One of the unfortunate thngs about using reservists so heavily is that they have a hard time with employers once they return. This despite a law requiring they be returned to their old position or an equivelant one, and recieve retroactive raises and bonuses as if they had never left.
The article mainly deals with reservists who are coming back from war, but I can tell you that just being a reservist makes it difficult to get a position. After spending most of a year on active duty, I've found it very difficult to even get a call back despite my being qualified or in some cases, over qualified for positions I've applied for. I've beent old it is because it is well known locally that I'm in a deployed/deploying unit and I am high risk for deployment. Luckily for me, I'm a college student and need only a small part time job, so I just took something lower paying.
Read the article at Yahoo!/AP
Who is at fault? Well, employers for being jerks tops my list. The Bush administration for taking us to war (though I agreed with that decision.) Me for choosing this path. Finally, the terrorists whose actions lead us to this.
Not much can be done about it. There are already laws against it. To not hire me is discrimination. To not allow me to return to my job violates a specific law.
Am I angry? A little. Am I annoyed? A little. I just remind myself that part of freedom is that we some times get screwed by people. We could go live in countries where they point a gun to your head and tell the business they have to hire reservists, but that's not freedom is it?
Posted by Skywalker at August 15, 2004 02:01 PM | TrackBack