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Smith refused to admit that cuts were targeted at “low-pay workers,” insisting that savings from administrators pay cuts would be negligible relative to the gaping deficit...
...number of Harvard alums.It would seem that with all the opportunities available to Harvard students, and all the incentives to use a Harvard degree to give back to the community, more graduates would choose to go into these public sector jobs, regardless of a few years of low-pay. But, if the recent upward trajectory in HLS is indicative of upcoming trends, there may be a reversal of this corporate pattern, and possibly an increase in the number of Harvard grads looking not just for money, but for fulfilment as well...
...INSECURITY GOT YOU DOWN? WORried about all those new dead-end, low-pay McJobs that masquerade as gainful employment? Maybe the U.S. should look to Europe, where unions are still muscular, minimum wages high, and most workers insulated from the brutal hire-and-fire culture that characterizes mid-1990s America...
Three Harvard upperclass students will receive cash awards for public service internships they intend to pursue in the near future. The $750 award, sponsored by the J.W. Saxe Memorial Fund, is meant "to enable students to gain practical experience in public service by taking a no-pay or low-pay job or internship during a summer or other term," according to a fund press release...
Meanwhile, the unfortunate members of the twentysomething generation wander from "McJob" to "McJob" ("A low-pay, low-prestige, low-dignity, low-benefit, no-future job in the service sector"). Coupland says that the twentysomethings' attempt to keep social failure at bay through "status substitution," a kinder, gentler name for name-tossing...