And of course, call centres, although these are largely outsourced to places like India and the Philippines. I think what there has been an increase in is part-time jobs; you can get maybe one or two shifts a week at the supermarket, if you are a student or a young mother who wants to get out of the house....
My generation grew up expecting to give up work when we married, but half-way through, someone moved the goal posts, very unfair of them! All the same, we had it so much better than our mothers, who were expected not to work, and our daughters, who practically have to go back to work next day; my generation, having our babies around the 1980s, nobody turned a hair whether you chose to work or chose not to. I have friends who have worked nearly every day of their lives (although we are all retiring now), and others who haven't worked a day after their marriage....
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Date: 2015-03-18 07:05 pm (UTC)My generation grew up expecting to give up work when we married, but half-way through, someone moved the goal posts, very unfair of them! All the same, we had it so much better than our mothers, who were expected not to work, and our daughters, who practically have to go back to work next day; my generation, having our babies around the 1980s, nobody turned a hair whether you chose to work or chose not to. I have friends who have worked nearly every day of their lives (although we are all retiring now), and others who haven't worked a day after their marriage....