8 billion people says...yes. I know everybody likes to blame Boomers. However, it's really a question of demographics. Boomers- population of the earth, 3.2 billion or fewer (that is the population in 1964, the last year of the Boom, year I was born- and one of the peak birth years so competition for everything growing up an utter nightmare since schools and such were completely overcrowded). But now, unlike back then, countries like China, etc. have caught up the West. After WWII it was US and nobody else, Europe was a mess and the rest of the world was pretty primitive. Now, you are not only competing against your fellow Americans but the entire world, most of whom will work for less (I would know, I have outsourced myself to Asia for the last 16 years and make less money than I used to in the US- although my cost of living is much lower so I am OK with it). So yes, it all sucks and it's not getting better, have a 35 year old daughter and I see how crap it is, just the BS interview process alone is maddening. Best of luck to all...
Yes, but for the most part, more people = more jobs. While worldwide population growth has its issues, I would argue this tough job market has more to do with the nature of the economy we live in (which you actually touched on a bit in your comment.) It makes me sad. We are in the future, and it’s not the one boomers had been dreaming of. Instead of us being so well off that our big dilemma is what to do with our free time, our big dilemma instead is survival. The communal idea of a nation is gone. Nation means nothing now outside of Olympic sports.
Got a job with a temp agency. Walked out on day 1. It wasn't what I was told. Took over a year to get another job. Did not know that leaving pur me on a secret black list with the temp agencies, I found out after applying for jobs for a year that they purposely denied me every time.
@@inittowinit78winit17 After filing for jobs and calling on them for a year, some lady answered and gave me a lecture like I was a little kindergartener and if behave myself, she would lift the ban. Well, at that point I was out of money and had to move out of state to my parents house and that was no picnic. Just want to let people know that if they are having a hard time getting a job through a temp agency, they might be on the black list.
@@inittowinit78winit17 Companies get away with it because it costs time and money to fight them. People working for them often don't have the resources to fight them. Also, it can be hard to prove. My friend had video evidence of a Fed Ex driver crashing into his garage, and it was still hard to fight. That's how crazy it is. Many temp agencies do far worse like not paying you all your hours or putting you over multiple companies to avoid overtime pay, etc.
That's why saving money when you're young is very important. Once you have a substantial amount in the bank, the stress and anxiety goes down significantly. Investments are good, but don't have all your cash tied up into it. In the end, cash is always king.
To me , a job is just a means to an end. Disposable and something we should move on from when something better comes by. I just don't see the point staying at someplace for 20-30yrs just to make ends meet. That's hell to me.
I never quit my job. I always wait till employer to can me. The situation in Canada is pretty bad atm. Food bank is running out of food. People are resorting to working the street corner to survival even middle age men are not exempted.
@@bigx9963 Canadians are never rich ever since I remember (after 2008). If you are not a home owner essentially in most metro you are paying 50% of your salary on rent. 30% if you rent a slumhouse. It is just that under Trudeau's time it is hitting the middle class too. I still have upper middle class telling me tent city is a conspiracy theory. Most Canadians are house poor and borrow against their home.
My tech job got outsourced, i was very lucky to get a job on IT help desk via a friend, its a step dowm but I'm not even looking for something else for at least two years.
Unfortunately even if you don't leave your job with this economy being laid off is a big possibility. Big corporations are laying off long time employees to cut cost or the company itself isn't doing good. Keep your resume updated and keep your options open
My big corporation continues to cut heads. Anybody who believes the government numbers is naive, or wants to be lied to. They will tell you everything is great until they can no longer deny it. You need to ask around and judge for yourself.
I don't quit, I just wait until the place goes under. It's happened to me 7 times already, and with what corporate just announced last week, it looks like it's happening again at my current place. Good times!
Oh wow! Sorry that has happened to you so many times. I usually quit and move to a new organization when the writing is on the wall that the company is in trouble, but your strategy is probably better. Good luck out there!
At least not without a plan. If your job is stable, but the atmosphere is negative, the pay sucks and it seems to be a dead-end, you should absolutely be making efforts to make that situation better. There’s still a lot of opportunities out here, but it will require you getting out of your comfort zone and making some different moves. Also, if you’re not investing (stocks, crypto, gold & silver IRAs, index/trust funds, real estate etc), why not? You don’t have to settle with being a cog in the machine your whole life 💯
I work an hourly job at a large multinational and I contribute 10% out of every check to my company retirement IRA plan or whatever it is. Check on it every month to see how its performing and it is beating my personal hobby trading/investing account significantly. Some things are better left to professionals. Just my experience.
Yes the economy is on free fall Forget unemployment rate Labor force participation rate is closer But stats are all cooked You have to look around and find other indicators
Yes, the labor rate participation rate of the key make demographic of around 26-54 or some such is way, way down. Double digits down, it's terrible. They aren't ALL stay-at-home dads...
My new strategy is to actually take another job while you have another job, but what you do is take a couple weeks of vacation at your current job. Start the new job and see if you really like it before quitting your other one
I did this! I left my current job and went to a new company. Did not like it there, at all! Uppers too intrusive and demanding. So I came back from my "vacation" and back to having freedoms with my current job. Felt like I was test driving a new company. But anyways, this is a great piece of advice! If I had put my 2 week notice and left my current job, I'd be miserable right now.
Making yourself marketable, even if your working... volunteer, learn completely new skills (license to drive a truck), keep others aware that you are considering a new position. Morning at importantly, we need to focus on our Lord and Savior 🙏.. blessings to all.
as far as I know, depends on the state. as far as I know (unless its changed), in my home state if you quit, you cant apply for unemployment compensation. but if you are fired, you can, and should
Im at the end of my career and getting paid for 40 hours plus pension and actually working 25 hours. Im flying under the radar and like the Dunkin Donut guy getting up daily going to a job i really don't like but need a paycheck....
I am sure there will be plenty of jobs opening next year in the agricultural sector. They will need people to harvest crops. There will be a lot of opening in restaurants for dish washers. LOL
@@Ace1000ks you must be silly enough to think all those people work in the fields.Nope they work desk jobs,they work at the electric company,they are even doctors so get your facts straight.They are not all doing pow pay jobs thanks to biden and Obama so stop it
Leave your job life is a joke in a caste based society. The ammount of shocked Pikachus faces are hilarious. Aint no one talking about it but the ftc be actually doing work because the bills come due post pandemic. Brutal truth theres too many businesses for the population we've figured out the upper limit of employees per company with the most recent Boeing strike.
@@LaborGains The great thing about it is with your skills, jobs like that or around that caliber will be so easy for you and you'll also be able to easily look for roles that are higher up while you're there. Wishing you the best of luck good sir and appreciate you being open and honest about the situation and how well you're informing people.
No offense bro, but this channel is beginning to feel like a psyop to keep everyone petrified of losing their jobs. Just saying if I was a manager, I would probably recommend your channel to my employees to keep them in line
@@Brenary Facts! Its not "fear-mongering" being a pessimist or a "psyop". It's called being a Realist calling it out like it actually is, wake up and open your eyes to the hundreds of thousands (and counting) that have been laid off that will continue to keep being laid off with wages that are disrespectfully low and COL at nearly all time time. The world WILL burn and collapse unfortunately to a Capitalistic society to the point that it blurs the line of extortion.
No offense taken. If you have a new offer, then by all means take it. But if one thinks they can quit their job and find a new one in a few weeks, they would be in for a rude awakening.
Too much competition now. Life has become a scam.
8 billion people says...yes. I know everybody likes to blame Boomers. However, it's really a question of demographics. Boomers- population of the earth, 3.2 billion or fewer (that is the population in 1964, the last year of the Boom, year I was born- and one of the peak birth years so competition for everything growing up an utter nightmare since schools and such were completely overcrowded). But now, unlike back then, countries like China, etc. have caught up the West. After WWII it was US and nobody else, Europe was a mess and the rest of the world was pretty primitive. Now, you are not only competing against your fellow Americans but the entire world, most of whom will work for less (I would know, I have outsourced myself to Asia for the last 16 years and make less money than I used to in the US- although my cost of living is much lower so I am OK with it). So yes, it all sucks and it's not getting better, have a 35 year old daughter and I see how crap it is, just the BS interview process alone is maddening. Best of luck to all...
Yes, but for the most part, more people = more jobs.
While worldwide population growth has its issues, I would argue this tough job market has more to do with the nature of the economy we live in (which you actually touched on a bit in your comment.)
It makes me sad. We are in the future, and it’s not the one boomers had been dreaming of. Instead of us being so well off that our big dilemma is what to do with our free time, our big dilemma instead is survival.
The communal idea of a nation is gone. Nation means nothing now outside of Olympic sports.
We're all fighting for scraps.
Got a job with a temp agency. Walked out on day 1. It wasn't what I was told. Took over a year to get another job. Did not know that leaving pur me on a secret black list with the temp agencies, I found out after applying for jobs for a year that they purposely denied me every time.
If this is factual you should consider suing times are to hard to accept nonsense these companies are dishing out.
@@inittowinit78winit17 After filing for jobs and calling on them for a year, some lady answered and gave me a lecture like I was a little kindergartener and if behave myself, she would lift the ban. Well, at that point I was out of money and had to move out of state to my parents house and that was no picnic. Just want to let people know that if they are having a hard time getting a job through a temp agency, they might be on the black list.
@@inittowinit78winit17 Companies get away with it because it costs time and money to fight them. People working for them often don't have the resources to fight them. Also, it can be hard to prove. My friend had video evidence of a Fed Ex driver crashing into his garage, and it was still hard to fight. That's how crazy it is. Many temp agencies do far worse like not paying you all your hours or putting you over multiple companies to avoid overtime pay, etc.
They get paid off of you. Why would they not make money off you?
Oh wow. That's not cool. Thanks for sharing.
That's why saving money when you're young is very important. Once you have a substantial amount in the bank, the stress and anxiety goes down significantly. Investments are good, but don't have all your cash tied up into it. In the end, cash is always king.
Saving is good as long as you have a decent pre nup set up...
@@kite2surfif someone has money by having to tighten their belt , marriage is not for them . Should stick to “massages” and single life no kids
diversify. dont put all the eggs in one basket as they say.
Which has become antithetical to having kids.
You’d think society would value future generations more.
@@Araksi_N Wake up the divorce rate in most countries is running at 50%, if you don't want to end up having to
start from zero get a pre nup. hahahaha
I quit my job in the great resignation and I severely regret that
You had no way to know it would get this bad. Thanks for sharing
Dang… 😢
It scary how life is hard atm
You're right. Real rough times.
To me , a job is just a means to an end. Disposable and something we should move on from when something better comes by. I just don't see the point staying at someplace for 20-30yrs just to make ends meet. That's hell to me.
Yea, I usually left jobs for better ones every 3 years or so.
Quitting your job now is insane. This economy is rocky as all get-out.
You're right. Thanks for the comment.
I never quit my job. I always wait till employer to can me. The situation in Canada is pretty bad atm. Food bank is running out of food. People are resorting to working the street corner to survival even middle age men are not exempted.
I thought Canadians are rich. Need to get rid of Justin Trudeau.
@@bigx9963 Canadians are never rich ever since I remember (after 2008). If you are not a home owner essentially in most metro you are paying 50% of your salary on rent. 30% if you rent a slumhouse. It is just that under Trudeau's time it is hitting the middle class too. I still have upper middle class telling me tent city is a conspiracy theory. Most Canadians are house poor and borrow against their home.
@@mrguiltyfool Canada went woke now going broke.
Don't worry, our president is now Trump, im sure the State of Canada will get some assistance now
@@jenny-DD na, Trump is deporting the undesirable to Canada so....
My tech job got outsourced, i was very lucky to get a job on IT help desk via a friend, its a step dowm but I'm not even looking for something else for at least two years.
Sorry you went through that. Thanks for sharing your story. "Knowing someone" is definitely the key to getting a new job right now.
Unfortunately even if you don't leave your job with this economy being laid off is a big possibility. Big corporations are laying off long time employees to cut cost or the company itself isn't doing good. Keep your resume updated and keep your options open
My big corporation continues to cut heads. Anybody who believes the government numbers is naive, or wants to be lied to. They will tell you everything is great until they can no longer deny it. You need to ask around and judge for yourself.
You're right. Great advice.
I don't quit, I just wait until the place goes under. It's happened to me 7 times already, and with what corporate just announced last week, it looks like it's happening again at my current place. Good times!
Oh wow! Sorry that has happened to you so many times. I usually quit and move to a new organization when the writing is on the wall that the company is in trouble, but your strategy is probably better. Good luck out there!
Thanks!
Wow! Thank you again!!
At least not without a plan. If your job is stable, but the atmosphere is negative, the pay sucks and it seems to be a dead-end, you should absolutely be making efforts to make that situation better. There’s still a lot of opportunities out here, but it will require you getting out of your comfort zone and making some different moves. Also, if you’re not investing (stocks, crypto, gold & silver IRAs, index/trust funds, real estate etc), why not? You don’t have to settle with being a cog in the machine your whole life 💯
I work an hourly job at a large multinational and I contribute 10% out of every check to my company retirement IRA plan or whatever it is. Check on it every month to see how its performing and it is beating my personal hobby trading/investing account significantly. Some things are better left to professionals. Just my experience.
Thanks for the comment! I agree. You should be proactive with your future and not just sit around waiting for things to change.
I mow lawns and help people grow their own food. Plenty of work available for me! If you like work there is plenty of work out there.
Thanks for sharing.
Yes the economy is on free fall
Forget unemployment rate
Labor force participation rate is closer
But stats are all cooked
You have to look around and find other indicators
For me, the indicators are food bank usage, career fair line up and tent city
For me it's the morning rush hours.
@@bigx9963 what are you seeing?
@@mrguiltyfool what is location and what are you seeing?
Yes, the labor rate participation rate of the key make demographic of around 26-54 or some such is way, way down. Double digits down, it's terrible. They aren't ALL stay-at-home dads...
Also, most state unemployment commissions have a "quiet" policy of denying nearly every claim initially. You have to fight for it. Many don't.
Oh wow. Thanks for sharing
My new strategy is to actually take another job while you have another job, but what you do is take a couple weeks of vacation at your current job. Start the new job and see if you really like it before quitting your other one
Good idea! Thanks for sharing
I did this! I left my current job and went to a new company. Did not like it there, at all! Uppers too intrusive and demanding. So I came back from my "vacation" and back to having freedoms with my current job. Felt like I was test driving a new company. But anyways, this is a great piece of advice! If I had put my 2 week notice and left my current job, I'd be miserable right now.
@@PotentialDifference1 awesome! Glad it worked out!
@@economicfusion6065 thank you! Have a great day! 🙏
Thank you brother. God bless you
Thank you!
Amazon always hiring in fulfillment centers
Fed Ex hiring around holidays for package handler.
Thanks for the tip.
Worked for Amazon for 3 years. I worked as a delivery driver for 2 years and at the warehouse for 1. Overworked underpaid
Great reminder, Will! I wish my son had listened to this advice 😉
Thanks! Hope he gets back on his feet soon!
Whats his OF page ?
TOO MANY PEOPLE. NOT ENOUGH JOBS
Cannon Fodder has entered the chat
Seems to be the case.
Making yourself marketable, even if your working... volunteer, learn completely new skills (license to drive a truck), keep others aware that you are considering a new position. Morning at importantly, we need to focus on our Lord and Savior 🙏.. blessings to all.
Amen! Thank you for the comment
I made that mistake and my job is TOXIC AF
Sorry you are experiencing that. I can relate to that feeling. Thank you for the comment. Good luck out there.
Beggars can’t be choosers.
Well if you have a job, and stay until you get a new one, you don't need to get desperate
Agreed
Thanks for the comment.
what if I couldn't do my new job due to heavy lifting?
or what if you're about to get fired? It's better to quit
Thanks for the comment
as far as I know, depends on the state.
as far as I know (unless its changed), in my home state if you quit, you cant apply for unemployment compensation. but if you are fired, you can, and should
@Gizziiusa I think in any state, they investigate the circumstances, 'cause there ARE legit reasons to quit
im only part time. i dont need a full time job. im having roomsharing.
That's a great position to be in. Thanks for sharing.
Im at the end of my career and getting paid for 40 hours plus pension and actually working 25 hours.
Im flying under the radar and like the Dunkin Donut guy getting up daily going to a job i really don't like but need a paycheck....
Thanks for sharing. Sounds like a solid game plan
I am sure there will be plenty of jobs opening next year in the agricultural sector. They will need people to harvest crops. There will be a lot of opening in restaurants for dish washers. LOL
We don’t need an endless supply of those people and its not hard to grow your own fruits and veggies just stop being lazy
@@Brenary You must have a lot of land, for the rest of us we need to go get it at the supermarket. We will always need people who work in the fields.
@@Ace1000ks you must be silly enough to think all those people work in the fields.Nope they work desk jobs,they work at the electric company,they are even doctors so get your facts straight.They are not all doing pow pay jobs thanks to biden and Obama so stop it
@@Ace1000ks there are no fields in new york or chicago so why are the illegals over there if they work in the fields 😂
@@Brenary Servers, Dishwashers and Cleaning Services
and do not leave for a job unless you check the glassdoor reviews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yea, that is a must. Thank you for the comment.
lol being a wage slave isn’t anything better leave a job or not it’s all depends what’s going on in your life
I quit and now im really not able to get zero jobs with even retail and every single job that exist in my area and the hr people are nasty...
Oh wow. Sorry to hear that. Thanks for sharing.
Leave your job life is a joke in a caste based society. The ammount of shocked Pikachus faces are hilarious. Aint no one talking about it but the ftc be actually doing work because the bills come due post pandemic. Brutal truth theres too many businesses for the population we've figured out the upper limit of employees per company with the most recent Boeing strike.
Why not do any job now until you can get a job you really want? Just curious.
I recently started applying to customer service and other jobs that pay less and maybe I'll be able to get. Will cast a wider net next year.
@@LaborGains The great thing about it is with your skills, jobs like that or around that caliber will be so easy for you and you'll also be able to easily look for roles that are higher up while you're there. Wishing you the best of luck good sir and appreciate you being open and honest about the situation and how well you're informing people.
@@realtalk3567 thank you so much!
asking people to help you in your job search.. is begging and mostly a waste if time of effort.. did it work for you?
Its a joke just not funny
Fair enough
Damm it! Why didn't you say that 24 hours ago?! 😱
SORRY!
looks like u back to us of a, clean and quiet
@@javaman8844 fair enough 😏
At 6:12 I have found this to be true.
Thanks for the comment!
No offense bro, but this channel is beginning to feel like a psyop to keep everyone petrified of losing their jobs.
Just saying if I was a manager, I would probably recommend your channel to my employees to keep them in line
I guess reality should not be talked about😂
@@Brenary Facts! Its not "fear-mongering" being a pessimist or a "psyop". It's called being a Realist calling it out like it actually is, wake up and open your eyes to the hundreds of thousands (and counting) that have been laid off that will continue to keep being laid off with wages that are disrespectfully low and COL at nearly all time time. The world WILL burn and collapse unfortunately to a Capitalistic society to the point that it blurs the line of extortion.
@Brenary fair point 🤷🏾
No. The market got that bad in 2024 compared to during covid when you could get a job in easy mode. People are trapped now.
No offense taken. If you have a new offer, then by all means take it. But if one thinks they can quit their job and find a new one in a few weeks, they would be in for a rude awakening.
Insurance is hiring right now.
Thanks for the tip.
You are aiming too high then bro. Try starting at the bottom.