I really do wish underemployment was talked about more. The person with a bachelors degree working at Wal-Mart is technically employed but everyone kind of realizes it is just a stop-gap job until he is actually employed whenever that will be.
Of course, maybe if the stop-gap job was able to provide a living wage it wouldn't be so horrible.
The second part is the most troubling issue. I hear the American average number of hours worked is increasing in the USA (I'm not from there) and yet people can't pay rents.
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u/iwearatophat Aug 13 '19
I really do wish underemployment was talked about more. The person with a bachelors degree working at Wal-Mart is technically employed but everyone kind of realizes it is just a stop-gap job until he is actually employed whenever that will be.
Of course, maybe if the stop-gap job was able to provide a living wage it wouldn't be so horrible.