Walking into a workplace asking for a job doesn’t work anymore. You’ll have a grumpy lady telling you to apply online so they can ignore your application.
Exactly my thought... Like MAYBE it could work for lower paying or minimum wage jobs (and really only some of those- because even when I was in high school they would just say "we only accept applying online"). But for example someone in engineering, you can't really just walk into the corporate office or manufacturing site lmao
I did a lot of hiring for jobs. When people walked in asking for a job we thought they were weird. You don't just give someone a job. You figure out what work you need, create the job and post it.
As a teenager, my friends and I use to sell candy. I spent it all on weed and partying and my friend bought multiple cars and flipped them starting his car business by age 20. Self made since he was selling candies at 13 to save for his first car at 16. Some people are hustlers bro
@@EddieLiftsFX Yeah bro he totally bought multiple cars from selling candies. You sure those candies weren't laced with opioids or any other sort of drug?
That's not what he meant. That kid learned to sell candies and learned to sell in general. Instead of selling slcandoes he sells flipped cars. I'm sure your the broke person complaining about the system whole not working harder
@@vikkzx Agree. Some people have a knack for selling things. I don’t mean sleazy people, just have that thing. There are a few that try to be as fair as possible.
This is why I love gaining wisdom from old rich people. Like good old Dave says, I’ve heard the advice of young rich people and they’re stupid. Learn from the people who took a realistic path, worked a regular career, and turned it into money via long term decisions.
Lol, go ahead listen to the old, rich folks. The way the got rich isn't the same anymore. Unless you plan on working at the same job for 30 years and buying a house for two or three times your annual salary and having it quadruple in value over the next 25 years.
Don’t listen to this other clown that commented. My wife and I are multimillionaires in our late 30’s with no family inheritance (in fact we’re both wealthier now than either of our parents currently). We’re still working full time and in 20 years I’m guessing we’ll easily have 20-30m+ to our names given our current track. Want to know how we’re doing it? I work in a technical sales/bus dev career and my wife works in accounting and finance. We have a combined salary of well over 500k currently and investments add another 150-200k in capital gains annually. We both work hard in our corporate jobs, we’re very positive people excited to take on new challenges, we aggressively save our money and carefully invest (mostly mutual funds, index funds and a small portion in individual stocks) and we live well under our means (we save over half our income to invest). Our house is nice but not big and nothing ostentatious. An outsider would probably think we probably have and earn far less than we do. So if you want a similar track…Find a well paying career, work hard and excel. Save aggressively and invest but do it carefully. Live well below your means. If you get married find a partner with similar values and attitudes towards money. If they also have a well paying job that’s a plus but just having a great marriage with similar values is what’s really important. And lastly exercise some patience. Money rarely comes fast but the more you accumulate the faster it comes in. (We didn’t feel well off until the last 3-4 years where out net worth really started to increase exponentially especially with our investments). r path. The people acting like you can’t build significant wealth anymore without blind dumb luck are absolutely clueless. That’s a myth perpetuated by lazy hateful people who can’t stand to see you succeed. There you go. That’s our formula. We didn’t found a unicorn tech startup, no crypto scheme, no crazy social media presence. Just intelligent hard work and discipline with money.
@@CHILLknowsfootball Quadruple over 25 years? Terrible investment....most old rich folks would tell you invest in an SP500 ETF that averages at 9-10% a year, over 25 years you are looking at over 8.5x your money.
Old rich people generally don’t understand the times now because they’ve already made their money. It was just a different time to only work for one company 30 years retire and have a nice retirement those days are gone my friend. You have to start some kind of business to get ahead now. People hate hearing that but it’s the truth you have to put out more value into market to get back a greater return and also invest.
"Just walk in" only applies to retail, food service, or very specific industries like that. Anything that applies to defense, aerospace, security.... You will be escorted off the premises for showing up unannounced. The real way to go about that for the technical industries would be to show up at trade shows, conferences, or open houses. That's where you can come and openly talk to us. Know the protocol for the industry you want to break into.
If you should be working in those industries you should have developed connection while you in college or school. If you did not then you failed to use your schooling properly. Simple as that.
'How many hours do I have to work, after taxes, to buy that thing I want.' That thought has saved me sooooo much money not buying stupid crap. Although knowing I have to work an hour and a half to buy breakfast for two at McDonalds... well, I don't do that very often, only if we're on a long drive somewhere.
12:30 - you're out of touch with the current reality of the markets. No matter what you need to apply online 90% of companies. It doesn't matter if you have an amazing resume in person, dressed-down. The market right now is horrible and even if you are qualified it will take you 300+ job applications just to get one response.
Don’t companies get like a tax write off or something just for having a posting up? Cause if that’s true then it further complicates even finding a damn job.
No your resume is just not good enough or you don’t have the right connections. If you go into the office you will get your resume looked at likely and then if they see you as the right fit you will get a call back. Keep in mind that blindly applying to the job won’t work when you have to compete with the people who have connections, are getting recruited by the company’s recruiters, and more experienced people. It’s a competitive job market not a bad market.
It’s crazy how the WORKING class is being called lazy. The hardest jobs for the lowest wages, longest hours, manual labor, cleaning jobs, etc. The word “working” is literally in the name - and the ruling class are calling us lazy? Insane.
Honestly tho i see it cuz alot of people clock out n thats it, they dont try harder in any other field like fitness, organizing their life or learning a new skill. Ive worked with servers for long time n they work hard forsure but they spend all their money on expensive alcohol in the bars or “girls trips” etc. so they work hard in their job but mentally clocked out in rest of their life
@@antonioiniguez1615 brother, having worked in a handful of restaurants, i can promise you this is not true. most of the people i worked with could not make it in a restaurant, fast food or otherwise. emphasis on MOST, huge turn over rates at most places.
From $37K to $65K that's the minimum range of profit return every month I think it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family
13:53 "Who doesnt want a spouse that makes more than them" Bro they specifically said husband. If you were to ask women if they would be ok with a husband that makes less than them, they would say no. And yes im aware there are exceptions. But those exceptions do not make the rule.
It all depends on the relative numbers. A woman earning $300K per year would have no problem if her husband earned $250K but she might not be too thrilled if he earned $50K. Can't say I blame them.
The reason is so they can stop work while having children that two/three years of no works on the women's side as they become a mother. It all about stability for women to create a family thats biology.
@@bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149 Of course but a lot of women who earns the success are more mentally like men and most likely don't want a make for money.
The issue is if your a woman that wants to have a family you cannot work on a career you focus on being a mom and work a lower level job on the side. Men do not care how much money a woman makes men make woman into a queen while women will never make a man a king.
A real teen millionaire would never buy a a nail salon 😂😂😂 no one gets rich from a nail salon, or coffee shop, or boba shop. That’s a business you run as a hobby, not for money
I worked at Raising Canes for a while and we had quite a few people come in with resumes and try to apply in person. I would tell my manager and every time she would not talk to them and tell them to just apply online.
To the girl in the denim shirt, you can't really complain about the guy, you straight up said you looked at him as less of a man because he didn't make as much as you. And he didn't feel man enough. Thats because you made him feel that way.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer because the rich continue to do the things that made then rich in the first place, and the poor continue to do the things that left them poor (mostly). Children of the rich see what their parents do and emulate, and they learn lessons about money and business that the average poor kid doesn’t. Not surprising there’s a very different teen mentality.
True, but there is also an emphasis on connections, and doing whatever it takes to continue generating wealth. I am convinced most rich people do not allow their kids to play video games (or much of it anyway) or other such activities unless there is a potential to make valuable connections or improve some skill that can be turned into money. It is a completely different mindset. Not to even talk about the fact that many of these individuals have enough money to hire someone to do the actual hard work. They can afford the best education, after school activities, and in many cases parents will get their kids a foot in the door at a good job. So this goes beyond just hard work. It is a different game entirely most of the time.
@@beasley1095 if all they've known is privelege it's understandable that they just expect things. That's all they've known. Sometimes to their benefit and sometimes to their detriment.
Graham I’m an avid watcher of your videos but to be honest the job market is cooked. You can’t walk into a business and ask for a job today. You have to apply online and even if you qualify, there’s no guarantee your resume will be seen. Also a lot of companies are contracting their employees to save money. I work at huge firm through a temp agency and make basically a poverty wage even though I work full time and have my degree. No matter how much people work or want to work it doesn’t matter if these jobs don’t want to pay liveable wages.
You need to network in college and after college. If you spent 4-6 years networking and are just halfway decent at what you do then you will have unlimited opportunities for work.
Being realistic, to be a millionaire before 18 all comes down to luck. Either get lucky to have a rich family to back you, or get lucky to go viral on the internet as an influencer/creator (which I guess would count as being self made). Any form of getting rich via a business would take you longer than that to actually get you to 1million liquid on your account (best case in your early twenties).
I think people have unrealistic views on what livable wage should be. Minimum should be just that. Just enough to support you. No one else. Just enough to put a roof over your head, feed you, get you basic necessities to keep you alive. No vacations, no expensive phones, no eating out. But most people view minimum as middle class, which is simply unrealistic.
Success is not built on success. It's built on failure, It's built on frustration. It's built on fear that you have to overcome. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life!
Old way of getting rich: work the same job for 30 years and buy a house for 3x your income as soon as you can afford it. Wait 30 years, retire and have a house thats quadrupled in value and live off your pension.
That wasn't how you got "rich" that was just middle class. Selling your house for 5x what you paid for it doesn't mean much when you also have to purchase your next home at 5x what they used to cost. It all balances out.
Agreed! “The younger one is, the more one thinks one knows everything, aka arrogance, the older one gets the more one actually knows and through wisdom the more one gains the knowledge that one is completely clueless.” Thanks.
Your parent's have an influence on you being lazy. For example, a child never cleans his room and the mother ends up giving up and cleans his room because she won't listen to him
14:48 why does she think that she (as the wife) deserves to relax after they get married because she’s “worked so hard.” If he makes more…he (most likely) worked harder than her…what if he said that?
the issue isn't that wages are too low, the issue is that prices are too high, increasing minimum wage won't help anything as all it will do is increase prices again and that will just keep happening, increasing wages isn't the solution, all it does is feed inflation even higher and depreciate the value of any savings people might have
Money in capitalist societies determine how much freedom you really have. If you have more freedom you have more options to do things you want to do. If you value relationships and family, money helps to be able to go out and take your significant other on dates or vacations. If you value experiences money opens doors for more exotic luxuries and vacation. It’s the metric of success bc the more of it you have the more you can do
What I noticed, I wanted to do business since I was 18 the issue was I literally didn’t know anything, I was more of a spoiled neurotic child with little to no discipline or grit. Business came to me pretty easily as far as drawing connections on how things could work but I did not have the patience, discipline, confidence, or resources to make anything happen. Now I’m more focused on gaining some technical skills and resources and I will revisit that dream once I can realistically make something happen
In 20:57 Sam’s club has something similar. They have Sam’s share which is a quarterly bonus based on how many new memberships or renewals there is. Which is used to motivate us to push new memberships
19:08 that is great if you do not have to pay rent, bills, co-pays as well. Minimal Wage should equal minimal living, paying the basics, only needs. Minimal Wage does not do that at the moment.
Minimum wage is fine but the problem is the companies wanting you to do more with "promotions" that just gives a new total and tons of more work with little to no extra pay.
Unfortunately times have changed a lot. Stealing is soo much more common. Most of the kids when I was in school just didn't care. They grocery store tried to have our school banned because the stealing was so bad. Also you can't walk into a place and ask for a job anymore. Job hunting is the hardest thing I've done in my life haha. I am trying to switch job roles and I am applying to jobs where I would take a 40% pay cut and im wayyy overqualified for. Can't get an interview, can't speak to anyone, its literally just apply and hope the automated messaging system approves you.
The wisest thing that should be on everyone mind currently should be to invest in different streams of income that doesn't depend on the govt. Especially with the current economic crisis around the word. This is still a good time to invest in Gold, silver and digital currencies (BTC, ETH...
Venturing into crypto as a newbie was very difficult due to lack of experience which resulted in loosing funds......... But Susan Marie Alessio, restored hope shes a good woman
After I raised up to 325k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states 🇱🇷🇱🇷also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God.shalom..
Of course. Working hard doesn't equal wealth. Working smart does. Put hard work into executing a good idea that could be lucrative. That's how you get paid.
Actually you may know everything as a teenager but eventually the systems wins and makes you adjust, thus when your an adult you think your smart 🤷🏾♂️
Over 20 years ago, I saw a study that showed that, in general, women who make more than their male partners will tend to lose respect for them over time. Fact is, we have a society where it’s just expected that the man will be the primary income provider, and it’s expected that he WILL work to support the family. The woman is given the freedom (by society) to work or not work, based on her feelings. And once children come along, if one parent is going to leave the workforce to stay home with the kids, it’s supposed to be the woman. Remember, I said, “in general.” There’s alway exceptions.
How could you possibly have a nail salon that fails unless your employees for your pricing is just trash there are so many women in this country that are broke that still pay for their nails
Which is crazy to me because it's ridiculously expensive for what you're getting. I think the first time my Mom ever got her nails done was when I took her out for her 50th birthday. She might have done it once or twice since because she was appalled at what it cost. I guess some people just have different priorities.
To be honest, everytime i have asked an employer if they were hiring, the answer has always been a no (usually rudely). That's not a very good way to get a job, certainly not a good one. Knowing people that work there is much better than walking into a business and asking a random person for a job.
In regards to minimum wage increases, if a small increase would put you outa business you shouldn't be in business. On the other hand governments can also do tax cuts to small businesses that would be most effected by wage increases and such, people always look at minimum wage increases in a vaccume and seem to ignore other external factors.
That’s not how the economy works, the economy is mostly stable bc of small businesses. That’s why graham said education is important bc so many ppl don’t even understand why things work the way they do yet try to change it
Technically nothing is worth paying for with your philosophy and I agree. Farms are cheap to build in your backyard, we can survive great from plants alone and some fish (also inexpensive). Building our own house/sheltors also inexpensive if you do the research but we have so many expectations because we see what everyone else is doing. It's sick how we standardized and normalized a certain lifestyle without trying to live life our own way.
Raising minimum wage raises the poverty line. True minimum wage is 0. I work minimum wage job in high school. (Dishwasher/ server at a nursing home). Min wage went up, then we was expected to do the same job in less time. Still got paid the same.
It’s not natural for everything but wages to go up. That simply means everyone is poorer. By accepting everything else goes up your already accepting money is worth less. So why wouldn’t you want the wages to at least make match that.
Most people don't steal. If you think everyone does, your business is in the wrong area, or you are hiring the wrong people. Sometimes people can fool you. If you find yourself being fooled every day then you are the fool.
@ lol bro ehat world do you live in? Every business gets stolen from by employees its just a fact of life; then you just have to accept okk look i can get x amount stolen from me
@@thefryingpan951 Bro you like umm said everyone steals from you bro😂. Like brooooo... I ran a painting business for 10+ years and none of my employees stole from me. I had a $2k paint sprayer stolen on a job once. It was stolen by a member of the electrician's crew that hired anyone who could pull a wire. Not everyone steals bro. Maybe bro that's just something you say to justify your past clepto habits bro😉👍
@@partytimeproductions420 see that’s just an obvious lie, bro you’re gonna tell me that you ran a business and no one stole not even a piece of information from you to give to a competitor? No one‘s ever even started their own business. Thanks to your direction? No one‘s ever stolen a client from you?No one’s ever found a way to get a client to pay them instead of paying you? Bro, these things happen every day like why are you fronting?
Minimum wage was originally designed to be a living wage for a single income family….. now it has been labeled as like the teen summer job, but the reality is that more adults supporting families work minimum wage jobs. So realistically it should be livable.
If minimum wage is ment to support a whole family then all those things they buy become more expensive because the COGS of all the product they buy went up so the prices have to go up.
The biggest thing in the whole video he brought up was income tax on his hour wage. This is the biggest issue and the how we as a society still agree to an income tax that was only supposed to be do to war times. And taxes go up and up it’s theft that we agree to
Buying a nail salon isn't something your average teenager would even be able to do. I started working from a young age, but even if I saved every penny by the time I turned an adult I wouldn't have been able to buy any business because they are expensive. Could I have started an online business? Sure, you don't need any money for that. Brick and mortar? Not a chance, that's family money.
Minium wage should just cover what you need to survive, and generally it does. Of course it's not enough to live the way you want, but generally minimum is just the entry level
Graham you're delusional. There is a ton of theft now.. My employees were the reason I sold my businesses after 20 years a few years ago for many reasons. That being just one. Do yourself a favor and go either buy a business where you can manage or work with minimum wage folks. Your mind will be blown 🤯
Minimum wage is an introduction to the workforce wage. It is suppose to be for people just starting out in the workforce. Every time they raise it, it kills jobs and keeps underkilled workers out of the job market.
Minimum wage should mean you can afford basic living necessities. Nobody likes to say this but minimum wage workers are need too. That doesn’t mean they should be struggling. Nobody is saying they should be able to afford a luxurious penthouse in the middle of Manhattan and travel the globe every month on the dot with their pay but, groceries should not be a luxury for any hard worker especially minimum wage workers.
groceries aren't a luxury, people just dont want to eat ground beef, chicken, rice, beans and potatoes. They are more expensive these days but everytime i see someone complaining about groceries they;re not buying ingredients or whole foods, just garbage and prepackaged food and then complaining they spend $1k a month on food.
@@nathanhedglin931Honestly, I’m always shocked when people say they make it since so many places these days are no where near $7/hr. McDonald’s doesn’t even pay minimum wage. Warehouse pays double and even triple. Lowe’s is $15 starting off. It’s crazy to apply anywhere for $7😬
@@19Hollisterchick90$15 is the new 7.25. The truth is that most companies could afford to pay their employees more and many people who are making $10 -$13 are being exploited for their labor.
the government said minimum wage was supposed to pay for all basic bills rent and investments lol just look it up they just didnt keep there promise when they made the rule
Many places that I applied to get a job in person told me to apply online. So even if I tried to talk to someone to get a job only placed me into a stack of other applications. It depends on the job and company you are applying to. It was very stressful to get a job this way. This is where I have to give credit to Amazon. It was an online application and no interview process. You pretty much get hired as long as you pass the drug test and background check. Basic jobs like that should be easy to apply to like that. Once you are working on your job, your performance will determine if you should stay there or not.
These kids also do not understand the biggest thing is when you have to pay your own rent, that and other bills like car etc and insurance, will always take away from making money and prevent you from being able to save and if you wanted any kind of vice then it takes away even more to varying degrees
People getting underpaid of they are easy to replace is exactly why minimum wages and unions need to exist. Replacing individual workers might be easy. Replacing entire workforce on strike is harder, especially if you have proper laws to protect right to strike
@The Graham Stephan Show 20:00 A collective, or even a co-op, can be IRL examples of employees tied to the success of the business. If you like that, you can influence this idea growing.
Kelly O'Gee is my old mentor (black chick). she seems to be losing grasp on the common man. but yeah when she's hiring someone, she''s hiring a very niche position of a financial person something that not even wall street would normally hire. so she can't really complain.
You dont need to make a child get a job to learn the value of a dollar. You just teach them and have them earn an allowance based off the work they do and put in at home. Teach them taxes and budgets and be done.
Nope you’re wrong, minimum wage was intended to be able to have your families Needs meant. It has become a false narrative of a starter job wage for teens. Yes your minimum wage McDonald’s cashier deserves a livable wage.
Gen z just simply wants a choice to work, like people don’t understand how domesticated we are as Americans. This whole idea of having a job is very new on the timeline of life. Nobody aspires to be a company man. Being a man just literally means to make your own way through life. It’s insane how far off natural base we have all become.
To go back to what's "natural" would mean the collapse of modern society. All this is only possible with a vast majority participating in this modern work force.
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Walking into a workplace asking for a job doesn’t work anymore. You’ll have a grumpy lady telling you to apply online so they can ignore your application.
Exactly my thought... Like MAYBE it could work for lower paying or minimum wage jobs (and really only some of those- because even when I was in high school they would just say "we only accept applying online"). But for example someone in engineering, you can't really just walk into the corporate office or manufacturing site lmao
It might at a very small place, like my old job was at a tiny little company where we literally had that happen.
When was the last time Graham applied for a job? Bro is showing his disconnection from modern reality. Easy to do when you’re a TH-camr
I did a lot of hiring for jobs. When people walked in asking for a job we thought they were weird.
You don't just give someone a job. You figure out what work you need, create the job and post it.
Did you at least get the hiring managers name and email? People will give you information if you ask. Greatest super power in your back pocket.
02:39 bought a nail salon as a teenager ?! 😂 No girl, your parents did.
As a teenager, my friends and I use to sell candy.
I spent it all on weed and partying and my friend bought multiple cars and flipped them starting his car business by age 20. Self made since he was selling candies at 13 to save for his first car at 16.
Some people are hustlers bro
@@EddieLiftsFX Yeah bro he totally bought multiple cars from selling candies. You sure those candies weren't laced with opioids or any other sort of drug?
@@nigerianking8782that attitude is why you’re probably broke
That's not what he meant. That kid learned to sell candies and learned to sell in general. Instead of selling slcandoes he sells flipped cars.
I'm sure your the broke person complaining about the system whole not working harder
@@vikkzx Agree. Some people have a knack for selling things. I don’t mean sleazy people, just have that thing. There are a few that try to be as fair as possible.
This is why I love gaining wisdom from old rich people. Like good old Dave says, I’ve heard the advice of young rich people and they’re stupid. Learn from the people who took a realistic path, worked a regular career, and turned it into money via long term decisions.
Lol, go ahead listen to the old, rich folks. The way the got rich isn't the same anymore. Unless you plan on working at the same job for 30 years and buying a house for two or three times your annual salary and having it quadruple in value over the next 25 years.
Don’t listen to this other clown that commented. My wife and I are multimillionaires in our late 30’s with no family inheritance (in fact we’re both wealthier now than either of our parents currently). We’re still working full time and in 20 years I’m guessing we’ll easily have 20-30m+ to our names given our current track.
Want to know how we’re doing it? I work in a technical sales/bus dev career and my wife works in accounting and finance. We have a combined salary of well over 500k currently and investments add another 150-200k in capital gains annually. We both work hard in our corporate jobs, we’re very positive people excited to take on new challenges, we aggressively save our money and carefully invest (mostly mutual funds, index funds and a small portion in individual stocks) and we live well under our means (we save over half our income to invest). Our house is nice but not big and nothing ostentatious. An outsider would probably think we probably have and earn far less than we do.
So if you want a similar track…Find a well paying career, work hard and excel. Save aggressively and invest but do it carefully. Live well below your means. If you get married find a partner with similar values and attitudes towards money. If they also have a well paying job that’s a plus but just having a great marriage with similar values is what’s really important.
And lastly exercise some patience. Money rarely comes fast but the more you accumulate the faster it comes in. (We didn’t feel well off until the last 3-4 years where out net worth really started to increase exponentially especially with our investments). r path. The people acting like you can’t build significant wealth anymore without blind dumb luck are absolutely clueless. That’s a myth perpetuated by lazy hateful people who can’t stand to see you succeed.
There you go. That’s our formula. We didn’t found a unicorn tech startup, no crypto scheme, no crazy social media presence. Just intelligent hard work and discipline with money.
@@CHILLknowsfootball Quadruple over 25 years? Terrible investment....most old rich folks would tell you invest in an SP500 ETF that averages at 9-10% a year, over 25 years you are looking at over 8.5x your money.
@gahaha8565 yeah, do that while you rent a house, you're dumb.
Old rich people generally don’t understand the times now because they’ve already made their money. It was just a different time to only work for one company 30 years retire and have a nice retirement those days are gone my friend. You have to start some kind of business to get ahead now. People hate hearing that but it’s the truth you have to put out more value into market to get back a greater return and also invest.
" Teen millionaire" aka trust fund kid with a safety net. Show me an orphan teen millionaire.
I know an orphan teen billionaire, but he has an obsession for justice and bats.
@LeeL29 bro, I know him too. Bruce is a good dude. He may be a bit eccentric for some but most find him to be knightly.
@LeeL29 What an idiot. 🤣
@LeeL29 how can you be so thick that you don't get that they are talking about batman
@LeeL29brother, did you not get it?
"Just walk in" only applies to retail, food service, or very specific industries like that. Anything that applies to defense, aerospace, security.... You will be escorted off the premises for showing up unannounced. The real way to go about that for the technical industries would be to show up at trade shows, conferences, or open houses. That's where you can come and openly talk to us.
Know the protocol for the industry you want to break into.
If you should be working in those industries you should have developed connection while you in college or school. If you did not then you failed to use your schooling properly. Simple as that.
'How many hours do I have to work, after taxes, to buy that thing I want.' That thought has saved me sooooo much money not buying stupid crap. Although knowing I have to work an hour and a half to buy breakfast for two at McDonalds... well, I don't do that very often, only if we're on a long drive somewhere.
12:30 - you're out of touch with the current reality of the markets. No matter what you need to apply online 90% of companies. It doesn't matter if you have an amazing resume in person, dressed-down. The market right now is horrible and even if you are qualified it will take you 300+ job applications just to get one response.
Don’t companies get like a tax write off or something just for having a posting up? Cause if that’s true then it further complicates even finding a damn job.
No your resume is just not good enough or you don’t have the right connections. If you go into the office you will get your resume looked at likely and then if they see you as the right fit you will get a call back. Keep in mind that blindly applying to the job won’t work when you have to compete with the people who have connections, are getting recruited by the company’s recruiters, and more experienced people. It’s a competitive job market not a bad market.
It’s crazy how the WORKING class is being called lazy. The hardest jobs for the lowest wages, longest hours, manual labor, cleaning jobs, etc.
The word “working” is literally in the name - and the ruling class are calling us lazy? Insane.
Honestly tho i see it cuz alot of people clock out n thats it, they dont try harder in any other field like fitness, organizing their life or learning a new skill. Ive worked with servers for long time n they work hard forsure but they spend all their money on expensive alcohol in the bars or “girls trips” etc. so they work hard in their job but mentally clocked out in rest of their life
Working 40 hours a week doing low skill tasks is lazy that’s the bare minimum
Minimum wage jobs are the easiest because they're the lowest skill jobs. Anyone can work in a fast food restaurant.
@@antonioiniguez1615 brother, having worked in a handful of restaurants, i can promise you this is not true. most of the people i worked with could not make it in a restaurant, fast food or otherwise. emphasis on MOST, huge turn over rates at most places.
@@damianpowell5749 It is true. Fast food takes absolutely zero skill or education. It is incredibly easy.
From $37K to $65K that's the minimum range of profit return every month I think it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family
How please?
Yeah, since meeting Shellane Maxwell, I now agree that with an expert managing your portfolio, the rate of profit is high, with less risk
I will advise you stop trading on your own if you keep losing… i don't trade on my own anymore, I always required help and assistance
Sounds familiar, I have heard her names on several occasions.. And both her success stories on wall street journey!
She's my family personal Broker and also a Broker to many families here in the United states, she is a licensed Broker
13:53
"Who doesnt want a spouse that makes more than them"
Bro they specifically said husband. If you were to ask women if they would be ok with a husband that makes less than them, they would say no.
And yes im aware there are exceptions. But those exceptions do not make the rule.
It all depends on the relative numbers. A woman earning $300K per year would have no problem if her husband earned $250K but she might not be too thrilled if he earned $50K. Can't say I blame them.
The reason is so they can stop work while having children that two/three years of no works on the women's side as they become a mother. It all about stability for women to create a family thats biology.
@@aston4736That's fine. But the more she earns, the harder it gets to find a man that can financially match or come close to her
@@bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149 Of course but a lot of women who earns the success are more mentally like men and most likely don't want a make for money.
The issue is if your a woman that wants to have a family you cannot work on a career you focus on being a mom and work a lower level job on the side. Men do not care how much money a woman makes men make woman into a queen while women will never make a man a king.
2:80 - "You need a little delusion" - Yeah basically a less-nicer synonym of "Entrepreneurial Spirit" 😂😂
A real teen millionaire would never buy a a nail salon 😂😂😂 no one gets rich from a nail salon, or coffee shop, or boba shop. That’s a business you run as a hobby, not for money
I worked at Raising Canes for a while and we had quite a few people come in with resumes and try to apply in person. I would tell my manager and every time she would not talk to them and tell them to just apply online.
To the girl in the denim shirt, you can't really complain about the guy, you straight up said you looked at him as less of a man because he didn't make as much as you. And he didn't feel man enough. Thats because you made him feel that way.
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer because the rich continue to do the things that made then rich in the first place, and the poor continue to do the things that left them poor (mostly). Children of the rich see what their parents do and emulate, and they learn lessons about money and business that the average poor kid doesn’t. Not surprising there’s a very different teen mentality.
True, but there is also an emphasis on connections, and doing whatever it takes to continue generating wealth. I am convinced most rich people do not allow their kids to play video games (or much of it anyway) or other such activities unless there is a potential to make valuable connections or improve some skill that can be turned into money. It is a completely different mindset.
Not to even talk about the fact that many of these individuals have enough money to hire someone to do the actual hard work. They can afford the best education, after school activities, and in many cases parents will get their kids a foot in the door at a good job.
So this goes beyond just hard work. It is a different game entirely most of the time.
Is this why a lot of wealthy kids grow up to be self righteous and entitled? I guess they just mimic their parents in that way too.
@@beasley1095 if all they've known is privelege it's understandable that they just expect things. That's all they've known. Sometimes to their benefit and sometimes to their detriment.
The poor aren't getting poorer. They're getting richer
@@antonioiniguez1615 Really not familiar with the aphorism are you?
Graham I’m an avid watcher of your videos but to be honest the job market is cooked. You can’t walk into a business and ask for a job today. You have to apply online and even if you qualify, there’s no guarantee your resume will be seen. Also a lot of companies are contracting their employees to save money. I work at huge firm through a temp agency and make basically a poverty wage even though I work full time and have my degree. No matter how much people work or want to work it doesn’t matter if these jobs don’t want to pay liveable wages.
Networking helps a lot. Going and asking for a job is not as straightforward as the statement suggest but it still works
You need to network in college and after college. If you spent 4-6 years networking and are just halfway decent at what you do then you will have unlimited opportunities for work.
Being realistic, to be a millionaire before 18 all comes down to luck.
Either get lucky to have a rich family to back you, or get lucky to go viral on the internet as an influencer/creator (which I guess would count as being self made).
Any form of getting rich via a business would take you longer than that to actually get you to 1million liquid on your account (best case in your early twenties).
I think people have unrealistic views on what livable wage should be. Minimum should be just that. Just enough to support you. No one else. Just enough to put a roof over your head, feed you, get you basic necessities to keep you alive. No vacations, no expensive phones, no eating out.
But most people view minimum as middle class, which is simply unrealistic.
I agree w you but idk cuz once people have the bare minimum they tend be lazy n not try harder cuz theyre comfortable
I feel like graham still sees that starbucks coffee as an hour of work even as a millionaire lol
That's why he is still a millioner
In Bulgaria we live with a minimum wage of 18$/day
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@@GzvshzfYou are right.
But I don't know why people remain poor due to ignorance
Old way of getting rich: work the same job for 30 years and buy a house for 3x your income as soon as you can afford it. Wait 30 years, retire and have a house thats quadrupled in value and live off your pension.
If the old way was an extremely specific period of time with an extremely small subset of the population, yes.
That wasn't how you got "rich" that was just middle class. Selling your house for 5x what you paid for it doesn't mean much when you also have to purchase your next home at 5x what they used to cost. It all balances out.
@ajsreptiles6170 who said anything about selling. Never sell a house. That's stupid.
@benchoflemons398 is there a greater percentage of people who got rich other ways in the last century?
The house quadrupeling in value in the problem in that equation. Incomes did not quadruple within that time and if they did, wow what a waste.
Agreed! “The younger one is, the more one thinks one knows everything, aka arrogance, the older one gets the more one actually knows and through wisdom the more one gains the knowledge that one is completely clueless.”
Thanks.
It's not Hard Work, it's Smart Work.
Your parent's have an influence on you being lazy. For example, a child never cleans his room and the mother ends up giving up and cleans his room because she won't listen to him
you mean he won't listen to her.
14:48 why does she think that she (as the wife) deserves to relax after they get married because she’s “worked so hard.” If he makes more…he (most likely) worked harder than her…what if he said that?
Yeah, struck me as odd..
the issue isn't that wages are too low, the issue is that prices are too high, increasing minimum wage won't help anything as all it will do is increase prices again and that will just keep happening, increasing wages isn't the solution, all it does is feed inflation even higher and depreciate the value of any savings people might have
2:34 this is BS. It was her parents money.
If they can replace you at the drop of a dime there you no value in the workplace
Never understood why success is equated to money.
Money in capitalist societies determine how much freedom you really have. If you have more freedom you have more options to do things you want to do. If you value relationships and family, money helps to be able to go out and take your significant other on dates or vacations. If you value experiences money opens doors for more exotic luxuries and vacation. It’s the metric of success bc the more of it you have the more you can do
@ 16:37 men who lie around on the couch all day have a lot of free time to get bored and look for options
What I noticed, I wanted to do business since I was 18 the issue was I literally didn’t know anything, I was more of a spoiled neurotic child with little to no discipline or grit. Business came to me pretty easily as far as drawing connections on how things could work but I did not have the patience, discipline, confidence, or resources to make anything happen. Now I’m more focused on gaining some technical skills and resources and I will revisit that dream once I can realistically make something happen
In 20:57 Sam’s club has something similar. They have Sam’s share which is a quarterly bonus based on how many new memberships or renewals there is. Which is used to motivate us to push new memberships
19:08 that is great if you do not have to pay rent, bills, co-pays as well. Minimal Wage should equal minimal living, paying the basics, only needs. Minimal Wage does not do that at the moment.
What’s the failure rate for restaurants, if you have an everything is possible mindset?
Very high. Like 90% last time I look it up. But the market recover since Covid but now in down turn.
“You can be the best dishwasher in the world.” However you are still just a dishwasher!
Minimum wage is fine but the problem is the companies wanting you to do more with "promotions" that just gives a new total and tons of more work with little to no extra pay.
Walks in to the office
"I work here now" -Graham
Unfortunately times have changed a lot. Stealing is soo much more common. Most of the kids when I was in school just didn't care. They grocery store tried to have our school banned because the stealing was so bad. Also you can't walk into a place and ask for a job anymore. Job hunting is the hardest thing I've done in my life haha. I am trying to switch job roles and I am applying to jobs where I would take a 40% pay cut and im wayyy overqualified for. Can't get an interview, can't speak to anyone, its literally just apply and hope the automated messaging system approves you.
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How
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Im here to say that there tons of jobs n carerrs thats is back breaking work n they dont make millions
should they??
Of course. Working hard doesn't equal wealth. Working smart does. Put hard work into executing a good idea that could be lucrative. That's how you get paid.
Thank you for the book recommendations!
Actually you may know everything as a teenager but eventually the systems wins and makes you adjust, thus when your an adult you think your smart 🤷🏾♂️
The Real Milionaires don’t have time to be on this show.
Over 20 years ago, I saw a study that showed that, in general, women who make more than their male partners will tend to lose respect for them over time.
Fact is, we have a society where it’s just expected that the man will be the primary income provider, and it’s expected that he WILL work to support the family. The woman is given the freedom (by society) to work or not work, based on her feelings. And once children come along, if one parent is going to leave the workforce to stay home with the kids, it’s supposed to be the woman.
Remember, I said, “in general.”
There’s alway exceptions.
One study, 20 years ago, doesnt say a lot
@ says enough.
How could you possibly have a nail salon that fails unless your employees for your pricing is just trash there are so many women in this country that are broke that still pay for their nails
If no one gets their nails done there…. There’s no income 🤯
Which is crazy to me because it's ridiculously expensive for what you're getting. I think the first time my Mom ever got her nails done was when I took her out for her 50th birthday. She might have done it once or twice since because she was appalled at what it cost. I guess some people just have different priorities.
Theres no eay those teens made thsts much $ without their parents. Unless their already a successful TH-camr or similar with a large income.
To be honest, everytime i have asked an employer if they were hiring, the answer has always been a no (usually rudely). That's not a very good way to get a job, certainly not a good one. Knowing people that work there is much better than walking into a business and asking a random person for a job.
I like this video. Honestly beats watching a jubilee video and better content than most reactors
In regards to minimum wage increases, if a small increase would put you outa business you shouldn't be in business.
On the other hand governments can also do tax cuts to small businesses that would be most effected by wage increases and such, people always look at minimum wage increases in a vaccume and seem to ignore other external factors.
That’s not how the economy works, the economy is mostly stable bc of small businesses. That’s why graham said education is important bc so many ppl don’t even understand why things work the way they do yet try to change it
Technically nothing is worth paying for with your philosophy and I agree. Farms are cheap to build in your backyard, we can survive great from plants alone and some fish (also inexpensive). Building our own house/sheltors also inexpensive if you do the research but we have so many expectations because we see what everyone else is doing. It's sick how we standardized and normalized a certain lifestyle without trying to live life our own way.
With the Canadian conversion 16/h American is now about 23$ Canadian which is very doable
Change the mindset of the poor and financial advice free youtube, but some people are in a loop they created and will need a handout with game plan.
Raising minimum wage raises the poverty line. True minimum wage is 0. I work minimum wage job in high school. (Dishwasher/ server at a nursing home). Min wage went up, then we was expected to do the same job in less time. Still got paid the same.
It’s not natural for everything but wages to go up. That simply means everyone is poorer. By accepting everything else goes up your already accepting money is worth less. So why wouldn’t you want the wages to at least make match that.
"its rare that somsones gonna steal from you" lol bro all of them steal from you bro
Yeah, morals have gone into the toilet.
Most people don't steal. If you think everyone does, your business is in the wrong area, or you are hiring the wrong people. Sometimes people can fool you. If you find yourself being fooled every day then you are the fool.
@ lol bro ehat world do you live in? Every business gets stolen from by employees its just a fact of life; then you just have to accept okk look i can get x amount stolen from me
@@thefryingpan951 Bro you like umm said everyone steals from you bro😂. Like brooooo... I ran a painting business for 10+ years and none of my employees stole from me. I had a $2k paint sprayer stolen on a job once. It was stolen by a member of the electrician's crew that hired anyone who could pull a wire. Not everyone steals bro. Maybe bro that's just something you say to justify your past clepto habits bro😉👍
@@partytimeproductions420 see that’s just an obvious lie, bro you’re gonna tell me that you ran a business and no one stole not even a piece of information from you to give to a competitor? No one‘s ever even started their own business. Thanks to your direction? No one‘s ever stolen a client from you?No one’s ever found a way to get a client to pay them instead of paying you? Bro, these things happen every day like why are you fronting?
Minimum wage was originally designed to be a living wage for a single income family….. now it has been labeled as like the teen summer job, but the reality is that more adults supporting families work minimum wage jobs. So realistically it should be livable.
If minimum wage is ment to support a whole family then all those things they buy become more expensive because the COGS of all the product they buy went up so the prices have to go up.
The biggest thing in the whole video he brought up was income tax on his hour wage. This is the biggest issue and the how we as a society still agree to an income tax that was only supposed to be do to war times. And taxes go up and up it’s theft that we agree to
Buying a nail salon isn't something your average teenager would even be able to do. I started working from a young age, but even if I saved every penny by the time I turned an adult I wouldn't have been able to buy any business because they are expensive. Could I have started an online business? Sure, you don't need any money for that. Brick and mortar? Not a chance, that's family money.
Minium wage should just cover what you need to survive, and generally it does. Of course it's not enough to live the way you want, but generally minimum is just the entry level
Before my kids I would spent money like crazy my kids are my driving force to be rich for them
Graham you're delusional. There is a ton of theft now.. My employees were the reason I sold my businesses after 20 years a few years ago for many reasons. That being just one. Do yourself a favor and go either buy a business where you can manage or work with minimum wage folks. Your mind will be blown 🤯
Should’ve payed them more bum
I love how the blonde was like "so I can finally relax" when do guys get to relax? Honestly selfish
At the end I thought graham was gonna say 'what do you guys think? Will any of the people on the right ever make it to the left?'
How much is enough watch Caleb hammer those Einsteins
There should be no minimum wage. People should more freely negotiate their wages. Minimum wage cuts off the bottom rungs of the economic ladder.
Minimum wage is an introduction to the workforce wage. It is suppose to be for people just starting out in the workforce. Every time they raise it, it kills jobs and keeps underkilled workers out of the job market.
While some of the millionaires here are definitely out of touch, a lot of their advice rings true at any income level.
There is NO SUCH THING as a “teen millionare” ! There’s only “teen who’se parent(s) are millionares” . Be realistic…
TH-cam created teen millionaires
It’s called influencer/tiktoker
Minimum wage should mean you can afford basic living necessities. Nobody likes to say this but minimum wage workers are need too. That doesn’t mean they should be struggling. Nobody is saying they should be able to afford a luxurious penthouse in the middle of Manhattan and travel the globe every month on the dot with their pay but, groceries should not be a luxury for any hard worker especially minimum wage workers.
groceries aren't a luxury, people just dont want to eat ground beef, chicken, rice, beans and potatoes. They are more expensive these days but everytime i see someone complaining about groceries they;re not buying ingredients or whole foods, just garbage and prepackaged food and then complaining they spend $1k a month on food.
Minimum wage should just scale with inflation....
I've never made minimum wage in my life. It is easy to make more.
@@nathanhedglin931Honestly, I’m always shocked when people say they make it since so many places these days are no where near $7/hr. McDonald’s doesn’t even pay minimum wage. Warehouse pays double and even triple. Lowe’s is $15 starting off. It’s crazy to apply anywhere for $7😬
@@19Hollisterchick90$15 is the new 7.25. The truth is that most companies could afford to pay their employees more and many people who are making $10 -$13 are being exploited for their labor.
Skills developed should just scale with inflation....there fixed your comment.
@@19Hollisterchick90 It’s about allowing people to have the means to succeed & afford life
God the fall of Graham Stephen is painful...
How about minimum wage only pays half the taxes on a state and federal level
If I had a million Dollars I could retire at 50, but I would still work part-time for the fun of it.
the government said minimum wage was supposed to pay for all basic bills rent and investments lol just look it up they just didnt keep there promise when they made the rule
It does pay for the basics. If it doesn’t then you are living above your means.
I totally get what the one in the red dress said about risk adversion.
Adjusted for inflation minimum wage should be $20 an hour
Wooooooow. Hand in a physical resume and min wage shouldn't be a livable wage? Graham used to feel relatable 🙄
Graham finally upgraded cam to 2160p dang
Idk I hate to say it but not everyone can move up man. Minimum wage needs to be like 17-18 basically everywhere.
Grahams passion for youtube is gone, he doesn't even reshoot when the camera isn't focused
You don’t notice that until you are in post. I doubt he watches every scene when filming
Many places that I applied to get a job in person told me to apply online. So even if I tried to talk to someone to get a job only placed me into a stack of other applications. It depends on the job and company you are applying to. It was very stressful to get a job this way. This is where I have to give credit to Amazon. It was an online application and no interview process. You pretty much get hired as long as you pass the drug test and background check. Basic jobs like that should be easy to apply to like that. Once you are working on your job, your performance will determine if you should stay there or not.
Pretty soon, you will be able to use BILT for your mortgage!! Whewwhooo, I rent AND own (rental) property.
WOOHOO
As a man, I can't respect myself if my wife made more money than me
These kids also do not understand the biggest thing is when you have to pay your own rent, that and other bills like car etc and insurance, will always take away from making money and prevent you from being able to save and if you wanted any kind of vice then it takes away even more to varying degrees
People getting underpaid of they are easy to replace is exactly why minimum wages and unions need to exist. Replacing individual workers might be easy. Replacing entire workforce on strike is harder, especially if you have proper laws to protect right to strike
Rich people dont paid taxes, they pay accounted
Just working your butt off doesnt make u successful... it takes luck and hard work
It takes a skill that is valuable. If you are provide value then you have a successful job.
@tyler8walker successful job imo is different from success in life...
Theodore Roosevelt who created minimum wage intended it to be a Liveable wage
@The Graham Stephan Show 20:00 A collective, or even a co-op, can be IRL examples of employees tied to the success of the business. If you like that, you can influence this idea growing.
My favorite part is when he says teenagers are dumb lol
Nice watch Graham!
Kelly O'Gee is my old mentor (black chick). she seems to be losing grasp on the common man. but yeah when she's hiring someone, she''s hiring a very niche position of a financial person something that not even wall street would normally hire. so she can't really complain.
How much did you pay for the course
You need to apply online now tried to do Walk in interviews in the second one they told me to apply online:( for Chick-fil-A
You dont need to make a child get a job to learn the value of a dollar. You just teach them and have them earn an allowance based off the work they do and put in at home. Teach them taxes and budgets and be done.
15$ is livable in some states. cali,ny,mass no way.
Work hard ❌
Work Smart ✅
Nope you’re wrong, minimum wage was intended to be able to have your families Needs meant. It has become a false narrative of a starter job wage for teens. Yes your minimum wage McDonald’s cashier deserves a livable wage.
Kellyohgee aint hiring nobody she literally has a day trading discord server🤣
Gen z just simply wants a choice to work, like people don’t understand how domesticated we are as Americans. This whole idea of having a job is very new on the timeline of life. Nobody aspires to be a company man. Being a man just literally means to make your own way through life. It’s insane how far off natural base we have all become.
To go back to what's "natural" would mean the collapse of modern society. All this is only possible with a vast majority participating in this modern work force.