They dont pay good workers more, they give them more work

@ajhudgins1245

Ай бұрын

this is some real.

@matthewf1979

Ай бұрын

ding ding ding!

@Nobody-vr5nl

Ай бұрын

If u do a job anyone can do, true. If u can do stuff other ppl can't, not true. Helps not to work at a corp where ur just a number. I've gotten more raises working in smaller companies. Sometimes u have to ask for the raise.

@EpsilonKnight2

Ай бұрын

That's why I've started to keep my head down and just do what I'm told as best as I can. Every time I've been the "go to" guy I get 2-3 people's worth of work then when it's too much they complain I didn't finish it.

@tuckwalker670

Ай бұрын

I get paid extremely well but I work for it

There's a lot of people making wayyyy too much money doing ridiculously little work and way too many people making ridiculously little money working way too hard.

@taylon5200

Ай бұрын

​@xandrixcreed it's the literal definition of a disparity issue, but ok genius.

@matusmahut7268

Ай бұрын

@@taylon5200 It's a skill issue. Finding a good job is a skill.

@StevenCarusone

Ай бұрын

@@xandrixcreed Weinstein attitude. Monopolies deserve subservients.

@asdfbeau

Ай бұрын

there is no system of economics, or government, where the 'hardest working' people make the most money. because you don't make money based on how physically demanding/laborious your job is. This is boomer/postwar propaganda, and people need to let it go

@Mageblood

Ай бұрын

​@@taylon5200it's literally a skill issue. Different skills pay more than others. LMFAO 😭

Hard work used to change your life. Now hard work makes you barely survive. No shit people don't want to do it anymore, it's not worth it

@WestCoastAce27

Ай бұрын

Not true. Hard work PROPERLY directed. Go push on the nearest wall - hard work, no progress. There’s more competition now; go learn an in demand skill, even if it’s not something you’re excited about. Hardly anyone works in their dream job.

@MrBrune2009

25 күн бұрын

I'm guessing u don't know any lawyers nor dentists ?

@efwfew

22 күн бұрын

That's exactly it, people used to work hard because there was a reward in the end. Not anymore

@TheLetterJ1

22 күн бұрын

​@@MrBrune2009 physical labor takes a lot out of ppl.

@gainorwood1716

21 күн бұрын

80% of all jobs are low paid service industry work. Idc what everyone says that's literally all that's hiring. All our jobs are now overseas. No politician is "creating jobs"... Excuse me but WHERE? did new companies start manufacturing in USA??? No, there's NOTHING

The "get a better job" argument is so ignorant to the situation. Imagine if every low-income employee just "got a better job". So many industries (even necessary ones) would begin to fail.

@fancyelk2373

21 күн бұрын

Well you’re certainly right about one thing, it is ignorant. But only because the people who say get a better job are ignorant to the fact that the overwhelming majority of low income workers are too stupid to get a better job.

@2009Wanderer

19 күн бұрын

@@fancyelk2373 people who are too stupid are not at their fault due mostly they had handicap intellectual disability that influence life mess up, as oil (limited/messed up intellectual) drop in cup of water (their life) while do not had a gift sure as cherry drop (gift of highly intellectual, very attractive, good dna/gene) in cup of water (their life) rich, in end, it's not both fault at all, I don't believe much in choice if that come to it, Only God had full choice, no one other, since well God that had unlimited superpowers, eternity, supernatural, full of knowledge, maybe even can't be corrupt at all as easy mode. Meanwhile for everyone, it's not easy mode, it's not much to choice, limited/little choice to none choice (yes, there is sure thing no choice at all. Very few time there is people do gave a choice, although it's often not win-win situation choice, it's more of lose-lose situation choice, or win-lose situation or lose-win situation choice in realistic while win-win situation seem out of reach and that is not good at all.

@UltimatePowa

17 күн бұрын

Unions

@drifter233

15 күн бұрын

Unions aren't the best solution. The nice thing about necessary industry, is that when there's very few workers for that, the wage for it goes up because the talent pool is much smaller. If every barista quit Starbucks, do you think they wouldn't pay a decent amount more to be able to find people? But because people ARE willing to work for what they pay currently, they see no need to change.

@RippDrive

13 күн бұрын

Not everyone can get a better job. I don't think I deserve to be homeless just because I'm not smart enough to make $50/hr.

My issue isn't the 40 hour work week. It's the fact that a 40 hour work week isn't enough anymore

@AK255.

Ай бұрын

U sound like a kid lmaooo

@kobblestonemc

Ай бұрын

@@AK255. And you sound like someone who doesn’t understand the outside world

@YaBoiEye

Ай бұрын

@@AK255. Right cuz having to work 60-70 hours work weeks, working 8am to midnight on many days to pay my bills is a kids issue

@Collerz7

Ай бұрын

@@YaBoiEye that sucks. I work 45-50 and it destroys me. Definitely not a “kids issue”. People who don’t do it have no idea.

@situmus

Ай бұрын

Yes, this is Gen Z's issue. What is the fucking POINT wasting your life doing something you don't want to do, when you could waste it doing things you DO want to do? It's a trivial decision to make, honestly. Do I provide value for the shareholders and barely scrape by, or do I pursue my own interests and passions and barely scrape by?

Our parents raised us for a world that doesn't exist anymore.

@Vratiss

Ай бұрын

This is really well said. I need to write it down.

@Maksimszz

Ай бұрын

yup and there are a bunch of old people saying that we dont want to work hard or etc, when we are doing everything we can to save money, work harder and everything else. Unfortunately we cant compete against a high cost of living and rising house prices year on year.

@kylesawkon4074

Ай бұрын

Apparently we’re worse off now than back in the great depression

@gamesisfunny

Ай бұрын

@@kylesawkon4074 That's not true. You are just lying to yourself.

@kylesawkon4074

Ай бұрын

@@gamesisfunny go look for yourself, the average wages and prices were better back then if you compare to now with inflation. Only thing now that’s better is technology so we feel like it’s not as bad.

"You can't buy a house with 15/h". Can't pay rent either.

@shazam6690

5 күн бұрын

Stay at home with your parents until you can( it make take awhile)

@stalwartnerd

5 күн бұрын

​@@shazam6690Unless you have genuinely abusive parents lol, good luck with that.

@shazam6690

4 күн бұрын

@@stalwartnerdI mean not everything will work for everyone but don’t force yourself into a bad situation because you believe it’s what you have to do. This is what they are both basically saying. Be smart and don’t take on unnecessary debt unless you fully understand the consequences.

@ZGh0st1422

3 күн бұрын

@@shazam6690mine are dead, I have to have my own place 😂

I don't mind working, I just want to make enough to own my house and put food on the table. That's enough.

@ballshippin3809

6 күн бұрын

Unfortunately that's no longer enough

@deadpianist7494

Күн бұрын

What are you talking about? its 2024. you have only two options Rich or Homeless.

“You can build a cabin in the woods” not without an expensive license that says you can. It’s illegal to just go do that.

@7CConstitution

Ай бұрын

Manifest Destiny, meant free land, free life. Today, the rich took it all, and left everyone destitute, and everyone is suffering with nowhere to live without !llegal methods. The housing scam has imploded the economy.

@AndrewRyan-zv7zb

Ай бұрын

Very illegal. Unless you're an illegal immigrant who squats in someones empty property.

@albino5301

Ай бұрын

@@AndrewRyan-zv7zb yeah I looked into it as an option when I almost went homeless cus some dumbass like the dude in this vid brought it up as an option and I had to explain to them that that’s not something you can do. It’s no wonder people think homeless people are just lazy if they don’t understand stuff like this.

@umadbro4493

Ай бұрын

@@AndrewRyan-zv7zb in Spain, squatting is almost legal

@AndrewRyan-zv7zb

Ай бұрын

@@umadbro4493 thats not good either

It's because the 40 hour week was made when one income was enough for a family. You'd come back home after work and dinner is cooked, house is clean and you just relax with your family.

@jer1776

Ай бұрын

Also, only one income was needed to support a family. One parent could stay at home with the kids, maintain the home, cook food that wasnt processed garbage, etc.

@theremix54

Ай бұрын

> Need Cheap Labour > Convince women they want to work > Worker population literally doubles in 6 months > Wages go down, no way to reverse it > Shocked Pikachu face.

@rickamsler3088

Ай бұрын

@@theremix54 > promote mass imigration for over a decade > allow people who are used to living off nearly nothing to work for just a little bit more than nothing. > Wages go down for "menial" jobs and only "high skill" jobs pay. > shatter business requirements that help to instill loyalty to an employer for the sake of profit (pensions, regular raises, bonuses) > require 100% ready to start from day one employment. (no training required) > shocked that no one wants to burn themselves out for the "cooperate family" anymore > shocked Pikachu face.

@ConceptHut

Ай бұрын

When was one income 40 hrs for a family ever the typical? I know of no place nor time that was the case.

@Jonco1337

Ай бұрын

@@ConceptHut in 1970 only around 40 percent of women participated in the labor force and it was even lower for women with kids. Meaning that more than half of the women in united states in 70s were either wealthy enough to support themselves without working or they were stay-at-tome moms.

The biggest problem we now face today is that their are a VERY limited amount of starter homes...even in more rural areas. This issue goes ALLLLL the way back to the 2008 financial crisis. We are currently living in a HOUSING TRAP. Supply of homes did not keep up with demand in the last decade and developers ONLY wanted to build "luxury apartments" because that's where the money was. The government stopped providing incentives to developers. People will ALWAYS look out for number 1. If they can make more money building Luxury Apartments over starter homes than they 1000% do just that. A large majority of the population is fucked at the moment.

@caleighhraee

Ай бұрын

And BlackRock is buying a bunch of land and properties too

@Haruko_Le

7 күн бұрын

i usually just tell them to estimate a starter house price with ratio to the income median. then proceed to look in the 30-mile radius. it usually return less than 3 option

Why would they want to work? You get nothing for it. You will never buy a house. You will never get ahead. You're just spinning your wheels in the mud and wasting your limited life for nothing.

@TheRyanandKimberly

Ай бұрын

You won't. Other people who have ambition will get ahead. It happens everyday.

@naejimba

Ай бұрын

@@TheRyanandKimberly , compare that small amount of people to the overwhelming majority of society. It's also survivorship bias because everyone counts the success stories but not the majority who try and fail. About 90% of all businesses fail within the first 10 years... not good odds. It's not just about someone "wanting" something or not, the truth is not everyone can have that nice job or own their own business because there would be no one left to do the actual work.

@TheRyanandKimberly

Ай бұрын

@@naejimba almost everyone starts off doing the crap Jobs. Look at the job market and plot a path to a successful career. It may take a few tries, but if you are persistent and stick to the plan you will get there. Life is not hopeless. There is more opportunity today than ever.

@sum1majik598

Ай бұрын

@@naejimba It's genuinely terrifying reading the comments and seeing just how many people have never even thought about this but they are still willing to have a strong "opinion" on it, what you said is so incredibly true and important but it will get lost in a sea of "just be ambitious" comments

@naejimba

Ай бұрын

@@TheRyanandKimberly , "almost everyone starts off doing the crap Jobs." ...and almost everyone doesn't reach those really nice jobs or own their own business because the number of people is much higher than the amount of those positions that exist or could ever exist. Until robots and AI take our jobs you will ALWAYS have to have people doing certain jobs that are undesirable or civilization collapses. Between garbage men and guys who go down into sewers if no one did it for two weeks civilization would cease to exist and we would be dealing with plagues like it was the dark ages. So to me, since all of this is REQUIRED for the society to function, the better question is looking at economic inequality, which can reach a point where it erodes the consumer base the market depends on.

The thing is; I don't buy new phones or luxury items - I don't spend money on fast food or any of the kind. There was a period of time I worked 6 days a week, 3AM starts in a bakery. The boss literally treated the workers as disposable which is the real "straw that broke that camels back" for me. At that point, I was spending quite literally all of my energy at that workplace, and all of my money into surviving and the boss wants to come in and talk shit? Instead of throwing a brick through his window after resigning, I just called in the labor department (he refused lunchbreaks and constantly complained about wage-theft when I rocked up only 5 mins before work) -- who did nothing about it. This was like the 6th or 7th job I've had that was quite similar. Rent is like 50% of the income, food ontop - gas to get to work and yeah your entire life energy and resources are being consumed by a shitty workplace.

@TheRyanandKimberly

Ай бұрын

You need to acquire a skill that pays better.

@Michael_Hunt

Ай бұрын

@@TheRyanandKimberly Yeah ok dude. I'm sure he has the time and money to get right on that. Just acquire skills bro.

@Thalanox

Ай бұрын

@@Michael_Hunt If you're busy at work, then just take night classes, bro.

@BluntTrauma369

Ай бұрын

@@Thalanox Night Classes after 3-12AM shifts is ungodly. On paper, your idea makes sense - in reality it just doesn't work m8

@Thalanox

Ай бұрын

@@BluntTrauma369 Hence my use of the word "bro", which was established in the post immediately preceding mine to mean "this is a statement intended to sound like it comes from the mouth of someone who doesn't understand the realities of the situation". The economy is being changed (manipulated?) faster than living habits can keep up with, and that is a bad thing.

the problem isnt 40 hour work week, the problem is 40 hour work week and you can only pay either rent, food or bills, pick one

@SixPathsofTheSage

Ай бұрын

This right here ☝️

@ZZ-pq6ht

Ай бұрын

It's not the work. It's the poor return on investment.

@sineporf

Ай бұрын

Not to mention working a grinding job alters your mind in such a way to make you more susceptible to bad domestic decisions, like going out to eat. I know they talk about grinding ramen, but that shit is TERRIBLE for your body. Actually diet is another blight of the poor and will cost you later in life. Get educated about what you're putting in your body. Most foods and big brands are selling you straight garbage because it meets regulations enough to keep prices low. Hell, even nutrition labels are not actually representative of what's in the food. Companies are allowed to round down counts of fat and carbs if it only has a certain amount of one substance in it. That's why companies use many substances: high fructose corn syrup, sugar, fructose, agave nectar, brown sugar, cane sugar, corn sweetener, dextrose, maltose. All sugar, and probably represented as 1 gram of sugar or less. That shit is anticonsumer and these companies fucking know it.

@danielseaburg9763

Ай бұрын

90% of the world works an average of 80 hours a week. You stanned lockdowns (hehe inflation go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR) You stanned sanctions to putin (hehe energy inflation go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR) And you stan what's happening at the border (hehe housing inflation go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR) All fun and games, but now the cost has hit your bank account, it's not such a pious, virtuous cause now, is it? suddenly you wish you never did.

@Sm0kingp0wer9

Ай бұрын

I just finished trade school. Making what would be decent money 20 years ago. Now I am living by your comment while raising a family.

"47-year-old guy in a Thor T-shirt that hasn't showered in a week that is amazing at his job" - *I feel indirectly called out.*

I am pretty sure it was this guy right here that I met when I was younger. My family and I were at a resort in Florida around 07, and this guy was at the pool ever day hanging out. Just a couple years older than me. Very personable, and cracked me up, because when we were talking about what he wanted to do with his life, he was like "Oh yeah, man, I actually have it all figured. I am going to be teaching people how to get rich." I ask, "Oh are you rich?" He goes, "I will be after I get them all to pay for the class!" I was laughing my ass off, but honestly, brilliant.

Millennials were realizing this too at their age. We just didn't have all the social media, internet integration, and widespread high-end devices to make it widely-recorded. The "work yourself to death" culture that big businesses have made several generations actually believe is good and what should be is disgustingly over-prevalent in first-world countries.

@thor.halsli

Ай бұрын

You were a child when internet was a thing and in your late teens when sosial media was a thing. Dont claim to be an old man, your in your 30s lol

@EdenHamilton

Ай бұрын

@@thor.halsli When did he act like that? He literally just said he's a millennial. I'm gen-z and still didn't use the internet until I was 15, not everyone is given an iPad when they're five years old.

@MrWilliGaming

Ай бұрын

@@thor.halsli even if we only are in our 30s the internet was still very different back when we were younger. I myself am only turning 30 this year and in my youth i had no smartphone until 7th grade? or 8th? and even then the internet on that thing was slow, websites were cumbersome to navigate and youtube was in shit quality. even the social media that existed back then was very different. common wisdom at the time was still to never share your real name on the internet. just a reminder that this didn't change until facebook.

@radscorpion8

Ай бұрын

Definitely. I think the relatively comfortable lives many millenials and gen z'ers have in America also makes it worse, because they are coming from a relatively easy schooling environment to another where you have no summer break and school doesn't end at 3 pm anymore lol. Its a really brutal transition and people are getting burned out

@overchipz

Ай бұрын

@@MrWilliGaming didnt people use their names on myspace? I actually dont remember, I just remember myspace was pretty chill

Kids are getting spawn camped. What a great analogy.

@all9472

Ай бұрын

And by boomer who took over the government how is Biden and Trump the main runners both ages r close to 80

@ProtossTempest

Ай бұрын

Silver League

@daniellacomb917

Ай бұрын

HEADSHHHOT

@itsXxamyyyxx

Ай бұрын

I envy people who worked in the 80s or 90s I hear some people having memories about eating out or been able to afford to. Instead of instant noodles for example coz its what people can afford nowadays or something quick on the fryer. It feels like nowadays people live together but are isolated due to the cycle of work then eat noodles then sleep. I dont know if Alot of people are just depressed or demotivated but it feels different nowadays to be working now with a family. I know that its not noticeable but there is a decline in birth as young people from an early age are worrying about how to provide for a what if child. Does anyone not find this alarming? Scary even?

@Maksimszz

Ай бұрын

@@itsXxamyyyxx kinda crazy nobody responded to your comment, because everything you said is true. Declining birth rates are a thing because there are not enough families being created which correlates to the rising cost of living and housing costs increasing.

My husband has two full time jobs. I’ve got one job and I’m pregnant. We’re living with my parents because we can’t afford to move out. And we don’t live in a big city. We live in Kentucky. I’m also trying to apply for Medicaid because my husband’s job promised him insurance after three months and then decided against it despite the fact that he’s been a standout employee from the beginning. And I had to order a birth certificate, which could take a month. So it’s looking like I’ll be 5 months pregnant before I can go to a single doctor’s appointment. This country is garbage. If you can get by without putting in effort, do that. I don’t blame any of you.

@krixxset2214

14 күн бұрын

You will lay an egg soon!? :O

@goprochef6352

9 күн бұрын

What are his jobs?

@sindicta5757

5 күн бұрын

" My husband has two full time jobs. I’ve got one job and I’m pregnant. We’re living with my parents because we can’t afford to move out. " And you're having a kid? lol ....

@klc7275

5 күн бұрын

@@sindicta5757 Sometimes protection doesn’t work, you know, and there is no legal abortion where I live. But thanks for the judgment.

My salary hasnt increased in 5 years while they announce every year they hiting record profits and every year they want 25% more work to be done. Without giving us anything in return how are we supposed to afford anything. Before u start saying get a better job this job still pays better than 80% than any other in my area for a CNC programer.

The girl's not wrong about the fluorescent lighting thing. At some point humanity forgot the lessons it learned about overly intense electric lighting from early days light bulbs. Bankers and accountants, 100 years ago, wore green visors for a reason.

@Areku06

29 күн бұрын

💯 Fluorescent light gives me a headache, I’m glad new office has led lightning.

@flameshoter6

25 күн бұрын

The reason offices go crazy for that kind of lighting is because it supposedly keeps their worker's awake. Its done on purpose. The employers don't care if people are comfortable. Unfortunately, those who make a lot, but want to make more, lost their humanity.

@trianglesandsquares420

18 күн бұрын

@@Areku06led is worse isn't it

@Chayliss

13 күн бұрын

Led messes with frequency.

@tuttuttut7758

12 күн бұрын

Networking in an office any more. Best decision ever. I feel much healthier

I dont care about 40 hour work weeks I just dont want to do that and STILL feel like im constantly struggling

@BlackCatRedScarf

Ай бұрын

That's a good point. In the past folks worked for 40-60 hours per week and got a modest house in 5-10 years of hard work. Now that's an inflation and housing market treadmill keeping all folks living a paycheck by paycheck lifestyle and not being able to grow financially or get assets.

@griffindean8586

Ай бұрын

Yeah 40 hours is easy af. I feel like I’m on vacation. But the money needs to get things done.

@munky342

Ай бұрын

For 2 years I worked 90 hour weeks. I made money, but I wasn't living in any sense. Then I switch to 56 hour weeks on less money, I had time but had to eat once a day. There needs to be a middle ground between the 2.

People really do not understand how many people literally fought and died to give us a 40 hour work week.

@goprochef6352

9 күн бұрын

Died? Fought?

@jarrettadams4102

8 күн бұрын

@@goprochef6352 The Labor Union Strikes of the 1890s. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Pinkerton raids and strike breaking. It used to be an 80 hour work week, and half of the labor force was children

Construction labourers cap out at around $30/hr, while carpenters, who they share tasks with, and pipe fitters and electricians who they share the site with cap out at around $40/hr if you're not a foreman plus there's generally incentives like profit sharing. There's a huge difference in disposable income between 30 and 40 per hour after taxes

I don't want to work, but my desire to live with societal conveniences outweigh it.

@NeighborhoodWatchMann

Ай бұрын

A more simplistic way to say it, is you're scared. You're ruled by fear itself

@mikehunt4265

Ай бұрын

​@@NeighborhoodWatchMann no the simple way of saying it is "I like having stuff" you just spouted off some nonsense

@YtSu-no7bt

Ай бұрын

I feel you. I hate working, but love responsibility

@kingterry6045

Ай бұрын

@@mikehunt4265 CONSOOOM

@NovaGirl8

Ай бұрын

Same Neku same

Being stupid shouldn't ruin your life is an underrated quote

@RunBayou

Ай бұрын

Conversely, the stupid should not be an anchor around the necks of the non stupid

@csguy3223

Ай бұрын

Yeah, as a stupid person with an ok job and my own house, I agree. It would really suck if being stupid ruined my life.

@SoulGryph

Ай бұрын

Your job shouldn't be able to punish you for things that aren't their business until it becomes a direct problem..

@tumorlolita

Ай бұрын

Thank you

@matowakan

Ай бұрын

being stupid too many times will ruin your life

My dad worked 3 jobs to buy his first house at 25 for 90k in the ghetto. After my mom left he sold the house and used the equity to start a car dealership that has stayed in business over 20 years. He did this by himself while raising 2 kids. We lived in an apartment for 8 years while he saved to buy the house he lives in now.

Shit, just realised that I'm the scruffy 40 year old bloke that doesn't have to wear a suit at work because I'm the only one who knows how shit works, gonna buy myself another loud Hawaiian shirt to celebrate.

The guy with the house: the bigger issue is they went up 200-300% in the last five years. It’s not the same thing and people need to stop pretending it is.

@CannedKofi

Ай бұрын

Real bruh 😭

@ilovedogs2642

Ай бұрын

​@@furious_melons674 how did you find a house with a down payment that's less than 10%??? Where I live it's 20% minimum

@DillonHathaway

Ай бұрын

​@@furious_melons674 I really hope you don't loose it cause you didn't do the math before you bought it if something goes wrong with your job they will take that shit brother

@allisonbrautigam1444

Ай бұрын

@@ilovedogs2642Unless you live in a BIG city you can get a USDA mortgage for $0 down. It’s shocking how many people insist they can’t get a home loan and have never even tried asking for one. I didn’t make a downpayment on my first house.

@AnonsTreasures

Ай бұрын

​@@ilovedogs2642The greatest opportunity I've had in my life is this year I ended up getting a house for 2k because it needed repairs and the lady couldnt keep up this property and her second but also couldn't sell it without making repairs. It's a shitter but its a home, and its completely paid off.

Man I'm 40 and I've hated working since I started in my 20s. Tried IT, Software Development, and being a pilot. Work sucks and thanks to constant inflation, it's like you're never getting ahead.

@TheRyanandKimberly

Ай бұрын

Inflation is far worse for those in their retirement years. Their entire life savings is now worth far less, and they don't have the means to earn more. Inflation has less impact on those who are younger.

@Epidombe

Ай бұрын

@@TheRyanandKimberly as long as your retirement is beating inflation youre not losing any money. I can’t pretend i know much about how much the average boomer has, but if you have 800k in retirement and youre getting a 7% return youre still making 56000 per yeah for just having money. Inflation will likely not pass that. If you made it that far coming from a generation with some of the best standards of living and nothing in retirement then you have nobody to blame but yourself.

@TheRyanandKimberly

Ай бұрын

@@Epidombe Retirement investments get moved out of the stock market and into bonds when you are in retirement age. The life savings must be protected against all risk at that point. So yes inflation absolutely hits those in retirement the hardest.

@Epidombe

Ай бұрын

@@TheRyanandKimberly not all of it though. While ill admit you change your portfolio as you age, if you suddenly decide to move youre entire life savings into bonds you need a new financial advisor. The writing is on the wall that inflation is here. If youre knowingly moving your money to a vector that will produce a loss with certainty again its on you.

@Areku06

29 күн бұрын

Inflation is bad but credit cards enslave us.

I hear so many people complain about how they cant afford anything anymore. Our system is certainly fucked in many ways. BUT ALSO those same people have never clipped a coupon in their life, they are subbed to over 3 streaming services, door dash daily, get Starbucks daily, buy clothes once a week, and are completely financially illiterate. While there is a big issue with a lot, there is also an issue with people wasting money every way possible. They forget that back in the day people were CHEAP AS FUCK, they would fix their shoes and patch their shirts before they buy new ones. They would wear a coat inside to not turn up the heat.

retail doesn't compare, it's not as annoying as fast-food but we get paid less than what a single bedroom apartment costs

Im sick of people saying we should just shut up and deal with low wages and high home prices. We are dealing with it, but were speaking out because we want things to change. No systemic change has ever happened in history because people sat around quietly.

@gsst6389

Ай бұрын

Ik man, but about them “people”. Do know that there grew up on a more “ignorant” age whole growing up on said era. So do understand that And that they just cooping right now casue they nor no mind could handle that they been lied to about a thing for 40 years quite easily. Its the stuff that makes one world just crumble under neath them you know?

@MollyHJohns

Ай бұрын

The entire world's current systems need to be reset.... and no one in the authorities want that. But you know what they're all prepping for these days. Wars had never stopped in some parts of the world. If we want to reset the entire world, the third one will fulfill that. At the cost of millions, if not billions of lives.

@Sikidd206

Ай бұрын

Yeah u can ask for change but also put the same amount of effort to overcome the new prices and wages

@rsilvestercellphone

Ай бұрын

But do you want to change things for the better, or just make it worse? Half of the popular 'solutions' for problems are just doubling down on what got us here in the first place (eg. Inflation? Print more free money).

@stevegonzales527

Ай бұрын

You done? Go work instead of complaining on the internet. I didn’t want to work so I created my own business and now everyone is mad I have a lot of free time and only need 2 days of physical work for 2-3 hours a day

It's super dystopian to think that having parents with a house is a big privilege. Let that sink in

@Thalanox

Ай бұрын

It's even more dystopian to understand that what we're experiencing right this moment IS the final dregs of "the good times". This is before things get really, really, really rough for the majority of our lives (for the _rest_ of our lives, for the majority of us).

@LaserTractor

Ай бұрын

Pet fish is allowed for every citizen from class B and higher. Remember! We are democracy, NOT individuals!

@GokuSolosAnime

Ай бұрын

Thx there was a sink at my door

@Thalanox

Ай бұрын

@@LaserTractor Is that a reference to something?

@LaserTractor

Ай бұрын

@@Thalanox Helldivers 2

how do you explain to a fish that it's in water is an insanely good analogy

Whos gonna tell her that running a business and managing other workers is 60 hours a week maybe more??? 13:27

@WolfPackAlpha-sn2sw

17 күн бұрын

Literally. My dad was the COO of a company he used to work for. Dude quit his job bc he was working 70+ a week and it just wasn’t worth the 170k.

I’m getting real sick of this trend of “damn an entire generation of people does something because it’s on TikTok” ngl

@miguelproenca3447

Ай бұрын

You bet, Asmon been capitalising on this a lot recently

@PCMRvsconsole

Ай бұрын

Bro don't lie to yourself. Gen Z is lazy as hell😂😂

@bogdanlevi

Ай бұрын

​@@miguelproenca3447 it's fun content. Just keep in mind that the generational bs is mostly bs.

@rq7035

Ай бұрын

@@bogdanlevihow many generations have you lived through?? Or did you just read stuff.

@mystraunt2705

Ай бұрын

I want to work, i would work 65 hours a week if it was something I cared about, like game development. But working in retail with the worst hours they can give me is killing my soul

Who wants to spend more than half their day to achieve someone else's dream?

@chrischan3448

Ай бұрын

That is 90% of people’s reality

@andre6329

Ай бұрын

@@chrischan3448way more than 90%. Less than 1% of the world's population actually get to live life.

@zetsu1915

28 күн бұрын

Want to run your own business? want to be your own boss? Go ahead but remember most businesses fail, running your own business or working 9 to 5 are the same fucking thing , making money is not easy nowadays, some people create their own business and many of them FAIL, not everyone can be successful by doing business that's why many people work in other people's business & companies

@zetsu1915

28 күн бұрын

Want to run your own business? want to be your own boss? Go ahead but remember most businesses fail, running your own business or working 9 to 5 are the same fucking thing , making money is not easy nowadays, some people create their own business and many of them FAIL, not everyone can be successful by doing business some good at business some are not that's why many people work in other people's business & companies

@LinksterGaming

27 күн бұрын

Me as long as the agreement is that I get to work towards my dreams too.

16:37 it is by design. The second biggest landowner in Montana is Stockman bank. The vast majority of their land was acquired by giving loans to people that definitely couldn’t pay them off

I went back to my tiny Mexican village for a family obligation in January after 20 years. Being back felt so bizarre because nothing changed. Literally nothing. Everyone I grew up with was still there, albeit older, including my childhood friends. The expectation of every villager was to have some sort of hustle to make money, marry and have children. No ambitions, no aspirations, just work, pray, and marry. "How do you explain to a fish they're in water". This is exactly what I thought when I was there. I legit felt like a game protag in an NPC village.

@sutenjarl1162

Ай бұрын

Some poeple are happy like that

@MrCleates

18 күн бұрын

They've found their small measure of peace. Don't ruin it.

@g_willow

2 күн бұрын

If that is what they wanted and they are happy then they are successful. There is nothing at all wrong with real work, having a strong religious belief and practice it or finding a strong family and community bond. These are all great things that can make the world a better place.

You see a lot of people saying "I bought a house" when they finance it. No sir you did not buy it, you asked the bank to buy it for you and now you're paying them back for that favor for decades

@topicalstormofficial

Ай бұрын

Property taxes and repairs too.

@AaAa-uq5tp

Ай бұрын

@@420Pezz-qc4nt woosh. it's not about the benefits, it's about using debt to buy stuff you don't have the money for

@thatokperson

Ай бұрын

@@420Pezz-qc4nt It's an appreciating asset the bank still currently owns. You own a debt good sir. Come back again to this conversation in 20 years

@dabkevinhere5422

Ай бұрын

I understand what your getting at if I'm correct. Today and the past maybe 100 years people are able to finance a house and this is viewed as normal. And befor this modern banking people would have to buy or build a house themselves without a bank. It's the same way people view payments on a car an buying a car but anyone with any knowledge would say no unless you buy the whole car in cash you don't own it and your paying more in payments then the sicker price. And knowledgeable people buy used cars with cash

@banhammer3904

Ай бұрын

Have you done the math for how much a similar house will cost if you sold it and moved right now? Not only did the house double in price but the internet rates have almost tripled. Who is going to buy the house? They'd have to have 6 times the income that you did going in.

“There are plenty of jobs and side hustles” meanwhile in reality there are fake job listings, scams, MLMs, and a lot of what looks like opportunity, and give people an excuse to say “there are so many jobs out there”

@Merkavastreetfighter

Ай бұрын

I knew that guy talked out of his ass when he said "there are jobs left and right" There really aren't.

@securatyyy

Ай бұрын

Dammit where are my bootstraps

@christianalanwilson434

Ай бұрын

well duh, stupid people are always gonna get filtered.

@Marinealver

Ай бұрын

Half my work has gone, looking for replacement hasn't turned up anything. Also rent and groceries is going up. Nobody wants to work because they don't believe they will get paid. Nobody wants to pay for work because they don't believe it isn't a grift.

@Giliver

Ай бұрын

Bro I'm Canadian and it's completely screwed here, it can take weeks if not months to find even an entry level job.

Well you guys have it a bit hard. In Europe i make about 25-30 grand per year ( it s considered a decent living). I live in my apartment , pay my bank , own my car ( ford fiesta - could afford a better car but i don t want to). I still manage to put about 1 grand aside each month. Now you got to understand i only have a highschool diploma. I started with 15 euros per DAY. Now i am doing better. Kept to what i do for the last 15 years. Learned a lot about my job , made myself hard to replace. Sometimes the palm of my hand bleeds but i keep going. Age taught me to use my brains more than muscles. When it s hard , just persevere. Don t spend money on things i don t need. I live by myself for … i don t even remember anymore. For me it was normal when i turned 18 to get a job. By the way , i m a sailor. I am gone more than 6 months per year away from home.

I hate to say that we have to be more creative than ever to find work, because the standard paths aren't good options. There are options, far more than we know what to do with if we think about it, but also stuff we wouldn't even think of.

40h week is fine but make it so i can fucking afford shit after that. you work 40h week and still cant afford shit

@brendankennedy8542

Ай бұрын

To a society that doesn't value life in any way, losing 40 hours of that life each week is meaningless.

@jer1776

Ай бұрын

Agreed. Even if you work at McDonalds you should be able to afford a basic studio apartment.

@kennymichaelalanya7134

Ай бұрын

In the 1990s, you could get rent a bed room for like $500 then people started freaking out post 1990s when they went $1K. Now post 2024 it's $2,400 for a room. (More or less)

@blehblah8361

Ай бұрын

How about a 32H work week and after that is overtime? I think thats mainly the point. (also laziness)

@armbaria

Ай бұрын

2 hours of commute every single day, 1 hour of getting ready, 1 hour of preparing lunch for tomorrow. Literally no time to do anything other than working the whole week on top of the shit pay idk why people are acting like this isn't modern day slavery.

My ONLY problem with the modern work environment: You used to be able to have a nice house, 2 cars, take vacations, save for retirement, update the house, etc… on a single GOOD income or dual OKAY incomes. That’s not the case anymore. You need two GOOD incomes if you want the above. On top of that, we’re FAR more efficient (due to technology) than our parents. Yet somehow, we have less buying power.

@BlueBD

Ай бұрын

you need more then good. you need 2 GREAT incomes. At 40/hr a week you would have to be earning 30-40$ p/hr to be able to afford living. Single. If you want a family you would need far more. And hardly any job pays even close to 30 let alone 40. those are the upper slice of careers.

@Undefined01463

Ай бұрын

That was during the most prosperous time in the most prosperous country in the entire history of the world. Why do you expect to have that again?

@daniellacomb917

Ай бұрын

Inflation sucks. vote biden in again see what happens loool

@seb1520

Ай бұрын

@@Undefined01463doesn’t mean it can’t happen again or be the standard. We can at least try to be CLOSER to that than we are now

@robertstan9733

Ай бұрын

I don't get it, are you okay with having your future stripped from you and yourvdescendants? Even with all the advances made, we should accept that the economy is going to shit? ​@@Undefined01463

Making a male AI robot will be harder. He will have to make it at least $100,000 a year and drive a very expensive car and look good in a tuxedo.

As an oil field worker who works 14 days straight, usually about 15 hour days for an average of 180-210 hours, i cant even imagine a 40 hour work week.

Who the fuck DOES want to work?

@xXxSynthxXx

Ай бұрын

I don't mind it.

@jinmali

Ай бұрын

No one but since they have to do sum they don’t like everyone else has to as well.

@tanner2725

Ай бұрын

I do i just want my night shift back

@coco_robs

Ай бұрын

Correct me if I am wrong... but I'd imagine people in their millions would commit suicide if they didn't have a role in society. I don't think 100% of the population are content with gaming, sleeping, sunbathing, traveling, etc and not working. There will be a % portion that wants to work. Maybe future generations will be okay with it; but the current one would have a % of suffering. Hopefully as AI takes over the cultural shift happens in a smooth way so people are not depressed. The rest can volunteer I guess.

@Joedirt32

Ай бұрын

I enjoy making money lol

My problem is that when I come home, I have to do chores for 1-2 hours. After I'm done with that I eat, and then when that's done it's pretty much time to go to bed.

@YoutubeStyleChannel

Ай бұрын

What are you doing in your free time to cause 1-2 hours a chores daily?

@possummagic3571

Ай бұрын

​@@KZreadStyleChannelSome people have family or pets that they have to clean up after and feed.

@didiwever834

Ай бұрын

The good thing is that if you're never home the home never gets dirty.

@ShiftyRightNow

Ай бұрын

Same except I drink a couple whiskeys. I also have 2 kids under 8 yrs old, but an amazing wife that trys to split the home load with me as much as possible.

@ShiftyRightNow

Ай бұрын

​@didiwever834 nah my kids. Wife and cats 🐈 make it a mess everyday lol

"Work, workout and vibe" sounds pretty good to me i wanna live like that😂

Around 25:07 dude said its been way worse than this in the past which is true for certain recessions and definitely the depression, but we are also living in world now where this is the first generation to be poorer than their parents. There is something to said about that.

Well I just saw Boeing ceo give himself 45% raise last year while some workers at Boeing got a 8 years contract with 1% raise… ppl want to work, they just don’t want to live to work

@texascpa

Ай бұрын

First off, the CEO didn't give himself anything, the shareholders approved that. Second, all but $1M of that was in stock options, which have no guaranteed outcome. Thirdly, he is leaving after this year. Alos, that 8 year contract was a result of the union agreeing to that raise. Don't blame the CEO for what the union agreed to. BTW, Boeing mechanics union is looking for a 40% raise over a three-year period - all of that is in real wages.

@Thezuule1

Ай бұрын

@@texascpa why are you like this?

@PajamaMan44

Ай бұрын

@@texascpahow does that corporate shaft taste?

@MrCaw77

Ай бұрын

​@texascpa I hear you that SOP do not have a guaranteed outcome. But if you hold them for a while, typically you make a tonnnnnn of money. It all depends on what grant price they were given. I work with equity compensation every day.

@MrCaw77

Ай бұрын

​@@texascpaIf there is no vesting schedule, which there usually isn't, he can exercise them right away and if it's a decent grant price, he will get a ton of money and just go through them each year to effectively have a higher wage

Truth is the world is just so morally bankrupt, disgusting, and decaying that nobody sees a future anymore. There is no desire to work your life away to live in a world thats just going to keep getting worse and worse.

@CastleHassall

Ай бұрын

there's a lot of good hearted people trying to do good things too

@TheAcad3mic

Ай бұрын

You have indeed highlighted a major root cause. I don't think you're correct in the slightest BTW but your PERCEPTION of the future is absolutely dominant for a great many people. there is a massive lack of hope for the future and hope in general, and I really do think that the west is seeing what happens when you replace some kind of genuine spiritual discipline with pure individualistic hedonism and financial drive being the key motivator for a culture. it becomes stagnant and the culture withers and dies as its humans see themselves as nothing but consumer drones and they choose to not breed and that's it, culture has like 3 generation. We'll be subsumed by a milieu of African, Arabic and Chinese culture.

@psluxton

Ай бұрын

And yet, OP, they also VOTE for their world to get worse! 😮‍💨 All because they don't explore any options, they just do what they've always done and always will. 🤖

@AlexParkYT

Ай бұрын

@@CastleHassall It's more the system really that's the problem. Predatory and keeping every trapped in slavery. Slavery is an ancient evil practice and needs to be gone forever.

@amir1780

Ай бұрын

100%

Honestly when you have someone that builds houses for a living making 20 to 30 an hour doing an essential task for society and then a bunch of whiners want 20 an hour flippin burgers doing a nonessential task you know theres a problem

I'm Gen Z and this 40 hour work week thing... so relatable. Last year I was in the most hell situation working a full-time gig on top of my part-time job. I was unable to find autonomy or time to do simple self care things. This year changed everything because I stuck to a 2 part-time job format instead. I just live in an apartment with my BF an cat. Things are still somewhat hard, but I'm just happy that I can focus on my actual dreams (now that I'm part-time). I'm still hitting roughly 40 hours a week plus tips. But it's more sustainable because the work days are more spread out and it's not zombie robot npc hours. If ya'll ever seen the first cutscene in Stardew Valley with the office workers... yup that's the kind of life I'm actively trying to evade if I can help it. Outside of work, I can actually squeeze in time for workouts and study mid-week (nobody wants to work weekends so I take up the responsibility by default). And I still regularly make time for the people I care about the most. But I am grateful and positive everyday because people in lower positions than me are still struggling to find a job. So I just trust the process and that one day my work may be noticed and appreciated. I'm a customer service worker for the bills but an artist/game dev when I'm at home. It's been my dream to publish my own game projects since I was a boy, so I won't let myself down.

Bro I'm 27 with 3 kids and a wife. I work 50+ minimum. I don't want to work because even if it was 80+ Ill never afford a house and I only see my family for like 3 hours a day. Edit: I gotta clear a couple things up for everyone commenting the same stuff without reading the other comments. 1. I'm not complaining about my situation I have it so well off it's crazy, my credit was 760 (irs screwed me over this year on return so I couldn't pay off a medical bill right away dropped to 720). 2. Me having 3 kids that will live with me for 18+ years doesn't make the housing situation worse right now while millions of immigrants are granted tax payer money 3. I don't live near a city my town has a population of 1,200 there are surrounding towns/cities with populations of like 15k 40k and 60k 4. Im actually making more money with my kids because I pay less taxes and we don't pay for child care because my wife is able to stay home.and be an amazing mom. 5. All of you without kids/wife like my friend who works with me and has managed to save 80k but still can't afford a house that's not a complete tear down. Housing is still expensive for you guys and that's what I was talking about. Housing costs are insane. 6. Don't blame me for having kids and an amazing job, blame our government, our society, predatory loans and interest rates for why we can't have it as good as our grandparents.

@1donniekak

Ай бұрын

FHA loans…….

@christopherblowers443

Ай бұрын

I'm doing it. Just a little older and one more kid. Budget. Invest. Pray to God it works out.

@wahahabuh

Ай бұрын

if your job allows for it, move rural, life is cheaper and more laid back

@0x_hackerfren

Ай бұрын

Sounds lile you need to get some certs and switch into it

@twelvenation985

Ай бұрын

hey man i feel you, im 28 and three kids and a wife. we got to work to support.

While a bit whiny the kid has a point. Most of the good paying middle class jobs were trotted off overseas so the ruling class could make yet more profit. Not a lot of options out there today unless you’re into service industry and the pay is horrible.

@kyrusinek

Ай бұрын

The jobs that did stay are now even harder to get due to competition. Not to mention that when people do get these high paying jobs they tend to keep them for decades.

@gimpzilla

Ай бұрын

How can America be pro minorities if you don't accept a global economy. If every person in the world wants to live with American standards then America will probably have to lower their expectations

@russell-gt1dy

23 күн бұрын

The market caters to its demands. And consumers demand cheap stuff

@esqueejy

23 күн бұрын

Here's what the oligarchy that has people screaming about being replaced are covering for: the "REAL" replacement came when that same oligarchy shipped all the jobs overseas while lying about "trickle down economics". The racist/anti-LGBTQ cultural resentment propaganda is designed to give half the country an angry fit about something as a distraction from what everyone should REALLY be pissed about.

I am Gen X and I left home when I was 17. I did 7 years of uni to become an engineer. I worked labor in the field for a year before getting an office job. I didn't own a car until I turned 27. I didn't own a home until I was 39. I am doing well for myself and my family now, but it was pretty sketchy there for a while. I got laid off in a company take-over after working for 3 years and I had 3 months to find a job before I was eating ketchup sandwiches. No one ever told us life was easy, I think some of my generation spent too much time telling their kids that it is. That being said, the housing market and financial institutions are now transparent rackets bankrupting their own customers for gain.

Houses are ALWAYS getting more expensive. They have always gotten more expensive, and will always get more expensive. One word: accountability.

Honestly if you've ever worked 4 10-hour shifts, you'll realize how amazing 3days off is.

@artoriasoftheabyss1575

Ай бұрын

It really is great. I worked night shifts when I had 4 day work weeks and it was good so I can only imagine what it's like working days

@zentec010

Ай бұрын

iis the greatest thing to work 2 extra hours a day for three days off is magic.

@theremix54

Ай бұрын

It doesn't need to be a 10 hour shift. 4 8 hour shifts is fine. Adjust the wages accordingly.

@freshcoastdrifttracks6074

Ай бұрын

I worked 3 12hr shift for one summer...it was amazing!

@Interknetz

Ай бұрын

I'd never want to do that, because if I worked 40 hours a week over 5 day (which I have done), I'd still come home unmotivated to do anything. Now I like to game and such, but I had no energy to do so given I was literally waking up to get ready for work, then come home and go to bed so I could get up in time for work. That and my feet were messed up royally with blisters given it was a warehouse job. Sure there's probably less demanding jobs but I should be allowed to enjoy part time and my hobbies, which I currently do and have sort of mapped out my future anyway to the point I know I can just about afford to live this way.

It’s no longer just about how many hours you work; wages have not kept up with inflation and the cost of living. A 40-hour workweek used to be sufficient when wages could cover living expenses with some extra. However, companies decided to outsource jobs to increase their profits. The main beneficiaries of this outsourcing are shareholders and top executives, while it has led to wage suppression to compete with cheaper overheads thus causing wage stagnation for most working class.

@Goofballhero

Ай бұрын

The collapse of Reaganomics.

Can confirm my kitchen has been 35% staffed for the past 2 years (on purpose)

Sorry, she doesn't know what a real day of hard work is! Period.

Always accountability for the poor. Never for the ones that created the system.

@rareosts5752

Ай бұрын

The system is fantastic. It's the government along with the Fed and other forces looking to get this very result, that's the issue, The government is laundering endless cash and is spending way too much in general. They keep printing new bills and causing inflation and stealing value from all of us , then we're left with devalued currency. That's just the tip of the iceberg in terms of actions taken to erode our country, but I'll spare you.

@itsXxamyyyxx

Ай бұрын

Asmon is one of the top 1% earners ever and yet he talks about how he made a mistake with his taxes coz his status allows him to be able to afford a lawyer should it come back to him. The rest of is are looking over shoulders and waiting for a knock on the door or a threatening letter in the mail

@sergiolandz6056

Ай бұрын

@@itsXxamyyyxx you dont have to pay anything to the IRS get informed.

@SleepyFen

Ай бұрын

@@sergiolandz6056 Riight just set up a shell company in a tax haven, run your income through them and go collect some money in cash every now and then. And then if everyone does that, you don't get schools, roads, working sewage, an army, social security or a law that's enforced. I guess that's fine for someone living alone on a self-sufficient homestead in the middle of bumfuk nowhere, but for anyone who wants a functioning society, you need taxes to fund it.

@NickYoung22

Ай бұрын

Everyone is too busy complaining about their success. Do you want success or do you want to complain about other peoples success, pick one.

Underlying issue is, working your butt off only to be able to live.

@YoutubeStyleChannel

Ай бұрын

Not really, most of the people making these kind of videos are terrible with money and looking to live outside their means.

@MrWilliGaming

Ай бұрын

@@KZreadStyleChannel the rising costs of living and stagnant wages tell another story. and besides if you do work you should be able to afford nice things. nobody wants to live to work.

@commonsense9076

Ай бұрын

That’s not how it is at all. You can always not work and go homeless. Or better yet stay debt free and live below your means. I’d also suggest stop eating out everyday, make coffee at home and stop buying shit.

@Estradial

Ай бұрын

what exactly is "living outside your means"? eating food that isnt just bread and rice? shut up, unless youre buying a new house or car, simple daily spending should not be considered "living outside your means". ​@KZreadStyleChannel

@commonsense9076

Ай бұрын

@@MrWilliGaming Bro said if you work you should afford nice things 😂😂

Bro learning more about business from World of Warcraft then from your business degree IS THE MOST RELATEABLE THING IVE EVER HEARD.... i was mining, blacksmithing, jewelcrafting etc all while going to college and im telling you WOW taught me SO MUCH MORE LOL

40 hours a week IS insane... we only get like 1/3 of our life to live the 2nd is sleeping and the 3rd is working its totally fucked

@igor_ai88

21 күн бұрын

And inflation eats our money and corporations always need more profit ☠️

@dirtbeard108

12 күн бұрын

welcome to life, It used to be much worse.

@SonofSkyrim01

6 күн бұрын

You can always live in the jungle and run barefoot through the trees. The question is how long will it take you to find something to eat or be safe. There is nothing for free. If you're smart, you can handle it, if you're not, that's your problem.

Genz doesn't like being slaves. Can't blame em.

@guardianvalor962

Ай бұрын

We just need a few more tax cuts and eventually it will all trickle down. Libs clearly don't understand duhhhhh

@Jackex

Ай бұрын

Millennial here. I don't want to either, I don't bitch about it on social media is all. Never thought I'd be so sympathetic to GenZ

@demonicloki216

Ай бұрын

Imagine if people thought like this 100s of years ago We wouldn't have this cushy society to complain in right now lol

@Jackex

Ай бұрын

@@demonicloki216 maybe your cushy, I live in a house that would probably be condemned if inspected. Need pipes, roof, electrical, drawing water from elsewhere to flush. Not to mention a car, medical bills, ECT. Been working steady full time for over 20 years.

@Drunkendrakon

Ай бұрын

Yeah I decided to work in a small business and learn the trade and eventually start my own business within the trade.

Everyone else wants years of experience for an entry level job now

@itadakihokkaido4305

Ай бұрын

Facts

@christopherburke2051

Ай бұрын

That also is a problem

@rake483

26 күн бұрын

This. Im looking for a job right now, but even junior positions require at least 2 years of industry experience. I cannot afford to do an unpaid or low paid internship. I have bills to pay. Its fucked up.

I say this as a fromer maintenance worker from walmart , they forced me to clean the deli shelves and push shopping carts in the parking lot due to lazy coworkers. All I'm going to say is maintenance should be able tax the lazy departments, Whats that you want us to clean up those carts and its going to take two hours? okay dox the cart pushers two hours pay and give it to us , whats that deli department doesn't want to whipe up old blood off the shelves , and it'll take six hours okay dox them sox hours pay and give it to us.

The thing with buying a house is totally true. Gen Z wants to immediately bounce into a place of their own, that they actually, in an expensive city, while single, on an entry level job, then complain that their grandparents could do it. No, hon. Your grandparents lived in a 600sq foot house, with zero luxuries installed, in a small town, working 60+ hours/week, too, until they were in their mid 30's and could finally upgrade. Yes, housing has gotten much more expensive on average, but not so much in those entry-level homes, in smaller cities. I got my first house 5 years ago, in Edmonton Alberta. My bank charged me extra because I didn't have 20% down, but it wasn't prohibitively expensive for that. All in, it was 250k, for a 600sq foot place, with full basement, in a safe, but older area of town. My mortgage + utilities + insurance + taxes was about the same price as my rent in my previous 800sq foot apartment. I just got married and upgraded to a larger home last year, in the country that is 1000sq foot with full basement, 3 acres of land, and a 3car garage for 389k. It needed some work but again, not so much it was unlivable. (this is also Canadian bucks, so much less value than USD). No, you are very unlikely to ever be able to purchase a house in some major, high-demand city, like san francisco, new york, etc, but if you're willing to move, and give up some of your city's luxuries, you definately can.

@cornstalks4122

10 күн бұрын

I'm a CS student. I don't live in the US, for reference, but homes here are fucking expensive. We don't really have small towns in the way NA has them. It's either three houses close by, or there's 100k people there (5 mill pop. country, about 1/4th live in the capital region). A three bedroom apartment in my 300k city is about 700k. It gets slightly better as you go further out (now you get to pay 400k instead, yay!), but you also have to pay for transport and tolls, which is several hundred dollars a month if you're unfortunate enough to need a car. Any work opportunities I will get will most likely be in the middle of a city, in a high cost of living area. I'm not going to live two hours away from work and civilization. If you've seen how property prices have outpaced median wages you wouldn't be saying this shit. Fact is, an hour of work in the 60's got you way further than an hour of work today will. Sure, you can be a mechanic everywhere, but you can't be a cybersec specialist everywhere. A lot of people live in cities because that's where there's work, and friends, and family, and something to do except drive to the city. We can't all live in rural areas just because the houses there are cheap.

@cornondacob

7 күн бұрын

False. My grandparents were teachers and were able to afford multiple homes. The one in the bay area was 30k now worth millions

Folks are so focused on the income side, but we ignore the fact we've legislated a middle class lifestyle into a requirement. You can't just build a shed, wire it up and dig an 8 ft hole to use the bathroom in to live super simply. Building codes require all the amenities and neighbors will raise hell about property values. You have to have a car to get around. We've even made living outside illegal! So even if you want to live super simply you can't.

@miken4163

Ай бұрын

Underrated comment

@RanEncounter

Ай бұрын

Well american people think they live in the land of the free when they do not have the basic every mans rights to roam freely, camp freely and use the fruits of forests freely on their own country.

@SomeNerdSomewhere

Ай бұрын

It's no coincidence that the states with the most bureaucracy and social support policies also become the most prohibitively expensive. (See the exodus from NY and CA) A lot of regulation can start with "good intentions" but it almost always become a racket in the end. There's a way to balance these things, but we don't even pretend to try.

@brettedington1865

Ай бұрын

Amen

@mr.nobody2244

Ай бұрын

It's insane how far we as a species have drifted away from our roots.

Does anyone else think it's weird that we're still doing a 40 hour work week to make ends meet when we have all the modern conveniences that our ancestor's didn't have? It used to be that one guy would work a job and have a house and car with a wife and two kids. Now we have the man and wife both working 40 hours, no kids, no house, and sharing one car.

@fenixiliusstrife1253

Ай бұрын

Can you believe people used to slave on farms 12 hour days, 7 days a week? OMG, why did they do that? Idk....maybe to survive? You got it good with 40 hours kid, be happy. Go be Amish and see what REAL work is.

@gubnillec

Ай бұрын

But they had less things to spend money on. Such as cellphones, internet, Starbucks ,Netflix and so on

@MuDkipzCHancelLOr

Ай бұрын

When you increase the supply of labor, demand goes down. The same big companies who wanted women in the workforce are now pushing for mass migration because they think they’re still paying us too much. They won’t be happy until we’re living in 300 sq ft apartments without cabinets or air conditioning like the Germans.

@Cptn.Smoker

Ай бұрын

Nah ….. I have a wife , 2 kids, a house, 2 cars , 2 dogs. 1 job, 40 hrs a week. $250k a year. I put in sprinkler systems. 💀

@sammonius1819

Ай бұрын

It's just that billionares want to keep their billions. We definitely have the resources to just have maybe like half of us working. Maybe we could all do shifts, where we each work half the year and then stay home the other half. But instead we have a few trillionares and everyone else works day and night.

5:33 this is me but I'm 30 lmao. I wear a t-shirt and baggy shitty cargo pants every single day. Show up 30-40 minutes late every single day. Work from home two days a week and do _literally almost nothing_ when I do, and none of that matters, because at price-per-meaningful-output the company is still taking me for a ride.

Those dudes aren’t making 186k

my parents gave me an eviction notice for my 19th birthday before i graduated from highschool and was working at a diner and a fast food restaurant. not everyone gets the chance to stay home. i didnt eat 2-3 days a week after i swapped to a "comfortable" office job paying the same amount.

@jakobjensen3424

Ай бұрын

That's rotten: "Happy birthday! now get out and have the family spend 40k extra money per year while getting nothing in return"

@Qatch1140

Ай бұрын

@@jakobjensen3424 yep literally. They did everything they possibly could to set me up for failure. I ended up being completely homeless after about 2 or 3 years on my own. Eventually got into construction and messed my back up, and couldn't work for a few years. Now I own my own place and I'm 28 (it's a trailer but anything is better than nothing)

@Michael_Hunt

Ай бұрын

And then they wonder why they're alone at the end of their life.

@Areku06

29 күн бұрын

I let my kids stay home until they get married. I love them.

I think that the biggest problem I have with work is how we're consistently told "We've broken records!!! SO much production! So much sells! So much money we're making!" and then that just.. doesn't translate to my pay somehow. I'm working more and harder than before but I somehow don't make more money while they're making bank? All the while, food costs go up 15-20%, rent goes up 15-20%, transport the same and I get a 0.5$ raise per hour? How the fuck does ANY of this compute? Ofc I don't want to work anymore.

@ManItDontMatterIfShe

Ай бұрын

Think about the shareholders broooo they need every cent of profit

@7CConstitution

Ай бұрын

In short, wage theft.

@oOignignoktOo1

Ай бұрын

@@ManItDontMatterIfShe Don't focus on the shareholders that's anti-semitic according to the ADL.

@william4996

Ай бұрын

This is my problem to a T. My work has a meeting every week where they spend 30 minutes talking about how great everyone is and how much money we are making and how much hard work is coming in the future and how they just know we'll do a great job! Oh? Raise? Uh. Sorry, your position gets the """"industry standard"""" (forget that they tell us our business is special and unique and has a bunch of unique problems we have to overcome compared to other companies so why are we being compared to other places in the industry if we have such wildly special and unique problems)

@damasterpiece08

Ай бұрын

don't forget that you don't need 15000 people in a factory anymore, 1000 produce just as much, but their salary is the same and the product is more expensive because inflation, war, covid, whatever excuse

My biggest issue is just getting work I put in applications everywhere both in town and the town over I ride a bike to interviews or walk of I have to but still don't get hired or put on hold till there's an opening shit ain't easy

GIRL S GOT TO SELL THE BOX

I don't mind working. I actually go a little crazy when I'm not working. I just wanna be paid enough to have a life.

@DrumNBassed

Ай бұрын

Most people didn’t have a life throughout human history, what makes you so special?

@synewman7818

Ай бұрын

@@DrumNBassedu slow bruv

@kirkmyers2116

Ай бұрын

Agreed, I'm on a sick leave and it's killing me. I hate not being at work. I don't like a free ride, it feels wrong. I was born in the 70s and that's how we were raised.

@WildSpecter

Ай бұрын

@@DrumNBassed what a shit take... People had it bad in the past therefore everyone must keep suffering. Glue sniffing logic right there

@Coldkill2001

Ай бұрын

@@DrumNBassed That's a fair question. We live in unprecedented times, you know. I'm pretty sure more people in America suffer from obesity than are starving. Our nation is absurdly wealthy on the world stage and it seems like an awful lot of stuff that is produced ends up going to waste.

Man, I would love to have stayed with my parents and save money if they didn't try to hurt my dog and weren't abusive pieces of shit. People who can are lucky.

@highlander918

Ай бұрын

I feel that. Roommates help a lot, even if they kinda suck.

@9:03 That's already replaced in NCS. Rig crew is 3-5, used to be 15-24. Only the old rigs that have not been replaced yet are as shown here... It should be done by the next 5-7 years, no lie

It's not that the dude at 20:00 is wrong, it's that his advice is tonedeaf. Things have gotten worse, undeniably so. As in: can not be disputed. If you look at the average wage, mortgage and the average house price from today and contrast it to the average wage, mortgage and average house price of 30 years ago, you need to work approximately 8-12 years longer to be able to afford a similar home (depending on where you are). Because this is not feasible, people feel forced to take on multiple jobs, or at least secure a job that allows them to work a minimum of 50 hours a week. I won't even argue with anyone: negative health effects of working more than 40 hours a week and positive health effects of working 32 hours a week, are proven fact at this point. It is not that people CAN'T buy houses, it is that people are letting you know they are being overworked. The dude's argument is: 'but... you can just overwork and then you'll be able to afford it?' Like, yeah, everyone knows. That's the problem.

It’s always funny whenever online commentators talk down on people not wanting to work when they themselves don’t work.

@GrantTodd-eh7ub

Ай бұрын

I don't think Asmon was talking down anyone, he just said you can choose not to work but don't expect anyone to come save you. Also Asmon owns two businesses that is considered actual work.

@Korksbebig

Ай бұрын

He's not talking down on you at all. He's literally uplifting you in saying you can accomplish something with compromise. Your mentality is literally the failure spoken about in the video. You are so defensive about your failings that you don't want to acknowledge them. You want to pass yourself off as someone who deserves more, but honestly, what do you really do? The guy owns 2 businesses, and streaming is work. If it is easy, do that and make it big, bro. You can't sit there saying the guy doesn't work but literally generates money, do what he does and make it happen for you. Quit complaining.

@codykensington1424

Ай бұрын

​@@KorksbebigI like Asmon but he has no place to speak on this. Basically had one stable job his entire life (IRS), lived in his childhood home his entire adult life, no wife, no kids, ect. Literally a guy who makes a living talking into a camera and playing video games on camera. I don't believe he has any meaningful input on the modern day situation on the working class. The largest issue the working class is dealing with is housing. Corporate ownership + investment purchases have fucked the market over for years, making homes more expensive then ever. With homes out of reach for many this causes more demand for apartments, hence causing that market to balloon up. The surplus of undocumented immigrants sure doesn't help since they compete in the rental market. Housing is what is killing the working class more then anything else. Looking at CoL to wages ratios in the 50s-80s to what we see today and it's kind boggling.

@nicholasschrauwen5863

Ай бұрын

@@codykensington1424 Anyone has "a place" to speak upon anything they have an opinion on. Just because he's not primarily attached to every single point of the video or has to deal with the housing market doesn't mean he can't have an opinion on it. "You're not muslim so you can't speak about Islam" "You're not an immigrant so you can't speak on the issues of immigration" "You're not a woman so you can't speak about abortion." In addition, I would argue that taxation and over-bearing government regulation is more of an issue for the middle class than housing is.

@tonykirks57

Ай бұрын

Hes working making this video dude. If the job is so easy why dont you become a content creator.

one people in debt in rent: solo leveling two people in rent: co-op leveling three people buying house: group leveling

That push to start haha

Thanks for putting the original video's page in the description so i can watch that instead

I dislike these transparently disparaging intergenerational circlejerks. I believe the younger generation is simply fed up with being taken advantage of. Major, major difference than not wanting to work at all imho

@justinpat2

Ай бұрын

yeah, it's gotten WAY more clear that we are being railed from every angle, the prices of food and rent alone should not be squeezing us as much as they are, and then you factor in everything else and it's complete bull

@The2012Aceman

Ай бұрын

If you're young you've received all the benefits of Society and haven't yet put back into it. You're under no obligation to, of course, but neither is everyone else. And if too many people learn that they can just take from Society without putting back in, pretty soon Society won't have much to give out.

@foxanard

Ай бұрын

@@The2012Aceman good. Maybe then society will stop to think about what they're doing, and why no one wants to spend their lives on some bullshit.

@Penrose707

Ай бұрын

@@The2012Aceman I don't disagree. Though I think we can advocate for meaningful change while simultaneously not advocating for societal collapse. The two are often and ideally mutually exclusive

@The2012Aceman

Ай бұрын

@@foxanard And when our great nation decides to fracture and disband because of the great evils it committed, it will be swallowed by whatever nation next wants to do that. And if you thought the Empire treated you badly from within, wait until you're Conquered.

Most of Gen Z is willing to work, but the conditions and pay are so much worse than before, that it doesn't seem worth it

@Thatwowguy22

Ай бұрын

This is the real problem

@Memememe-is1yn

Ай бұрын

THIS IS THE CORRECT ANSWER.

@BriBCG

Ай бұрын

It's all relative, it's not how it was in the past but compare it to what's happening in some other countries and it seems downright amazing.

@toms7114

Ай бұрын

The conditions are only a little worse than what Boomers and Gen X had, and in some ways better depending on the job. The pay is way worse comparatively though, and just getting worse.

@austinhardison4945

Ай бұрын

Stop getting a salary job, go into a 1099 commission position or a w2 with hourly + commission. You’ll thank me later

That oil rig video is the only oil rig worker video that has been circulating the internet for a decade.

Growing up with two siblings in a single income household, I was scared away from getting a credit card or taking out student loans until I was 31. Still no debt as I didn't take out any student loans and my credit card is linked to my debit card so payment in full is automatic, but I still know I'll never buy a house, or a new off the lot car cuz my credit is low, and new cars are a scam.

I dont blame them. Why work for corporations that are downsizing employees....and increased the remaining workers' workload....

@colbr06

Ай бұрын

Probably for money tbh.

@noswad86

Ай бұрын

Is that so they can fit more people into the buildings?

@Bambeakz

Ай бұрын

@@colbr06If you have more than 2 braincells you don’t need a company for that. I have a 2 year holiday now bc I started for myself pretty fast but was done with the kind of work so I am starting something new. But even when I worked it was 30 hours max. Now aiming for 24

@bababooey6889

Ай бұрын

As an QA Engineer i can tell that if you want to earn above 180k per year. You have to work more than everyone and have more knowledge. But also if you want to have this job, you have to start from shitty company where you can be replaced any day. But after a 1-2 year it gets better

@ttdttd4211

Ай бұрын

@bababooey6889 The future isn't too bright, my guy.. but I understand what you're saying.

honestly. if you see your options as being "not working and not being able to afford anything" and "working and not being able to afford anything" why would someone want to work?

@jackied962

Ай бұрын

exactly

@skyblue2708

Ай бұрын

Or the other option which is spend all your time working to be able to afford stuff, but never have any time to enjoy it so what's the point of having it?

@insanedar

Ай бұрын

Choose the not working option and tell me how long you will last.

@TheAcad3mic

Ай бұрын

people that see it that way are children, feel free to not work and see what that looks like real fast.

@2Byorhax

Ай бұрын

@@insanedarI’ve lasted a long time, haven’t worked in 6 years, and no I don’t live with my parents. 👍

I hate 40 hour work week. I could do the same work in 20 hours or less. I don't get paid for the work I do, but for my time, and I don't see any point in that.

40 hour week sounds like a dream

The people who say "welcome to real life" are fing insane. Like yeah this is real life, sure, but do you WANT this to be real life? Like a get a grip, it's OKAY to be upset with the way the world works right now.

@SalacKite

Ай бұрын

It's not right now, it's been shit forever, welcome to the real world.

@kirerunte1046

Ай бұрын

Don't have kids so at least it ends with you

@Thezuule1

Ай бұрын

@@kirerunte1046 that isn't how the family tree grows unfortunately. We're all stuck here.

@Chickensea10

Ай бұрын

​@@kirerunte1046CHILD SUPPORT IS NO JOKE. More people aren't having kids to begin with anyways lmao. Eastern countries are plummeting record lows

@kuratse205

Ай бұрын

They suffered through it, so now they want you to go through the same thing as them too.

I used to be one of those bitter assholes with the mentality of “well I had it rough so you should, too.” Now, I have an entirely new perspective. I couldn’t imagine being the age Gen Z is now (I’m a 42 year old Millennial) and trying to get my feet wet in the world. There’s no way. And spare me the crap of “minimum wage was never meant to be a long-term deal.” No, it wasn’t, but when many jobs in my area base their pay off of min wage then brag about how starting you out at $12-$15 an hour is amazing money, it’s fukin joke. I was barely getting by back in my early 20’s, where half my take home pay went to rent alone. I didn’t go out, never could afford fast food, milk and juice was a luxury I couldn’t afford, etc. Yeah it made me hustle and become the success I am today but I also caught some damn lucky breaks along the way. I had managers take massive gambles on me in jobs I had absolutely no experience in, I got lucky that I never had a major disaster such as a flood or medical emergency, etc. And I’ve done the multiple job thing, it’s not worth it. Humans were never meant to be this abused.

@giantent763

Ай бұрын

Unironically there were periods of time in history where slaves had better living conditions.

@nickthompson2023

Ай бұрын

@@dagr6926 millennial generation is my age. Generation before me was X

@DrGandW

Ай бұрын

Currently reading Bullshit Jobs, it's funny to see how many Gen Zers seem to be more aware of this than their forebears

@ParryHotter204

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I can’t imagine having a medical emergency and not having health insurance.

@asdfbeau

Ай бұрын

@@ParryHotter204 this is actually how older millennials lived. Obamacare helped, but it was late for half of us. I've had broken teeth, infections, etc. that I've just had to save up and pay out-of-pocket for. I don't want younger people to have it like I had it, but there's a reality here: if the country can't afford it (because the boomers borrowed our future) it can't be done. If we just increase debt to make 'health care a right' then we're no better than the boomers that screwed us.

Not me listening to this on my 4th 16 hour shift this week

The more i watch your videos the more i love your thought process ive known about you for years and recently thought id check out your opinions