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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...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang and June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Deans Answer Few Budget Questions | 5/3/2009 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By H. Zane B. Wruble, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Selling Out | 4/16/2008 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE'S JOB CRUNCH | 4/15/1996 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Eric S. Bassin, | Title: Public Service Awards Given | 5/17/1995 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Peter D. Pinch, | Title: Time to Put the 1960s to Rest | 10/10/1991 | See Source »

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