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One of the things I've wondered about what the long term impact of this policy is. If company A only accepts employed people, then when someone leaves company B
by idoh 16y ago
One of the things I've wondered about what the long term impact of this policy is. If company A only accepts employed people, then when someone leaves company B for company A, a spot opens up at company B and maybe unemployed people can get hired there instead. So the same number of jobs would be open to the unemployed, it just extends the pipeline.
- lutorm 16y agoIf the practice is widespread, it's more likely it just increases the time taken to fill open positions as companies spend some time looking to fill the spot of whoever left. It doesn't necessarily have to end with hiring someone who is unemployed, it may just have the effect of decreasing the mean number of employed as the "hole" propagates from place to place.
- idoh 16y agoI think we are in agreement. I like the idea of a "hole". Basically, if a new job is created at some company, then in the long run eventually someone unemployed has to get hired, it just might not be at the company where the new job was created.
- Tycho 16y agoThat's what I was thinking. Surely in the end it makes no difference. I suppose it might make it easier for employed people with lower skills to move up, when they have to compete with unemployed people with greater skills.