earning a good income;

States without any legal minimum wage, or with one below the federal minimum, are Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

The federal minimum wage is frozen for the entire decade, longer than ever, which translates to an effective pay cut of one-third for America's lowest-paid workers.

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldn't find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners.

When everybody is employed and working cheerfully, you can't help but have prosperity.

We may appear great in an employment below our merit; but we often appear little in an employment that is too great for us.

I've been under contract since I was 18 and it's all I've ever known. To me, I'm NOT different from anyone else other than the way I make a living.

90% of the jobs advertised in newspapers and portals are fake and do not exist and therefore job seekers will not get often response from them. You can see the same ADs featuring time and again every week for last many months. Companies seem to be under pressure from govt to give ad and project a picture that there are jobs in market. Economy is doing so bad in India

Dilapidated condition of Indian economy is such these days that first there are no Jobs and whatever little vacancy you see in newspaper is that for driver, fitter, welder, electricians, accounts assistants, teachers but nothing for white collar mainly for MBAs, B Tech or highly qualified people. No job advertisement is seen from Mutual Fund, Insurance, Banking or Big Industries. Governments jobs are almost never seen

All jobs are odd, or they would be games or naps or picnics.

she could make the decision whether she moved jobs or not.

In 'The Female Eunuch' I argued that motherhood should not be treated as a substitute career; now I would argue that motherhood should be regarded as a genuine career option, that is to say, as paid work and, as such, as an alternative to other paid work. What this would mean is that every woman who decides to have a child would be paid enough to raise that child in decent circumstances.

I feel like I still am struggling in a lot of different ways. I still have to fight for certain things. Certain jobs. At least I'm working and I'm thankful for that.

The free press guarantee does not only protect corporate reporters but anyone engaged in journalism, whether employed or not.

there are pilots flying in the US whose salaries are so low they qualify for food stamps; they live in crash pads, time-sharing bunks with other crews because they cannot afford a place of their own.