Dead-end jobs: Paige Stevenson is caught in the part-time job trap. She started working six months ago as a legal assistant for 30 hours a week in Annapolis, Maryland, a state where involuntary part-time has doubled since the recession began. She keeps trying to find something full-time. Stevenson accepted her current position as a stop-gap measure because she had been unemployed for a while and wanted to get back into the workforce any way she could. She earns $15 an hour and receives no benefits, but her husbands technician job provides health care for the family. After taking into account daycare for her 4-year old son, a home mortgage and the cost of living near Washington D.C., she is in debt. When youre dealing with part-time jobs, theyre basically dead ends, Stevenson, 32, says, Employers, at least around here, have been asking for the moon and paying zero.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 19:59:48 +0000
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