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Want to Move Up In Social Class? Get Out of HR

Started by Frank · 10 months ago

I was looking at this interactive graphic in the NYT titled How Class Works. It summarizes the four elements that comprise social class in America: occupation, education, income and wealth.
Check out the first column and enter “Human Resources,” which is under the ... Continue reading »

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  • Ron Ulrici

    10 months ago

    Another good one, Frank.

    And, in two other categories (income and wealth), I would bet that here in California, the garbage man makes more than the average HR professional.

    When I tell people that I'm in HR, they just give me a blank stare. I'm glad that I also teach at a private college - that seems to impress them when I tell them that I'm a college teacher. However, the garbage man (and there is one in my social circle) just smerks as he drives away in his new truck pulling his new boat.
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  • Totally Consumed

    10 months ago

    If you select Business and then HR (instead of Management and then HR), Human Resources gets a slightly higher score.

    Not sure why "HR Managers" are a lower class than "HR Professionals" though.
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  • Frank

    10 months ago

    I dunno...funny test, though. No one likes managers. ;-)
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  • Strahan

    10 months ago

    I clicked "Friend of Frank" and scored a 94.
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  • Frank

    10 months ago

    That made my day. FOB has been one that's sustained me for a long while. I like that.
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