Don't have a job = can't afford housing. Have a job = can't afford housing. So why have a job?

@phoneticau

Ай бұрын

and many are waking up to this fact, why be abused and broke when you can not be abused but still be broke

@RedEyeification

Ай бұрын

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 100%.

@josebro352

Ай бұрын

💯 % on the mark with that comment!!! It's reality and we all know it.

@sophies6957

Ай бұрын

Wow. My dad always worked 2 jobs and on ocasssion 3 jobs while my mom worked Full time to raise a family and buy a house in Expensive Southern California. They’re doing pretty good now , my mom will retire next year. No PAIN. NO GAIN .

@Pretti_sundara_

Ай бұрын

Sad to say at least not having one you get help

People don’t wanna work 40+ hours for minimal wages and no benefits. It’s that simple.

@harm991

Ай бұрын

I would start to work again if I have children. I'm retired in 30s.

@christins.1481

Ай бұрын

Benefits is why I work where I work as a manager. The pay could be better, but if I miss work for 3 weeks via a doctor, work will pay for my health insurance, and the leftover money goes into my bank account. I have life insurance and don't pay for it. If I become legally disabled while employed, I will still receive my paycheck years later. It is true because I met one guy who had open heart surgery and could no longer work. He was still getting his regular paycheck through work. I have my regular health insurance I pay too and even that had a separate health program where if you participate you get $75 off a month on your health insurance.

@fernabianer1898

Ай бұрын

@@christins.1481 must be hard working in the US. We have health insurance regardless of our job, even when unemployed. The logic is that A) someone who is sick or cant afford treating some serious illness properly is a permanent drain on society, so better help them and B) your financial status shouldnt determine if you can eat/see a doctor/afford some basic appartment. it's often seen as some sort of communism, but it's really not :D we are still capitalists and when you don't work your life is shitty! you just dont starve or need to worry about the bare essentials.

@BillClinton228

Ай бұрын

Not to mention getting fired in the first few weeks of your employment with no warning or explanation...

@Eleerm

Ай бұрын

And being treated like crap.

The number one reason is that jobs do not pay a LIVING wage anymore.

@obscurelyvague

Ай бұрын

"@rosymylene1878" A "living wage" is a matter of the cost of living.

@BillRaby

Ай бұрын

Learn a useful skill and you can earn more money.

@BeastMode19799

Ай бұрын

So.u quit work and be a bum?😂

@thekvistem

Ай бұрын

@@BeastMode19799 check unemployment statistics, it's quite the opposite. people are working but they're miserable

@Omar_Zazzle

Ай бұрын

I am 62 and all my jobs never paid a living wage.

I am fed up working for peanuts to make a company or a billionaire richer

@willchristie2650

Ай бұрын

Vote Blue.

@Liz-wz8dh

Ай бұрын

Quit. Literally. Just quit. They do not care and won't do anything to change unless you quit.

@tomTom-lb5cu

Ай бұрын

Make yourself more valuable to the workforce. Get a useful education or learn a trade . Or start your own business then you will hire people to do a job for the least you can pay, so you can get rich. It’s the American system and it’s good. It’s what made me a millionaire being able to invest in the stock market just like everyone else. Takes time but it works. Nobody’s entitled a free ride from birth even though some get it. The ones who work for it and earn it appreciate it and keep it too.

@obscurelyvague

Ай бұрын

@@tomTom-lb5cu I believe in capitalism but there are situations in which people cannot just start a business or start over. There are older people who need to make money but cannot make a big project of going back to school for years like a 25 year old would do. Some people's bodies are no longer able to tolerate a lot of hard physical work. With some people, they want to work but they cannot take up anything overwhelming either.

@ifeoluwaadeoye6557

Ай бұрын

​@@tomTom-lb5cuaren't you tired of giving tired old advice?

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.

@eloign7147

Ай бұрын

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.

@joshbarney114

Ай бұрын

This is true. I'm in my mid 50'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.

@rogerwheelers4322

Ай бұрын

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.

@FabioOdelega876

Ай бұрын

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.

@rogerwheelers4322

Ай бұрын

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.

Dear Boss- Don’t treat your employees like 💩.

@BillClinton228

Ай бұрын

I never understood why companies feel the need to monitor you if you work from home... if you're slacking its understandable but just monitoring your keystrokes and clicks when your job is getting done seems insane to me.

@marjorielicup7514

Ай бұрын

Shit boss shit job😂

@edwardprice140

8 күн бұрын

That emoji stinks.

We've completely lost sight of work life balance. Nobody gets to have a life anymore.

@user-io4ut5gn5b

Ай бұрын

I don't think that would be a good analogy its just people don't know how to mind their business, and rather compete on who does it better and they don't even be the BEST🤫😒😊

@MrSteeDoo

Ай бұрын

Speak for yourself. I can handle a 40 hour workweek just fine.

@chris5942

Ай бұрын

My employer preaches WLB until that isnt tilted in their favor.

@vladimirofsvalbard9477

Ай бұрын

@@MrSteeDoo 40 hour workweek? What's that?

@MrSteeDoo

Ай бұрын

@@vladimirofsvalbard9477 Apparently you screwed up.

I was suddenly laid off last year. I saved up enough money to live for about 3 years. I just went to the gym, worked on my house, read books, and volunteered at my local brewery cleaning and gather cups in exchange for beer and chat with people. I havent felt this happy and alive for almost a decade. Then i found another full time job, well back to the grind.

@ozarkrefugee

Ай бұрын

The happiest times of my life, I was unemployed for a little over a year. I went for walks in the countryside everyday, I watched my chickens in the yard, I petted my cat a lot, I read a lot, went on a few road trips with a friend of mine, helped friends with chores, went to local towns and admired the architecture of older buildings/homes, and went to town once a week to have lunch with some friends. During one of these times I went more than a month without electricity due to an intense winter storm, still liked it.

@moepow8160

27 күн бұрын

Yeah sounds good. Here's some advice from an old man who did nothing but work in fast food when I was young. Wait untill your old and feeble...you know where you can't feed yourself, or wip your own a** anymore. Oh, you never saved enough money to pay for help through this stage of life because you wanted to do nothing and sit around drink beer, Talk to people. Unless you get hit by a falling star or eaten by a Great White shark that time in life is coming, I've seen it. And when the people I saw that had no funds because they pissed away their working years to lazy to work hard are now laying in a pee filled beds, in a state ran resting home, with no visitors, alone, in a room with 4 others who did the same thing when they were young. They didn't have the retirement funds to be in a comfortable place with people who realy care about them. Life can be ugly & hard, get over it. Stop whining and get to work. Millions of baby boomer got through this part of life, I washed dishes all day for just over 2 bucks an hour ! But I did it, saved my money, invested to make more and in my early 30's I was the one who owned the restaurant, oh wait, it should be restaurant's, plural. I owned 3 of them. While being a dish washer was a dirty job where the only thing my peers cared about was needing enough dishes to do their job. I was in a position to see how a restaurant run, it was much more then washing it was the knowledge. But people make their choice...sorry buddy I worked for any amount of money back in the 60's because I was taught life is not fair, and it's hard as he**. I paid attention. So if your one of those that feels fast food work is below you, stop crying about and do what's nessasary now so when your old you can retire comfortably and live with dignity. Otherwise let the state take care of you !

@shenaniganskywalker518

25 күн бұрын

Im doing similar now too.

@nancythane4104

10 күн бұрын

You worked for two bucks an hour when you could BUY SOMETHING WITH IT. It was far more than kids working for minimum wage in the 80s. I was there LITERALLY breaking my back for $3.15 an hour! Your $2 an hour was in 1974. Mine was 1984! Ten years of inflation and all they corporations gave us was a buck~fifteen? From 1974 a loaf of bread cost 28 cents. In '84, it cost 66 cents~~over double! It just got worse from there. For a time, min wage was a 'reasonable' income. Now, in 2024, it's $7.25. It has NOT kept up with the COLA, and you are *sadly* mistaken if you think companies are going to willingly give everyone a fair wage on their own accord. So telling people that they are LAZY and whizzing away their own futures because they COULDN'T~~NOT WOULDN'T get a better job is nothing but boosting your own ego!

I'm a self-employed house painter. I've blocked many numbers from clients the last 5 years. I won't stand by customers bad attitudes anymore. I only return calls from the good ones.

@joannbrown2842

Ай бұрын

I'm self employed and dumped the customers who are energy vampires . Not worth it.

@bskinny9009

Ай бұрын

@@joannbrown2842 Definitely, I walked off the job after an hour this past winter because of one of those

@djrickyb

Ай бұрын

There is a solution to that. Charge them a lot more, and collect ALL of your payment in full before service rendered. They will either go away on their own, OR pay up, and actually respect you more. It is strange how it works like that, but they give more respect when they are paying a lot more out of pocket for the service.

@wvjon75

Ай бұрын

I’m also a house painter. This is my first self employed venture. I don’t think I can ever go back to working for a company. 2 years in and so far I have had mostly very nice clients who pay me on time.

@nashvilleNY

Ай бұрын

I’m about to retire from construction and not a minute too soon . Clients have become extremely demanding and rude over the last few years .

Why would anyone in their right mind work just to have half their pay taken from them (taxes) and given to people who didn’t work for it?

@katezajac6730

Ай бұрын

I know there are people who abuse the system; but as somebody who relies on that money and my home health care benefits to survive because I'm severely disabled I say thank you sir.

@nicolasgirard2808

Ай бұрын

Most of your tax money is going to old people

@bibiblocksberg2081

Ай бұрын

Most of your tax money is going to the interest payments on the national debt.

@tbarc1

Ай бұрын

​@@nicolasgirard2808 Please share where is this money, the old people are getting, coming from...and also, who is actually putting it in their hands?

@welshhibby

Ай бұрын

@@nicolasgirard2808that’s utter bollocks.

100% agree. Why be loyal to a job that would not be loyal to you?!

@kenneth9874

Ай бұрын

Lol, it's always been that way...

@LifeLongLearner-om8jx

8 күн бұрын

@@kenneth9874That’s not true… when pensions existed they were loyal to you

Bad managers, bad pay, toxic work environments. Work place bullies. Under appreciated. Better opportunities doing your own thing. So on.

@ozarkrefugee

Ай бұрын

Sounds like the postal service.

@user-em1sj5ph6h

Ай бұрын

No job is fun. As far as working your own thing, one can never start their own business legally. Somewhere somehow, people who start a business hide income from the government.

@scottchamberlain5594

Ай бұрын

You think that was invented just for you?And can we get over the idea that everyone was swimming in benefits until recently?

@Gelicaa.2

Ай бұрын

Yes and yes and it's the toxic and work place bullies for me...

@highlovevibration

29 күн бұрын

💯🎯

I rejected a remote job because they install spy programs to see what you are doing. It's so disrespectful, what's wrong with just seeing the results? Isn't that what's important? People have made jobs hellish.

@metalliccheese2967

Ай бұрын

Im lookong for a new OTR(i drive semi) job without a camera pointed at my face. Or at least not a hidden one.

@MrSteeDoo

Ай бұрын

@@metalliccheese2967 The future of OTR drivers is pretty bleak. You are KNOWINGLY entering this field. It is your own fault.

@deborahbuchanan3238

Ай бұрын

Isn’t there some sort of privacy act that could prevent this?

@beth3535

Ай бұрын

I’ve worked remotely since 2005. This is not an issue, esp. if you’re using a dedicated, company computer. And just who the heck is ‘they’? The generalizations are tiresome if not just stupid. Sure. There are jerks out there. All it takes is one. But comments like this one are pathetic and shortsighted . Change your path now. Stop making excuses and start taking care of yourself responsibly - not on someone else’s dime.

@doingtime20

Ай бұрын

@@beth3535 A long text to say you bend to anyone without protest. I'm a hard worker and I get things done, there is no real legitimate reason to act like 1984's big brother with your workers if they provide you with results.

As a late Boomer (don’t hate on me for that), I approve of this video. After 40+ years of being on the treadmill I see how indoctrinated I was with the entire work-and-consume lifestyle. Had I been able to see through the massive amount of Bovine Scat I was fed since childhood, I’d be happily retired by now. Oh well, that’s my fault, I accept that responsibility. Those of you in younger generations please don’t be like me: too soon old, too late smart. Yes, we need to make money to live, but treat it wisely and use it as the precious and hard-earned commodity that it is.

@willchristie2650

Ай бұрын

I worked 30 years for a fortune 500 firm, was able to retire at 54 and live in a gated community where I can enjoy my last years. SAVE MONEY so it is there when it is needed. As someone else said, it can be cool to be a minimalist and poor when young, but it really sucks when you are old. So work for your future self.

@KellyBoettcher-qo9tx

Ай бұрын

Yep. Spend less.

@obscurelyvague

Ай бұрын

@@willchristie2650 Saving money is definitely a good idea but in reality it is hard to have what you need merely by saving and you have to have a good job to keep good money coming in.

@alyxxa6182

Ай бұрын

Bali only costs $20,000-$25,000 per year to live. And live WELL! You could still retire comfortably, in a less expensive country

@obscurelyvague

Ай бұрын

​ @alyxxa6182 Depends. A lot of people do not make that much money per year. Yearly earnings like that may enable you to pay rent in a substandard apartment which could cost some $3000 to $5000 a month. If you saved up the right amount of money so you have at least 3 months worth of earnings in the bank or saved somewhere, you may be able to make the rent and have some food and clothing money. You have to be careful about any medical costs. A catastrophic medical condition that needs a lot off expensive medical care would mean disaster. If you are lucky enough that you have decent genetics and don't develop some serious genetically determined condition or if you take care of yourself enough so that you don't develop some illness due to a bad habit like smoking or drinking alcoholic beverages too much or taking recreational drugs, you may as they say, scrape by. You also have to be careful crossing the street and if you live in a busy city you can be a traffic statistic waiting to happen. Of course it takes money to take care of yourself properly in these times. You may need to buy health food or healthier food which costs more than junk food. You may have to exercise and though it is possible to do that on your own at home or in the park or at the beach it may be better to go to a gym at least sometimes which costs money and it is unlikely you can practice swimming (a very good exercise) at the beach during winter (unless you live in a very warm climate) so you may need to be a member of the Y if there is one near you and if there isn't you may have to pay for transportation to get to one. On $20,000 to $25,000 a year you cannot do much other than pay rent and eat some meager meals daily if you want to save some money. You cannot buy a new bike or car or you may have to save up for years to do so. You cannot actually plan on moving to a better place in another state even if one exists. It takes money to plan on moving. You cannot have hobbies such as painting or drawing or model airplane building (etc) because you need to buy art equipment for such things. You have to live NOT doing much outside your job. If you don't get bored or depressed or have other interests then that may be OK. You should not have pets as you cannot properly provide for them. If you want to donate some money to a cause you believe in, you cannot except very very sparely. Don't forget business trends and the employment world changes. The company you work for may go out of business or move overseas and you cannot move with it. You may have to upgrade any skills you have to get a different job. It costs to go back to school. Maybe you can learn certain things though KZread or the internet or maybe there may be free courses online but there are times when people who go to an actual school and get certain credentials will be more desirable hires than you. If you do work that does not require top skills; if you have a job sweeping and cleaning, stocking shelves, and doing drudgerous dead-end work you may be able to do it as long as you are young enough, but you will eventually have to consider less physical work as you get older. If you already are of an older age and still doing physical work you may be too old to learn new tricks but you cannot continue doing the hard work you have always done up to now. People can find themselves in rock-and-hard-place situations when they just make barely-substantial incomes for too long in their lives. Yet, a lot of older people who grew up and were in the work force in the pre-1960s or even pre-1970s and who had good jobs back then went on to grow older in an age when inflation was to only get worse and these people who thought they would be able to retire comfortably became elderly homeless people on the streets. If you have a family and have to pay for diapers, baby food, and decent schooling, then forget it. I myself, since I started to pay my own rent and other needs basically did not have to support anyone else than myself (except a free-loading friend or roommate or relative now and then) . But, I don't foresee that I can ever quit working. I actually want to work but I have always wanted to get a job I like to do. I had gone back to school various times and tried different things . There have been downsizings, and temporary employment that at first seemed to be more-stable employment. I never turned to drugs or booze and find it hard to sympathize with those who do, but when you go down economically it is very difficult to get back up.

When we are young, we are told that if we work hard, we will gain wealth. After some time, we realize we have been deceived and lied to.

The slaves are waking up and the Matrix is fearful.

@anjalE30

Ай бұрын

THIS !!!!

@Lykkos29

Ай бұрын

You're all delusional, that's why they are developing robots like there's no tomorrow, to get rid of us

@kenneth9874

Ай бұрын

Nah, the replacements are in the pipeline and there's ways to deal with surplus population.

@tendiesoffmyplate9085

11 күн бұрын

​@@kenneth9874 That's what guillotines are for

@RowenaSnow-px3jg

7 күн бұрын

@KurtVogel88 great quote.

People don't want to work because they expect too much at your job

@rogers5622

Ай бұрын

💯 I am tired of feeling like I am constantly trying to prove myself

@eh1702

27 күн бұрын

Yes. I was so desperate to keep a job that I initially enjoyed and was good at, that I just kept accepting more and more and more demands for higher productivity in less time, and more “We need you to do an extra couple of hours”. I was burning out. One year, after getting every application for my two week vacation slot turned down, I got to the end of the pay year with no holiday. Guess what my boss did? Invited me out for coffee round the corner, presented me with a check for two weeks wages AND TOLD ME IT WAS A PERFORMANCE BONUS SHE HAD SCRATCHED UP OUT OF PETTY CASH - “Don’t tell anyone, they’ll be jealous, that’s why I asked you to come out.” But my pay/tax slip told the story.

@RowenaSnow-px3jg

7 күн бұрын

@barbaracampbell7747 A livable wage is not " too much".

I work in elderly care and they start seeing us/treating us like robots. Bosses don't have respect for us.

@rinchhensherpa6972

Ай бұрын

I worked as a Live-in-Carer for 2 years. It's modern day slavery. I did it because I needed the money. I knew it wasn't going to be a long term job for me.

@VetterStarksack

Ай бұрын

Same in Germany.

@Liz-wz8dh

Ай бұрын

That's terrible. It's very necessary work but your best option might be to quit. Who wants to live and work like that? You deserve to be respected in the workplace.

@Anonymous-xq3cd

Ай бұрын

Thats why young nurses nowadays dont want to work in bed side whenever possible. Or if they end up in bed side care, they dont stay for long and they branch out as fast as they can to other roles with less patient contact because patients treat nurses like slaves. Doctors treat nurses like slaves. The bosses treat their nurses like robots that never gets tired. I work in IT and 99% of people in my department hates customer interaction because customers treats us poorly and like slaves.

@libertysprings2244

Ай бұрын

True I quit my home healthcare job because they required us to have our own car insurance driving customers to doctors. Regular car insurance doesn't cover driving during work hours in Texas, so to be covered properly you need an extra $1000/yr of commercial auto insurance. It's crazy when making $14/hr plus car maintenance and tire repairs etc, even if they reimburse for gas it's not enough for all that and any urine or poo accidents the customer has in your car.

They make us feel like we are 'human resources'.

@corym8358

Ай бұрын

lol. Agree. I liked "personnel" better. At least I was a person.

@willchristie2650

Ай бұрын

We are functions, not people.

@Mr.NoName1972

Ай бұрын

That's a good way to put it. Makes a lot more sense than the actual Human Resources department.

@suzannalytle2758

Ай бұрын

We are a disposable commodity.

@gphilipc2031

13 күн бұрын

😂

You got it! I worked very hard and learned IT WAS NEVER ENOUGH! I would get my department in top notch condition and then managers would ask me to go to other departments where people stood around and didn’t do shit!

@SurpriseMeJT

Ай бұрын

The people standing around not doing shit came to the conclusion that it's simply never enough, so why try harder than we need to?

My job hasn't given us a raise in over 5 years ( currently looking for a new job) I don't make anywhere near $20 an hour let alone $22 an hour ... They are paying poverty wages

@MrSteeDoo

Ай бұрын

You must not have skills. If you can be replaced by a Honduran peasant in one day then you are always going to be at risk.

@julielevesque2668

Ай бұрын

If I don't get some type of raise yearly, I end up quitting. They need to put me at least with the cost of living. I've been a low income earner for 30 years but yet I have a college diploma and 23 years in office work. I know my worth and I know I deserve somewhat of a raise once a year. If my employer can't see that...I apply elsewhere.

@thesquad2253

Ай бұрын

Damn they have to give you a raise to keep up with inflation i would find a different job

Brilliant analysis. I had a boss for 15 years who had no life. She was the closest thing to a corporate nun. She dedicated her life to this huge corporation. She worked 12 hour days, and could not understand why I and my peers did not devote our lives also to this corporation. She had no love life, no social life. Her ultimate goal was to make sure that her staff did not steal a paper clip or work less than 8 to 12 hours a day. One of her peers called her OCD for the corporation. Now we are both retired and I had to ban her from communicating with me, since even in retirement all she talks about is the corporation. This is a sad twisted empty life. Interestingly, I live about 7 miles from the new giant computer chip factor being built by Taiwan in the USA. The CEO has spoken about how lazy American workers are since they do not want to be like my boss, the corporate nun. I guess the people in Taiwan are a high tech feudal society that give their entire lives to the corporation. And the CEO, who benefits from all this, is disdainful of American workers who want a balanced life.

@fromnewusa

Ай бұрын

Excellent write up.

@dddux

Ай бұрын

Oh yes, Taiwanese are Chinese and they also treat their workers like robots. When you get a job, you have to live for that job.

@johnwilliamson2393

Ай бұрын

Tsmc in Arizona. I read that article, screw that guy!

@eh1702

27 күн бұрын

Many Taiwanese young adults, and some not so young, live in literal corporate barracks 15 and 20 to a bunkroom. It’s that or starve for them. Low wages and ling hours are literally used as a means of control; they leave people exhausted and with no financial options.

@cruiser6260

24 күн бұрын

​@@eh1702those are also from neighbouring countries like Phillipines. Everything taken care of, transport, accommodation and meals.

We are not made to work all day long, this is a new cultural development. In the past people didnt think like this.

@willchristie2650

Ай бұрын

Yes, and they were called peasants and lived in huts with dirt floors and hay roofs, and lived in sanitary conditions you wouldn't like.

@somethingunscripted

Ай бұрын

@willchristie2650 productivity is much higher now so we should be able to keep a healthy work life balance but idiots are convinced they need wants

@chibi_undercover9663

Ай бұрын

@@willchristie2650 You proved his point. Now that we produce more, we should be working less.

@obscurelyvague

Ай бұрын

@@willchristie2650 I think you mean "live in unsanitary conditions." (Good point though).

@KryptonianAI

Ай бұрын

Are you just considering things from the last 100 years?

Im an 81 year old Englishwoman and worked from age 16 to retirement at 65. During that time I was a secretary for many years and also had jobs as a waitress, cleaning peoples’ homes, as a youth worker for several years and my last career as an Advice Worker for 25 years in a citizens advice bureau funded by local government. I have always loved working, no matter which job I had, I always felt I was achieving something. I grew up in the London Docks where the dock workers were proud men and that is where their identity lay. I really do appreciate your arguments about work today and how disembodied it seems. No chance for creativity, no job satisfaction

More like companies don’t want to hire and train anymore.

@phoenixrising4995

Ай бұрын

Oh they do hire, they do it in a smokey backroom allowing illegals to get the job done off the books.

@ErnaSolbergXXX

Ай бұрын

Many people have such a poison mindset «they should hire and train people» its not companies job to teach you how to do the work. The reality of working is that you are selling your skills and if you dont have any skills, you got nothing to sell. So be proactive and learn the skills people want to buy, so you get something to offer.

@mxhughes

Ай бұрын

They sometimes don't even introduce the management roster anymore.When I first worked for walmart in 2015 they introduced us to the asset protection security,a couple of managers and their boss store manager who gave us good conversations but nowadays you barely know who's who outside of who you directly deal with

@MrSteeDoo

Ай бұрын

Many people are not trainable.

@derekrequiem4359

Ай бұрын

Completely agree! What's going to happen to all those companies when the CEOs/upper management retires or dies? They'll be running around like headless chickens because they weren't smart enough to invest in their own employees! 🤣

You’re right even in nursing they have “ productivity chart” it makes me angry because we work with humans not in a factory how do you measure “productivity “ when taking care of the sick? Ridiculous 😢

@EasyPeasyVegan

Ай бұрын

Crapitalism Crapitalism-ing!!!

@Fumnanya

Ай бұрын

I'm also in nursing it irks me. All the patients satisfaction surveys and several performance indicators and assessments. It's all about the 💰

@bryanjones8778

Ай бұрын

@@EasyPeasyVegan It's really more the abuse of capitalism and not capitalism itself, IMO. Capitalism has given us a wonderful standard of living, but there are too many greedy folks out there taking advantage of the system. It's like the old saying, "If your car breaks down, you don't call into question the principles of internal combustion, you fix the car." Right now, our system needs to be fixed, not replaced.

I don't want to work because I'm ''only'' 32 and I'm freaking exhausted! All my life I've been told how smart I am, I was always among the best throughout school, then how come every job I've had so far was manual labour? I'm exhausted of zero upward mobility, of being told I have to ''prove myself'' to people who never intended to give me an opportunity to begin with. I'm exhausted of seeing people do f all and ignore rules with no consequences whatsoever but the one time I step an inch out of line, the whole weight of the law crashes down on me. I'm exhausted of being held accountable for things that are out of my control.

@midnighthaven

Ай бұрын

This 💯 I'm the same age and same situation. I'm currently working on creating content soon for KZread so that I can transition out and do my own thing.. I'm tired of working for someone else

@neanam

15 күн бұрын

That's the problem you drank the I was Smart kool-aid...you really ain't smart. You just have a better memory than most

@Evanx373

10 күн бұрын

That happened to me. I spent years working for a company that promised to promote me and even interviewed me multiple times for different positions and they never would move me up. That all lie.

@janebufton1960

7 күн бұрын

Less you earn, the harder they want you to work.

@neanam

7 күн бұрын

@@Evanx373 MacDonalds have been known to lie to their employees 😔

At the beginning of Covid I was laid off from my 8 year casino job. Heard absolutely nothing from them in 18 months. In that amount of time I started my own business and was thriving. When my casino job called me back I was very happy to quit. Maybe there should have been some transparency in the 18 months I was ignored

@craigadair128

Ай бұрын

The pandemic was uncharted territory. Most employers genuinely did not know what the future was going to bring.

@imanassole9421

26 күн бұрын

Ooof.. I had a Casino job too when the big bad vid first hit. We got 3 months of PTO. Granted we went back way before 18 months, but...

It's simple for me. Bosses think they're dictators and I don't work for assholes.

I went to prep schools and a fancy private college and the expectation was never to just "work" but rather to have a magnificent CAREER. I tried for years to fulfill that expectation and finally came to conclusion that actually, I had no interest in such a career AT ALL. I happen also to be the sort of person who doesn't need a job to get things done, to structure his day, or to fill his time. Today, 40+ years later, the only "work" I do is taking care of my 94 year old mother who lives with us. And guess what? Even with its occasional challenges and frustrations (like a 3-day wait for a hospital bed in a chaotic NYC emergency room), it's the most satisfying work I've ever done. I think this is partly because a) she's my own parent; and 2) the necessity of it is obvious: it's clear what the work is and nobody profits but me and my family; and finally, 3) on a "soul" level it feels right. Ideally work should simply be doing something that needs to be done, as Austin said: growing food, building something, teaching a child. Most work today is BS work and totally alienating. Maybe in some future, post-apocalyptic world, work will make sense again. Very thought-provoking video as always, Austin!

@ElAgustin

Ай бұрын

Wow! Thanks very considerate to take care of your mother! Parents give so much to us and we have to return the favor. I'm sure it means so much to her getting to be around you every day and getting social interaction!

@AnaSchultz-kx9tq

Ай бұрын

Wonderfull story, you sound like a really interesting person. I think the same about work, the things I have donne for my family and also free (charity work) were way more important and rewarding then "normal" jobs for this screwed society and economy.

@TheRoland444

Ай бұрын

100% Correct..........................

"Hard work equals more work" this is such a hard lesson and very unfortunate for the reasons you mentioned. This is a great list and really understanding to all the people who are struggling.

@ElAgustin

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I learned so many life lessons at that bakery!

@davestewart2067

Ай бұрын

Big box home improvement retail. If one actually shows up it is all too easy to be slotted in a never ending cycle of endless labor, working nights, and handling endless amounts of freight. Very crucial to be “popular” or liked in those entities to go anywhere meaning advance. Support your local hardware stores instead.

@WildArmACF

20 күн бұрын

I learned that about age 6 when i did an iq test and was sent to advance classes without any preperation time to catch up. after 3 days of 3 hours of homework i didn't understand i asked to be put back in normal classes. I became jaded way to young. if you accel, it just leads to more work.

No one wants to work anymore, *especially* two jobs just to live in a tiny box apartment in a derelict neighborhood. Just like nobody wants to run a treadmill for up to 16 hours a day for free. Too much work, too little reward. But no worries, the robots will soon eliminate the need for humanity anyway.

The purpose of most jobs is very clear, making the rich richer. And the workers get to suffer for it. It's not surprising that people don't want to do it anymore.

It's not about purpose, its about very long hours, back breaking work with ever increasing extra duties with no reward. Training is 'watch this video, read this policy' and as if by magic you're now fully trained. I don't want purpose, I can fond my own. I want a livable wage and for the company not to treat me like I'm just a disposal human. We live in a very manignantly greedy society.

@harm991

Ай бұрын

its about motivation. I would work again if I had children. Now I'm a retired guy in his 30s. Let society rot.

I can tell you as a nurse we hate our jobs. You’re burned out, treated like crap by management with the bitchiest staff. We’re expecting to do double and extra shifts and always understaffed and can’t keep up. We don’t go home feeling happy or that we have accomplished anything. This job will make you go insane.

@NJGuy1973

Ай бұрын

I can see nurses quitting to start their own walk-in clinics. Or simply offering their services directly to individuals for cash.

@ElRigs83

Ай бұрын

Worked at a hospital for a year as a one man department and quit because that place was a sweatshop for a morgue

@mysticaltyger2009

Ай бұрын

One of the biggest problems in healthcare (really, it should be called "sick care" because our health care system doesn't promote health at all) is all the PAPERWORK you have to do. I have a friend who is a psychiatrist for the indigent and he spends much more of his time doing paperwork than treating patients. It's INSANE.

@user-fj6ts6bt7z

25 күн бұрын

We spent a lot of time with both our mom and dad in the hospital. I tend to be a people watcher and like learning about other people's jobs. I just find it interesting. My observations of the nurses and hospital staff is they are wonderful people who have such difficult jobs. Any time we could help mom or dad it was very appreciated by the staff as they were spread so thin. They commented often they wished all visiting families were like us. My hat is off to all of you working so hard in the hospitals.

100% accurate! Thank you. I’m originally from Transylvania and been living in the US for 20 years but I am going back to Europe in the next 2 years. I’ve learned a lot about US and not in a good way. As a Corporate Recruiter with 15 years of experience hiring for large corporations, I can tell you that no one cares for the employees and if an internal employee moves internally to other jobs, they get 30% less in salary then they would pay an external candidate hired for the same job. Once a company owns you, you’re a number. The greed of more and more and more, more homes, more business, more consuming, more nature devastation to make space for more … list goes on.

I like working. I just don't like working with people in a physical setting. The social dynamics of many offices simply suck, bullying is not actually called out or punished correctlly and yet it's SO COMMON. That's really the only reason I hate work. MOST companies just do not do a good job actually keeping the climate of their businesses respectful and people are just tired of it, done with it and totally over it. So I totally agree with this video. Thank you for addressing this, Austin. It needs to be addressed wayyyyy more.

@Jacquie_Kirk_111

Ай бұрын

I agree, I was bullied at 2 jobs. I quit early, and now my pension is really reduced.

@Merseyrock

Ай бұрын

True. You bring up a great point about the working environment, too. When budgeting many higher-ups in charge of decision-making will put profits first, customer satisfaction next ...and employees' concerns last: Cutting corners as needed, in order to ensure that satisfactory outcomes for the first two (in this order of profits customers etc) are met. If this means under-investing in the quality of the work environment itself, so be it: If an employee happens to be bullied or mobbed (possibly resulting in distress or depression for the employee) the employer is, generally speaking, unprepared to handle this kind of situation: Having failed to invest in an emotionally-sound working environment, in the first place. To cut corners, as needed.

@Liz-wz8dh

Ай бұрын

@@Jacquie_Kirk_111 Sorry to hear that. Yes, it really has negative effects for the victims. Yet the best thing you can do is quit at this point. There's just not much help out there for people in these situations.

@vinaygohil3793

Ай бұрын

Wise words , bullying is all too often swept under the carpet , & sadly not called out because of the hoops you have to go through to prove it 😢

@cruiser6260

24 күн бұрын

You're correct. The problem is those that are doing it know what they can get away with. Telling rather than asking u to do something, mumbling, telling u as little as possible, not talking to u unless absolutely necessary, treating u as stupid for thinking your own way rather than theirs, are not things that can be reported

I went into early retirement in March, I can live on savings until I'm old enough to qualify to get my pension, I became frugal myself when I was paying off my home. I got sick from being treated like shit, overworked and disrespected. My former boss is a drunk but I was the one whose health spiraled out of control and had to see four different doctors a week: a psychiatrist, a therapist, a neurologist and a gastroenterologist. I was hating my life and it was hating me back. But somehow I managed to publish five books of fiction that don't give me money but do give me a purpose and that's my full time job now, and hopefully, I'll get to teach writing or get a grant. At least my hair is not falling out anymore, I'm getting sleep and I'm recovering from my issues. Believe me, healing from a dynamic that was killing you is hard work.

@sheridanjay

Ай бұрын

Well done you. Health is everything.

@gabrielafonseca4034

Ай бұрын

@@sheridanjay indeed! Without health, how good is anything else?

@jacc88888

Ай бұрын

Bravo! Good luck with the writing.

@obscurelyvague

Ай бұрын

"@gabrielafonseca4034" Good for you . Of course you are lucky you were able to do that. A lot of people cannot.

All workplace politics is so toxic. New people get bullied. Original innovative and helpful ideas are shot down. Pervasive attitude is shut up and take it. Fuck work.

Hard work equals more work. Amen brother Austin amen.

Reasons are the freedom of remote working and avoiding office politics and micro managers

It’s not that nobody wants to work, not a lot of places are hiring!.!.

@GrannyLinn

Ай бұрын

They put out “Hiring” signs but then people I talk to don’t get call-backs. Why the signs?

@keithparker1346

Ай бұрын

I would say the vacancy stats and unemployment stats are not true

@davestewart2067

Ай бұрын

Biden is trying to save his skin. He needs to go.

@xSayPleasex

15 күн бұрын

@@keithparker1346 They are "true" in the way they are counting it... Anyone who has given up on trying to find work isn't factored into the numbers. Disability is also not counted in unemployment. More working age people than ever before are either not working by choice or 'disabled'....None of them count as unemployed.

People are tired of being treated like crap… big corporations could care less about people, only the bottom line.

Chasing profits that we’ll never see is so true. Only the higher ups will see.

As a late boomer, I agree with you. I have been through it. Unfortunately you have to earn some money some way. Save, save, save all you can. Your future self will thank you. Forget all this consumerism, independence is way more valuable. I am not saying do not enjoy yourself, just be mindful of how much you are spending and how often. Most important is to have your housing, car, and debt paid for. You can live off very little if this is done. I know housing especially today is a challenge. There are many places where housing is affordable. You may need to move if at all possible.

The reality is, we spend our greatest years essentially imprisoned for the (diminishing) hope that "freedom" will come sometime down the line in retirement. Many young people are questioning this skewed reality, as they rightfully should. We are at a transitional point in history where MOST jobs could easily be reduced to part time and employees would not just be as EFFICIENT, but likely more! We need to start there -- pay people a livable wage, but in the new reality, the new full time should be 20 HOURS A WEEK. There is no excuse for this 40+ hour week anymore, and many young people realize this. We are just doing it because it's the status quo.

@keithparker1346

Ай бұрын

Well said

@user56gghtf

Ай бұрын

Being someone that has gone from 40+ hours a week to 20+ hours a week, yes 20+ hours was much more balanced.

The problem in my job. The company don't look at how dependable or good performance workers are. They only look at the CHEAPEST way . They let go the longer time experienced (and reliable) employees. Then hire "out of street" inexperienced ones. Because it's cheaper for the company

This is a very humane and sensitive way of looking at the subject. Having been a part of the Great Resignation myself when I quit my job in 2023, I feel all these points are true. Workers are not seen as human beings with needs anymore -- the focus is only on greater and greater productivity, until everything snaps.

@obscurelyvague

Ай бұрын

"@Luncheon23" Workers in general never were seen as human by their employers. It is why unions came about, to give rights and better conditions for workers whose employers thought of them as disposable and replaceable. People have better work rights now than workers of the past. It is very much a case in which people have come to expect it and then feel that things are getting worse when it is not exactly that way.

Austin Williams...you hit the nail on the head!!! I reached the point of not wanting to work 10 to 12 hours a day, 5 days a week; even on holidays and weekends!!! With a paid for home; no consumer debt; emergency savings; retirement savings; and a pension for the rest of my life; I took the leap into retirement at 53. I now work 19 hours a week during part of the school year. I really enjoy ALL of your words of knowledge and wisdom. I look forward to watching all of your videos!!!!! Blessings to you!!!!

@ElAgustin

Ай бұрын

Thanks!!!!

@helena20000

Ай бұрын

Just wondering, which industry/type of work were you in ?

@AndreaJames-dv1rr

Ай бұрын

@@helena20000 Teacher

I've heard the same about employers saying they are looking to hire help, and then you find out later they never really tried. Loved the story about your boss saying, "Looks like you're doing just fine by yourself." That was really bad.

@soaringstars314

Ай бұрын

Exactly what this video failed to address

Your so right the harder you work the more work you get. UPS employee here. Learned that lesson fast! Jc

It's ok and even fun to be young and living without much money or a job but it changes really fast and isn't fun when you are in your 40s and beyond. As Tennessee Williams wrote: "“You can be young without money but you can't be old without it. You've got to be old with money because to be old without it is just too awful..."

@obscurelyvague

Ай бұрын

"@audreyhuggins8822" You said it, and so did Tennessee Williams.

@audreyhuggins8822

Ай бұрын

@@obscurelyvague I glad I worked very hard 2 & 3 jobs when younger, now I am on cruise control in the 50s. All this living wage nonsense, you got to bring something to a job!

@tyvanhworkout

Ай бұрын

​@audreyhuggins8822 And what makes you think everyone speaking on this don't bring something to the job?

Yeah, that's another problem.Is not hiring enough people to do work They expect people to be able to do twenty different things regardless of the fact if they're trained or not

@ths.6935

Ай бұрын

Exactly agree with you.

Hard work = more work. Very true. I learned this in elementary school when I would finish assignments early. Instead of getting extra time on the computer or to draw pictures, they just gave me more assignments. The key is not to give up when you do hard work for yourself. When you’re working for yourself hard work = more opportunities

Corporations aren’t the only entities that treat people like shit. Humans treat humans like shit.

Nobody ever wanted to work. Pandemics or not.

@juliemarkham4332

Ай бұрын

We weren't made to work. Work is a curse.

@willchristie2650

Ай бұрын

@@juliemarkham4332 We weren't made to sit all day and watch youtube videos either. Humans weren't meant to be obese from eating crap and sitting all day.

@FromStreetstotheStadium

Ай бұрын

@@juliemarkham4332 work is needed to sustain comfortable human life but there is a lot of meaningless work out there which is where the modern slavery comes in, that's more of what people hate

@tenminutetokyo2643

Ай бұрын

Then why was the US economy booming in the 1990's?

@juliemarkham4332

Ай бұрын

@@willchristie2650 It was a religious reference. Not working is not equal to gluttony or being slothful. People do those by choice.

A lot of corporate work is pointless. A lot of reporting on stuff to prove you do anything. We have a whole sub team just for dashboards/reporting work stats. No one asks if the little bit of actual work even does anything.

I'm 54 and have been in the workforce for 35 years including my military service and I have seen a definite downturn in the quality of life in working life over the decades and I never thought I'd say this myself, but I'm even done with the BS. I'm more than likely going to throw in the towel before I'm able to collect Social Security and I was always for pro working person, but these last few years have sucked.

We need more employee owned companies

@blogdesign7126

Ай бұрын

True like ESOP's

@RedEyeification

Ай бұрын

This is a kind of communism.

@TheRoland444

Ай бұрын

@@RedEyeification Be very cautious of conflating various "isms" under which we have been propagandized during the "cold war era" and beyond. The word "Comyism" (misspelling is intentional to emphasize the "sounding" of this scary word) is a good starting point for truly understanding systems and not just throwing staid frightening buzz words that have lost actual meaning thru time & misuse. By the way, I am not a Commie but our present system needs an overhaul, it's time.

@raymarti3

Ай бұрын

​@@RedEyeification workers having a say and sharing the profits they generate is not the American way

@Lykkos29

Ай бұрын

Never least

My 50 y/o boyfriend quit his stressful full time job and took a part-time Amazon job! He says he’s too old for stress. Luckily he’s a veteran and doesn’t have to worry about healthcare. He lives very frugally and minimally and he’s happy as can be!

@insertmyidentityhere

Ай бұрын

Uh, Amazon doesn't even let employees go to the bathroom. Didn't you hear that story about warehouse workers pissing in bottles?....

@Jsn1180

Ай бұрын

@@insertmyidentityhere He hasn’t had that experience. It’s a “throw away” job anyway. He doesn’t take it too seriously. He works fours hours per day four days per week and makes $20 an hour. It’s enough to cover the bills and not stress. If the Mom & Pop store offered that pay and those hours he would’ve happily taken that job. The goal is minimal work, maximum pay, and low stress.

It's just work in general. No one wants to feel obligated to take time out of their day to do repeated tasks everyday.

The saddest thing about the "great resignation" ,is that there are lot of people who are all but guaranteeing their parents never retire. You are in your 40s and 50s taking care of a grown adult when you could be saving and investing that same money.

@blackorchid2494

Ай бұрын

It won't be like that forever South Korea has a 0.78% birthrate!

@religionofpeace782

Ай бұрын

Nobody asked them to give birth to that adult. It was their decision not their child's. So they are BOUND to take care of him when he is jobless.

@MrFrankEast

Ай бұрын

They don't have to do that tell them to figure it out.

@Golfing422

Ай бұрын

Yep, that’s why I won’t. I won’t work my life away so my kids can be lazy and be retired their entire lives.

This hit me. It's 11am and I'm sitting in the mall in costa rica thinking I should be tutoring online 😅

I spent three months in Mexico, and it got my attention to see that most businesses would close on Sunday, or operate only until afternoon. On Semana Santa, Holy Week, lots of businesses had closed too and most employees had a week of vacation, not just white collar workers. Something, however, that I still ponder upon is on the "slowness of life" over there, even though work-days are typically longer than in the USA and people aren't also paid by the hour, but a fixed salary. Somehow, and I would also notice it in the corporate world, workers have a more laid-back approach. Part of the charm too was to see so many small-owned businesses on every corner and street vendors. I think this adds a sense of community. I think this makes workers appreciate or like their jobs more.

@NJGuy1973

Ай бұрын

And yet millions of Mexicans march through miles of desert, and hide in trucks, so they can mow lawns in America. Why?

I’m Colombian American and have seen both sides, including other countries in South America. Americans live to work. But in our third world countries people works to live. This is one of the things I love about their culture.

@afifikhwan6403

Ай бұрын

Depends. Third world countries are known to work longer hours and low salary.

@Lykkos29

Ай бұрын

Haha you're lying, people here suffer a lot, with poor quality of life and income

@doritrimmell5727

Ай бұрын

Where is “here”?

@Lykkos29

Ай бұрын

@@doritrimmell5727 latam

My last boss called people "reslurces", "I have a resource that I can deploy"... I hated this, I became my own boss in 2020 in my late 30s, I will never have a boss or work a 9-5. Would rather farm 😂, when my IT skills are replaced by AI

Yeah, I know how you feel…I also ended up doing two people’s job. I quit over a year ago, and they still haven't found another fool to do what I was doing. They have a new person every few months or so, no one stays.

I work harder at 58 than when I was 20

@melli-yelli

Ай бұрын

Same here, i’m 60 almost 61 and i work almost twice as hard as 6 years ago, i will say my manager is very nice

@SurpriseMeJT

Ай бұрын

Expectations grow higher as technology allows us to accomplish more than ever. It's never enough, which is why hard work is rewarded with more work.

@jhirmalwinfield3871

Ай бұрын

@@SurpriseMeJT💯

You're right-hard work equals more work, but for me it wasn't a journey without a destination. My job in education was very stressful and I was asked to do many extra jobs because others wouldn't. I started out wanting to change the world and ended up wanting to retire. Luckily my husband always told me the only thing that matters was our family. We were frugal, raised smart, independent kids and I retired at 56. The destination changed from wanting to change the world to focusing on the students I had, my family, and getting debt free and living within my retirement income which I practiced prior to retiring to make sure I could do it. I told the principal that I was going to retire and she needed to find other people to do my many extra duties, which she didn't. She called me after I was retired for help and the answer was I'm retired.

This was excellent and, I generally agree with your reasons and comments 100 percent. After working in both the public and private sectors around the year 2000, learned my working style was better suited for government employment (i.e. Federal, State, County, or City). Three (3)-years later, I stayed in the same field of engineering but, went from a private company to City employment where there was a lot less tress. Now in my early 60's, I retired last year but would have worked until age 65 if, I could get a promotion. After 20-years with only one promotion while, others were always being selected over me, I could clearly see that, I was no longer valued at my city job and so, I departed. Now, I am living the fun life of a retiree (smile...smile).

I worked as a laborer for 40 years with minimal time out. I now have cancer...financially free but at a cost!

Such an excellent video!! These reasons come up often in our house. Just last night the subject of purpose came up. Employees feel their job has little purpose or meaning because the organization has lost sight of its original purpose. The purpose has become all about money. The needs of the people served in an organization's original purpose and vision no longer matter. It is all bottom line. If no one cares for the customer except for their wallet, the employee is the low man on the totem pole who is cared about even less. People want to work when it is rewarding whether those rewards are tangible or intangible. Unfortunately,, working for a paycheck has become a toxic and unrewarding experience

YAY - great day when you post! I just wanted to say that our generation needs to redefine the meaning and value of 'work' - with all the technology and know-how we have, we should no longer be working for corporations for profit, but rather, for each other's mutual benefit to ensure people get their needs met at the community level. But I am an idealist LOL

I work every holiday and on Sunday and my job doesn't care if you work 7 days a week

People are told to "get a job any job it doesn't matter what job" when it should be find your purpose. A purpose is what matters, not a job.

Greed is an American value, which is just sad

@juliemarkham4332

Ай бұрын

American corporation value.

@DS-wo8wr

14 күн бұрын

Greed is human nature….

I worked for 43 years and HR staff were doing company admin; there was barely any attempt to improve life for staff - and this was at a university.

Companies want people who are just smart enough to press the buttons and pull the levers. Do the bare minimum of work required for the company to function, and be satisfied with that environment. No communication between themselves. No more effort than expected, which is low to begin with. And if you do anything more than what is expected of you, even going so far as to ask a question; you are immediately labeled as a problem and all eyes will be on you for the smallest misstep. Either you will be terminated without cause, or you will be discriminated against until you leave and the company replaces you, a human, with their next “robot.” The last company I worked for drove me to suicidal ideation. No one at the company was punished. Nothing was done to help me. And when I quit, they replaced me with four new people. I was worth four humans to them; and they didn’t even ask “why are you leaving” when I walked out the door. The company was Costco Wholesale.

@allanhood4397

Ай бұрын

George Carlin said that 30 years ago.

The financial independence give you the Power to say "NO".

The issue is that work in its current form was always a mechanism of enslavement. Slavery did not disappear because we all got enlightened, it just got economically displaced by what we have now. So from that point of view it was always forceful, and a lot of people will end up working again because of hunger (ultimately), whether they like it or not. Until we remove our chains (rooted in the financial and educational systems) nothing will change.

@Golfing422

Ай бұрын

Slavery did it disappear, it’s Asians who are the new slaves.

love your videos. love the way you talk and the simple graphics. keep it up!

Here's one reason I don't want to work anymore. DEI hires and nepotism . I WISH I could post a picture of our latest. He has maybe two brain cells to rub together. Disappears sometimes for his entire shift, and plays pinch and tickle in the back rooms with his gf. He laughed in my face, when after he ignored my call to come help with an emergency (cardiovascular surgery), I had to leave what I was doing and go find him. He was on a stretcher, looking at his phone, and he laughed at me when I told him to GET UP, WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY AND I NEED YOUR HELP. Yep, someone was dying, and he was laughing. I have a video of this. He replaced the last dolt who managed to work about half of his scheduled hours, left three units of blood in the bottom of a trash can, and he impregnated a secretary. Management doesn't back me up at all, ("He needs more training."), and they try to gaslight me. I'm retiring in a few days. Adios!!

All of this is greed and capitalism

I cotton on to this 20 years ago and packed in working for other people and started working for myself. No more putting up with BS and lining someone else's pockets.

Only way to counter stagnant wages is increased unionization

Late stage capitalism is garbage. Get a homestead and buy and sell between neighbors, trade and barter as well. The whole system is trash.

@obscurelyvague

Ай бұрын

"@nicholastracy4915" Not so sure, but what makes you think the same thing won't happen at least eventually?

Always looking forward any stories from you El Augustin👍 always thank you at El Augustin KZread Community. Big Thank you.

Speaking as a 60 year old who has been working for 35+ years - for the US Government, for small startups, and for large soulless corporations, I think you are spot on. Particularly when talking about working corporate drone jobs for large companies whose sole purpose is to increase their stock price. I urge young people that I talk to - try to avoid working for a large publicly traded company. It wasn’t always that way in Corporate America. My Father worked for a large company for 35 years. He got a nice pension, and when he retired they threw him a big party and gave him presents. Can you imagine that today? Never. At least not at a large company. I also like your insight into the differences between Ecuador and the US. We are super-sizing ourselves into the grave.

The gaming industry is a prime example. Even if your game is successful, they will shut down your studio to save money for the quarterly earnings report.

I havent worked since COVID-19 broke out 😂

@ShutterSpeedGaming

Ай бұрын

Same here 😂🎉 I don’t want to go back.

So grateful I found this channel, simply put you’re awesome! Puts everything in perspective.

Thank you for the video. I found it very interesting. You've made some great points particularly, 'Hard work equals more work'.

I don’t work because I’m divorced & it all goes to my ex-wife.

I think part of it is that the population of younger people is lower than ever and old people are angry they don't have wage slaves.

@phoenixrising4995

Ай бұрын

Also, young people see the writing on the wall when it comes to pensions and retirement. What is the point of "working hard" when inflation is at 15-20% YoY in real terms (not the doctored CP Lie). You can't win in that environment unless crypto keeps mooning upwards.

@user56gghtf

Ай бұрын

@phoenixrising4995 Some in the older generations saw the writing in the wall but were silenced by their peers. Or others saw it as well but due to their self inflated egos that don't want to admit it that they felt powerless. And I be stead projected their insecurities on to the younger generations as then being "lazy." 🤔🧐

@anonmouse15

Ай бұрын

I'm doing my bit when I get around to getting that vasectomy.

It's the modern attitude, work should bend to us not the other way around. Just because work wants you back in the office does not mean they're disrespecting you, for example.

I agree. People don’t want to be mistreated, disrespected, or cheated. Not to mention being robbed (taxes) and given to wars & noncitizens who did not earn it. HELL NO‼️

Hard work more work so true

I love when people say there is no incentive to work. Getting kicked out of the house at 18 I had PLENTY OF INCENTIVE to work...beginning with STARVATION!

I live in NYC The subways to work are fraught with danger: being set on fire, shot, verbal altercations, stabbings, etc

I’m exhausted. I worked 60 hour weeks for 20 years. I can barely do a 30 hour week now.