Closing the divide

Companies who profit from low-wage earners take advantage of them because they don’t want people to jump classes. Employees in these companies feel insecure if all of a sudden there were more people qualified for their jobs. The opportunity divide is an unjust system that doesn’t give everyone equal opportunity and prevents people from proving they can do the job just as well as another person. Companies pay low wages knowing that they can get away with it because to them, they’re making jobs but it’s only encouraging people to not go for a higher education because of the wages. I believe that government and the individuals themselves are the solution to fix this opportunity divide. Most companies are run by greed and try to cut their costs to maximize their profit. Government intervention is needed to stop corporations from taking advantage of the “cheap labor” they can obtain because they do not promote people from getting a higher education. It’s unfortunate that fast food jobs doesn’t require any type of degree or paperwork, just a simple application and an interview to become accepted which leads to no social development. Individuals have to put in the effort and time to break the gap as well because it starts with you. You the individual must come to realize that something isn’t right with how the opportunity divide is set up. Once you acknowledge it exists then you can do something about it.

An example would be how I personally felt that there was an opportunity divide because I wasn’t given the same chances as everyone else was to get a job because of the degrees or certificates I needed. I decided to enroll Year Up which believes in closing that divide. Not only that but it presents many opportunities that you normally wouldn’t have like working at a company as an intern. I believe this is one method to close this ephemeral divide and many more people will follow us as we continue to work towards our goals.