One of the younger men in the group told me a particularly cruel story: He had made up his mind to retrain as a computer technician, but a week into his courses, Maytag called him back.

• 房间里的其中一个相对较年轻的人向我讲述了一个特别残酷的故事：他下定决心准备接受再培训，做一名电脑技工，结果在学习课程进行到一个星期后，美泰公司叫他回来上班。