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@user-ku8ef6qz7u

21 күн бұрын

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@kinghenryxl1747

21 күн бұрын

Try explaining this to the boomers, who still believe that "People are poor because of their poor choices' and "Young people can't find work because they're trying to find easy jobs.''

@gd9470

21 күн бұрын

You must be referring to the boomers with money. I'm not broke, but I'm not rich either. I would never judge young people that way.

@Shwanson4

21 күн бұрын

Boomers are being gas lit too. The retirement age just went up for one example. Also, what they saved for before isn’t paying for what they need now. There are some hypocrites, but I think most people are feeling the squeeze.

@ricardoconqueso

19 күн бұрын

@@user-ku8ef6qz7u how is this relevant?

I was unemployed for 6+ months recently and EVERYONE kept asking me why when they keep hearing there are SO MANY JOBS out there? BECAUSE THEY’RE LYING!!!

@SwimSweetie100

18 күн бұрын

Also the jobs available are no skill labor for a big portion. Meaning it’s easy to get a job flipping burgers but hard to get a job with a wage that will afford your rent

@carterbell9106

18 күн бұрын

Me too!! Everything was an expired/fake job offer, or they wanted qualifications that weren’t on the advertisement, or they lied about the hours, or they ghosted applicants, etc etc. I literally had a hiring manager tell me that the job was mine as long as I could get back to her within the next few days; I did and she never responded!!

@marnenotmarnie259

17 күн бұрын

it's impossible for some people to comprehend that corporations aren't always honest if they can profit from lies…

@marnenotmarnie259

17 күн бұрын

@@jokehgdleaaaon-oc4foa lot of them are short staffed cause the higher ups won't let them hire more people though

@JessicaHicks

17 күн бұрын

@@SwimSweetie100exactly!

When an argument starts with "businesses can't afford to..." meanwhile, profits are at record highs...

@cassettetape7643

21 күн бұрын

Small businesses can't. But most businesses are corporate owned anymore, & they absolutely can. But since corporations have moved into a philosophy of exponential growth, they simply won't. I'm starting too feel a very real schism in humanity between the rich & the poor. Like we're actually going down different evolutionary paths & I'm very concerned about it

@sussyslurp

20 күн бұрын

The government has long had hangs in media; social, news. People will attest to the tiktok of 100+ news outlets saying word for word the same bureaucratic response, side by side.

@chriscallaghan4091

20 күн бұрын

And at the 9:00 mark, the answer to those issues is for employers and companies to quit lying to potential employees. Maybe you offer a more flexible environment, but lower wages relative to your sector, be up front about that. The new hire boss runs a very tight ship, and expects 45+ hours a week...be up front about it instead of questioning the employee 90 days after hire why they haven't put in any extra effort. Also, there is absolutely no need for 5 interviews. If you don't know by the third, the answer is no. That goes for both sides.

@solidsnake1806

19 күн бұрын

if a business can't afford something, it shouldn't exist. It's literally that simple.

@persephonebuckley

19 күн бұрын

This! I rarely comment on YT videos, but THIS comment is it!

Whats crazy is when I first started working in the mid-90's, the average starting wage was $10/hr. Rent was $300-450/mo for a 2 bedroom apartment, and I could afford to have a nice sporty car, a nice apartment, a full fridge, and money to go to concerts, travel, do activities with my friends. Now, I still see jobs hiring around $10/hr...same jobs, same pay almost 30 years later?!?!? Something is completely off with the whole game.

@EvolvingHooman

8 күн бұрын

Where I’m at, jobs were 5 an hour in the 90’s. Now they range from 12-16, with 16 being high starting wages. Only reason the jump seems bigger is the starting wage being lower. Just chiming in to agree and show why. Oh, ETA, rent went from 200 for a studio to 2k for the same studio. Milk has quadrupled in price. Etc.

@aubz81

8 күн бұрын

@@EvolvingHooman Ah, yes, some jobs did pay that $5.15-5.25/hr, but I always managed to find the good paying office jobs. It's crazy how much everything is these days! I highly doubt any apartment, studio or otherwise, will ever be $200/ mo ever again. I sure do miss those days.

@bd12544

3 күн бұрын

My first apartment, in 1988, was a 1 bedroom for 180 a month. Same apartment is now 1800. I had a minimum wage job. I wasn’t rich but I had a decent life for an 18 year old with no parents to help me. It scares me to think what happens to a kid like me in today’s economy.

@munchkingod6

2 күн бұрын

@@bd12544they’re homeless, they live multiple people to a room, or they slowly drown in debt. It’s really REALLY bad.

@mr.makeit4037

2 күн бұрын

In my opinion, the whole game is changing as the current generation in conttol is near the end of their life. With this, fossil energy has peaked, and we are in the early stages of dwindling supplies. This drives everything. These large corporations as with all of us will have to change big time and adjust. What this all looks like in 10 years, who knows. But high prices will have to come down eventually, i.e. rent food etc.

It's not just Gen Zs who "don't want to work." Gen X here, and I'm among many people in my age group who also don't want to work. Ditto Millennials. It's not that people don't want to work. It's that our healthy threshold for participating in an inhumane, unsustainable system has slammed shut.

@trademisconception9816

18 күн бұрын

I don’t think many people regret not working enough at the end of their lives. There needs to be a healthy balance, boomers unfortunately didn’t realize that healthy balance so many of them look at disdain towards anyone who isn’t married to their job.

@mryan4719

18 күн бұрын

Exactly​@@trademisconception9816

@xXfireflyyXx

18 күн бұрын

Exactly. Millennial here. I've worked since I was 17. Work in the medical field now. Every job I ever worked at has always wanted employees to work pretty much 60 hour work weeks with a little pay and benifits as possible. And when you do try and push yourself to work 60 hour work weeks (even in a hospital like where I currently work) you cant make nearly enough to grow a savings or get ahead on bills with the current cost of living. Rent in our area has gone up 300% in the last 5 years, as well as electricity, w/s/t but starting wages are still around $13-15 an hour. You can make more at a fast food place than any other entry degree job in the state I am in. Something HAS to change

@Chayliss

18 күн бұрын

We been sitting and waiting waiting for yall

@annacroixx

17 күн бұрын

How do so many people have the luxury not to work? I hustle working DoorDash, Uber Eats, and InstaCart full time to afford my apartment and living expenses. Where is the money coming from that you don’t have to work? We need UBI.

"The economy booming is a reflection of how much the ruling class is making, it's not actually reflective of the average worker." Thank you for emphasizing this point!

@Krshk999

12 күн бұрын

Yeah, industry is booming means that a lot of people are working under extremely high stress and barely making ends meet because someone decided that should be the status quo. In other words "WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY (:"

@bd12544

3 күн бұрын

All the elites making decisions pretending we are all just too stupid to know how good we have it adds insult to injury. You know they aren’t going to fix a problem they won’t admit exists.

One thing I saw said "If potential employees in your area can't afford to work there because your pay is too low, your business can't afford to function there."

@mjjjermaine

17 күн бұрын

+1

@poloska9471

17 күн бұрын

Eventually it won’t matter (maybe 20 years from today)… both whether the business can afford it or the employee… prices will keep going higher 100% guaranteed, and if the consumer can’t keep up, that’s just going to cause a civil war… simple as that, and out of that we will have western socialism.

@Bapate-rh9be

16 күн бұрын

I disagree: You pay rent after taxes. The current rent situation leads into a situation where a lot of expecially low qualified personell is exuberantly expensive. It does not matter how low the qualifications of a worker are, he/she needs food and rent. Expecially at low income earners this hits double because they also move to a higher income bracket and suddenly have even less money after taxes (in percent). Workers are currently very expensive (not because they are greedy or they are actually actively doing financially worse but just because of rent).

@sydney9011

16 күн бұрын

@Bapate-rh9be Especially* and if that's the case, are you just saying that every worker is too expensive these days? That just isn't true.

@Bapate-rh9be

16 күн бұрын

Yes, exactly: Every worker pays too high taxes and retains too little of their pay whilst also beeing to expensive for the employer. Having to pay more for employees makes founding a new business too risky killing may startups in their infancy and leading to less sozial mobility. Having too high static cost leads to less job hopping and again too little sozial mobility. Beeing unable to move out early makes finding a mate and founding a famility impossible. My country has 40% more GDP than 2000 with roughly the same number of people living here. Living conditions are deteriorating nevertheless. Workers are too expensive and still retain too little savings leading to stunted sozial, technological and personal growth.

“We were told college degrees would guarantee us high paying jobs!” *cries in a Master’s degree*

@beddythecorgi4269

21 күн бұрын

Told by the people selling you a masters degree. Everyone who graduated before 2008 was telling you guys it was bullshit. It's kinda hard to feel sorry when we all were warning you for 14+ years NOT to waste debt on masters.

@nervousbreakdown711

21 күн бұрын

@@beddythecorgi4269 bruh I want to go into psychology you need at least a master’s if not a PhD. What are you taking about?

@Langtw

21 күн бұрын

Yep. Don't buy the fucking lies of the people who say "well, you should have done something useful then". My master's was in applied mathematics. My brother's was in mechanical engineering. I do gig/contract work, he's a security guard.

@SurpriseMeJT

20 күн бұрын

@@Langtw Sometimes you have to move to a different geographic location where you would be more valued or in demand. Ever think about even looking for jobs overseas?

@Langtw

20 күн бұрын

@SurpriseMeJT I've thought about it, but if finding a job in Canada with no connections is difficult, then I imagine finding a job overseas with no connections and a possible language barrier would be even harder. That, plus the fact it would mean I'd have to make my wife completely uproot her life.

As Gen Z, it seems like a lot of people don’t care about professionalism because it feels unimportant and performative. People my age will send out super professionally written emails to employers and professors and get a thumbs up emoji back (real example) or get completely ghosted. (Rhetorically) What is the point of being professional when we can communicate the same information in a more personable way that is more accurate to who we are? There’s no incentive for us to be professional because nothing comes from our effort, no matter what we do.

@lisaburke7506

21 күн бұрын

There's a difference between being informal and unprofessional. I am a 30-something Millennial and most places where I worked were informal. Never, though, were we allowed to be unprofessional with clients or students, and only with discretion among staff. It's like going to the dentist--a good one can put you at ease maybe even make a joke but all the whole they are professional. Most Gen Z that I know are this. I have only met a few personally that I would say were unprofessional, but people like that exist in every generation.

@rosadelrio5120

18 күн бұрын

​@@lisaburke7506what an excellent point, thanks for bringing it up 😊

@borkbork4124

17 күн бұрын

I have to respnd within 24 hours, but professors will take DAYS to respond. Went on two school trips, both for networking-indutry stuff: I was given an excuse letter to forward to my professors, I attached that to an email with some text saying I looked ahead at the schedule and asking when and how I will make up the assignment or exam. Some just never EVER responded, some will day things only in person. DONT TAKE THEIR WORD, like anything you need a paper trail. Send them a follow up email summarizing what they said and when it happened. I have had to do this before where I had to show all the times I reached out both over email and in person and they were still refusing my academic accommodations. For clarity, most univeristies have policies about excused absences like jury duty or active military, but at least mine DOES excuse for school related events, so they are required to accommodate anything missed. Going over their head is not for the faint of heart, but it is how things were straightened out. I agree, an emoji or one word email is unprofessional, but now I try to email profs exactly how they do to me, format, , amount of time to respond, formality, length et cetera. It is rich when they comment on my email etiquette…..

@AB-wf8ek

14 күн бұрын

​@@borkbork4124 I was an instructor at a university for 5 years. I can tell you from the other side that I was not getting paid enough. The last semester I taught, I received $2100 for a 3 credit class with 30 students. I had to design and deliver the whole curriculum on top of generating assignments, grading, responding to students, and trying to generate engagement. For the amount of hours it required to perform at a high quality level over a 15 week period, between the apathy of the administration and the students, it was hardly worth it. I trust you're a good student, just wanted to let you know what it's like on the other side.

@bubbafishy

14 күн бұрын

I 2nd this, and also the sentiment that Gen Z is "unprofessional" or "difficult to work with" is actually just Gen Z not taking the usual bullshit or not being interested in the bullshit. The same people saying that Gen Z is difficult to work with are the same people saying that Gen Z doesn't want to work at all- both statements are untrue i feel, and are just people trying to shift blame when they don't want to change how shitty they're treating people

The sponsor for this is hilarious. Retirement? My retirement probably involves a heart attack or turning down unaffordable chemotherapy

@sunshine98s

16 күн бұрын

i know, i laughed at the irony of a video about how the job market is so bad and we all have no money, and the sponsorship is like hey you should save for retirement!!!

@user-be1bc1nr1k

16 күн бұрын

I’m glad someone else noticed this. Another hilarious integration is that service which supposedly negotiates bills for you. Did quick google search, found interesting thread about them. Makes me think author could be part of the problem.

@bn9983

12 күн бұрын

At this point my retirement plan is leave for a country where my meager savings is worth 20x cause it's not their hyper inflated currency

@opticalraven1935

12 күн бұрын

And you're still expected to work on the day of your funeral

@bn9983

12 күн бұрын

@@opticalraven1935 I would if they pick up the tab of the coffin I'm in. Those things are expensive

At this point in late-stage capitalism we've just circled back round to feudal society, except instead of the majority of people being peasants forced to work to enrich the King or Lord, we're all just peasants working to generate profit for the 1%.

@MeatCatCheesyBlaster

21 күн бұрын

It has always been this way. The 9 to 5 and a six pack a week is just a nicer form of slavery.

@redherringbone

20 күн бұрын

@@MeatCatCheesyBlaster 🎯

@gwils7879

18 күн бұрын

Just look at the structures of the two. Any system where an individual is allowed to buy the land someone else has to stand on, and charge them rent for it, is/or will become a feudal like system, with owners ( lords ) forcing workers ( serfs ) to give up most of what they earn in return for being allowed to stand on ( farm ) the land.

@mchlle94

18 күн бұрын

Feudalism and capitalism really aren't that different. And slavery was proto-capitalism.

@Grimm299

17 күн бұрын

​@@MeatCatCheesyBlasterYes but the middle class used to be a lot lot bigger, and that makes it more tolerable

I used to work in the real estate industry. In the same month, we got an email saying the company needed to cut costs so our holiday pay was being taken away, and an email saying they made record profit for the year

@nerychristian

18 күн бұрын

LOL. Sounds about right. One truthful email for workers, and one email to please shareholders

@davecullins1606

17 күн бұрын

Maximising profit for the people at the top by cutting the money they give their employees

@surewhatever8843

17 күн бұрын

I used to work for one of the majors and had to prepare and give back-to-back presentations: one was reporting record profits and shiny projections, the other was for a large layoff due to the disruption in our market from 9/11. My entire department was “absorbed” shortly after that required a cross country relocation or a severance agreement. It’s a decades old program. It’s just easier to spot now.

@patriciacorrea8871

17 күн бұрын

Yep it doesn’t add up.

@topicalstormofficial

16 күн бұрын

All too common.

Can we also talk about how insane the interview process is? You want me to do a 30 minute call with the recruiter. Meet with the hiring manager. Meet with the team. Then present to the team (3-5 hours of prep work). Just to be rejected. I don't have the time or the mental fortitude to handle the stress for nothing.

@carolinerussell9556

11 күн бұрын

I applied for a job with people I knew in my network. Did a first round interview, submitted a writing AND data sample that took a good chunk of a Sunday, and scheduled a second interview only to be told they filled the position internally.

“If you can’t find a job, that’s a you problem, things are great and have never been better” this, this is the exact sentiment that you get from older people who have like 30 years of experience and are in fact the only people getting hired

@Fyndh3678

20 күн бұрын

I see a lot of older folks saying it when they’ve worked at the same place for 15-30 years, or have worked in the same family of companies for their whole career. And family company people, ofc. It makes me question why we value the opinions of some people while knowing they have no current knowledge on a topic. It’s a nuanced thing but it really brings our hierarchies into question.

@pirateslife4me

18 күн бұрын

There's a dynamic with older workers too who have reentered the job market facing obstacles for being overqualified (code for "about to beunderpaid") and ageism/market irrelevance

@lisalasers

17 күн бұрын

i have 30 years experience and i can’t even get a call. lots of older people are in my shoes.

@carolynracine6380

14 күн бұрын

As an older person, I can say that it's not the case. Companies don't want to pay for experience, they prefer to hire freshers and burn through them. On my last contract, I trained a new team of young folks, but they would not offer me a permanent position.

@perilouspigeon6613

14 күн бұрын

@@carolynracine6380 I've known people experiencing both situations; I wonder what makes an industry more or less likely to undervalue older employees? As an example of the opposite, one of my friends was a few months into her first job post graduation as a lab technician in 2020 when a bunch of her coworkers got laid off. When she tried applying for entry level positions those jobs were being filled by people who were more qualified to be supervisors, because suddenly there weren't any openings for higher level positions. Meanwhile my aunt has decades of experience in hospitality and event planning, but ever since the high end golf club she worked for closed she's in your boat-- getting sporadic contract work to train or consult younger employees. I just realized that in both of these examples the industries undervalued experience, but it resulted in different hiring practices 😅

Trying to explain this situation to my parents is utterly exhausting. I was hunting for 5 months, over 100 jobs applied to, for 4 call backs, 2 interviews, and finally a job. My little sister is dealing with the same thing but no job yet. I was just talking about it with my dad, who was military and pilot his whole life, and has never had to hunt and bounce around. He still believes if you work hard, and stay at the same company, you'll be fine, and that job hopping looks bad. My mom has been out of the work force for decades now. They have no idea how much things have changed.

@S.A.White...

17 күн бұрын

I ran into this too as a millennial. My parents were okay, but literally every other adult in my life just gave me nonsense boomer advice. "Pound the pavement", etc...

@user56gghtf

15 күн бұрын

I think that people that do that are gaslighting other people. Anyone that is 20+ years old can see how much things change in a matter of a decade or even 5 years. As someone older I don't understand how people can't see that the younger generation has it harder in some areas. I also think people like that don't want to admit their own short comings so the answer to everything is work harder... Ooo like you did.. 🤔 aren't you still working, and you're in debt and you're stressed sooo that plan probably isn't going to work for me either

@Interdacted

8 күн бұрын

My grandpa helped me learn about the economy at an early age. I got a dollar an hour, for smashing up the sidewalk with a sledge hammer,

@robosergTV

7 күн бұрын

did you watch the video? The hiring is at the pre-pandemic levels. Its a YOU problem, not economy.

@tinabean713

7 күн бұрын

I work for one of those companies that used to call itself family (which always prompted a lot of grumbling in a downturn b/c we're in a cyclical industry and we have layoffs or tell people to use up their PTO and hope something opens up before they run out during the lean times - tho at some point upper management started trying to cut down on that because they still had to pay benefits on all these people that lower management was trying to keep afloat) but now we've got too many execs and we're losing $ at a time our competitors seem to be doing ok, on my projects we've been understaffed and overworked for a long time, so people are getting burnt out and retiring or going elsewhere for more money and full WFH or whatever. My BFF and I have both been at this company around 20 years and he recently was in a meeting where people were expressing concern about employee burnout and retention and he told me that the Sr VP of Engineering blew it off, saying employees aren't loyal anymore - meaning the company doesn't need to try to make us happy because the employees don't care about companies anymore- but really it's the company has gotten corporate and doesn't care about us anymore so a lot of us have decided if this is no longer the company I took to the dance maybe I should get back out there and find a new dance partner. Executives are completely out of touch and sell each other BS to justify what they're doing. But also, once you get a job, keep it until you find another. It's so much easier to find a job when you're already employed.

The recruiter in the video is exactly why gen z is acting this way. We can see beyond your “professionalism” and can literally hear you say that you’re pinching pennies when discussing wages for workers. Which haven’t changed since 1978 as pointed out so helpfully by this video. We don’t want to play your games. There isn’t a reason to. Nice jacket though lady

@codyfernfan6274

15 күн бұрын

🙌👏🏻

@gregutz4284

15 күн бұрын

Lol have fun getting a job with that attitude

@user56gghtf

15 күн бұрын

Yep and I'm not a gen z. The older generations are lying. The older generations are always trying to say they're better than the younger. BS is BS no matter what box you try to put it in

@krunkle5136

14 күн бұрын

That certainly is not a lady.

@jakeluffman2186

11 күн бұрын

Yeah, I got ick vibes from her too

The child poverty statistic reverting back to its previously level is so upsetting!

@compulsive_curiosity

15 күн бұрын

Americans dont live their values. Its shameful

@therandomcatalt5242

12 күн бұрын

It was actually higher post pandemic, the graph states pre-pandemic it was around 9% then during Covid it went down to around 5% then post pandemic it went all the way up to 12%

@sprinkle61

9 күн бұрын

She states the pandemic benefit funding was awesome, like its government perfection, but a welfare system based on 'money for nothing and your chicks for free' was NEVER going to work in the long term, and it only took about 18 months for the raging inflation to kick in, and the net result is that we are all worse off, but the 1 % doubled their money, sucking up all those free government dollars, leaving all those kids much worse off, than if the pandemic and handouts didn't happen.

@ltethan649

9 күн бұрын

what sort of magic did you think happened?

@bd12544

3 күн бұрын

Made worse in that it was so predictable. It was a choice.

What I’m most tired of as a gen z is jobs listed as “hourly pay $15/hr +” only to get to the end of my interview and told “well, that was actually a manager’s position (even though it wasn’t listed as a management position at all), so we can only start you at $13/hr for right now”. When I was new, I was stupid enough to take the $13/hr, only to be bumped down to $12/hr the following year despite my numbers far exceeding my coworkers’ and managers’ sales numbers. So many companies are just scum.

Us “lacking professionalism” is code for we won’t accept 15$ an hour with a degree when we can make that at a gas station 🙄

@mochimochi7669

Күн бұрын

With a degree.. that’s just a slap in the face 😮

What is a "Middle Class American"? You're either poor, or dirt poor, or ultra wealthy. There is nothing else.

@surlespasdondine

21 күн бұрын

really? it's not like that anywhere else. I'm from Europe and no one I know fits into those categories.

@chronometer9931

21 күн бұрын

​@@surlespasdondineI don't believe you

@dewilson55

21 күн бұрын

This isn't true. We all live in bubbles and my bubble is filled with middle-class Americans. Most of my friends and family have college degrees, own homes, and can afford basic vacations like camping. They all live in modest homes, drive cheaper cars, take cheaper vacations, make all their own food, but they are able to save a little towards their future because of those choices. We also all live in the Midwest where the COL is much cheaper than other parts of the country. I completely agree that this economy isn't working for everyone but that doesn't mean it isn't working for anyone.

@coriolisky

21 күн бұрын

@@dewilson55The Midwest is also notoriously unwelcoming to people who aren't white, though. Not every American has the choice to live there.

@NovaPrincess

21 күн бұрын

@@surlespasdondineI think Americans over state what it's like. IMO, America is still one of the best places in the world (if not THE best) to grow up poor and become rich, BUT you have to LIKE hard work. Hard working people get rich AF in America because at some point, all that work pays off. I used to live in Europe and saw firsthand what it's like. I thought EU was this perfect wonderful place because I believed the overstated anti-American BS while in college. I'm American. I earn four times as much as what I earned working the same or similar job at a 'prestigious' company in EU. I own my car and my house at age 30 in USA. Gas and utilities are dirt cheap in US compared to what I paid in the EU. My taxes aren't high and are easy to file in the US. Taxes were ridiculous in EU and the health care was poor. I had permanent residency and universal health care in EU, and it was awful. It cost me 100 euros each time to get basic dental cleanings - not high quality service with all the xrays and imaging and cancer screening we get here in US. My dental visits are covered by insurance in USA, and my teeth are perfect because I have incredible health care here (yes that's me in my profile pic and yes all my natural teeth and hair). I would not trade living in EU and renting, owning nothing to living in USA and owning my car and house in America. I also think the gender gap is worse in EU than USA. I'd bet money that there are more single women homeowners and business owners in USA than there are in any EU nation, controlling statistically for population size. That is very telling on who can afford property and how equitable society really is.

ill be honest, as a 22 year old low income working class young woman, it doesnt sound aspirational to even try to enter this described job market and work lifestyle when im CONSTANTLY getting celebrity and influencer lifestyles of “luxury” (being able to eat 3 times a day feels luxurious lately) + i see how our government so extremely supports corporations over people + shits on our “constitutional rights” its just all so so disheartening and i know people have felt this for generations but its like dang can we at least talk about it guys 😭 like no wonder all my elders died of cancer and heart attacks, their working class lives were filled with stress, toxic american food, and little to no healthcare

@slaymaster01

21 күн бұрын

like its hard to put on mask of professionalism in an office setting (or any work setting, im currently working full time in a production warehouse) when most everyone in my personal life is stressed about finances or like paranoid about becoming homeless from insane rent prices

@Fyndh3678

20 күн бұрын

@@slaymaster01literally me right now!!! My work performance is suffering bc the pay isn’t enough for this economy. And my salary is higher than my families total household income ever was, by over 20k. I’ve “made it” by my families standards, but still feel like im one industry crash away from living in a shelter. I grew up in an oil economy, lay offs and unsafe staffing were expected every 2-3 years as the price of oil peaked and crashed. Now those conditions are true for almost all industries and I can’t see myself surviving another 40 years of it. But if I tell my boss the truth about why I’m depressed and unmotivated, I won’t be a “team player”. So I put on a smile and shove the trauma down 😅

@Fyndh3678

20 күн бұрын

Oooof felt this. I’m a few years older than you and I’m starting to understand why my elders all look 10-20 yrs older than their bio age. They’ve passed away from preventable diseases after decades of high BP, diabetes, liver disease, COPD, etc. I got out of the cycle, and have to constantly work to maintain my health and stress levels bc I’m not going to die on the gd factory floor. I don’t want an aesthetic water cup, I want to enjoy my life and not die alone in a state funded nursing home. So I just ignore almost all influencers at this point 😂

@trademisconception9816

18 күн бұрын

Some of these things are true to an extent. You are also being programmed by social media into thinking some of the things you are seeing are normal lifestyles, when in fact they aren’t.

@codyfernfan6274

15 күн бұрын

@@Fyndh3678well done!:)

Can’t afford a bad hire? How about valuing the great employees you already have so they don’t leave?

@jhadaelovestacos5850

19 күн бұрын

I don't think they care. To some extent they have an upper hand in alot of fields.

@user56gghtf

15 күн бұрын

They don't care. Everyone is a replaceable to them. Most valuable employees contributions aren't recognized until a while after they have left the position.

@smanqele

12 күн бұрын

Problem is, they are betting people won't leave quickly in this economy. So they are riding on bad faith.

@markigirl2757

11 күн бұрын

They hope people have no choice but to stay so they don’t care bc they know this.

“Professionalism” usually either leads to people unnecessarily beating around the bush to talk about company issues or participation in petty social policing in the office. Thank god I work from home.

@liriodendronlasianthus

19 күн бұрын

Correct. I remember paddling my phrases to seem polite but it leads to a lot of miscommunication.

@Arionlappy

17 күн бұрын

Ugh "professionalism" is such a smoke screen. My company deludes itself into pretending it's professional because it doesn't believe in wealth transparency and we don't talk about money. But everyone can make fun of my clothing and ask me invasive questions about my medical issues and the CEO can make inappropriate sexual innuendo and talk about political issues offensively. I'm like look, I benefit from a more laid back work environment because I don't like to conduct myself with faux professionalism. But I do believe in common courtesy. Ugh again. I could rant about this so much longer.

@piscinaiv7937

16 күн бұрын

@@liriodendronlasianthus sprinkle in some person specific "they/them"' pronoun enforcement for even more incomprehension!

@summertime69

16 күн бұрын

The advice of not using slang is such a generational complaint. You can be professional while also talking like a modern person. I'm so over it.

@jazzpear8877

16 күн бұрын

A LOT of "professionalism" is actually thinly veiled prejudice. Natural hair is "unprofessional", any expression of neurodivergence is "unprofessional", can't do this or that accommodation because "unprofessional". If the behavior is harmful it doesn't need to be described as unprofessional. So it's used for anything that stands out from a norm that makes a person in power feel weirded out. So they try to justify why they're feeling grossed out having to look at someone different from them by saying it's "unprofessional".

When I delivered pizzas in the early 2010s, my experience was that business orders on the business credit card tipped well, but that was the exception. Group orders tipped poorly, rich neighborhoods tipped poorly, big houses tipped poorly. Low-middle income people usually tipped well.

@keithspernak6456

21 күн бұрын

Sounds right. Ive had a few different jobs that had tipping baked into the pay. Not just food service either. Middle Class (whats that anymore lol) always tipped well.

@jf2176

21 күн бұрын

You don't get rich giving out tips.

@alexroselle

21 күн бұрын

@@jf2176or, affluence erodes empathy and solidarity (and there is social science research to support this)

@mommalion7028

21 күн бұрын

@@jf2176you don’t get rich not giving out tips either. If you can’t afford the tip you can’t afford take out. Just cook it yourself.

@joshuagharis9017

21 күн бұрын

Because we know how hard actually working for a living is

As a hospital worker I know the Pandemic taught corporate how much we could be overworked without a mass walkout (there's people that were dying, Kim...), so now they're refusing to reopen positions or permit hiring full teams to push the aforementioned envelope and, ostensibly, please shareholders. Couple that with prohibitive possibility of school debt, and the medical system is disgustingly understaffed. We're not paid any more for the additional work, though, because that would be silly. We're becoming blood sacrifices to the intangible beast of The Economy. Wheeee.

@TheElectricCamel

21 күн бұрын

That’s very tragic

@Handleitt1

21 күн бұрын

Literally we are all slaves and raising future generations of slaves. I’ll keep praying.

@Elleh42

21 күн бұрын

Same

@SpoopySquid

21 күн бұрын

Human sacrifice pleases The Line

@SpicyGramCracker

21 күн бұрын

Everything is being bought by venture capital and labor costs are the first thing to be cut. They will sell every last bandaid and shut the hospital down laughing all the way to the bank.

I have autism and haven't worked for anyone in a long time, I am a part time landscaper for myself, but mostly relying on someone to support me. Hearing about this job market feels overwhelming and disheartening. If my support system is no longer here, I would be out of luck because of my chronic illnesses, I am unable to do landscaping full time. My mom is sick all of the time and I am realizing my issues are genetic. This American economy assumes that everyone is able to work and provide for themselves. There is little room for the disabled, a lot of us end up homeless.

@ChatGPT1111

19 күн бұрын

I feel bad hearing this situation you are faced with. Sometimes local churches have contacts who are aware of openings, programs or other options for good caring people in your situation. They can also provide temporary assistance from their donation pool while it gets sorted out. I wish you the best. Don't give up!

@coolchameleon21

18 күн бұрын

i’m in the same position. it’s really disheartening and scary. idk what i’ll do when i no longer have a support system. i’m only 26, so i probably still have a lot of life left to pay for

@Riu-bw4bl

18 күн бұрын

In same situation. Work decent part time-full time hours and even that is extremely hard for me. Im still living with my family at 27 and helping out with bills/house ect but not a day goes by about me thinking I would be screwed if anything happens to my parents. Everything costs too much. It genuinely scares me.

@notlurking2128

17 күн бұрын

I'm in a. Similar situation, except I work pet sitting. Hopeless at a future that can only get worse as my support system dwindles and the economy gets worse

@sherrym5556

17 күн бұрын

I've worked since I was 12, I never stopped. Certain traumatic events happened that I had zero to do with, and have been barely surviving at 59. I have NO support system my family is deceased. I've been an independent contractor but aged out. Finding out I had autism at 58 explains so much. I can't work for anyone that expects me to be a team player or robot. I've had so many jobs in the last 8 yrs trying to get a " normal" job or some steady income. I ALWAYS get bait n switched, treated like shit, agism, overworked, micro managed etc, for like 11.00 an hour. I usually get fired or quit in a week or 2. I was very successful, so it's not like I don't try. Now I have cptsd just thinking about it. I'm 🤏 close to ...☠️😢because I'm exausted,sad n tired of being poor. .

One other tip for your resume that's kind of implied but rarely stated: Don't wait till you're about to start applying to update it! It's so easy to forget that project you worked on a year and a half ago that was a big deal then but isn't something you think about now. Plus, you'll actually remember what you did. So unless you've got a crystal ball and know you'll never need to interview again, your resume should be a living document

@TheElectricCamel

21 күн бұрын

Pretty solid advice

@gwendalynnwatkins1296

21 күн бұрын

Thanks!

@elliestewart7770

21 күн бұрын

Plus, the same document you use to track your work achievements for year-end reviews is easily copied for your resume. So technically this shouldn't cause extra effort.

@mykki.d

20 күн бұрын

*cries in graphic designer*

@hyperbunnygirl101

19 күн бұрын

Create a word document and update that with your achievements and projects then you have different things to choose from depending on what your applying to. Each resume should be tailed to each job

Something I feel that's overlooked in these conversations is how nefarious and pervasive marketing has gotten. We are asked to spend money all the time and sometimes aren't even aware of what we're buying (tiktok shop, temu) etc. all while costs climb and yet we see these aspirational influences living these luxury lifestyles we want to emulate. It's pressure from both sides, but the pressure to spend has gotten out of control. Finance bros like to call out personal responsibility/budgeting but human willpower is limited and companies know this. I can't listen to a single thing without ads (unless i pay a premium, of course).

@pinesandtraplines

18 күн бұрын

The thing people need to understand is that lots of the "rich" influencers use debt, scams, or their parents' money to fund their (unsustainable) lifestyle. The flashy new cars are often rented for the cameras while off-camera they drive a modest vehicle. Thats just an example, but its more common than people would like to think.

@erindavis6811

18 күн бұрын

@@pinesandtraplines or the things and experiences were gifted to them to promote the product or earn some sort of affiliate commission. Guerilla marketing.

@erindavis6811

18 күн бұрын

@@pinesandtraplines Feel like it's another way to drive lifestyle inflation/ the illusion that people should be living at a certain standard and own certain things to be "normal" or "thriving." Then it all goes on credit.

@mutedroar

17 күн бұрын

Even if you pay a premium you still get ads now. Amazon started showing ads on their lower prime tier, hulu, even spotify podcasts now have automatic ads rolled in, not even sponsors read by the hosts. Its crazy

@AB-wf8ek

14 күн бұрын

Just don't buy stuff, and also don't buy into the whole car culture. I actually never owned a car in my life, and with the money I saved, I bought my own house. You'll never see me on Tik Tok trying to sell you anything because at this point I don't need the money.

German resident here… our stores are closed on Sundays and public holidays, as well as grocery deliveries. It’s quite inconvenient, but at least people are forced to have a rest day and be with their families.

@jigglypuff4ever

21 күн бұрын

I wish America was like that. When I was a kid and teenager stores were closed on Sundays here in America. My favorite thing was in Israel when literally every store, restaurant, and even public transit shuts down every Saturday.

@CH-vm6cq

21 күн бұрын

I lived there and absolutely hated that. Such a relic of a Christian society.

@Newgrist

21 күн бұрын

What if you don't have a family?

@joshuagharis9017

21 күн бұрын

Danke! Das ist sehr gut

@merelk.9530

20 күн бұрын

I moved to Switzerland which also has this, and I grew to love it! I use my Sundays to go hiking with friends, read a book, meet for coffee... It's so relaxing!

Teenagers in 2008 and teenager in 2020 have something else in common. Workers who were still being claimed on parents taxes (example: a 17 year old who works) received none of the tax refunds and other financial supports. I remember when I was 21 and couldn't receive a stimulus check because my parents claimed my tuition on their taxes.

@ImWeirdAndILikeIt

Сағат бұрын

YUP THAT HAPPENED TO ME

I'm 33 years old. I've been looking for a job for 9 months and 4 days. I've applied to 221 jobs; I received a rejection 12 times. The ones who did say they wanted to hire me turned out to be job scams. I'd be living with my parents if I didn't have a supportive partner, who's about to get a raise at his job. And "nobody wants to work anymore"?

@Direwarlord213

18 күн бұрын

Agreed 100% I'm so pissed that I actually started digging. According to Linkedin alone, 60 million people on the platform are applying for new jobs (doesn't differentiate if they are jobless or currently working, but thats still alot), and 80% of all linkedin users are from the US. That means approximately 48 million americans are looking for a new job, and let's be fair and say 1/4th have a job currently but are looking (fair estimate), thats still 36 million people who DONT have a job. Where the fuck is the government getting anything less than 10% unemployment from, there is NO way it's less, which means we are at great fucking depression level unemployment AT MINIMUM. fuck this economy.

@nerychristian

18 күн бұрын

What kind of work are you looking for?

I spent my life managing in a big box grocery store. 23 years in fact. At 45 I was tired of he wonky hours, high speed, high stress ect. When I started looking for other positions, I found that most jobs were paying a full $10 an hour less than I was making. Half the time I needed to go back to school, get a degree and then make $10 an hour less. I got into some smaller places, got laid off twice and am now back at a big box store. It’s rough out there. People are getting way underpaid for what’s expected in my opinion.

@tyvanhworkout

14 күн бұрын

Yes, in many instances people are getting WAYYY underpaid!

@Praisethesunson

9 күн бұрын

You all are getting underpaid so some guy you will never meet can get his 4th yacht.

I've been actively looking for a job for 5 months now. If it weren't for my SO, id be homeless. Its soul crushing tbh

@MsCarotty

16 күн бұрын

hang in there, try non-profits or small companies if that fits in your field. I went through +1 year of unemployement while living with my SO and it gets better at some point !

@Jack-ys2qj

16 күн бұрын

get a retail job or other minimum wage job well you're looking. I got a part time job at a liquor store in Jan 2023, within a few weeks of graduating because I knew It'd be a while. I worked their for 7 months before I got to talking with a manager there who told me she used to be a sales person at the company I work at now. She gave me a bunch of names. I reached out to them on linkedin and pitched my self and voila after 7 months of busting my ass hauling boxes of wine I landed a comfy hybrid laptop job. It kept my mind busy, I still was making some money and I met someone who was able to get me an "in" with a company. I kept working at that store until Jan 2024 part time but after a while I realized I truly had enough of retail when my coworker go pepper sprayed by a couple of women trying to stuff Hennessey in their coats well hiding in the bathroom.

@beloved-child

14 күн бұрын

My gf is now the only reason I'm not homeless. I was taking care of her for 4 years but since moving to socal I can't get a job and gave up looking because if h9w soul crushing and broken everything is especially for men

Nice call out on AT&T. You are correct about the “you can work from anywhere” changing to “only these certain zip codes or you’re going to ‘have to make a family decision’”

i have some thoughts about one small point that your guest, Jazmine, made about gen z lacking professionalism. Jazmine doesn't define professionalism and instead uses one example of gen z interviewees using slang terms as a no-no. Slang terms can potentially be inappropriate for the workplace, but not all of them. Deeming an interviewee as 'unprofessional' for using a slang term on the merits of it being a slang term alone is irrational. Personally (and based on the sentiments in my circles), many of us gen z adults feel strongly about pushing back against arbitrary workplace traditions. We feel resentment about the term professionalism, as it has such an ambigous definition, but very often has little-to-nothing to do with the quality of our work. This resentment is further compounded by middle management, who can (and frequently do) use professionalism as a front to discriminate. please don't get me wrong, I agree with most of what she's saying and she gives good advice about navigating this. I appreciate that she addresses some of the flaws that the upper-management hierarchy creates - it's just interesting to blame gen z for being unprofessional, instead of addressing what professionalism even means when the expectation is set by a corporation who demonstrates plainly that they value profits over your life

@Clau-chauNicol

17 күн бұрын

Agreed. I see the value in professionalism when it comes to creating boundaries between your work and the other parts of your life, but otherwise I feel like it's just an excuse to be overly controlling. And I totally agree with your point that its hard to know what "professional" looks like in a specific environment until you get there. I got my first big girl job and there's a real mismatch between what I got taught growing up in terms of what professional looks like. Like, my collegues are wonderful, but I was shocked at how goofy the overall environment was 😂.

@russianbot8576

17 күн бұрын

'be more professional' is the job equivalent to 'change your attitude' from your mom when you haven't done shit

@amazinggrapes3045

17 күн бұрын

Professionalism is some allistic bullshit

@user-id5cj2ch3y

15 күн бұрын

exactly my thoughts!

@valsinbin6503

13 күн бұрын

EXACTLYYYYYYYYY. As an autistic person who has to learn all of this manually without anyone telling me jack shit, it’s extremely annoying and exhausting. It’s so nebulous to me to where I wish people would just be upfront about the dos and don’t of the workplaces culture.

I remember the last time I was unemployed, and I told senior manager I met at a professional gathering how much trouble I was having finding a new job. He seemed incredulous. Like, how could anyone be having so much trouble finding a job in such a hot market? Not that he offered me a job himself... Now, I have a job, and my employer is understaffed. Policy is very strict about how much they can offer new hires compared to prevailing pay trends, so they can't really offer more without a massive overhaul in how they do business. So, among other things, it's clear that corporate systems are very inefficient at finding talent. Some of it might be malicious, an excuse to overwork employees, but a lot of it really is just a systemic sort of incompetence.

I’ve applied to 26 remote sales roles in the past month. Reached out to 3-8 people in those companies. It takes 20 to 50 minutes per application on average. (There was one application that took 3 hours- they had me writing essays) I’ve gotten 4 call backs. 3 first round interviews and 1 that went to the 3rd round. It’s pretty much a numbers game. And a huge waste of time. I’ve probably given about 60 -80 hours of my life to this

@chelseashurmantine8153

21 күн бұрын

Well remote sales jobs are commissions based so it seems like good practice for what the job will end up being right?

@TheElectricCamel

21 күн бұрын

Alot of those are scams

@TheVoltaire1

20 күн бұрын

@Ark-ys2up I actually typed that up but deleted it. I agree with you. 5 rounds of interviews is a joke. 1 of those companies that I went to the 3rd round for- I ended up putting around 10 hours in for the entire process. …only for them to reject me w/ a copied and pasted e-mail. It’s not just time, the interview process takes immense mental energy. Having to learn a companies products from the bottom up and tailoring your skillset to the company. And doing this on repeat every time you land an interview. It burns you the hell out. These companies have no respect for someone time. Not to mention it still working at my current job. And need to perform there as well.

@alphacentauri8083

20 күн бұрын

@@chelseashurmantine8153 Remote jobs are not (all) commission based. I worked in outside sales for 20+ years from home for well known publicly traded company. Fat salary, full benefits, 401K, bonuses, etc. It's very hard right now trying to find something remote based that pays a good wage, or even in-office based, so I'm glad I saved most of my money and have the ability to coast for many years to come.

@xXfireflyyXx

18 күн бұрын

​@TheElectricCamel there are some jobs that are real, but if they say they are mailing you a check and you have to buy your work equipment before you start, especially through a specific company portal... that one is a scam. It's a fake check that will bounce the next business day after you habe spent all that money through their "portal" for fake work supplies that will never come. You just wired them your real money through a website.

I was laid off in march 2023 and after close to 600 applications, I got 5 callbacks. All of them I got to final rounds. All of them said how great I was, only to be given no feedback or reason why I wasn't chosen. I finally landed a new role in April, over a year since the layoffs, and while it's full time it's only through November. Life after college has felt like a constant two steps forward, four steps back, especially financially.

@aanandax

17 күн бұрын

As someone who’s about to graduate college in 2 weeks, I can feel you. Everywhere I see they require a minimum of 1-3 years of experience, all fresher jobs are shit :(

@jutsuninja001

12 күн бұрын

@@aanandaxFacts all jobs even the entry ones all want years of experience + other stuff like a degree/certifications even when your fresh out of college with no real connections. I was looking at them and shaking my head like "welp our time might be over".

@corvifeon

12 күн бұрын

You’re not alone. I had to quit my corporate job bc they gave me a raise and cut my hours in half while prompting me to maintain the same exactly work load. I studied digital art for 5+ years just for my mentors at Disney/Dreamworks to be laid off due to AI right after I graduate. My friends are all laid off and fired for no reason and have been applying to jobs non stop for almost a year, they got nothing.

I'm 26, I graduated undergrad in Spring 2020, and I have a master's degree in experimental psychology. Since finishing grad school in 2022, I have only been able to find PART-TIME work in my field/adjacent fields that would hire someone with my level of "post-graduation professional experience." It doesn't matter that I did several internships in college, or gained any of the experiences I had while completing my degrees. Several times over multiple interview rounds, the deciding factor that ultimately led to employers selecting another candidate was my lack of experience. That I only had "student work experience." I live at home with my mom because I physically can't afford to live on my own. Not to mention the turning 26 factor - I was already on Medicaid through my mom's plan, and I had that ripped out from under me, too. I had to purchase individual health insurance through my state's market place as a placeholder while I wait for my Medicaid application to be reviewed, all because I don't have employer sponsored health insurance. Only now, two years after graduating and one year of working at my current PT job, am I starting to actually get somewhere on my FT job search. I feel so seen and validated. Thank you for making this :')

@thefinancialdiet

21 күн бұрын

You are seen

@deyshajohnson1926

21 күн бұрын

Woah sounds like my situation too. We’re not alone in this ❤

@brendasr01

21 күн бұрын

I am also 26, graduated with my undergrad degree in 2020. My experience is a bit different, but I've had to bounce around just a bit until I found a job I was satisfied with and kept it going. Thinking about making a career change but it's difficult when no employers want to offer training for an entry level role, and they except 2-5 years of experience for those roles. It definitely helps when you have connections, but it is not a guarantee that it will help.

@Gnomezonbacon

21 күн бұрын

I have a bachelors, never did an internship, and got a fulltime job out of college. It's not what you know or what you did, it's who you know.

@sandstorm3363

21 күн бұрын

29 and keep having funding cut from my programs. Last one in first to go, been laid off 6 times

The economy is cooked and I'm convinced the government is cooking the job/employment numbers. I should be the best off financially I've ever been (no CC debt, car is paid off, making the highest wage I ever have, living more minimally than ever before), yet I'm in the worst financial shape of my life due to inflation. My savings has been wiped out just this year so far from unexpected costs (car broke down, expensive vet bills, $1300 tax bill that has never happened before). I now have no savings and am constantly stressed out about money. I'll never own a home, never afford to have kids. Want to get married to my partner of 12 years, but then he won't be able to get disability and he's too sick to work consistently. My friends are having babies, already married, own homes, and I'm just over here working a white collar job + a side hustle yet still living in a garbage apartment with no money.

@Direwarlord213

18 күн бұрын

Agreed 100% I'm so pissed that I actually started digging. According to Linkedin alone, 60 million people on the platform are applying for new jobs (doesn't differentiate if they are jobless or currently working, but thats still alot), and 80% of all linkedin users are from the US. That means approximately 48 million americans are looking for a new job, and let's be fair and say 1/4th have a job currently but are looking (fair estimate), thats still 36 million people who DONT have a job. Where the fuck is the government getting anything less than 10% unemployment from, there is NO way it's less, which means we are at great fucking depression level unemployment AT MINIMUM. fuck this economy.

@kittencaboodle24

17 күн бұрын

Your friends who seem to be well off might also be using credit cards or loans to create that lifestyle.

@ilta222

15 күн бұрын

they are definitely cooking the numbers, its BS. they want the economy to appear to be doing better than it is but the way prices vs rent vs wages are going, its looking more like we're on the brink of collapse. i'm in a very similar situation to you, no debt, car paid off, making a good wage, living minimally, AND i even own a house yet i can still barely afford to eat. it's too much

@lemonlupinreuben5362

14 күн бұрын

They are cooking it because of the election, they desperately want Biden to appear strong

@Vanity0666

10 күн бұрын

That $1300 tax bill is from Trump's tax reforms and it is going to continue getting worse for at least another year.

I swear TFD are mind readers at this point

@thefinancialdiet

22 күн бұрын

;)

@skybluebrad2781

21 күн бұрын

god right!!?? lol

@persephone213

21 күн бұрын

Agreed. 💯 I’m in the unfortunate situation of looking for a job right now.

@swingingelephant3415

19 күн бұрын

perhaps everything is done for a reason

Something I've gotten really tired of lately when applying for jobs is stupid job titles. "Customer Relations Ninja", "Director of First Impressions", "Customer Service Rockstar" are some I've seen. Also, job descriptions that don't match the job title. I looked at a receptionist job for chiropractic clinic and most of the responsibilities involved assisting the chiropractor with adjustments, exercises and equipment, along with some receptionist duties. So they actually wanted a chiropractic assistant, not a receptionist. This makes it so hard to find a job that I actually qualify for.

@dmug

16 күн бұрын

I’m surprised those are still around, in the tech industry about 10 years ago it was mega common to see cringe lord titles like “rock star developers” or “code ninjas” and became unfashionable thankfully as blow back for be of questionable taste. I’m sad, yet again, the tech industry’s bad ideas are propagating outward.

@AB-wf8ek

14 күн бұрын

Just recognize those descriptions as red flags, and let HR try and explain why they aren't getting any applications

@steverich136

9 күн бұрын

Yeah? Broaden your horizons and stop applying to Wally Burger and Jizzy Juice 🥤, ya goofball.

I was unemployed for 3 months. I was applying for retail, janitorial, and other entry level jobs. I managed to land a temporary job and only because my mom works in the company. This job market is insane

In Europe there will be law inplemented that states, that all people working under uber, glovo etc. are going to be assumed working for the company, not as individual contractors.

@TheElectricCamel

21 күн бұрын

What do you think the effect of that will be ??

@HaruruTan

21 күн бұрын

Healthcare, retirement, maybe full time employment.​@@TheElectricCamel

@jf2176

21 күн бұрын

Those companies will simply shut down.

@ISureDont

21 күн бұрын

California tried but Uber and Lyft spent like 100 million on propaganda to get it shut down

@MeatCatCheesyBlaster

21 күн бұрын

@@jf2176 GOOD

Do you have a vid on "professionalism?" It's like a code used to screw with people between people who are playing the game of "we make up the rules to bully you, and we call it Professionalism."

@camcam3087

22 күн бұрын

Bull. It’s to take constructive criticism to learn and be better for everyone for whatever the goal is. Younger generations are taking constructive criticism like we’re trying to bully them and they cry like babies

@POOOOOOOO416

22 күн бұрын

I second this, the need for 'professionalism' is often used to punish those having a reasonable emotional reaction to being manipulated or abused

@jessebrook1688

21 күн бұрын

Sometimes that code is right in your hiring papers. If you look for "expectations", you can usually find something that you're expected to do that you wouldn't have expected. The best time to ask is ASAP. If people just keep saying "professionalism" to you, ask them what they mean. Sometimes, their expectations are out of step with yours, and sometimes, they are really out to get you, but almost every good intentioned person will fill you in. If it's option B, it's best to hit the ground running. I say this as someone who never has, and has trained my replacement several times without knowing it until the pink slip. I don't like the way that feels, and I hope you escape any workplace that'll do that without telling you so.

@thefinancialdiet

21 күн бұрын

Not yet but this is a good idea!

@Ann-op5kj

21 күн бұрын

There used to be professionalism haha now people are just narcissistic a**holes

I was laid off in august 2022 with no severance, only the ability to receive unemployment checks which ended after about 6 months. Even though I was applying to jobs constantly (while doing freelance work where I could), I could not find a job for over a year. During that time, I used up all of my savings just to survive. When looking for resources regarding if there was any way to receive further unemployment insurance payments or assistance from the government, there was nothing (except maybe the very small amount of food stamps my state offers). What I did find online though was a reddit thread of someone asking the same thing ("What do I do when my unemployment runs out but I still can't find a job?"), almost every response was "there are jobs available you're just being picky, work at the grocery store, suck it up". I should also maybe note that I don't have a car so I could not work for uber/instacart. The craziest thing was, I applied to local cafes, grocery stores, schools, shops, multiple low-wage positions and STILL didn't hear anything back. Needless to say I truly felt like I was going insane. I went from feeling like a successful career woman in my mid-twenties to falling back into poverty at 30, and this country makes it feel like it is all your fault if this happens.

@rosieespinozaruiz6939

17 күн бұрын

Have things gotten better? Also, I’m sorry you had to go through all that hopefully things have turned around :)

@snailerie

17 күн бұрын

@@rosieespinozaruiz6939 thanks so much for your kind words! Yes I’m doing a bit better. Things are turning up for me, I just finally got a job offer last week (it’s a temporary contract role but I’m happy for anything right now). It was a truly rough year and a half, and I do feel like I’m starting over financially, but I have hope that this job will put me back on track

I was talking to an older co-worker of mine who is pretty financially successful. Turns out, the reason is, one of his first official jobs back in the 70s as an enameling technician at a factory paid $20 an hour, which was like 5 times the minimum wage or so, and he just piled an unbelievable amount of money and started a business. That money was worth well in excess of 150k now, and he was 18.

@markigirl2757

11 күн бұрын

People can be so lucky! My husband managed to become a homeowner bc his parents went bankrupt and used his name on the title. He is about to change careers soon and go on salary.

Hey all! So glad to see the positive response to the video (I’m Dain the Instacart guy lol) ; I didn’t catch the chat but I can answer someone’s question regarding who the delivery fee goes to: It goes to the company, not to the driver. Your dasher/instacart/uber eats person is getting mysterious percentage of the order total, that factors in how many things, how heavy they are, distance and overall cost of the items in the order. And whatever you’re tipping. So let’s say you place an instacart order for about 80 bucks worth of groceries and you live about 5 miles from the store.. and you tipped 5 bucks. I probably got about 11-12 dollars of that. Edit: I’m no back to doing this for extra dough here and there as I FINALLY landed a full time position not long ago!

@thefinancialdiet

21 күн бұрын

YAY re: full-time position! Thank you so much again for the awesome interview (and the extra information, which only makes the point more infuriating lol).

@DainLaguna

21 күн бұрын

@@thefinancialdietthank you so much and thank you so much for having me! And yes it definitely drives the point home. I love that yall called how much we are spending on these services too. I couldn’t afford it!

@caliac

21 күн бұрын

So glad to hear that, man! 👏🏼 Hope everything goes up for you from now on 💪🏼

@ingridm4910

21 күн бұрын

That's crazy I thought delivery fees went to the driver 100%! I always tip but wow, thanks for sharing

@DainLaguna

21 күн бұрын

@@ingridm4910of course! And whooo I wish they did, if they did it would be substantially more lucrative.

We need a strong labor movement (unions) in every industry (I'd argue esp in tech) to provide a countervailing force against corporate power, to protect workers against corporate abuses, and to rebuild a strong middle class.

@juanitaschlink2028

21 күн бұрын

YES! join your union. And if you don't have one, start one!

@chelseashurmantine8153

21 күн бұрын

Esp in tech lol. I’d argue especially in construction. So many deaths and injuries in that industry every year. And so many still aren’t considered part of the union and get laid off every single winter with no guarantee they’ll be able to come back. Plus the health effects of the pollution and hazards they worked with…. Most done make it long past legal retirement age…..

@Web-Diane

21 күн бұрын

You mean another movement. Let’s not forget all the union busting that lead to offshoring of American companies, outsourcing jobs and stagnant wages leading to “the right to work”…… This country is such a joke.

@chronometer9931

21 күн бұрын

I disagree, unions are just a suck on companies and your own pay. Parasites that tend to vote against your interests during elections...

@kat12.

21 күн бұрын

True! I work in HR and the thing I hear a lot is that unions can put organizations in a bind where they can’t offer more creative benefits. I think tech companies and start ups are a good example of this. But I think we’ll see a shift back to more stable benefits, and that’s what unions can provide: stability, consistency, protection. And hopefully all industries will have a strong labor movement one day.

I feel for Gen Z. I am a late millennial myself who graduated highschool during the Great Recession. Two years later I joined the labour market and I remember there were no full time jobs. ABSOLUTELY NONE. And very few half time jobs. It was mostly 10h jobs, no livable wages in any case. It took me 5 years to find 'stability' in full time jobs (and I write that between quotes because my stability meant covering for sick leaves and vacations from one place to another, although they kept coming). And I have to point that I'm one of the lucky ones, because most of my friends (who got an education) didn't make it until their late 20s (5 more years aprox.). In the meantime, my brother (Gen Z) graduated highschool and things looked good for them and I was happy thinking they would have access to full time jobs earlier than us, but now they're in a similar situation and it hurts to see the same story all over again...

@la6136

17 күн бұрын

This has been going on for a long time. Its not the economy. Our entire economic system and the way it is run is fundamentally broken. Seems like every generation of young people has to go through the same thing.

Delivery services REALLY exploit people on fixed incomes, esp people living in nursing homes. We get $30/month for personal spending (the nursing home takes the rest of our Social Security/SSI checks to offset Medicare/Medicaid payments). That basically means that if we want any snacks outside what the home provides, or drinks, or want good quality hygene products like decent toothbrushes, pens and paper, a new shirt/pair of pants, etc we have to PAY a delivery fee to get that delivered. That fee comes OUT OF the $30. Just to get ONE Walmart delivery order eats up 1/3 of our allotment.

@mykki.d

20 күн бұрын

$30 a month? That's it? :(

@Pumkinseeds.

18 күн бұрын

That’s awful. What happens if someone in your family mails you stuff? Call your obudasman. They protect you from things like this.

@GregPrice-ep2dk

18 күн бұрын

@@Pumkinseeds. This place is getting investigated all the time for this BS (and a LOT more), and it never does any good. The state needs the beds, so it tolerates crappy conditions.

@Pumkinseeds.

17 күн бұрын

@@GregPrice-ep2dk I was a candy stripper in the early 90s. People have to work 3 and 3 jobs around here just to afford to survive. Keeping us poor gives them power over us. I don’t have the answer. Flood your senators with letters on these places. Maybe if we make enough noise the public will listen. Keep putting yourself out there. And I hope you remain safe and loved.

@tabithahunter5197

15 күн бұрын

This is criminal.

Thank you SO MUCH for this video. After months of endless searching, phone interviews, virtual interviews, doing the hoky pokey (kidding, sort of), I gave up and got a very low wage job at a daycare. There comes a point when most ppl can’t spend months looking for the “right fit,” we need to work for money to (partially) pay the bills. It’s downright maddening

I just got a new job after graduating with a PhD in early fall 2023. The job search felt like a full time job in itself. I spent so much time editing and customizing documents, then going through multiple rounds of interviews, with most involving some type of performance task. (And that's if I ever heard back at all) I almost dropped out of the hiring process for the job I now have because the performance task was so lengthy. While I understand jobs want to make sure we have the skills we need to do the job, asking applicants to dedicate SO MUCH time and free labor to the interviewing process is INSANE.

@russianbot8576

17 күн бұрын

this. even shitty warehouse jobs are starting to do 2 interviews (virtual + with someone) minimum. they all want special custom resumes and cover letters, performance tests, multiple interviews and so on, so forth. it's fucking exhausting and multiple in person meetings costs MONEY, which i don't have. all of this shit is new and it is ridiculous.

@amberbydreamsart5467

16 күн бұрын

performance tasks are SUCH a racket. I would fully support regulating them to be paid. I've spend 20 hours on an animation test to get a response saying 'sorry, you didn't get the job, we only had 3 positions and tested over 100 individuals' so not only did they waste my time, they wasted at least 97 other people's time. 100+ /days/ of labor, down the drain.

even having a degree in stem (engineering ) hasnt made the job hunt easier by any means. gl to everyone out there looking! rooting for us 🎉😭

i stopped applying to jobs. it ain’t worth it honestly. they need to fix the job market. i literally apply to jobs that i want career wise and regular fast food/ retail jobs for MONTHS and i STILL don’t get hired. it ain’t worth it. i’m gonna be at peace

@mzlww

20 күн бұрын

Every job wants a perfect candidate who is amazing at that role and only has had that job and never wants anything else. It would take a week to train me in almost any job yet no one will take me

@ChoclateGeek

19 күн бұрын

I had a second round interview and asked the hiring manager when I could I start. Her response was “we still have a couple more interviews, and we have recommendations from within the company. I felt so disposable and like they didn’t care to just waste my time. She even said I was “overqualified” for the role and feared that I might find it limiting even though I said I would stay for up to 5 years. I’m just focusing on starting my own business atp. My interview experiences have been disheartening

@reltcstone2

18 күн бұрын

for a lot of jobs that are corporation based they have hiring ads and signs regardless of if they actually have any job openings where you are. I've found 9.5/10 times applying for jobs like that that there was no opening in the first place, they just want to have the option to replace their current workers at the drop of a dime if someone quits.

@stewarln52284

17 күн бұрын

Yep- I also gave up in April after jumping through the fiery interview hoops of hell for MONTHS. I went to a daycare center near my home and they actually hired me! I make less than fast food workers, and I am sick all the time, but I will take that over “job hunting” any day. Sending you love and light

@wolfbones666

16 күн бұрын

This is actually the way I found my career

Why is it a surprise to these people that nobody wants to work. When you’re making thousands of dollars for somebody you don’t know and spend all your time with random people not having any autonomy over what you do it sucks. I know they wouldn’t want to do it either.

@dragonsheen3049

19 күн бұрын

worked at banfield for a time as an assistant. Difficult, highly physical work in less than optimal conditions. They were weirdly open about the fact that, for every appointment of a certain type we saw, that doctor got a sizable bonus from the company. Some doctors were making hundreds of dollars a day on top of their usual salary. Knowing that, knowing that my hard work made the clinic however many thousands that day, and knowing I was only seeing pennies of it... all while on the brink of a breakdown from the stress of the job? While we had meetings basically laying out that conditions were gonna get a LOT worse? I was out. Done with the whole field. These places ask too much of their staff and the ones who suffer the most are our patients. I'd rather live like a pauper than go back.

@codyfernfan6274

15 күн бұрын

@@dragonsheen3049as a patient, thank you!

@Praisethesunson

9 күн бұрын

It's not called wage slavery because you want to do it.

@Interdacted

8 күн бұрын

Knowing the person hiring you is making more than everyone they hire. *Is this capitalism?*

i HATE this obsession with "professionalism" in the corporate world. i refuse to, WITHIN REASON, edit my speech to over-compartmentalize my personality to appease middle managers for minuscule wages. i might as well work at Target if that's what you want, because at least Target lets me be honest about my personality. like, no SLANG in an interview? what is the definition of slang? should i not say something is "wild"? is that too much? come on. that feels like a way to pivot blame back onto young people who aren't capitulating enough. definitely got the ick on that one. oops, i used slang my bad oh no i did it again

@ChatGPT1111

19 күн бұрын

I think it shows a minimal level of self control and discipline. Many folks play along and then once they get the job, the gloves come off. I work with a bunch of degreed engineers who did this and they cuss like sailors.

@sp.2778

18 күн бұрын

also the equation of using “slang” with being “unprofessional” raises a HUGE red flag for me in terms of racial discrimination. like, who is the majority of the demographic that is considered to be using “slang”? is the supposed slang actually catchphrases or just a bipoc with an accent? smh.

@emmd1137

18 күн бұрын

@@ChatGPT1111 about cursing specifically? yes, i agree, but not about "slang".

@fkrkf

18 күн бұрын

​@@ChatGPT1111Your user name is proof that any opinion coming from you is less then worthless

@ChatGPT1111

18 күн бұрын

@@fkrkf you mean 'than', rather than 'then' 🤣😂🤣

None of this really sounds good. It's horrifying! No wonder everyone is going mad. This is absolutely ridiculous. It's all so much more difficult and convoluted than it needs to be. What are the people who can't manage a lot of this supposed to do, especially when so much is hinged on having a certain level of education and training and higher interpersonal skills? Not everyone can be above average. So many people are just going to be permanently miserable, exploited, overworked and underpaid. The more the ante is upped, the fewer people who can cut it. Life isn't supposed to be a game.

@ruled_by_pluto

21 күн бұрын

employers do not want above average. they are like jealous boyfriends...they want you to be a little ugly, a little fat, not very bright, and very insecure so you won't leave. it is very skilled workers who are having the most trouble in this economy

@PeachyKins

18 күн бұрын

​​@@ruled_by_pluto❤ BEST comment. Thanks for the lol 😂 former salon owner by 28. Took time off after baby, and ONLY got hired as an employee bc I NEVER bothered mentioning I owned a salon. Or provide a resume, just half ass filled out their generic application. And they STILL expected me to do more than I was getting paid to do, including my own social media marketing. This is why they don't hire ppl with experience-- we know better. Didn't even bother to quit either. Just packed up and left. Smh. That was 2016, too Edit: also, it's not like I was there to poach clients, I was only working part time bc I had a kid and chose not to work full time.

I’m graduating college in about a month with an engineering degree. All I’ve been told my whole life and especially throughout college is that “you’ll be fine! You’ll get a great job!”…. I’ve applied to at least 40 by now, interviewed and rejected from two. It’s super discouraging. Everything in this video is correct about the months of waiting just to get ghosted or rejected. And I don’t wanna come off as complaining, sometimes life doesn’t go your way, but it’s frustrating. I feel like I did everything I was supposed to

@naomivought9317

17 күн бұрын

It seems like everything we were taught in childhood and schools was that if you get a degree you’ll be fine. Seems that “fine” now means the bare minimum to work at McDonald’s. It’s like WTF else do you want us to do!?

@musicgirl_gwyn

9 сағат бұрын

My fiancé was in the exact same place, also an engineer. Lost track of how many he interviewed at, only got one rejection, all the rest ghosted. Even his internship didn’t offer him a job until he had already taken the one other offer he had been given. I’m so sorry you’re going through this, and I hope you find a steady job soon!

companys (and corporate government entities) learned that screwing the people from every angle helps their bottom line

The amount of times i have worked in a department that "really wanted" to backfill a role but waited a year or never did it... I am convinced that most of these job postings are to gaslight current employees so that they "hold on just a little bit longer" while doing extra work for no COLA

Waiting for this video to drop like my overdue paycheck

@VikoLynn

22 күн бұрын

💀

@bcpeinhardt

22 күн бұрын

SAME

@SteveJohnson-ht6kv

22 күн бұрын

Girl! Oh snap! No you didn’t!

@katherinedelacruz9876

22 күн бұрын

FELT THIS IN MY SOUL

@chelseashurmantine8153

21 күн бұрын

Lmao

“What is the tangible result of what you do at your job.” Seriously? We are completely disconnected from “results” in most jobs.

@pippaandelsie5550

17 күн бұрын

This is also why corporate goals/performance reviews tend to be so ridiculously out of touch with reality. At least in my experience, most employees' contributions don't translate well into quantifiable goals and milestones, and reporting on "business as usual"/"keeping the ship afloat" isn't good enough. Even managers tend to not know what their direct reports are actually accomplishing in their roles. So people in need of "tangible results" on their resumes end up making stuff up like "improved efficiency by 60%," and because no one at the company knows if they did that or not, it's impossible to fact-check.

@S.A.White...

17 күн бұрын

Also they always want people to innovate which leads to a lot of really useless innovations. I once knew a guy who got promoted for designing a SharePoint site he hadn't finished even though we already HAD a SharePoint site. My bosses didn't care. They just wanted to show something to THEIR bosses to pretend they were accomplishing something.

@steverich136

9 күн бұрын

That’s when you know you are doing a nonessential task that will be the first thing cut in a down economy.

@Interdacted

8 күн бұрын

*Congratulations we were verified another year! Thank you, team members.* *Our scan scores are 99.69, three miscaned, 6 itms, non-conveyor able packages.* What I find annoying is like, when you're told not to clock out yet, so they can talk about work with you 'on the clock' then you can clock out. Like, I'm just here as a PH, why am I being held into a management meeting type vibe rn? It's like yeah, I do kinda wanna hear this, but I'm just done for the day and wanna go home and relax. And... it's literally like doing the same packages every day. So it does not feel like I'm doing anything besides a paradox. Doing the same thing everyday for no real reason. Not to mention apparently the morning shift, unpacks a trailer, to pack it into a new trailer. It really does feel we just not doing anything, and it is just rotating packages around the building. But good job on those scans team!

The reason why companies want to go back to the office is to justify the real estate costs of the properties they invested/rented in which is many times to please stakeholders. The fact my friend who works at a nonprofit...one that easily could cut down on costs by going fully remote...requires her to go to work 3 days a week now is ludicrous.

I liked Chelsea’s little song about PPP loan fraud 🤣😁

30 applications?!?!!? I wish. Try 450 since February 2023. I just got a TJO for a job with the IRS and the salary offer is less than I was making when I left corporate work 14 years ago.

@chelseashurmantine8153

21 күн бұрын

That’s only like 30 applications a month. Just apply 30 per day and I’m sure you’d have a job in two weeks…. Though with the average job offer taking 45 days from application to offer, idk anymore.

@TheElectricCamel

21 күн бұрын

Sorry to hear that

@ShaeDaily

21 күн бұрын

@@chelseashurmantine8153have you seen the application process these days, some take an hour. Some require you take test to apply. 30 a day is a lot and if she has kids and a partner is a lot. That’s no family time, cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry. Whew 😢

@ilta222

15 күн бұрын

@@chelseashurmantine8153 30 per day? lmao you're on one. is just not possible in this market. in most fields you need a cover letter to even get consideration, on top of re-entering everything that was on your resume, on top of completing the 'skill check/personality quizzes' most companies have you do now. most hiring professionals also say to tailor your resume to the job your applying to, so there's that as well. i'm not applying to jobs, but i am watching my husband apply to them, and he's lucky to apply for 3 on a good day. oh, and on top of that he has to complete personal projects and research technology to stay relevant. but yea, i'll tell him to try applying for 30 per day

I'm starting to feel like the narrative around college degrees not being useful in the workplace is just a diversion from the fact that companies refuse to invest anything in training these days. I'm a factory worker that works around engineers and they really just throw them into the fire no matter their age or experience level. There's no mentorship or training like in generations past. To me, this also plays into defunding education. If companies want to insist that college grads aren't worth hiring because of a lack of real world experience, that sounds like gaslighting and a way to divert attention from their own shortcomings in training. College grads complaining about the same thing are too young to know that companies should be the ones training them properly. However, none of this addresses the rise in tuition costs. I'm not sure how that fits into this. 🤔 Companies not paying us wages proportional to inflation of the last half century? 🤔

@Interdacted

8 күн бұрын

But those training videos taught us all we needed, right? Right....? Right Anakin....?

I read yesterday that job openings are currently at an all-time low over the last 3 years. Openings have dropped to 8.5 million jobs. That's nationwide.

My husband got laid off in Dec 2022 from a IT project manager job, he’s now a manger at Lowe’s and getting his masters degree and can’t seem to get any interviews back in his field. I work in clinical research at a large hospital and have been trying to get a promotion as I’ve been in this job for a while but after 3 interviews I can’t seem to secure one. Very frustrating time to be a worker!

@SurpriseMeJT

20 күн бұрын

Big mistake paying for a masters degree unless he's really trying to pivot away from his previous career.

@codyfernfan6274

15 күн бұрын

@@SurpriseMeJTshut up JT

@steverich136

9 күн бұрын

IT got outsourced to India eons ago. It’s the $16 dollar an hour mainstay of diploma-mills now. You can thank your government for incentivizing this with H1B visa’s to bring in low payed IT slaves as well. I remember IT being the happening career in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

The last 2 times I was looking for a new job in Tech I had to submit exactly 2437 online applications for the 1st job hunt in mid 2020 & 2788 applications on my 2nd job hunt in the beginning of the summer 2023. I had 47 interviews over the course of 3 months on the 1st job cycle and 23 interviews over 2 months in the 2nd job cycle. I got rejected from approx 50% of the interviews, 25% were out right scams, I didn’t hear back from 10%, and I was offered the job approx 5% of the time. Weirdly during both job cycles I had 2-3 jobs at one time to get by in California.

Tips would be better for drivers if the apps didn't also need a giant fee. I don't get any delivery at all because of the fees, it just doesn't make sense to order a $10 meal and pay $20 for fees and delivery. I don't understand why people use that service at all.

Graduating in 2020 was the worst thing that happened to me. It took me 1.5 years to finally get a "big girl" job and living with family didn't save me much because I had limited hours at multiple customer service job. And my parents claimed me as a dependent so I was unable to get the stimulus checks during the pandemic! However, I was able to redo my taxes and get the stimulus check money in 2022. What a mess 2020-2022 was. And indeed, we are still not recovered fully from the pandemic.

I was born In 2003, and im going to be 21 years old in July, less than 2 months ill be 21, so in gen z. I started working as SOON as I turned 18, and I’ve been extremely disappointed to discover the actual state of the country I live and now work in as an adult woman. I grew up with a lot of mental health issues, and my parents tried to help me through it by telling me high school is a very tough time for some people, but if I just get through it, EVERYTHING would be well then, worth it to hold and push through. The 2 years I was 18 and 19 years old where the worst years of my life. Learning to adult in this economy RUINED me, the stress was so instense and the depression from financial struggles, I’ve never been able to save up to afford a car yet, I was homeless at a point for a while. It was hell. And I can’t help but think THIS is what I help out for?? THIS is what I was supposed to look forward to after high school? It’s horrific. And our current school system is NOT preparing kids for the world that exists today, this isn’t the goddamn industrial age anymore. Edit: i also want to point out that because of my severe mental health issues, my parents didn’t allow me to get a job or learn to drive in high school, and I didn’t agree with it but before I turned 18 of course I had to obey that. So I really didn’t start working until I tuned 18, because I didn’t have a choice.

@abelmac777

13 күн бұрын

As a millennial, the previous generation set unreasonable expectations of reality in adulthood. Things logically would get significantly harder with job duties, family responsibilities, socialization and health considerations. Find your drive and passion and appreciate the opportunities you're been given

@celestialbunny

8 күн бұрын

oh my god! we are so similar. im the same age, bday also in july! for me though. i've never had a job 😭 at all. my dad would hold money over my head and wouldn't let me work. but now he doesn't care. but i can't seem to find a job anywhere that will work with a full time college schedule. the real world is so tough. idk how we gonna get through it 😭

I know many people say job loyalty is dead. But I truly feel job loyalty never really existed. I mean, if it did, unions would not exist. People have always been laid off, fired, and let go of. The only real difference is in the past people would try to get a job with a powerful company that had great retirement benefits. Like a pension after 20 years of service.

if employers care about hiring cost why not go back to the days of providing sufficient benifits like penaions and pay increases that people don't need to move jobs every couple of years just to get paid what they are worth

@AdrianCarroll-fj5ce

21 күн бұрын

Also train people. Stop expecting people to pay thousands for certifications to get a maybe in a dozen interviews.

@_nimrod92

16 күн бұрын

But what about the shareholders?

@arrtwo1375

14 күн бұрын

I don’t recall what the court case was, but back in the 1900s, a judge ruled that a companies leadership responsibility was to the shareholders not the employees. That set the precedent for profits at all costs, even at the expense of employee welfare.

@_nimrod92

14 күн бұрын

@@arrtwo1375 that makes sense but regardless of that court case one of a businesses biggest operating costs is its labor force which will absolutely will want to pay the less possible and get the most productivity out of.

@markigirl2757

11 күн бұрын

@@arrtwo1375let’s hope they overturn that ruling 😅

I am currently forced to take up a job paying less than half my last pay where I'm not only signing a 15 month commitment but also working 6 ten-hour days a week including weekends. It's horrible. And this company boasts of ethics and values for its customers.

@steverich136

9 күн бұрын

That’s always a red flag. “Because We Care About You” tm.

but why can you not use slang in an interview... gen z are "hard to work with" because they raise relevant questions about the necessity of so many office "norms" and how helpful they really are to accomplishing the goals of the company...

One of my friends got a job at Bath and Body works, had a few days, then got scheduled for one day for a whole month…and she is looking for a new job that has less standing due to her spinal condition. Another friend worked one day at a local cafe, was told they are having a hard time scheduling and had a lack of communication from them, then was let go entirely after about 2 months. Jobs don’t want people. They are over hiring or internally hiring. They are making ghost jobs and wasting time. There were never enough jobs because they had to have a homeless population to threaten us with. And now that more people are working multiple jobs to get by, and how many jobs are being replaced by tech, they can’t hire people. They won’t hire people. They don’t have jobs, much less fulfilling and useful jobs. We lost so many of those already when they put stuff abroad to abuse the lack of workers rights. So most of the jobs we have today don’t even help our society function. Tech wouldn’t be a problem if we had basic needs guarantees outside of work. It wouldn’t be a threat to our existence, it would be a tool to our liberation into more free time and less work. UGH! Fuck capitalism.

This is the motivation I needed to keep my freelance work. I have my full time job, then I have 3 freelance clients, which can be overwhelming at times. But this video gave me more clarity is I'd much rather be bogged down now with TOO much work/ money coming in to prepare for the bad times which inevitably come more throughly

Sometimes I feel FOMO scrolling on Instagram and wonder, if the economy is so bad, how is it that all these ppl have money to travel every month and buy luxury things and go out every weekend?

@superfacch

21 күн бұрын

They don't. They're probably in massive debt

@Patchouliprince

21 күн бұрын

@@superfacchor rich parents

@Draggonny

21 күн бұрын

A combination of factors. They've often got one or more traditional workers subsidising their lifestyle (mum & dad, partner etc.). They get sponsorship freebies. They trick people by buying boxes and bags for luxury brands on the second hand market plus they'll use knock-offs in the background of shots. They try to negotiate discounts for views and reviews. They literally get paid by average people in Patreon. The bigger you get, the less you actually have to pay for anything and the more freebies you're offered. And they write everything off on their taxes as a business expense. They can also avoid salary related taxes by paying themselves as a shareholder of the businesses instead of an employee.

@niebieskimotyl3308

21 күн бұрын

Also many just lie about their lifestyle

@LuckyGirISyndrome

21 күн бұрын

Delete Instagram. It’s the best thing I did for my mental health.

My husband and I are both affected by long-COVID and we are 27 and 30 years old. It took him a year of unemployment to find a remote job, and I am now facing repercussions at my job because I had to submit an ADA request to work from home - when they forced us back into office with 3 days of PTO per year. I've been looking for a remote job for an entire year now with no luck.

@warlordop713

12 күн бұрын

wtf is long Covid 😂 💀

@markigirl2757

11 күн бұрын

@@warlordop713they had Covid for a long time?

Hello, I was a restaurant employee when the pandemic hit and while the benefits were amazing once they decided they were going to tax us fully for them for 2021 it was a shock that I owed nearly 2k in taxes. That’s not much to some but I am not in a tax bracket that warrants that and if I didn’t have my KZread/content business to claim expenses on I would have had to pay $2k that I did not have. I wasn’t the only one and am just grateful I had help to ensure I wrote things off properly and still got a refund. Don’t see many people talking about how their decision to wave the taxes for 2020 but not 2021 really screwed with many people especially because we were still knee deep in the pandemic on a social level.

I was part of a massive layoff at a huge media conglomerate in early 2023, I spent the entirety of that year looking for a path back into the career of my dreams (the one I was just laid off from). I did actually manage to get a new job in my field (based more on my connections than straight applying), and then just this week my new company announced a huge round of layoffs. Thankfully I wasn't affected in that wave, but I'm terrified of having to face the job market yet again. And while I didn't lose my job, I already came on to this job with a salary below my actual value, and I was expecting to get a raise or promotion within the year, which is obviously not going to happen now. And to top it off, they discontinued our 401k match, so it's definitely a dire situation. It feels like there's no stability even though I did everything right

The unemployment rate is a lie. A lot of people give up after each crash. Compare it to the rate without a job. Not every SAHM is home by choice. Not every retirement is by choice, etc etc. Many people who aren't counted in the unemployment rate after x number of months are full of anger and sadness.

24:20 one thing I think is a smaller part of this point is tied to the theme of this whole essay is that gen z (and millennial, my group) workers and job hunters have an incredibly clear view of the shortcomings of employers and how blatantly manipulative the job market is. None of us want to treat bad actors in a predatory system with professionalism when they wont extend us that same basic requirement, and especially when none of them pay a living wage.

So, this professionalism pitch feels very double edged to me. Sure, fitting in with your older coworkers is a benefit. But we seem to be admitting that gen-z is bringing fresh ideas and energy to the office, why would we (as the person conducting the interview) let slang word usage (25:10) get counted as a negative if they're getting their points across? It sounds like we'd be missing out on good talent for some archaic definition of "professionalism"

@Fyndh3678

20 күн бұрын

To be honest, I’ve had to learn some vocabulary and old movie references to understand my older coworkers slang. They expect us to know all of their cultural references and weird bigoted jokes but God forbid we say “slay” in the break room. They can’t download a PDF but want us to be perfect little worker Barbie’s with no opinions 😂 like, ma’am…..if you can’t use adobe, don’t scold me for wearing comfy shoes in a business casual setting.

@codyfernfan6274

15 күн бұрын

@@Fyndh3678❤😂

Last year I applied to about 130 jobs. I had 7 interviews, 2 of them fully ghosted me even though it went well, and I ended one 90 seconds in because I caught them in a lie about the salary. I even had one that was set up for me to read the questions and then I had three minutes to record a video response. I got about four questions in before I couldn’t shake how insane of an approach that was, and used my next response to tell them as much.

@russianbot8576

17 күн бұрын

virtual interviews are garbage fam.

Exceptional video. The guests explained things very well, particularly the increasing gig economy.

@thefinancialdiet

22 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@codyfernfan6274

15 күн бұрын

I personally LOVED hearing from the Sparkdriver guy. I felt very seen as a gig worker since 2020

This is why I’m a happy and proud subscriber. I’ve been talking about this, particularly in Spain, for the last two years. And yet, everyone else is always gaslighting me. It’s also happening in the animal rights / plant based movement: we’re just simply not being paid enough, there have been lots of layoffs and brutal capitalism is taking over social movements too. As the owner of a small PR and comms agency, we’re struggling a lot. Thanks for always being so honest and validating our emotions, since no one else’s seems to be doing it.

My three favorite channels: The Financial Diet, Stock Brotha, & How Money Works. Make my week complete! 🔥 🔥 🔥

@07wrxtr1

21 күн бұрын

Add New Discourses to your list

@julianarodriguex899

21 күн бұрын

Stop spamming for those two last channels

@TheElectricCamel

21 күн бұрын

Not bad !! 😊

@hunterstem8793

21 күн бұрын

I like How Money Works but he’s a little too cynical in my opinion. But still solid👌

It should not be profitable for companies to do mass lay offs. It's so ridiculous as well, it only profits the shareholders. A lot of knowledge and a lot of skillsets are thrown away by companies all the time for short term shareholder promises.

It's not just the US, I'm in the UK and while I am currently working, I've been applying for jobs for the last couple of years and have only had 2 interviews in that time, for around 20 applications. I've had my CV checked and know I have a strong application and the right qualifications. It's just feeling increasingly hopeless.

The stripper index is how I watch the economy

@codyfernfan6274

15 күн бұрын

Where is that index found?

@Praisethesunson

9 күн бұрын

At your local gentlemen's club​@@codyfernfan6274

@kaeg.7800

8 күн бұрын

​@codyfernfan6274 your mom's house

@tac2oo7

2 күн бұрын

You can Google it. Summarized version is basically one of the more accurate measurements of the economy is how much strippers are being tipped at the time.

When they say there are a lot of jobs it's true when it comes to fast food, food service, or retail. But they don't pay a living wage. If those jobs paid decent it wouldn't be so bad. Working in fast food isn't the worst but not when you can't afford to live anywhere.

@Petey-se1lo

17 күн бұрын

And they act like people are asking for too much

@markigirl2757

11 күн бұрын

Yeah they hope they can push people to compete for jobs but most people don’t anymore. It’s gonna hurt the corporate world soon tho so we’ll just have to wait and see

It’s not just the pandemic that’s affected the job market. It gets overlooked that a lot of companies, Facebook for example, pre-pandemic were hiring tens of thousands of employees to appear like they were growing to drive up their share price. Those roles were never really tied to a viable profit producing project.

@Rob-me8vp

21 күн бұрын

How does increasing your expenses to hire people to sit around and do nothing drive up the stock price? Companies fire people to drive you the stock price.

@The111Primagen

18 күн бұрын

When interest rates were low, it was much easier to for companies to borrow money and hire speculatively. Facebook and other social media companies were facing the problem of not being able to grow at the same rate shareholders grew accustomed to, because they had already maximized their social media market share. To attract more capital, they had to expand their business into other markets they hadn't yet tapped into, hence, they rebranded to "Meta" and started investing in VR. This obviously would mean hiring huge amounts of people, but then the Metaverse tanked (and rightly so) and the economy as a whole slumped around the same time. Essentially, when the economy was hot, they had to hire to make it look like there was still room for growth at their company, but it was short-sighted management ("irrational exuberance"). It doesn't excuse any of their behavior, but it becomes pretty obvious when you analyze the behavior through game theory. They are in a position to game the job market, and most us down here in the trenches just aren't.

@Praisethesunson

9 күн бұрын

​@@Rob-me8vpIt's tech. They hire people/positions to claim the company is always on the cutting edge of whatever nonsense speculative capital wants to throw money at. Then fire all those people in mass to do stock buybacks. The circle of capitalism

I'm sitting here doing Uber Deliveries, thinking about my job hunt, and considering bankruptcy. I'm a single mom with a Master's degree and a full-time job. This is hard to watch 37:32

😂😂I died laughing when I saw the title of this video. I mean 😂 it’s the truth and you went there 😂

You may as well be talking about Germany as well. Everyone seems to be hiring. But when one tries to apply, my 10 years of experience isnt enough. My current job wants me to work in the work areas of 3 different types of jobs. I have tried to fulfill those requirements as much as I can to try and get a pay increase. I've gone 2 years without a raise. And I'm really struggling financially.

@annakuk3950

16 күн бұрын

German here! We are looking for people willing to work for our company ( finance, accounting, taxes) and it is nearly impossible, even though we have not bad salary and university degree is actually not required. The market is crazy, I got promotion for new job every two three days. So honestly, I really think it depends on area you are working for! And I am sorry to hear that, I really hope your economic situation will get better 🤗

@melissa.deklerk

16 күн бұрын

@@annakuk3950 I'm in marketing, and live in Wolfsburg, and it's absolutely dismal trying to find a job. Marketing they are cutting budgets all over the place to save money. Thank you. I'm trying to find jobs in other companies doing various other work. But I find one needs a qualification for everything. I'm close to just going to apply at a Lidl/Penny and sit at the Kasse. I won't get paid much but probably the hours are a tiny bit more flexible.

doordash driver here, if you put a tip in before you get the service it is not a tip it is a bid for a service contract. you are saying I will pay x dollars will anyone do this job for x dollars? usually x is 2 + tip if you want to do the math yourself.

@DainLaguna

21 күн бұрын

This is a great point, but only really applies to door dash, since Instacart and spark let you know up front which portion of the order your accepting was the pay for the order and what portion makes up the tip.

@reltcstone2

18 күн бұрын

thats full of shit. a tip is a tip, not a part of a bid. get over yourself.

As someone who worked for ten years without a degree, and now have one, it’s frustrating that the degree doesn’t guarantee a job but it’s also frustrating that people assume that means college isn’t worth it. Try living on $8 an hour. Just try. The system is fucked, yeah, but trying to survive without a degree is still worse. At least with the degree you have a shot at a livable wage. There are two real ways to escape poverty in this country: real property and education. The fact that college educated folks are taking “barista” jobs raises the expectation for the folks who would have previously been eligible for those jobs. Not the fault of the graduate who just needs to feed themselves, but it still impacts those without a degree more severely.

@Praisethesunson

9 күн бұрын

Unionizing with your fellow poors is how you escape. There is no individual way to break free from this system. You all rise together or just wait for your turn to fall alone.