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CHAPTER SUMMARIES AND NOTES
CHAPTER 2
Summary
Ehrenreich moves to Maine next because of the large number of white, English-speaking
people in the low-wage work-force, where she notes there is an abundance of work
available. Ehrenreich begins her stay in a Motel 6, which becomes her base from
which to seek employment and more-permanent housing. Ehrenreich learns about housing
in Old Orchard Beach for $65 a week. However, when she sees the deplorable, probably
illegal living conditions, she decides to pass. After numerous disappointing attempts
to secure housing, Ehrenreich finds a cottage for $120 a week and decides to take
it. She realizes if she spent more time looking she may have found something cheaper,
but she could not afford to continue paying $59 a night for a hotel room.
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Ehrenreich applies for many jobs in warehouse and nursing-home work, manufacturing, and even at Goodwill. She encounters more “opinion surveys,” which try to gauge her potential as an employee. She is surprised to learn that jobs in Portland do not pay any better than in Key West. She finds this startling because logic holds that if the supply of labor is low relative to demand, wages should rise. Yet, this is...........
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In this chapter
Ehrenreich experiences low-wage work in a community that is virtually all-white
and English-speaking. She is most surprised to learn that even though there are
an abundance of jobs, the wages are the same as in Key West, where fewer jobs
are available. Moreover, she is shocked that the women she meets do not realize
how easily they could find other employment.
Yet, Ehrenreich makes the important observation that switching jobs is not always feasible in the low-wage world. Many people pay their rent weekly; many jobs hold the first week’s pay; many of the workers she meets have many other people depending on them. An...........
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