Frustrated at mediocrity and the compliance of de-valuing valuable professionals

Good evening internet, it's time we had a chat. This isn't going to be pretty, but there's something I need to get off my chest.

Please won't someone tell me why it seems to be acceptable in the province of Nova Scotia for employers to demand expertise and 3rd level education and then refuse to pay a decent salary to potential employees?

Please won't you also tell me why on earth employees in turn seem so inclined to ignore the fact that they and their skills are being chronically under-valued and in lieu of demanding to be appropriately recompensed for their skills and experience, will turn to me with deep sympathy in their voice and say well, at least it's a job... in this economy you're lucky to have any job at all.

What the hell is happening here?

Seriously?

Does anyone know?


What message are we sending out here? That the work we do isn't really valuable at all. That any idiot could do it and will do it, for little pay because son, you're luck to have a job in this economy.

How in the hell are people even expected to live on 9.65 an hour? Have you done the math? I did the math on a job offering 15 bucks an hour and it was looking to be very tight living in deed.


I went into a lot of debt with the promise that a degree would guarantee me a job once I graduated. Well that wasn't true. But, don't worry, I was told, once you've got some experience under your belt, then you're laughing. Laughing...not quite. More like shaking with fury.

Here I sit, with 5 years experience and a thirty-thousand dollar piece of paper that isn't worth the ink it was printed with, because I can't find a job. I've worked in another country, I've even run my own business yet here I am, unemployed.

And the irony, oooooh the irony is that I attend workshops, workshops that are aimed at improving my job hunting skills and my employability as a Facilitator, which are facilitated by people who have NO IDEA HOW TO FACILITATE A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

All I can do is shake my head and apply for a nice minimum wage job at Sobeys.