Talk:Gold-collar worker

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Totally agree that globalisation/globalization needs to be brought up in the context of GWCs. I think the term is gaining currency as a way of referring to the globally-mobile workforce of professionals and specialists, and does deserve an entry.

Hmm. This article does definitely not represent a world-wide view. It is obviously "americanocentric": in example, all GWCs listed are american. Also, is this really worth an article? I have not ever heard anyone use the term. Granted, I do not live in an anglophone country - but still. I'm just a flippin fjord lovin fool from Scandamornonia, you know a friggin swede... Jobjörn 02:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

The second source provided talks about yuong working class people who do not have a college degree. In the article provided, USA Today states that many working class young poeple may have disposable income now but will later end up poor as their earning potential is low. This article contradicts the article on this page. It identifies gold collar worker as poor persons who temporarily have gained some disposable income but will later be poor. This source, by stating that gold collar workers are realtively poor, contradicts the entire article. Please provide some authoritive sources for this article as its exsistance seems highly arbatrary and I am considering to list this article as a deletion canidate. Thank you for contributing however. Regards, Signature^brendel 19:03, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

So you're saying that it's someone else's fault that you can't understand the article. 65.10.56.223 19:52, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

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There seems to be a huge varience in how this label is being used. Two of the main uses being in Marketing (somewhat derogatory in my opinion, and in the Workforce. My opinion is that this article should also include these other distictions or be removed. See: [1]or [2] turner.greg@mchsi.com16:21, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

You're right this term can mean totally different things. The two main definitions, for that matter, seem to contradict each other. Thanks for the source. I don't really have the time re-write the article right now, but may do so in the future, unless of course somebody beets me to it ;-). Anyways, thanks and happy editing, Signature^brendel 06:16, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Etymology

I am curious as to the origins of the term "gold-collar", obviously adaptation of the old blue- and white-collar dichotomy. "Gold", perhaps a reference to conspicuousness of that sub-class' spending? Melizabethfleming 02:29, 23 March 2007 (UTC)