Tag: JOBS
Three years ago, armed with a prestigious art degree, fluent bilingualism and stellar recommendations, I proudly entered the American workforce for the first time…as a stripper. After graduating in 2012, while my classmates followed their dreams by working odd jobs and investing uncompensated time at “career-building” internships in New York (where dreams are made, duh), […]
NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer examined Census data and confirmed that full-time workers in New York have a longer average workweek than their counterparts in 29 other American cities, according to Crain’s. The average New York workweek, from CEO to security guard, totals 49 hours. That includes commute time. The biggest reason for the extended workweek, […]
It may not seem like one of the most desirable job in this city, but when a rare enrollment window opened for the first time in seven years, nearly 100,000 people applied to take a test to become a sanitation worker. The test will be issued in February, but open enrollment concluded on Friday. The […]
According to a new study by the Americans’ Use Of Time (AUOT) project, though people believe they are too busy and have less free time, we actually have been gradually getting less busy over the last 40 years. It’s taken as common wisdom that we’re getting busier as a society. With Americans scrambling to acquire jobs, trying […]
The owners of a home on Butler Street in East Elmhurst felt so grateful towards a city sanitation worker after he picked up a large load of garbage from their building — including furniture and bulk wood — that they offered him a $20 tip. He accepted, and because of that, he lost his job. […]
