Facts. They can't fill those jobs. I tried to put some many people on when they don't have shyt going for them. It sucks not being able to work in your own community, but pondering that shyt don't pay bills. Those jobs have zero competition so I see brothas from the city out there all the time. The Fedex opening up in Niles was a godsend (I worked there for a spell) cause you could get decent pay and work around school or another job. Speaking of school, working in the burbs lets you get that in-district tuition for Oakton in Skokie, which is incredible for tech and HVAC. It's not all bad, but we gotta share that blueprint with folks.
Didn’t know that. Yeah, that’s definitely a blueprint to help some brehs out of a stagnant situation.
Some people are afraid of change. And, he has confidence in doing what he does. Taking a promotion scares him because a new role would mean he would need to learn new skills. He is afraid of failure. Failing himself, his employer and the customer.
Of course, not everyone wants to move up. They are a team player and do their best, but would rather not take a role where they are a leader/manager.
That's his life.
I’m in no way calling this older black gentleman out of his name as I’m sure he’s seen and had to live through things I couldn’t even imagine.......
But this sounds like a punk. As a man, you don’t improve yourself or get ahead in life without taking risk. Scared of promotion because it would mean he would have to learn a new skill???? What type of suckerass shyt is this?
I have no sympathy for this man and I’ll tell you why.
My grandfather came from a family of farmers outside of Aiken, South Carolina. His grandmother was the only black teacher in the area whose schoolhouse was burned down by the brother of one of their white neighbors. My grandfather had to flee to Chicago because he killed a white man who threatened his life and his family and they had to whisk him out of there overnight because white folks from Aiken were coming to kill him.
He came to Chicago and stayed with a relative and was
determined to bring the rest of his family out of the dire situation they were in in SC. As a man,
he pushed himself to succeed in school and to do better than his white peers that he
despised. He graduated top of his class from Lindbloom. Went to Howard and then to UofC medical school. While at the UofC, he had to endure all types of racial indignities but those indignities pushed him even more to want to succeed.
He worked his ass off and became a Pathologist and now lives in Wilmette and has been served on countless occasions by this
very same man who was comfortable with not taking any risk in his life. This man is where he should be and the GoFundMe that someone started for him could be put to better use for something or someone more deserving.
I just forwarded this article to my grandfather.....