I always read "underemployed" as "not good/smart/competent enough to get the job you think you deserve"

5/5/2012 4:35:55 PM

working, but still not working enough hours/earning enough money to make ends meet

/thread

5/5/2012 4:37:33 PM

whiny bitches

5/5/2012 4:38:40 PM

points to MisterGreen

I hope all other poster's children die in a fire

NOT YOU, YOUR CHILDREN

5/5/2012 4:41:00 PM

I'm headed to Starbucks, anyone want me to grab them something? it's on me, I'm rich.

5/5/2012 4:41:58 PM

sup sn00f

5/5/2012 4:42:10 PM

can you get me a job application?


^ what it is?


[Edited on May 5, 2012 at 4:42 PM. Reason : -]

5/5/2012 4:42:31 PM

To me it means "I used to have a good job, but then the economy went, and due to a combination of the economy and complacency I am no longer competitive for the type of job I once held".

5/5/2012 4:42:34 PM

underemployed for me:

"I graduated at an inopportune time following large layoffs in my field. Now entry level jobs require 5-8 years of experience. In order to build that experience I'll have to work freelance, contract and part-time."

long story short, suck my dick

5/5/2012 4:44:11 PM

I sometimes apply the alternate definition "I thought graduating from college was all it took to make stacks of money"

5/5/2012 4:45:52 PM

working, but still not working enough hours/earning enough money to make ends meet

5/5/2012 4:49:13 PM

Working, but not at a level commensurate with one's education, experience and competency.

For example:

Quote :

"working, but still not working enough hours/earning enough money to make ends meet"

or

Quote :

"I graduated at an inopportune time following large layoffs in my field. Now entry level jobs require 5-8 years of experience."

5/5/2012 4:53:33 PM

"on the wrong end of the labor supply/demand curve"

5/5/2012 4:57:01 PM

Could not disagree more with MrGreen. I think people use this to mean "I don't have that job I'm entitled to have because I went to school"

That or "I got laid off and I don't want to work a job that pays any less than my old one"

I'm Krallum and I approved this message

[Edited on May 5, 2012 at 5:02 PM. Reason : ]

5/5/2012 5:01:27 PM

nice try, troll
but that's not even original bullshit

5/5/2012 5:05:00 PM

Under-employed means they think they should make more than they really deserve (IE, they are already making more than their worth but they think they're entitled to more).

5/5/2012 5:09:36 PM

Has PhD

works at Target

5/5/2012 5:09:41 PM

Krallum's just mad because he wasted his unemployment check/parent's money at whole foods

i'm mistergreen and i approved this message

5/5/2012 5:09:58 PM

When you graduated from college and were first looking for a career you don't think that part-time job you had to make ends meet was "undermployment"?

5/5/2012 5:11:14 PM

Idk where all the hostility comes from but I have a job

I'm Krallum and I approved this message

5/5/2012 5:14:22 PM

everyone in this thread has a job you thick fucking stump

Quote :

"un·der·em·ployed/??nd?rim'ploid/ Adjective: (of a person) Not doing work that makes full use of their skills and abilities. (of a person) Not having enough paid work."

5/5/2012 5:15:33 PM

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5/5/2012 5:23:56 PM

^^lol

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