My son just got job a few months ago, part time, he had to give up on finding a full time job, he started out with a minimum of 32-38hrs a week, he and all his part time co-workers just got cut back to 25-28 hrs.
No reason given, I guess they think it should be obvious.
I forget the stat (a week-old FR thread), but something like 3 years ago for every 7 full-time new job hire there was 1 part-time job hire. Now it is something like 4 part-times for every 1 full time. I’m sure I got the numbers wrong, but it was something REALLY drastic like that that made me reread the sentence a few times.
Found it. I was close. And the flip-flop only took ONE YEAR!!!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3060049/posts
Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that the ratio of part-time to full-time jobs has completely flipped this year from historical trends. Last year, six full-time jobs were created for every one part time job. This year, only one full-time job is being created for every four new part-time jobs....