I wish I knew what was wrong with employers today.

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There are so many people out looking for jobs these days, that it would be nice to get even one interview. My husband and I are both looking for work right now. Granted, we both already have jobs, but his job has just cut his hours and his pay illegally. Mine, well, there are never enough hours in the winter, so I'd rather find something that's more steady. I send out countless resumes to various companies, email several more, but would you think that any of them would acknowledge the emails or resumes? Nope, not one single company! It's so disappointing, especially when you know that you'll probably lose your housing simply because you can't pay your rent. You certainly can't rely on the temp agencies, they're just in it for the money, they don't care about the people who actually want to work. So they sucker you into their office to fill out an application. They entice you with the promise of work. Then, once you've completed the application, it's, "sorry, we don't have any work at the moment, but we will call you when something comes up." But nothing comes up, it rarely does. Our roommate went to an agency for work, they promised him work in a bakery, and my husband as well, but the guy turns around and says the product hasn't been delivered, but he'd call them when it did arrive. You can guess, it never did, or he decided that he didn't want either of them to work there. Several places claim to have work. One such place, a permanent full time position, my husband went and filled out an application last week for work. They said they'd contact him within a week. Well, guess what? It's been a week, and not one word from them. Go figure. And you wonder why I'm so angry with these people? I'm wondering, with the trends these days, if we should turn around and be like our other roommate. Maybe we should apply for disability and sit on our a$$es all day like he does. At least it would be a guaranteed income. Stop. That's not a good idea, I know you're thinking that, wanting to say that. And I know it just as much as the next person does. Tell that to our other roommate though, he's been on disability for a while, and it's turned his brain to mush. I'll tell you why. The entire time he's been on disability, not working, he sits in his room smoking cigarettes, weed and drinking beer all the time. That certainly isn't good for your brain now is it? But he does it, and he's lacking smarts worse and worse as time goes on. But he refuses to get up and even try to get a job. When I lost my license, we had him drive for us, so my boss and I could continue working. He hated every minute of it, no matter what we did. He'd sit in the van, doing nothing all day but smoke or nap, and only got paid $20. And he had the nerve to get mad about that. If he was actually working with us, he'd be paid more, but he said that our job wasn't for him. He's a smart guy really, but he just doesn't try. I'm sure any employer would hire him, he just doesn't bother. So, for the rest of us, desperately trying to get work that will allow us to survive, it's not fair for employers to simply ignore our resumes and emails, or even our phone calls. It's ignorant and rude, and doesn't show the company in a positive light. Maybe if employment agencies actually played fair and were honest, they'd have more honest employees and would have to recruit less. Considering that most agencies pay minimum wage, it's no wonder that they recruit mostly minorities or immigrants. Some people are willing to work for less because that's all they've known. Nothing wrong with that, but if agencies or other companies offered higher wages, they might be able to recruit more skilled labor, rather than unskilled labor. But it's near impossible to find an agency that pays higher than minimum wage. Despite my 4 years of landscaping, 5 years of customer service experience, I still can't find anything above minimum wage and I know why. But I don't let it stand in my way. But, employers, if they smartened up and looked at the underdog, would probably be surprised at the type of employee they were hiring.