Let us, for the moment, take Elon at his word.
That would mean he wants to replace only the high tech jobs, while us Americans can have the *menial* jobs back.
A lateral change, at best.
Everything I've read about Elon is he prefers high functioning employee's, not so easily found in recent years. It is not about education. He also is stuck with the DEI crap and that isn't helping matters.
The educational system needs revamping or this will not get better.
I have no issue with hiring outside of the country if they are bringing the best.
@Bleukitty except that's not what they're doing https://x.com/NoVA_Campaigns/status/1872825587330629697
@Bleukitty read who Elon is, in his own psychotic man baby words https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1872860577057448306
Maybe they just want to import foreigners at lower wages..
I took it as the American education system needs revamped. Which is absolutely true.
What I was taught in HS regular classes is now not even taught except in AP or advanced classes.
It's also a matter of discipline of the students. Some acting up in class don't help with the learning environment.
What's the answer to that? Teachers can't do anything.
@Lori @Bleukitty it does, but Elon doesn't care abou tthat. Just pretend to recruit the "best and brightest" while instead swamping us with tech workers regardless of merit.
I do believe that is part of it and it should not happen! Many young college grads were fed BS on their value as an employee. They are told they will make "x" after they graduate and that value is way out of line for most company's new hires!
I'll add many lack problem solving skills and give up way too early!
This 'woke' crap has got to end!
Being told you're special just because you have a stronger skill set, doesn't mean you are automatically worth more -- prove it!
Quit whining and get the job done.
@Arcalian He may have been wrong to say what he said, but their basic analysis of American culture's attitude about learning and work has always been true over my lifetime. I've bemoaned it all my life.
This is NOT hiring for intellect this is ONLY for paying lower wages--- just wrong!
This also happens when most go to college and believe they are above the wages of starting positions.
This isn't the reality.
College grads are struggling to find normal jobs at any rate. Many are just dropping out the workforce.
Blaming it on "kids these days" is turning a blind eye to a massive issue. When an entire generation delivers uber eats to each other and lives in the basement, is it more logical to blame them all as individuals, or to question fundamental aspects of society?
One thing that enrages me about the skilled trades is that governments put on ad campaigns trying to get kids to want to do skilled trades, but in reality when an apprenticeship job is actually advertised, hundreds of people including people who are fully qualified to do the job through education they paid for themselves apply. "Oh, we need more grants for apprentices!" no, we need more apprenticeships.
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I understand your POV, yet I experienced first hand as a hiring mgr. during 2000 - 2006. I had to move to Temp-to-Perm so that I can experience their skill levels and dedication to actually learning the job. So many were let go within 2 wks and that is sad. The starting salary was very good at the time, yet they were not satisfied "cuz I gotz a degree...🙄
@DianaSez and we are the ones who wanna fix it, while Elon wants to perpetuate the problem for his own ends. Like any Democrat.
@Arcalian @Lori @Bleukitty Is Vivek a mistake? No, he's not. The call centers bug me. I can't understand them, but it's clearly changing. I had an Indian waitress the other night & couldn't understand a word. Elon did not commit a crime. The problem is deep-rooted in education. Congress made the rules. In running a multi-billion dollar business, you use the talent that's available & it's a success. Lest we forget, the left used this narrative against Trump for hiring Hispanics.
Corporations love to talk about how employees have no loyalty anymore, but it goes both ways, and people are given too many reasons to not be loyal, and few reasons to be loyal.
@Java @Lori @Bleukitty Vivek showed his colors when he said that only he could save Trump from prison during the primary. Trump gave him a second chance. It's not that what he said was unkind. It's his reason for saying it.
@Arcalian It's ego, but everything bears watching these days. Sometimes people just need to be taken down a notch. Now, Modi is a problem. I blast him from time to time on X, for all that it matters. He's in bed with China and the deep state. The caste system is disgusting.
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