1980s were very different, and since then companies started (and never did stop) to behave like assholes towards employees, environment and regulation.

I did an internship at a crime lab for college. College over, I eventually applied to that very lab. I probably didn’t interview well (too much detail in my explanation for the layman juror), and I didn’t get the job. I asked where I could improve and was told the aforementioned along with the fact that other people who were interviewing had masters or were already certified forensic scientists. I had a bachelor’s. It was an entry job that I could’ve done in my sleep.

My personal experience in the 1970s: “I’d give you the job if you were a man but you’re not, so…” Apparently I would just get pregnant and leave.

1970s: … this man has a pulse! … we’ll start him in the warehouse … wait a minute, he’s white! … put him in management!

and then all the workers are super overworked and need more employees