{"id":7422,"date":"2019-10-05T22:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T22:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/on-line-interactivity.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/05\/are-you-one-of-the-new-disposable-workers\/"},"modified":"2019-10-05T22:20:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T22:20:16","slug":"are-you-one-of-the-new-disposable-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/on-line-interactivity.com\/blog\/are-you-one-of-the-new-disposable-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You One Of The New Disposable Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><body>&#13;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/on-line-interactivity.com\">&#13;<br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/on-line-interactivity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/abbtop.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"120\"\/><\/a><br \/><a 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class=\"style7\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <font color=\"#FB7014\" size=\"4\" face=\"Tahoma\">Are You One of the New Disposable Workers?<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"19\">\n<div align=\"justify\"><span class=\"style2\">by: &#13;<br \/>\n                <font size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#FB7014\">John Van Doren<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<div id=\"article\">\n<td align=\"left\" height=\"12\"><span class=\"style2\">Part III &#8211; American Dream or American Myth?&#13;<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the 1900\u0092s the industrial revolution was the new engine of the american economy and workers were a disposable commodity.   The typical worker lined up at the factory door each morning before dawn hoping to hired on the for the day.  Only a few skilled workers (tool and die makers and machine set-up specialists) were \u0093full-time\u0094, and there were no regular raises, holidays, vacations, or benefits.  Corporations and \u0093trusts\u0094 called the shots and workers took what they could get.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Part of our barbaric \u0093Robber Baron\u0094 past you say?  Think again.  Fast forward 100 years and the working world is beginning to look very much the same.  Approximately 25% of our workforce is comprised of temporary workers and that number is projected to grow to 40% by the year 2010!  The largest employer in the U.S. is Manpower Inc., a huge \u0093temp\u0094 agency trading the latest commodity&#8230;your labor.  The difference between now and 100 years ago is that its not just the labor of muscle and sweat, it is the labor of skill and specialized knowledge, and includes attorneys, accountants, college professors, scientists, software engineers, and business executives.  This growing army of \u0093contingent workers\u0094 typically works for 8 to 40% less than their \u0093full-time\u0094 counterparts, without benefits, and on an as-needed \u0093just-in-time\u0094 basis.  &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Is this new employment model an evil plot by corporate america to suppress the american worker?   Not really.  Corporations just do what they are structured to do.  They minimize costs (including labor) and maximize profits for their shareholders within the boundaries of the market place and the market for labor is now global.    During the last 20 years or so the american corporation has quietly evolved and restructured.   In large part they have just adapted to a new global and digital economy.   It would not be a stretch to say that we are in the middle of a \u0093new economy\u0094 revolution every bit as disruptive as the industrial revolution a hundred years ago and that labor (skilled and professional), especially american labor,  is at the short end of the stick.  &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The old corporate model was rigid and highly structured.  It was one of high vertical and horizontal integration, somewhat slow to make and implement decisions, highly controlled, and formally structured.  It was also highly unionized with a relatively permanent workforce that enjoyed high wages, pensions, and health insurance (i.e. General Motors and U.S. Steel).   This model dominated after WWII when the U.S. dominated the world economy and U.S. corporations faced very little global competition.   &#13;<\/p>\n<p>However, global competition, free trade, and a digital age required a new model capable of rapid change and maximum flexibility.  As corporate america evolved into this new model, american workers experienced \u0093re-engineering\u0094, downsizing, \u0093rightsizing\u0094 (after mergers), off-shoring, outsourcing, the death of pensions and the birth of 401K\u0092s, shared healthcare costs, and the rapid rise in population of the just-in-time or \u0093contingent\u0094 worker.  At the extreme the \u0093new\u0094 corporation is \u0093virtual\u0094, with a few key employees and executives at the core and a network partner companies and contingent employees always in flux to meet the demands of a rapidly changing global market.  &#13;<\/p>\n<p>This new trend of contingent labor has also spread to the public sector and shows no sign of slowing down or stabilizing.  Many highly skilled and educated workers have been turned into reluctant \u0093free agents\u0094 whose value has been bid down by a global labor market.  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