[PLUG] Re: Jobs to Canada

[Russ Johnson]

Phil Tomson wrote:

> Yeah, those job are going or already gone, but I'm not too worried about 
> them -they're not really very good paying jobs.

What do you mean? I was making $38k per year when I worked for Symantec, 
as a tech support engineer. $38k is a respectable income.

Not a single person in the facility, from the front desk receptionist on 
up, made less than 15k per year, and that was in Eugene, in 1999. 
Starting wage when I was hired (1993) was $17k for Technical Support 
Analyst.

Of course, I think these have changed dramatically since Symantec 
outsources their consumer tech support services.

> It's like this silly baseball stadium: They keep saying that it will 
> create jobs.  Sure it will create something like 15 really good paying 
> jobs for players (that's if they manage to get a team) who really have no 
> connection to the area and then it 

What, pray tell, is a "good paying job" to you? $1million+ per year?

> will create another couple of hundred minimum wage jobs.  Of course it 
> will also create construction jobs initially, but in the lone run it's 
> minimum wage jobs.

Yes, it will create some minimum wage jobs, but it will also create some 
jobs, besides players, that make significantly more than minimum wage. 
Have you seen what it takes in terms of jobs to support those 15 players?

The estimates are around 100 to 250 jobs just in the stadium, then 
there's additional business for surrounding businesses. Those truck 
drivers that deliver beer to 150+ home games per year don't make minimum 
wage.

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