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Originally Posted by Greyson

Is the U.S. Turning Into a Nation of Temps? Depends on Where You Live

RICHARD FLORIDA

JUN 27, 2013

Our new dependence on temp jobs is much greater in some metro areas than others. The table below, based on EMSI data, shows the 10 large metros (those with more than one million people) where temp jobs have made up the largest share and smallest share of total employment growth since 2009.



Large Metros with Where Temp Jobs Make Up
the Largest and Smallest Shares of Job Gains, 2009-2013
Metros with the Largest Increases Percent of all job growth
(2009-2013)

Memphis, Tennessee-Mississippi-Arkansas* 116%
Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama 66%
Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana 65%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut 58%
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin 51%
Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas 46%
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio 44%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware 41%
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin 40%
Tucson, Arizona 37%

Metros with Smallest Increases Percent of all job growth
(2009-2013)

Washington, D.C. 2%
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 3%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California 4%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas 5%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California 6%
Salt Lake City, Utah 6%
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York 6%
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California 6%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas 7%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington 7%


Read More:
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/job...you-live/5997/

I think and talk about this subject a lot. My theory about the main reason for our economy being in the toilet, is outsourcing to other countries, hiring workers from other countries to come work in the states when so many Americans are unemployed (I don't blame foreign workers, they are just taking advantage of a good opportunity, for themselves and their families), and temporary workers.

How can any American feel truly secure in investing in a home/vehicle or purchasing other high dollar items, when so very few people have a reliable source of income? It seems that very few jobs are safe from outsourcing or from layoffs. Laid off employees are replaced with temporary employees, and companies even find that giving a severance to an employee that is a long way from retirement, is cheaper than keeping them employed. The appeal of the temporary worker is that they have little to no expectation of monetary increases or advances in employment, and the young temp workers have few thoughts about pension or health benefits (unless they have small children). The thing that bothers me the most about the replacement of our aging workforce with younger employees, is that the age for retirement is going up and up, with no viable jobs to retire from.

I could go on and on...and it just keeps getting worse.