The REAL Reason Why People Don't Want To Work Anymore
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- The REAL Reason Why People Don't Want To Work Anymore. There's a certain group of people out there who think people are just lazy. But we know this is BS. The fact is that for most job seekers, the rewards just aren't there to invest in a career. At least not in the way we had been taught. So, in this video, I share what I feel the REAL reason is that people aren't passionate about work and what to do about it.
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Pushing "UNION'S" for BOTH BLUE & WHITE COLLAR JOBS alike across the board would be a good start. ON ALL CONTINENTS !
I got your resume rocket fuel, completely redid my resume and LinkedIn profile
This is probably bound to fail.
*Inflation has reached a point where we can't eat. We have been living on pork for years now, since it was cheap (around $1-$2/pound), but yesterday it tripled to $5.50! That's a slice big enough for two people for one day.FIVE FIFTY??? We are being screwed at every turn. And it's clearly going to get a LOT worse.*
@@AnonymousSquirrel123 my wife grows vegetables in her garden. I catch my own salmon. I also hunt. During certain times I can reach into the Port Credit River and pull a 20 lb salmon right out of the water. Anyone paying $20 for Salmon is out of their minds. I get it for free. I acquire the meat. My wife acquires the vegetables. We get what little else we need at the grocery store.
Quit relying on corporations for food.
Bottom line: It's not that people "don't want to work anymore" - they don't want to be exploited and underpaid.
That’s it!
So true
Very well said people don't want to be exploited. Meaning giving your life to the company for not worthy compensation.
Mic Drop....................... the TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You know what's the reward for working hard and staying late at the office? You get to do it again tomorrow!
Assuming you boss won't lay you off tomorrow.
But but but we are a family and we buy you pizza once a year... 🤣
Or get laid off anyways.
And if you’re really good, they’ll give you even more work for the small possibility of raise in the next 3-5 years!
That's true! I use to do that back then when i got my first job. I was so used to college life on where when you get your work done early you get to chill and have extra time to do other stuff. Boy, i was wrong their expectation from me was so high because they saw me get things done early and whenever thing get delayed they put me on PIP. Never again!
I am in my early 60s and retired at 53. Lots of people gave me pushback because they had difficulty grasping the concept of not working if you don’t have to. I looked at my life as stages. I earned everything I have now through a lot of hard work, but I owe it to myself to “stop and smell the roses” in my final stage of life. In my case I left the country after I retired and live in Latin America. It allowed me to get away from all the negative things happening in America while appreciating my new environment. I have yet to meet anyone who regrets retirement.
Nice way to retire. For me, I believe retirees who struggle to meet their basic needs are the ones who could not accumulate enough money during their active years to meet their needs. Retirement choices determine a lot of things. My wife and I both spent same number of years in the civil service, she invested through a wealth manager and myself through the 401k. We both still earning after our retirement.
This is true. I'm in my mid 40's now. My wife and I were following this same trajectory. Last two years, I pulled out my money and invested with her wealth manager. Not catching up with her profits over the years, but at least I earn more. I'm making money even before retiring, and my retirement fund has grown way more than it would have with just the 401(k). Haha.
It's unfortunate most people don't have such information. I don't really blame people who panic. Lack of information can be a big hurdle. I've been making more than a million dollars by just investing through an advisor, and I don't have to do much work. Doesn't matter if the economy is misbehaving; great wealth managers will always make returns.
I think this is something I should do, but I've been stalling for a long time now. I don't really know which firm to work with; I feel they are all the same but it seems you’ve got it all worked out with the firm you work with so i surely wouldn’t mind a recommendation.
I definitely share your sentiment about these firms. Finding financial advisors like Marisa Breton Dollard who can assist you shape your portfolio would be a very creative option. There will be difficult times ahead, and prudent personal money management will be essential to navigating them.
I’m Gen X and have been grinding away at my career for longer than I care to admit. I put my health and sanity in jeopardy for too many years with 65+ hour weeks.
Last year a colleague died in their sleep. And you know what happened? Nothing. Literally, nothing. Barely a word was spoken about this person. I was shocked, as this was a kind and good person to work with. But it was as if they never existed.
This freaked me out. I could no longer deny that I am simply not important to any organization. Now I am working hard to break years of bad habits and to prioritize myself and my family first and foremost and keep my job in perspective.
You're not alone brother. No more.
It’s very scary how much time is devoted to a job only to be disregarded when you’re no longer here. I agree with keeping work in perspective
Two guys committed suicide after layoffs in 2008. Management never said a word. I use to work so hard, but now I do my 40 and bounce. I'm mad that I gave these people so much free labor, but we were socialized that way.
Two years ago a colleague had a cardiac arrest. A low level manager did CPR until paramedics could get there. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, at 34 years old. It BLEW my mind how quickly everyone moved on. The store was back to normal operations after he was taken away in the ambulance, as if nothing had happened. But his family was devastated. His father came into the store a few days after his son’s death, I could see the sadness in his eyes…And his father died almost exactly 2 months after his son. Since obituaries stay up for a while on a funeral home’s webpage, they were on the same obituary list.
I have never thought of “work” the same way again. I’m still pretty young too.🫤
Sad but important story. Thanks for sharing. Realised the same a few years ago in early 50s. You’re soon forgotten and the work you had proudly done isn’t long disregarded after you leave. I’m semi-retired Gen X, with very different priorities now. Time, family, health and interests are more important to me than work by miles. It was the other way around for far too long.
The reward I got for working hard was a layoff.
Ditto
Same here.
So what they don't tell you is that businesses change their models and plans regularly which means they won't need the staff anymore, or they have to remove high paid staff to replace them with cheap ones straight out of school. If the rule was that if you work hard you get promotions and you're secure, then how do they remove or replace staff if everyone is working hard?
Schools, colleges and universities constantly forget to teach the realities of the world and they're failing people all the time by not arming them with any wisdom to help them stay grounded and have a plan just incase things go bad
@@MonsterJuiced Yep, a printshop I once worked at did exactly that -- they decided to reduce headcount to lower their operating costs, so they fired the most highly paid person on staff, the guy who single-handedly was the entire finishing and large-print department. They figured the press operators and other production staff could easily cover his job.
Annnd... we very quickly fell behind schedule, because the other staff just didn't have enough time in their day to do it all, and none of them were as good at it as this guy had been. We were a solid month behind schedule, and well on our way to two -- so, to keep our customers from complaining, they started sending stuff out to a vendor... who charged over four times what it cost us inhouse.
Our manager tried to maintain this particular level of financial fail for a year before he finally reached out to the former employer to see if they would come back -- and he did... with a nice comfortable raise :P And despite all the regular "team loyalty" hoo-rah, everyone there saw with crystal clarity just how one-way that loyalty was, and how disposable we all were to management.
Yep, same here.
Low wages, no benefits, no work/life balance, you're expected to do work of at least 3 to 4 people, you can get fired at any moment, yet some wonder why people don't want to go to work?
And i am sure getting the goverment financial help like the food stamp and other disability is a better pay than most job at this point. So, why go work if it's less advantagious?
@@amacot656the government help is basically nothing unless you have a ton of kids
@@amacot656yes as a single person you get very little help, most states figure a way to kick you off assistance as there are work requirements in many states that you have to have in order to get medical insurance and food assistance! The state where I reside has both! If don’t have a bunch of kids, you’ll get nothing but a food pantry beyond 3 months. The state is set up to where even fewer get healthcare or Medicaid! The government doesn’t want to assist you if you’re poor, it wants you dead!
@@zofiajaneczek184 that bleak but thank you for the information.
All of that is also why some companies are tying to incorporate more AI. Easier to get computers and robots to do the job. Most 9-5 jobs are meant for robots anyway.
I'm an older worker. I've been through so many downturns. But, this feels different. I'm actually worried for the 1st time. It's not just the layoffs, it's the cost of living, wars, the election, lack of civility, completely cut throat CEOs, and general chaos that is literally giving me heartburn everyday.
Trump ruined EVERYTHING.
I’m with you on the lack of civility. There was this understanding when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s that we are part of a society even if the adults at that time foolishly voted for trickle down economics we were still enjoying the hangover of the New Deal - deregulation hadn’t really had time to take root yet and times were good. As a kid I saw how my parents could take off when they wanted, work more on their terms and were paid not great but enough to have a house and a vacation every once in a while. My dad did get laid off but pivoted to a govt job and finished out there the back end of his entire career. People were just kinder to each other and this showed in every facet of society. Today people treat each other in person the way people treat each other on the internet. It is unsettling
@@genreartwithjb5095 Because everyone is under stress: no money, no house, no safety, crooked cops, everything is taxed. None of this existed in the 1930s-to-1980s. It all get bad Reagan and got worse with each Republican. MAGA is a whole new level of total destruction of the fabric of the USA.
@@genreartwithjb5095 you captured it perfectly.
It feels different because y we may lose everything if stupid Americans vote for the First American Democrat and this country goes to hell in a hand basket. No Social Security for YOU. I feel you. I'm fortunate, at least for today. It could all change on a dime tomorrow. I believe that's the unease you and I are feeling. Our foundation is crumbling under us and we're aware of it. Like an ocean is eroding our safety dunes, wave by wave.
Employers be like: We don't want to give raises, don't want to promote you, don't want to pay pensions plans, don't want to pay health insurance, want to lay you off over email, want to ghost you, and demand you give all your time to us. Huh, why don't you want to work for us?
Because it is hard to get job and is better than unemployment.
Try being unemployed for a while. It knocks your ego and what you are entitled to down a few notches. Then you are not so fussy as to what job you take.
Be glad you even have a job.
Sounds like an abusive and toxic relationship
@@dhenderson1810 That’s a good employee. You shall be rewarded additional job security for only a 20% pay cut! Be grateful!
Sounds like slavery. "Be grateful for your scraps, because otherwise you will be made to live in the streets like an animal and left to die."
Pay peanuts, expect monkeys. 🐒
People are tired of working hard and getting nowhere. Not to mention the hoops you have to jump through for a job you really don’t even want in the first place. Even if you do get the job, then you have to deal with being overworked, unappreciated, nepotism, workplace narcissism and abuse. All that, just so we can live in a system where we HAVE to work for a place to live and food to eat (basic necessities). Employers take advantage of employees because we are in a position where we need a job to survive. It’s an abusive relationship in most cases!
Well said. I can relate to exactly what you mentioned.
The hoops to get a job are incredibly stupid and only serve to stroke the company's ego. We shouldn't need to do 5 interviews, take home projects, public portfolios, cover letters, and all the other nonsense assessments they come up with. If they actually wanted to hire someone, they wouldn't waste everyone's time with their corporate ego masturbation.
The only solution is for BILLIONS of young leople to REFUSE HAVING KIDS (who will become wage slaves) and REFUSE ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS (endless debt)
@@rejectionistmanifesto8836 This is by far the best solution that I have read in a very long time. Well said!
This is why a farming society is spiritually sustainable. You can at least choose not to socialize to feed yourself. If you’re raised with the proper education, you’ll be able to live independently. You won’t have to sell your soul.
"Why did you choose to apply for this position?" "because it was open and my skills match"
Haha😂
I had an argument with my hiring manager dunno why he hired me but we cool now lol 😂 but that’s basically what I said to him in interview
“Because I need a job to survive in this capitalist system and you were hiring. Sure wasn’t cause I wanted to.”
Pretty passionate about things like food and a roof.
Yes that's it how did you know
I was a manager at a small grocery store. The store manager complained “no body wants to work”. They we’re paying cashiers barrel of the bottom at minimum wage. I told him other retailers are giving a little above minimum wage and reasonable benefits, until you’re willing to offer that you’re gonna have people go through your company like a revolving door. The advice still falls on def ears 😂
Boss: "Yeah, I don't wanna hear it!"
OK boss, I quit too.
Boss: "Now wait a minute! We've got a pizza party on Friday!!!"
@@Seattle-2017 🤣🤣
I'll never understand why cashiers can't so much as perch on chair.
You get the level of loyalty you pay for.
@@Seattle-2017 UGHHHH!!!! The pizza parties 😩
People are tired of being mistreated, taken advantaged of, overworked that often leads to burnout, physical & mental health problems. In the eyes of management, we are just a number and easily disposable. With such low morale, it makes sense that people don’t want to work anymore especially for employers who do not respect their workers. My workplace has high turnover because of bad management.
I used to work at Taco Bell and I learned that the turnover rate was 150%...
@@rustym.shackelford5546 wow that's very high. A red flag that indicates management issues.
Loyalty is definitely not rewarded as it used to be.
Yes - loyalty is dead. If an employer will not be loyal to the employee, it makes no sense for the employee to be loyal to the employer.
It has been replaced by politics and sucking up
In the modern working environment, loyalty doesn't exist anymore!
@@ianbrowning7437that has always been around
It was never rewarded.
Management has been complaining that "nobody wants to work anymore" since the construction of the Pyramids 3000 years ago.
only thing to point out is the Pyramids were built 4500 years ago (approx) ...but there are documents from the Bronze age collapse (circa 1200 BC) that are pretty similar to no one wants to work anymore ...
That's a legend, they debunked that some time ago, the egyptian farmers and craftsmen at the time had a very good work life it was te peak of Egyptian abundance era, they were not overworked, nor over populated nor over taxed as later by the romans, and building the pyramids was not work but voluntary worship occupation in the low season - we have our summer vacations instead nowadays. Without that level of personnal dedication, the end results would not have lasted millenia, they'd have collapsed long ago due to faulty conceptions, cheap designs and cheaper / worse construction.
@@ringsaphirebut weren’t the pyramids built through slave labour?
That’s what I had always heard. Though that itself could be a misconception from Stargate Atlantis
Being a hard worker doesn't get you to the top.
As a worker, I don't think anything gets you to the top. It's about getting to where you want to be. And that takes thinking about yourself first at all times, not the company.
What gets you to the next higher level is being the best brown-noser and not being a white male.
what I've seen is favoritism in every company iv worked for. It is never the hard workers. They are all clickey.
it only gets more work dumped on your desk, then told you're not meeting expectations
This is so true on so many levels. You get rewarded for doing a good job then suddenly you’re on someone’s radar on a balance sheet. Then, you’re too expensive and get shown the door. People want to work hard for themselves, just not necessarily for an employer where loyalty is a one-way street.
My husband was one of those people too. He got his projects done, was on time with his parts, and was a team player. But as soon as the company got bought out he was out the door because the 17 years of experience he brought to was not worth the extra 50k a year he had earned over the years by being good at his job.
I learned a very important lesson when I was young. When I was at high school, my father was a mid level manager is an established company with a pension scheme. The company was subject to a hostile takeover, the company was ransacked and he was retrenched. I thought my first job at a bank was the job for life but it went bankrupt and I had to move interstate. By age 25 I knew that no company cared about me.
I learned a long time ago, never trust your employer.
That's brutal for your family I'm sorry y'all ended up in that situation. Hope you're doing well now despite it
My dad got penalized for a couple minor prescription errors while I was in high school - had to spend a full week in “remedial training” at HQ away from his family - while his boss’s wife (WHO SENT HIM THERE) continued to get away with illegally filling prescriptions for narcotics she was going to either use herself or sell off.
My mom’s boss threatened her by saying she should “watch her back” and implied he’d hurt her family if she exposed a narcotics scheme within the police department. It took a SWAT fuck up that killed at least two for the guy to get caught many years later.
I had a promotion that was discussed over a period of 12 months ripped out from under me over a weekend cuz they found someone at a job fair. It’s taken me 5 years and 2 additional degrees to get a slightly better promotion elsewhere.
My sister got passed over for a promotion cuz some meathead the company liked wanted it. She left and came back to the same company two years later with an even higher position cuz, turns out, hiring unqualified schmucks for management is a poor decision.
Employers can get fucked is what I’m saying.
Good man. I figured the same out by my mid-30s, unfortunately.
"But we value our workers like family and team members!" ~ Typical corporate slogan 😂😆🤣
Greed is destroying everything.
Seems people took the Gordon Gecko quote a little too seriously... GREED is f***ing evil.
Greed has been around as long as man, it’s not something new.
@@bblauter Yes but not so long ago there seemed to be more penchant to treat workers with more respect, more humanity.
Companies wanted to avoid a bad reputation of hiring & firing. Now those concerns don't seem to matter at more & more places.
Over hiring used to be a concern such that layoffs wouldn't be inevitable.
Staffing rarely includes the goal of steady employment is not much of a concern.
@@divermike8943 Maybe it's because smaller private companies are being replaced by publicly traded corporations? That would be my guess. It's easier for a company owner to treat employees like crap when they live in a high-rise out of state than it is when they live in the same town and might run into them at the local grocery store.
@@divermike8943you should probably do a little research on the history of corporations before making such a claim. This has been going on since forever, but it seems that nobody taught you about it in school. And now we have 2-3 generations of people who have claimed perpetual victimhood, thinking they’re the only people in history who have had to put up with low pay, demanding bosses and lack of appreciation. And you think that incessant whining about how much your life sucks is going to change human nature or is going to change the way business is done. Here’s a hint: it’s not.
"no body wants to work anymore"
Me constantly putting out applications that go unanswered: "..."
Me too….too many fake jobs and no real ones available
I spent 15 years working as a telecommunications network tech. I have a varied and long work history in multiple industries. I recently applied for a county job at the local landfill as a gate attendant. Today I received an email from HR stating I'm not qualified. To work at the dump sitting in a booth. Not qualified. This is the real economy.
Not qualified =over qualified
The AI reading your application didn't see any buzzwords that matched your qualifications to the job posting.
Garbage is mafia owned. Didn't you know?
@@marvelmusic4566 Not in California.
Because you will leave the job within months for something better.
Boomers want old school loyalty without the pay. That’s why.
They got the gold mine and we got the shaft.
A whole generation of pulling the ladder up.
They not only had a ladder they had a elevator up to the top floor.
I'm not blaming them I would do the same if I had the same options.
About what sucks is now they're not moving aside to let the next generation move up.
My last company every good position had people that have been there 40 to 50 years.
They all qualified for social security and their pension meaning they'd probably get 8 to $10,000 a month!
To just sit at home or go fishing or whatever they wanted to do.
But no!!! Instead they'd rather sit in their cushy position and keep collecting good money instead of letting another younger guy get a good job!
I asked one guy why he hasn't retired and he said he'd be bored at home.. so you're screwing over the next generation because you can't find a hobby?!
@@hotrodhunk7389I always say “they got the gold mine and we got the shaft.”
@@hotrodhunk7389 very true
Give me a break. The truth is in our microwaveable generations after the boomers, everyone wants to start out at the top. They don’t want to pay their dues. Work their way up. They want to come in and be big boss. They come in acting like they know everything without the experience to back their verb. They’re big talkers with not much substance.
Unfortunately, too many are getting undeserved promotions, proving just coasting pays off.
How do you think they made all that money? College fees have gone up 400% since the 1970s, even adjusting for inflation that's insane... not to mention the sky rocketing prices of housing. These things didn't just happen out of thin air, people created this disaster.
We can see the profit margins, we're not stupid. We see the earnings calls, the bonuses, the year end reports. We're not stupid, we just have less money - and many of us with decency aren't willing to do indecent, or dishonest things to get ahead. Add nepotism to this mix and there you have it.
& Cronyism
Nobody WANTS to work, they need to because that's where money comes from, and we need money to live. If you don't offer living wage, then you aren't offering what we're seeking.
This. If one works full time but can't afford even primary expenses, that job is simply a waste of their time.
Well maybe people need to be more motivated to learn the skills in order to get those jobs that pay a livable wage. The skilled trades are a great path to a better life.
People do want to work they just want it to be fair - Best line ever said!
The rich getting richer, the poor getting poorer.
Because poor people are mostly dumb
this is by design. Our government since the 1960s have been fighting the middle-class tooth and nail.
Hasn't that been the case for centuries (if not millennia)?
And the middle class is vanishing
@@Tivi1770 I think that started in the 1980s, just accelerating now.
Very different from when my parents worked. Loyalty is gone because of corporate culture of greed.
I think I was still able to witness bosses actually caring about their employees. My father's boss went out of her way one morning to withdraw money from her personal account (I think there were not many ATMs then). After that, she gave the money to my father to help him buy me books because the school year was about to start.
My father didn't ask for the money. His boss just asked him how I was and told her that I was about to start school. My father didn't expect his boss to do that. By the way, the money was a loan but "payable when able" - if cannot pay, then don't. My father was already in his 20th year in the company then so I guess that speaks of how he was valued. When his boss retired less than five years after that, she asked for me to see her to personally say goodbye. I think I was just 10 then.
But when it was my turn to work, I saw and experienced a different world. In all of the companies I've worked for, the bosses are of the same age as my father but they were all about to retire. And they were grooming their children or whoever in the company was next in line to take over.
I hate being judgmental but seeing the attitude of the would-be replacements, I was able to say to myself "I think I will not survive the workplace anymore." Not generalizing though. Just sharing what I experienced first-hand.
My dad spent 6 years in the army, 3 as an apprentice, 40 at the same job before retirement. I spent 10 in college for three degrees, a dozen different jobs and no hope of retirement.
public sector or trade jobs the best path now
If I could do it all over again I would’ve gone military
Were you any good at the jobs?
People are fucking cruel and toxic. That’s why
Tell it like it is! 👊🏾
Amen
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I started my career in the 90s. 30 years ago layoffs were already the norm and internal promotions were a last resort if they couldn’t find a good manager candidate on the outside. Yet people back then were acting shocked that “kids these days” had no loyalty and would quit a job to look for greener pastures.
What’s interesting about videos like this is not the behavior of 20 something professionals. What’s interesting is that after all these years there are still people out there who feign (or genuinely feel) shock over lack of employee loyalty.
The game changed a long time ago.
100%
True. The reason why these discussions are happening right now is because hiring became difficult after 2010 due to the zerp environment. Good employees were hard to get as companies were hoarding employees. The only people complaining were those who weren't very good so no one paid attention to them. Now that zerp is behind us, good employees are back on the market and complaining as well. That's catching attention
Glad I'm not the only one who feels like things have been screwed for decades. I started working in 1991
No Loyalty = No Workers
Pretty simple equation that anyone could understand, yet, most higher level executives in a Company doesn't understand.
It’s a perception bias. Same story different time 😂
Work in tech. Early 30s. Been laid off 3 times since 2015. Job market hasn’t been worse since 2009 for white collar workers. Used to easily get interviews and advance to final rounds. It’s brutal out there.
I just got certified for Comp TIA and a bunch of coding boot camps.
Did 600 applications with zero response back... Then I did some research and found out people with 5 plus years of experience are getting the same results...
I don't know I don't see the point and continuing to study and get more certifications if it looks like it's very likely AI will replace at least a large percentage of the low end IT workers.
@@hotrodhunk7389 that's not going to get a job in IT even if the job market is strong. Who cares about Comp TIA? coding bootcamps are a scam to extract your wealth to a failed developer.
right now you are competing against people with 20-30 years for the mid/sr level positions. Ageism is a HUGE problem.
@@hotrodhunk7389I have a few CompTIA, Microsoft certs, and government certs and it is absolutely crickets from job applications. 🥲
It's affecting everyone in tech unfortunately
@@hotrodhunk7389 I work in IT and have for years. It's an industry that relies mainly on employment to larger organizations of which you're always at the mercy of. If I had to go back, I may have learned a trade instead. I might do that anyways to get out of tech.
I'm sorry, certifications with 0 experience in this economy will not get you a job, unfortunately.
In the modern working society, loyalty don't exist anymore!
Just got offer a job in boston, for Seaport....For 17/hr.
If you dont know what like working in boston:
The average parking spot is $50 for 8 hour
That's awful. Tell them you'll be glad to come in at $27 and see if they'll up their offer. Otherwise they're probably using illegal aliens.
Loyalty means NOTHING. I was conscientious in my previous job when I saw other people pulling sickies and making excuses all the time and they're still there and getting away with it.
I've seen people endanger hundreds of people and get promoted again and again at my last employer's! Public transport industry. Got hounded out for not being willing to sleep my way up.
20 years out of college and this is my exact experience right out of the gate. I’ve seen companies become less and less appreciative of the work ethic they demand from people. So sad.
Our biggest issue with my husband’s career is we can not afford to live in the metro area where his company insists the employees report to the main headquarters. This is a major company that everyone has heard of. He loves his career but we can’t raise our family in the city comfortably. Either pay enough for us to afford to move closer or let him be remote. He’s negotiated a partial WFH set up but the commute is brutal when he does go in. He’s currently searching for a company that he can move upward and the headquarters isn’t located in such a high cost area. His management acknowledges the issue but those in the high up ivory tower just don’t seem to understand how expensive it is for us normal folks.
Maybe you should help out.
I don't even live in a high cost area and am having a similar problem. I may have to quit my job because even though I've been saving like crazy for a house, the salary is so meager I can't hope to make payments on anything in town. The rental market is pretty much nonexistent, so when my lease is up and landlord sells the house I currently live in, I'll have to start paying on a house and hope that I don't have any medical bills or car trouble for the next 30 years while I eat nothing but ramen and attempt to pay for it...or quit and move back to my hometown. I don't even hate my job, but the pay is literally going to force me to leave.
I would bet the company has an expensive property down town they have to fill. In other words, it isn't about the work, but the balance sheet
@@Dumbledoresarmy13 I read an article how the rental market across the entire USA is basically controlled by one rental software company that is basically fixing the prices of all rentals across the country. It is basically programmed to keep pushing the prices higher at regular intervals and in every market. It is why formerly lowcost places now cost the same to rent in as in metro areas. Everything is rigged.
I literally work harder and more efficiently than everyone I work with, and I was told I'm no good at my job in front of everyone...and they wonder why I started to not do what they ask and why the turnover rate is so high, lmao!
Sounds like at my job if you’re incompetent or lazy you get promoted or recognized so but they pick on me. There’s other people that don’t take lunch and I said well I just sent a letter and why is it that one person did and other people don’t get harassed about it. and now they want a warm body when you’re scheduled and they’re saying it’s for business needs. I have never seen them. Need anybody at the times they’re asking only in the morning. It’s just an excuse to try to get rid of me because I’m older and they just don’t want people there older people
Quiet quitting.
@@halsd5857sounds like they need a manager to step in for that brief period of time when you go on lunch or break.
In the interview when they tell you they're like a family recognize it for the red flag that it is (hint toxic work place).
One of the most toxic phrases said at an interview is "We're a family" run as fast as you can.
*Shudder* Too true, too true...
Yup, my last employer was like that. "We are one big family". Was beyond toxic, hounded me and a few others out - literally HOUNDED - with false accusations! I've seen grown men in tears saying "I don't know why they treat me like this". I've collapsed in tears myself when I realized things they had done behind my back, things so serious it would be pointless repeating them here as no one would believe it. Only way to get somewhere in that company was by being related to someone or sleeping one's way up. Failing that - you get the treatment I got...
Yup
So right about that. Another is we're all on the same team. There's a 'team' leader and every one else combating to oust and replace them.
I want to work. But I'm absolutely tired. Because I work so hard and yet I cannot properly recreate after work. Hobby and holidays cost a lot of money. More productivity is expected from me and yet company doesn't want to pay properly. There is no middle class anymore. I should be middle class. I have higher education, good skills, I work in corporate environment but Im just working white collar job lower class. Everything is so expensive, stock market so prosperous, you see in social media influencers showing their ultra rich life and yet I have to think twice if I can afford that latte outside just to feel a bit better after hard day of work. I'm so tired
I feel you
You're Spot-On - this is the end-result of the destruction of the Middle-Class.
I want to know why Klauss Schwab & his Billionare Buddies want the destruction of this once-large segment of Society...??
Yesss it’s normal just to feel tired all the time from work yet people an barely afford the basics working or butt’s off but getting no where
Don't give up!
The best meme I’ve seen in awhile, reminded me that because we are overworked, tired, and underpaid, that I shouldn’t pressure myself to “do it all “. It isn’t physically possible.
Corporate culture in many companies today mirrors the tactics of MLM scams. Managers sell employees the dream of success, promising promotions and wealth if they just "hustle harder." This toxic mindset pressures workers to put in 80-hour weeks, sacrificing their personal lives for the illusion of rapid advancement.
Shady practices abound: endless motivational speeches, vague promises of future rewards, and a culture that glorifies overwork while subtly shaming those who seek balance. Just like in MLMs, the reality is often that only a select few reap the benefits, while the majority grind away with little to show for it. The result is burnout, dissatisfaction, and high turnover rates. It's time for companies to prioritize genuine well-being over relentless ambition and recognize that sustainable success comes from a balanced, healthy workforce.
Confused as to why people keep debating this. It's simple -- there's no longer any reward out of working. People only do something they don't want to (ie. work) if there's some type of reward at the end. With society as it is, that's simply no longer the case -- at the end after working it's still just misery, despair, financial pain, and a feeling of hopelessness due to no opportunity or pathway forward in sight.
cant even get a call back from a call center!!!
As a call center rep, I know they don't call back because we're short-handed, and we don't have time.
Classic
A I and Offshore hiring…
No one is fine with exploitation anymore... save those benefitting from exploitation. The Pandemic created a situation where we couldn't really avoid this ugly conversation anymore.
That's the truth. It is quite telling who's defending what, it lets you know real quick who is benefitting from that exploitation.
Klaus Schwab: "Quit your yappin'! YOU VILL OWN NOTHING! And you will be happy! Now go eat ze bugz!"
I have a master’s degree and since I was discharged from my last job in 2023 I have not even been able to get interviews.
Friend of mine with a Bachelor only got hired by a supermarket when she accidentally left out her college stuff. She found out some places don't want to hire people with college degrees for low-level jobs because of the turnover. Seems like nobody can count on getting a fair shake now.
@@shrikeofterven6006 you better off dropping out in the first place is like now every job is comepetive whether you have a degree or not
If you get paid and all your money goes towards rent and food......it's not real money. No one deserves to be paid that little either. It has the same effect as a walmart that gives you a gift card you can only spend at the store. It's monopoly money. People are tired of getting paid with monopoly money and all the bs expectations and micromanagement that happens at work.
I know a lot of highly paid people who have significant debt because they spend more than they make on things they don't need and also using their credit card as "free money".
My housemate once hit me up for a loan to pay the household bills.
I was out of work. He was working for an insurance company and was well paid.
But he had spent all his money on fast food and infomercial purchases..
Some people are poor through circumstance, and some are poor by foolishness.
This is called being a wage slave, because you are literally earning just enough to survive. I’ve had enough of US Capitalism.
you forgot to add "you vil eatz ze bugz!!"
😅😂
Und you vill like it!
you vill own NOSING, you vill rent EVERYSING und you vill be GRATEFUL
diz!
He can shove them up his @ $ $ !
This video is accurate and depressing.
In college I studied under a well-respected professor in our business department-- an elderly lady pushing eighty years old, had a doctorate in info systems and probably fifty years of work experience with tech giants. You'd think she had it made. Yet this little old lady would begin each class complaining just how expensive things were, how she'd been priced out of medical insurance and how it forced her to live underneath her son's roof.
If someone can spend their entire lives working for the man only to be screwed over, what's the point? I think people are beginning to wake up and realize that the traditional 9-5 is no longer an option. Hopefully, we'll see more individuals start employing themselves rather than placing their futures in the hands of an unjust market.
She's a secret millionaire. Don't get fooled. Some people just love moaning for the sake of it. Especially the elderly.
I wonder if that’s why many less people are having kids now? I read 55% of men from 15-49 don’t have kids, you’d have to be a doctor or get a trade working 100 hours a week to afford even one child without living in piss poor poverty.
I work as a uber driver the pay sucks but I get by because I don’t have kids and never will, I’d go from being lower middle class to poverty, eating ramen overnight.
I am in my late 40s and my husband is in his early 50s. Before getting married, we discussed and decided not to have kids because we wanted to retire with sufficient savings by age 60 at the latest. We are on the right track for the goal only because we don’t have kids.
It's not normal for 15-20 year olds to have kids, this statistic is weird
@FC-hj9ub Welcome to the North of England, where some people have kids at those ages just to reap the benefits system.
I think most people with kids are single moms with zero financial support or anything else from the dad so imagine trying to take care of yourself and a child alone. It’s almost impossible
I do not want to work for the shit pay they are starting to pay. I seen reductions of pay 25% and double the workload. I get shit on, I get treated like shit. CEO make 25x .. they expect loyalty and fire anyone in a second. No pensions, and scams to extract work and wealth from you via non performing RSU and stock options that are only worth something after the CEO and his friends make millions.
I am sick of it. Companies meet the army of quiet quitters.
25x? Try 300-400x their average workers.
"These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the public." ~ Abraham Lincoln, Springfield Illinois January 1837
Friends, family, models hired first.
Nepotism
Yup, here in the UK that's the only way to get a job. Those of us who are not related to anyone, nor prepared to sleep our way up, get nowhere regardless of degrees, intelligence, experience or talent.
Models are not
That's the culture of India, Middle East, Far East, and South America. "Family, then friends, then tribe".
The "hire the individual" / "Mixing business and family is bad" is the outlier culture, which only existed in North America and Europe. Then they imported the other cultures in the world to save a buck so nepotism is now the norm globally.
At least the C Suite is starting to share in the pain now. Heck, NYC has become such a neopotistic "us vs. them" shit hole that the WEF are trying to get the stock exchanges moved to Texas.
@@karenpojar2514 It existed in Europe also...
Learned the hard way. Dedication, hard working ethic and loyalty aren’t valued as perhaps it once was. You have the best advice to young people “Be a free agent”.
Back in 1980 (approximately) my brother bought a house with only a TV technician certificate. The house was a small 3 bedroom, two bath, modest home valued at $32k. Wages haven't even come close to rising as homes have. That same house today most likely is close to 500k. It could be far more. With jobs being just temporary (Gig) and layoffs coming each 3 to 4 years there is no stability in jobs now. How can someone feel safe to take on any kind of a loan (home or car)?
My last boss threaten to sue me for 15k for quitting and complained why I was guarded.
WTH 😱
They won’t sue because they would need to pay an attorney for $100,000 to do that.
@@TheCoolOwen Look up TRAP Training Contracts there a real thing but it appears government and courts are cracking down on them.
I'm pretty sure you have a case against them and the company for that.
Hha your boss is a baby . 😂 yea people don't just quit for nothing but some how they think we do
What makes me angry is the last five years, some companies want a bachelor's degree, for customer service, call center experience. that's just such silliness you get that by experience, that was one of my first jobs was call center I was right out of high school now they're asking for a bachelor's degree,
They seem to think that a the presence of a bachelors degree indicates some level of maturity on the part of the applicant, they may also not want to hire 18 year olds but age discrimination laws make it complicated to ask for applicants to be 21 or 25 or what have you. They’d do better to have a long probation period so they can fully see what you’re made off, few people can fake maturity for a full year!
@@autumnmoonfire3944 I've met 18 year olds act like they're 40 Years olds. & 40 Years olds that act like they're 15, it just depends on the person when you're going through the interview process if you're a good interviewer then you know how higher correctly
From my experience that's just a front, what it really means is "we only employ our family members and friends or women who are willing to provide certain services to get a job, and we only hold faux interviews to keep up appearances in case someone from the government asks questions".
@@biancagerade4229 of course you’re right, which is why expecting a bachelor for entry level customer service is so silly.
If you have a BA it shows you were already a cog in one machine, and will easily be a cog in theirs.
We all have to support and open small businesses and make corporations absolete
I have an MBA, 15+ years of experience with an exceptional track record of successes very few can claim, proven record of being stable and working my way up the ladder, and doing all the overtime and extra work required for my business to succeed. I was even involved in AI recently. None of that matters. If an accountant miscalculated a number, you’re gone. If an executive made a decision to transform your product, you’re gone. If a business decides that you should move thousands of miles across the country to keep your job, you’re guaranteed to be laid off as soon as that HQ starts cutting people because the manager at the new place doesn’t know you. Then you’re either told you’re stupid because you dedicated years to studying the wrong thing or you’re worthless because you’re not currently employed. This compounded by the fact that the Federal Reserve believes that by definition a healthy economy needs people to be unemployed so that employers have a reserve of people to fill jobs if vacancies appear. The USA needs stronger labor protections and I’m sick and tired of the grind and the rat race. You can do everything right and still fail. To say I’m disillusioned with the USA is an understatement…
It's the same story everywhere in the world
People do want to work. The labor market does not care about the family unit. Companies have flip flop days, hours. Not consistent daily or weekly job hours and days working. Parents struggle with childcare and school hours for pick up and dropoff. Companies require weekends. Use to be retailers add regularly scheduled employees during the day, evening crews for evening and regular staff on weekends. High school and college student use to be able to take evening hours and weekends. So they had some experience in the work force before graduating. Our society has placed people in tornado lifestyle.
It's all by design. Powers at be want it this way and if they truly get their way we're all going to die.
There are so many jobs I can't take because of the constantly changing, unpredictable schedules. I would have to cancel every other part of my life to give them 24-7 availability.
Pay property tax annually for the % value of your home even if you are not selling… for a home you paid for with taxed income and loaned money you’re paying interest on… and if you sell that home for equity, pay capital gains tax… who voted for this?
You all did,some by picking the politics,others by abstaining,yet all get screwed
That’s the same rule on property as in most developed countries. That’s not gonna change regardless of political strategies.
You don’t pay capital gains on a home sale if you occupied it at least 2 years before you sell it
Boomers
@@Yasco-de-Jp if you vote for it it will
FYI for you younger folks... I'm a 55 yo GenXer, I've been dealing with bad employers and jobs for over 40 years (been working since I was 15). This is nothing new. The days of "work at company X until you retire" died way back in the late 80s and early 90s. Bad employers and jobs have been taking advantage of workers for quite a long time now. My generation has somehow tiptoed through the minefield of this BS since most of you were either little kids or not even born yet and we're still here, dealing with the same crap as we were 25, 30 and 40 years ago that you are all thinking is some new crazy phenomenon. We've been dealing with real life BS since we were early teens, now you guys know what it's like to have to be an adult... Welcome to the real world. Enjoy!
You too? Gen X here, 57 yrs old. Same shit different day. Spent the last 30 yrs on beans and rice while working my ass off in the trades, still don't own a home. Didn't start making any real money until I was in my 50's. Won't be retiring. Real world indeed.
Its time to revolt, I know its horrible but the people need to make a statement.
People don’t want to work because of all the crappy MICROMANAGEMENT. Employers need to treat employees as independent agents and give them projects to own and control.
So true!
Or LACK OF real management. Interestingly I suffered the consequences of that more, than micro. At least micromanagement tries to steer the wheels to a direction.
Why would people want to participate in a rigged game? For those of us who prepared for this, the inclination is to build skills and wait it out.
Skills? Like first aid/emergency medical treatment, survival in the wild, navigating without maps, stick construction, basic tool making, leather working and clothes-making, hunting, ... ? Those are good. Also self defense, de-escalation, negotiation, team-building and group cohesion skills.
How long can you wait)
Because we still need to earn a living. Waiting it out is not an option everyone can take.
@@gregvanpaassenCorrect.
That sounds like privilege.
This is why we need Medicare for all. So many people over 50 who’ve been laid off and who’ve had difficulty finding another job could at least relax knowing they have their healthcare covered. Gig jobs, part-time or even consulting jobs could get the rent or mortgage paid and food on the table.
This charade of having a “career” is bogus now. It’s all a lie trying to get people to keep trying to work in these terrible conditions. Something needs to change for the better soon.
34 states provide Medicare-extension for those who don’t get Medicare, Medicaid or employment basis healthcare as a part of Obamacare ACA. My state discounts marketplace medical insurance by 60+% if your household income is less than 80k/year.
@Yasco-de-Jp 60% isnt SHIT when you have 5 dollars to your name, those policies barely help anyone
This is what Obamacare and Medicaid are for. So you can go do what you love that pays nothing.
Amen! ❤
The ACA is dirt cheap if you are unemployed or making less than 40K a year
I have been in the workplace as an engineer for years. This current position has made me not want to work, after working 60 work weeks for over 2 years I got demoted. Put back into the field, 100% travel. I left a job I loved for a director position, now my tasks are what I did 15 years ago. Currently the job market is sad for all
I grew up seeing my Dad get layed off every few years then go through incredibly stressful and long job hunts. We had to be really careful with money and skipped dentist and eye care when my dad didn't have coverage. On graduating university i knew companies didn't care about their employees.
Like your dad I've been there a few times myself being out of work, collecting unemployment and feeding a family.
@@tonyherdina9142So be glad when you do have a job and a income.
Same. My mom and I had to live in a hotel a couple of times after getting evicted from our apartments. My mom just got full time a couple years ago after being contract for over a decade. I have a tech job too now and we are able to live more comfortably now. I'm fearful about the future though. I'm 25 and I feel (and look) like a 35 year old woman. The stress is bad and I have an incompetent coworker who makes life harder. I hate seeing these people my age getting so excited getting hired. We're cheap labor, guys. Once we get to be our parent's age, they'll start replacing us with interns.
People do want to work; they just want to be paid accordingly. Another problem is that the minimum wage gap to skilled workers gap is almost the same in certain places. I work at a job where I was getting paid $20 an hour (canadian Quebec) minimum wage was between 10-11 an hour. Then the big minimum wage increase happened, but my own pay did not increase. In the 10 years I have been at my job, I think I increased about a dollar. Now I am making 20.90 an hour, but the McDonalds is hiring people at $18.50 an hour.... So now I am thinking that my own job almost a minimum wage job. But in my job, I have to travel to a metro (subway) because there is only pay parking at work. So I estimate it costs me 20 bucks to go to work each day, where the McDonalds is 10 minutes away from me. But I don't want to work in a kitchen. I like my job and I am happy with it, but I wish skilled jobs could be bumped up to a respectable wage. I would not even complain about gettin $25 an hour.
Same here in uk 🇬🇧 as a utility worker I get £12.50 an hour min wage is now £ 11.44 ph so I get just £1.06 ph above min wage mcdonald's worker for all the danger and back breaking work !
You need to make a video on how to make 6 figures monthly because I have read about investors making up to $650,000 within 5 months and I really want to know how to outperform the market and make a significant profit
proper research, good analysis and luck is what you need to make profit in this constant market decline.
In order to make profits from trading you need loads of experience and a well defined strategy, which most traders don't have. If you trade without the proper preparation, you're most likely to lose your money. Identify the buy/sell ratios and identify the market leaders and most importantly. Diversify! this will help you spread risk.
Buy and hold.
Buy a little at first.
Buy with a purpose.
And for the love of all thing do not invest more than you can afford to lose. Always have other, safer monetary channels and backup funds.
Even with the right technique and assets some investors would still make more than others, as an investor, you should’ve known that by now, nothing beats experience and that’s final, personally I had to reach out to a market analyst for guidance which is how I was able to grow my account close to a million, withdraw my profit right before the correction and now I’m buying again.
My partner’s been considering going the same route, could you share more info please on the advisor that guides you?
I don't want to work because I don't get paid properly 😂 thanks 🙏 for sharing this
I'm currently doing my PhD, and we've recently unionized. I was telling my dad, a tenured professor about it, and he was saying, "I'm surprised it's taken you that long". And thanks to the union's negotiations, we've guaranteed longer periods of research funding by administration, a 25% wage increase that was 6 years overdue since before I started, and improved benefits for all researchers, including insurance and time off. And you know what? People are working MORE! They're happy to perform well, show results, and produce good work, because they're compensated fairly for it. Acting your wage also means putting the effort forward for which you are compensated.
And after living in Germany for awhile, I really came to see how backwards American labor is. If any business cannot pay their workers not just a livable wage, but a thrivable wage, that business has no right to exist. If that means 80% of businesses go down, so be it. You can't expect to make millions if the bottom line is making pennies.
Exactly! I am glad our generations, Millennials and Gen Z, are fighting back against the corporate koolaid! We are living in a modern version of the gilded age! Those unions are bad tactics are not going to work anymore with the newer generations because we can see that the current system is failing us
Hope you’re doing a phd in something practical because I would hate to learn that my tax money is funding your phd in gender studies.
just wait til you discover where your union dues are going
@@AnonYmous-mw5lc Oh please. You have these same companies buying out our elected officials to do their bidding. Why don’t you call them out?
@@2kool4ukewlguy77listen I’m not a fan of forcing acceptance but gender studies like a lot of things we don’t understand many times leads to answers. This is the argument people used to put down studies about a random bug … where we end up learning that they may excrete or have something in thier genetics 🧬 that helps us with a problem. Like the hotshot crab and the invention of the glowing green fluid that’s gets injected to track issues in the human body
Historically speaking, I don’t think people generally wanted to work. Most jobs aren’t particularly rewarding. It’s a means to an end.
Exactly, I don’t want to sacrifice my time with the people I love and all of my interests, hobbies and ambitions just to make enough to support my family. I’m not here for it, I didn’t sign up for this and I don’t want to play the game, but here I am playing the game anyways, and I’m doing my best to make it work. If we’re going to insist on a system that requires people to work to get their basic needs met, than it better be enough for people to afford a decent life for themselves. Nobody likes being exploited.
People do want to work, they just want to work for a company that actually appreciates them for ample pay and not for a place that regularly takes advantage of them with no rewards in sight
Do you promise to do the same thing the other way and treat your boss the way you want to be treated?
Looking for ways to earn money daily is sometimes frustrating and is a pain in the ass, I couldn’t really keep it up, it’s exhausting 😔 job hunting is something that drains your physical and mental wellbeing, hoping to get response from people who got themselves employees already but still keeping your hopes high
Thinking of how difficult it is to get a job, I think it’s time people start investing and earning their own money, the heartache from job hunt is quite unbearable, I for one would prefer investment than getting myself worked up on seeking a job
A wise person must know that in order to build success, they must invest wisely and have the proper knowledge or guidance in the financial market.
Absolutely right,Money invested is much more better than money saved, when you invest, it gives you the opportunities to increase your financial worth.
Exactly,The key to financial freedom and wealth is someone ability to convert earned income into massive profit to build generational wealth.
You are right to be wealthy you have to trade, earn and live your life as you please, Don't say tomorrow when you can do it now. Don't continue watching others earn when you can.
I agree with much of this. I would rather focus on extreme inequality vs pitting generations against one another. This is like the old trick of pitting races against one another rather than realizing how much we have in common. Once we realize that we can work together for change.
That's the problem we don't have much in common. Other races don't have much in common and neither do generations they live in two completely different realities and deny the plight of one of them exists.
Absolutely correct
The idea behind all this divisiveness is 'divide and conquer'. That way, the wealthiest can keep control of the rest .
Companies and the government need to go back to investing in people. I graduated from college with no loans by working a minimum wage job, because the state invested in higher education. Now what I used to pay for a full year wouldn't cover one three-credit class. Companies used to hire promising people and give them excellent training, then retain the best people by paying them and treating them well. Now people at work are genuinely surprised when I take the time to help them learn and when I'm patient with them.
Stop cutting taxes for people who already have so much money that they'll never be able to spend it. Stop taking billions in corporate funds and doing stock buybacks to artificially inflate the value. Invest in people.
Mentoring is critically important, especially for young people who have some knowledge, but no hands on skills yet. I have benefited from mentors immensely, and tried to pay it back by investing in new employees, but it can burn you out when your company recognizes your nurturing spirit, and takes advantage of you. Or, when they hire turds, and expect you to polish them into diamonds.
The state did not invest in your education the taxpayer did. I work my head head off, and live on noddle soup so you can have your transgender studies. The taxpayer should never pay for education. This will force college's and university's to create affordable programs. Not spend it on wages and foot ball teams paid by the taxpayer. Also we have way too many graduating. With fewer grads you will find more opportunity and students that want to be there since they paid for it themselves.
God I wish companies would spend a little more towards training. On the flip side of that genuine surprised recruit scenario, nothing sucks more than being given the job of 'training' a new employee but having no reduction in your own work, no extension of any deadlines, and no bonus or raise for doing it. It's not that we don't want to be patient, we just can't - it's not actually our job to train and we literally don't have the time to. This also results in lackluster training for the employee because you're sorta teaching as you go and as they go but you really don't have a lesson plan and there's gonna be a bunch of holes in their training that they just have to fill later. Usually by getting yelled at for handling some scenario they weren't trained for incorrectly.
I lost my house because of this market. I was unable to find a replacement job that was sufficient enough to pay the mortgage payments. I’m done with corporate America.
Living in a sailboat or RV is actually quite appealing now.
If i may ask, what does it mean to lose your house? You cant pay so the bank takes it? You cant live there and be late on payments i suppose? Just curious to learn about that world
@@itech40foreclosure. You don’t pay or pay enough they take it.
You nailed very well Brian. No one today takes anymore that corporate culture about "the company cares about you", team building, employee loyalty ... and behind planning layoffs, hiring cheaper staff, replace employees with AI and on and on. The labor market has become quite discouraging, employees commitment doesn't pay off anymore.
The simple answer is that we want fair pay for our work and are willing to be more picky about it.
Oh you want a college degree, experience, and then pay me $20 an hour with no good benefits?
We know companies can pay more but don’t want to and as a generation we are moving towards making them pay fairly.
It’s just not a good feeling. We pay tons for food, rent, life. All these people who have had a great life through the benefits in years past are blaming us for us not wanting to do the work you did but for less. In my entire life the minimum wage has not increased. That’s just not fair.
Unfortunately, the degree only pays more if you're working in larger organizations where it's a policy to increase pay with credentials. Otherwise, they are paying you based on the value they're placing on the job duties. Companies are looking for the person who will accept the lowest pay who can do the job, not always the highest or most qualified.
fair pay is already a difficult concept.
What is fair pay at a job? Ask 100 different people you’ll get 100 different answers.
@@Corgiking521 To me fair pay is food, housing, transportation, healthcare, and an extra in the given area. Some places that can be expensive, some places that’s not as much. To me fair pay is the ability to live without worry, and be able to save money for emergency or other things.
@@Corgiking521bullshit, we have data proving you wrong you just ignore it to cry with fake profiles online
My boomer parents will never understand how useless a college degree is now. I'm really bad at explaining things to a demographic that is stuck in their mindset and looks at a 25 year old as entirely lacking real life experience and perspective
Not all college degrees are equal. If your college degree is from one of those well known colleges, it’s worth much more than the one from a college that nobody out of state ever heard of or one of those diploma mills.
it is not useless. It (will) eventually set you apart
@@Yasco-de-Jp I feel like the ones that matter are for doctors, engineers, and lawyers. For the rest from a journalism major to a marketing major then it's the same bubble. A lot of tech roles may not prioritize the four year but instead certs and skill. I think the video was saying more so that the ideal of, go to school get a job= happy life message is shakier nowadays than when it was first broadcasted
@@novadhd Maybe but that wasn't the deal 😂 the deal was you leave school and should get a job. They sell it to us that way and the whole way through they prep you through the fact that you are likely not gonna get the job you want till 10 years down the road. Think about the last time someone stole or played you and read what I just wrote and see how different they are 🤷🏾 I'm just saying I look at my degree and am accurately not impressed with it fr
@@Talkitytalktalk it is different nowadays. I probably wont go to college unless for a STEM degrees. My degree was liberal arts and it took me years before i landed in IT.
As someone who has worked for many consulting firms, what I have noticed is corporate accounting and financial consulting work has gone to other countries where wages are way lower than in the U.S. In the past, it appeared that the lower skilled work such as call center work were the more common outsourced work. However, if you look at top consulting firm job sites, you will find more corporate jobs in eastern Europe or India than you will find in the U.S.
American corporations are taking advantage of tax regulations that benefit them and sold to the public as trickle-down economics will allow the corporation to create new American jobs. However, the reality is that these corporations are taking advantage of the tax codes to increase their net income while they are intentionally also looking to transforming their business operations by exploiting AI and cheaper labor abroad. I know this because I have experienced this.
One way to correct it is through legislation that incentivizes corporations to use American labor for their operations such as tax related incentives, and if they do not meet the incentivized target, they get taxed for outsourcing the work abroad.
At my last job I strive to be the overachieving employee. Stayed late, came in whenever they needed me to, took leadership roles no one wanted, and was about 2x more productive in real tangible results than anyone else in my department. You know what it got me? A 3% raise and a workload that made me start drinking daily and started having chest pains due to extreme stress. also i was the third highest paid people at my level out of 4.... Learned my lesson real fast.
Great video. Thank you! I think a lot of people are just burnt out also.
And if you have a mental health condition, you're dealing with stigmas constantly and fearing for your life at the workplace. Constantly treated and looked at as different even when you keep to yourself and outperform everybody else...without even trying.
That's an interesting take. But shouldn't someone with a mental health condition seek help?
@@isidrosalas5088 Who's to say they aren't? Mental illness isn't like an infection where you can pop a pill and you're all good. there isn't a "cure" You can mitigate symptoms to a degree, but in a good portion of cases that's all that can be done. Our mental health system is wholly inadequate but in the meantime these people need food, they need shelter, so they have to work. What do you suggest those people do?
@@isidrosalas5088 whoa, I have NEVER thought of seeking help!!! Great advice!!!
@@isidrosalas5088 An interesting proposition; however, healthcare prices.
@@isidrosalas5088 Oh look, we found the clueless privileged troll in the thread. 🙄
Power starts with solidarity. Welcome to the good fight, comrade.
Yes. Living in a Corporate Dictatorship has to stop by any means necessary.
Communism is why we are here in the first place. You will own nothing and be happy is the first plank of the communist manifesto.
For once I think the government needs to step in, but it'll never happen, but CEOs shouldn't earn more than 100x times the median salary. It might all become contractors but that also is ZERO loyalty. And as for fixing the housing market? How about making it illegal to own more than 5 homes to rent long term that is valued under 750m
The government stepping in is kind of the problem, though. Thanks to them printing a bunch of money in pandemic times, inflation was so extreme it severely devalued the US dollar in a really short span of time. And the bank account of every person who was trying to save or earn money in USD.
The state will do nothing because corporate money is being thrown at the political class in the form of “campaign contributions” (read: bribes) to ensure that their interests come first…
People will do shit jobs for less pay when less pay affords them the opportunities they want like supporting a household. When government spending ruins the economy and life is more expensive, people will either want more pay or a less demeaning job, usually both but people will settle for either or.
They only thing work offers you anymore is the end of the week paycheck. They don't offer security, opportunity or a future. Why would you personally invest your life in a company that will throw you to the curb in a heartbeat. The BS of we're all family here, just doesn't cut it.
Because what's the alternative? Unemployment.
Now a days you dont stay with the same company until you retire because what happens are that you become invisible to the management after a few years and you lose your edge in the ever changing jobmarket.
Stay for a maximum of four years in the same company and learn as much as you possibly can and then find another job.
College is obsolete. I'm an engineer with 12+ years experience (pharma). The past few years have been wild.
Had two startups go under since the big scare (I get it-- startups are risky). Since then the positions I've been offered are significantly lower pay, short term contract-based, and require constant travel throughout the country (not conducive for a family). Multiple folks from my network are in the same boat. It doesn't matter if it's individual contributor or VP levels. Gotta love globalism fueling an already over-saturated market and driving down pay.
Build a business kids. The straight-line path to 'success' no longer exists.
I am not sure how you are explaining "College is obsolete..." I have my Masters Degree with NO debt, and I was building my experience WHILE I studied. I lived in South America for about 7 years. Then I came back and studied. I also quit jobs that were not helping me personally. Money was never my purpose for working. I took jobs based on what I believed would help me later. I am a Spanish teacher now and I have ZERO debt.
The reason I went to college was because I wanted to make a decent living. Most folks take loans to pay for school. If there's no return on investment it's not worth the paper your degree is printed on. Not to mention the time investment which would be better served in industry through apprenticeships instead of a classroom.
Few folks work for a passion. They do it for cash. I'd bet you could teach Spanish without 6+ years of schooling and (usually) debt involved. College is obsolete because it doesn't accomplish what it sets out to do (prep for the workforce). Not to mention it costs an arm and a leg (usually).
@@UncleCsCookyConspiracy I was able to get into my "Certification" program because I had my Masters. Granted, I was smart about my decisions. As I said: I lived in South America for 7 years. I did my Bachelors and Masters in the States. I worked for the money so I could pay for school. BUT, my job was a cook... so I had a benefit there. Even saved money on food. I learned about Logistics with a Logistics company. I QUIT a job to become a "Soccer coach." Coaching paid my way through the Masters. Now I teach Spanish.
THE ONLY ADVANTAGE I have had is the fact that I have been Single all of these years. And NOT for lack of trying. I have tried... but the "high demand" from ladies, and the fact that they don't care about my job titles... I guess it has helped me.
No one wants to date a "Soccer Coach." And now, No one wants to date a "Spanish teacher."
It's okay. I will have my own house soon enough. But my life goal has been to have a family.
Corporations loyalty is only to the shareholders, investors and banks. Not to the employees. That’s just reality.
Once people understand the game they can play to win.
People don’t want to give loyalty to positions that don’t offer pensions/retirement and truly value their employees. I’m tired of giving “extra”, and not being rewarded. For perspective, I had a single mom Boomer neighbor who worked as a waitress, part-time, had 2 children, and went to college part-time, and could afford property, not the best, but it was property and a small house. If anyone in this thread is in denial, this was in the 80’s.😢
My opinions on some of your points.
1 I tell young people to go into trades ( plumbing electrical HVAC) No dept and by the time your friends graduate; you will be making 100K.
2 Pickup trucks have been highjacked by those seeking to portray a rugged persona. I can't get a truck that fits a 4'X8' sheet of plywood; flat in the bed with the tailgate up. The bed not being more than 3' off the ground; Without an excessively complex drivetrain.
3 CEO pay when adjusted for inflation has ballooned beyond control. Total compensation needs to be capped at 20X minimum base pay.
Older generations have generally looked down on the work habits of younger generations. The generation before me didn't know what to make of us. The generation before me was very skilled in many ways. Building a house, fixing any engine, making furniture, making clothing, growing food, etc. As an example of the real change, the board of directors for any given corporation screws over their own company with the excessive compensation. The basic premise of a company seems altered. It seems the primary objective of a board is not the long-term profitability and viability of the company. The basic premise is now the enrichment of the board members and their friends. All board members will be fine if the company tanks.
The housing solution is limiting each family to one house and companies to zero houses
I'd say 2 houses as it's always been comon for older to buy their kids one, but I agree otherwise, homes with less than 4 bedrooms should be taken and sold cheap, destroy the fucking market or let the market destroy America's will to live
@@jtowensbyiii6018 That's why I said one family per house. I understand that in case of divorce or a possibility of bad choices in life, the house is not lost if owned by a parent. I can live with that. If it is actually being used full-time by the family, that is proper use. But the idea that houses are collected to use as passive income so that one person need not work needs to stop.
The real solution is to not allow foreigners to buy homes in countries they are not from and stopping immigration. We have enough people. They can stay and fix their country so they don't have to come here.
The core of the problem is corporate greed
Thanks for being honest. I am glad I subscribed to your channel. You are the first honest recruiter to say this in my whole 54 years. Thanks again.
Loyalty DOESN'T pay off any longer. We are just mercenaries.
I want to work and have been looking for a job since November when I was laid off. I am 60 and I feel like that is working against me going up against everyone else. Looking for a job now is not the same as it was when I was young looking for a job. There were no "fake" jobs back then and you weren't up against hundreds of applicants. It really sucks now to find a job and is very stressful. I WANT TO WORK......
Ageism is in effect for sure in this day and time when seeking employment. I am 57 and I have been experiencing it for months job seeking. Anyone that tells you that it isn't is lying.
I recommend trying different strategies. I’m watching several UTube channels to navigate the modern job market. I also found that paring down my resume within 10 years, helps to get my foot in the door. Also depending on the state you’re in, the unemployment office might have a few programs for either building new skills or listings for other opportunities.
We are moving into the disposable era, where everyone is replaceable, be it jobs, relationshipz, vehicles and homes.
What amazes me is that people still reach for it. I know people who are getting second jobs to be able to buy a new car. The average payment is $700 a month, and many are paying more than $1,000.
I can't believe people are paying more than $2,000 a month for a home.
How do they afford food after all of that?
And to think some are paying on useless degrees is mind boggling.
I drove a city bus for 45 years. It was a great career. The retirement package is awesome. I actually make more retired than I made working. They are currently paying $30.06 an hour. And there is a sign outside the offices saying “Now Hiring”. And it’s been there for 5 years. You don’t need a college degree, and you’re paid while being trained. I was never laid off in my entire career. Where’s all these people that you say want to work? They also need diesel mechanics. That pays over $80,000 a year. They can’t find anybody. They need a dispatcher. All you need to know is a working knowledge of our city. It pays $22.50 to start. Nobody wants it. They had a job fair several months ago. Three people showed up. All three were hired. Two didn’t pass the drug test, and the third worked a week and disappeared.