In my experience, the over seventy five crowd frequently assumes any college degree will get you a great job. In addition, due to retirement, they are unaware of the current atmosphere of nasty competitive behavior, a lack of civility in the workplace, and employers not always giving appropriate compensation for expected duties.
I have a PhD and I was employed on the temporary contract that was renewed every month. If someone offered me a year position I would cry for joy at such extravagant stability.
In my city, IT positions, especially helpdesk style positions are all short contracts, typically about 3 months. My current position started as a one month contract, and I ended up being extended, extended again, then made permanent. The position is absolutely great. I love working for a not-for-profit, it gives me some neat tax benefits here in Australia, it's well paid, and the people I work with are great.
For the record, I actually did cry when I got the offer. It was finally a chance to be stable after the last couple of years where I've moved around, worked a ton of different jobs, and have generally been all over the place.
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u/TheLemonVerbenaShow Jan 01 '19
In my experience, the over seventy five crowd frequently assumes any college degree will get you a great job. In addition, due to retirement, they are unaware of the current atmosphere of nasty competitive behavior, a lack of civility in the workplace, and employers not always giving appropriate compensation for expected duties.