Atlanta is known as a ‘Black Mecca.’ Jobs data tell a different story.

[The Radiant One]

Atlanta is a black Mecca you just have to have your shyt together before you moved I was from STL and moved to Atlanta but I am a professional and had to grind in STL to get my skills up.

Coming to ATL with no plan is foolish and I’m glad
nikkas get turned away because that’s why poverty sky rockets Look at Riverdale.

You need to have something to bring to Atlanta skills or connections nikkas just trying to take

 

[Mordith]

Thread went exactly how I expected. People who actually live in the metro said the article is overblown while the resident coli experts all took the article as gospel.

 

[h2o_proof]

Black people moving to ATL to start their own businesses are doing pretty well from what I can gather. Also the whole black mecca/land of opportunity thing for black people in ATL was always about networking and enterprising, never about just going to compete for jobs which is what people moving there soon find out.

 

[#1 pick]

Thread went exactly how I expected. People who actually live in the metro said the article is overblown while the resident coli experts all took the article as gospel.

The article is not overblown

 

[phcitywarrior]

Moving to a city with nothing lined up seems foolish unless you have a serious in demand skillset or are prepared to hustle your ass off.

 

[NinoBrown]

I am plugged in good in the Northeast, not a fan of the south in general.

Beyond the scope of ATL, the folks mentioned in the article are too old and experienced to be hired when companies can hire someone half their age for half the price.

Additionally, this a problem of too many skilled people and too little resources....

Add the inherent HR racism thrown out, the career hunt is impossible for most of us....

 

[Mordith]

The article is not overblown

Because you couldn't make it? Sorry but your failure does overrule those of us who still live here and are prospering...

 

[#1 pick]

Because you couldn't make it? Sorry but your failure does overrule those of us who still live here and are prospering...

When nikkas talk foolish 101. I can write a book on Black in corporate America and being Black and succeeding. Atlanta is not a good city for Blacks in general trying to climb the corporate ladder. Opportunities are scarce and they are vastly known for underpaiding their black talent in respects to the others and many Blacks just take it because they even know, if they lose this job. Another one might not come so fast.

Thecoli is known for retarded nikkas. Always have and always will be. Why? Because they lack research, the ability to do and follow through on studies and how climate and situation impacts decisions.

 

[Mordith]

When nikkas talk foolish 101. I can write a book on Black in corporate America and being Black and succeeding. Atlanta is not a good city for Blacks in general trying to climb the corporate ladder. Opportunities are scarce and they are vastly known for underpaiding their black talent in respects to the others and many Blacks just take it because they even know, if they lose this job. Another one might not come so fast.

Thecoli is known for retarded nikkas. Always have and always will be. Why? Because they lack research, the ability to do and follow through on studies and how climate and situation impacts decisions.

"Excuses are monuments of nothingness, They build bridges to nowhere, Those of us who use these tools of incompetence, Seldom become anything but nothing at all.".

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Exactly right... get a trade like hvac, painting contractor, plumbing, etc and u can do well

My older god brother who spent years in jail, now making money doing handyman services for black women with their own businesses and homes and he cleaning up

These people in the article would think that that kind of work is beneath them

 

[#1 pick]

As a professional, I ask all BM and BW this question. In your city, could you leave your job today and be gucci where you know you can find something as good or better with a better title and pay within 90 days.

In DC, outside of government workers, most pros said yes.

In NY, many yes possibly but not overly confident.

In the Bay, all of them said yes. Just depends if its a better work environment.

In Atlanta, almost all of them said no or idk. When I asked them about friends who left, laid off or fired, all of them said it took sometime. I asked did that effect how they view their job as this is seen as a good job. Most said yes.

nikkas on thecoli love to pop shyt but if that one company didn't give you the chance. How likely it is that you would be on the geek squad with Lawrence instead?

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Is this a new revelation though? I know people that either worked 2 or 3 jobs or didn’t have a job at all in the Atlanta area. I mean people move there all the time so of course the jobs are going to get gone. You can’t rely on Atlanta no more... I had to learn that when I was trying to move there when I finished school. Man there are jobs all over the country, you just have to be willing to move there.

 

[GoAggieGo.]

no one looks at a "top 100" business school as mattering...especially not at the graduate level. like i added to my post, if you're not going to a top 20 (30 if being generous) graduate business program, your degree "doesn't matter" . outside of the top 30 you should be getting an mba/graduate degree on someone else's dime, and you shouldn't expect it to be some "door opener" in the general job market. it's a nice to have, but MBA's and JD's are a dime a dozen, that's why it really matters where you went to school for those degrees to be worth the investment.

This is exactly why, while I’m out here in Atlanta, it’s Georgia Tech or bust for me as far as getting my MBA, and my company has to pay for it. I just don’t see getting any old MBA from any old college really benefiting me. Plus, I’ve already got student loan debt, and refuse to rack up anymore

 

[Originalman]

Atlanta's big employers have been hit over time too. Bellsouth was huge when I was growing up for any type of job, especially engineering. Then they got bought by AT&T and pretty much slashed down back in 2006. Coke has been slowly laying off too and UPS/Home Depot etc. are saturated.

Atlanta's problem is partially it never had a huge manufacturing base and rose on two things: the service economy and real estate. Once the 2008 crash came the residential and commercial housing building, and all the related jobs, never came back as strong so the city is struggling.

Yep all this. Shoot myself and other black engineers I know have thought about relocating to ATL. But then when them offers come in and they want you to take a 5%, 10%, 20% even 30% pay cut. To live in ATL and pay state taxes in Georgia (no state taxes in Texas).

Then you start reconsidering that shyt. Plus you may go there as an engineer and the market isn't even as good as in Texas. Well then its a lot of this to consider. The Cons sometimes outweighed the Pros.

But you are right it is more so a service economy there than say Seattle or Dallas.

Many folks there haven't recovered from 2008 as you said. Old kat I met in OKC who is a aerospace engineer moved from LA to live in OKC. He got tired of the LA rat race plus he was able to transfer from LA and keep his high salary, but live in OKC.

Anyway he stated he had a twin brother that was also an engineer in ATL. Old kat stated his brother was laid off in 2008 and could never get back on as an engineer (another reason is no one would pay him close to the salary he was making). So the old kats brother said fukk it and started to drive trucks instead.

Thing is his brother had opportunities to leave atlanta and get some high paying jobs in florida and Huntsville. But he was so caught up in the lifestyle of living in Atlanta.

But I ain't gonna knock the city. Atlanta's a great city I can understand as a black person how intoxicating it can be.

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

That's why when people shouting like paid sponsors about how ATL (let alone any down south state) is Utopia where everything and everybody black prospers within two days is ludicrous.


No wonder why some of my aunties and uncles (along with their kids) moved to NYC for a better life.


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