Student debt is high, wages are low. Management is toxic and the chances of buying a home and having a family are increasingly out of reach… yeah I can’t figure out why no one wants to work anymore either.

@user-iu1mx8uz7v

Ай бұрын

Managment is toxic !

@lot2196

Ай бұрын

Not for me. Nor for my children.

@lonestarrk9308

Ай бұрын

As a man, good luck finding a woman that even wants to have kids. 80% of men are invisible to women. There’s no reason for men to try anymore. Just make enough to survive.

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

That’s a pretty pathetic mindset.

@muradshawar

Ай бұрын

Exactly now in order to survive you need two incomes that are above average and working together with your spouse and even then home ownership and family is barley doable . If you throw in god forbid any unforeseen things in to the picture your practically the walking dead.

"Why no one wants to work 80 hours for minimum wage pay"

@parler8698

Ай бұрын

Fixed it!!!

@user-cq9ph5pz1j

Ай бұрын

Funny how this comes from a guy that doesn't do an actual job. KZread personality is not a real job.

@Zer0BurnOver

Ай бұрын

“Why Americans who decide to get useless degrees or none at all don’t care much about work.”

@adammorra3813

Ай бұрын

@@Zer0BurnOver how is marketing a useless degree u tool

@user-bl6yi4rs3v

Ай бұрын

@@user-cq9ph5pz1j Exactly, this guy is a house cat

I don't mind working hard. I just need fair wages and to be treated with respect. That seems to be too much for most employers these days.

@carlostavaresjr958

Ай бұрын

Some Employers, not all, are stressed out as much as you keep things going.

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

Fair wages?! That’s up to YOU not your employer. If it’s not fair, then why agree and work there?!

@jacobramseyer5275

Ай бұрын

@@Fedgery007 I hear you it's definitely up to me but employers know the jobs are much harder to come by and there's always someone desperate enough to work for less than they're worth.

@sullathehutt7720

25 күн бұрын

​@@Fedgery007 Uhh because we don't want to be homeless and starve?? 🙄 Wtf kind of question is that? Are you slow bud?

@kaiung7542

24 күн бұрын

Lazy crybaby gen z wah wah

Not a lazy problem. A compensation problem.

@RR_85

Ай бұрын

So what you suggest. Pay top dollar for burger flipper?

@toddtheisen8386

Ай бұрын

@@RR_85 Pay enough for a domicile to live in, transportation to and from work, food and water and healthcare. Otherwise they will, you know, die. And then they will not make anyone any revenue.

@RR_85

Ай бұрын

@@toddtheisen8386 ​​⁠that's not an employers fault. Blame the government for that. A business needs to make enough revenue to be in business. Wait till robots hit the market, UBI will be your thing.

@sheldonhollis5258

Ай бұрын

Im ok with UBI ​@@RR_85

@kittysaywut

Ай бұрын

​@@RR_85 Well if you are paying the unlivable min wage, you would most likely only get druggies and spoiled kids (the parents applying for them), or convicts. So you get what you pay for.

40 years ago you could pay for college with a summer job. Now it costs 5-6 figures while home prices have 10x

@michaelcap9550

Ай бұрын

Thank Sleepy Joe.

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

Thoughts on why that is?!

@nczioox1116

Ай бұрын

@michaelcap9550 its been thay way for 20 years now...

@nczioox1116

Ай бұрын

@Fedgery007 colleges raised costs and corporations own about 50% of housing

@user-bl6yi4rs3v

Ай бұрын

@@Fedgery007 Communist government spending fiat printed money, derp

I’ve been working in corporate America going on 20 years now. I started back in 2004 and worked my way up the ranks starting at the boots on the ground customer service to where I’m at now as a VP role. The hustle is NOT worth it at all and recently after going through some mental instability caused by work, actually refocused myself for my life and family. I took on a new individual contributor management role with a very slight pay cut and it has been WONDERFUL. I am done with corporate america and now doing the bare minimum to make it by. I allowed them to steal too much of my mental and physical health. Since I took on my new outlook, I’ve lost 40lbs, spending more time with my family. I’m done with the toxicity and drama. Take your life back.

@wayne9287

15 күн бұрын

"I took on a new individual contributor management role with a very slight pay cut and it has been WONDERFUL." It seems it was more your problems than anyone else problems since YOU made the change. You can't expect to live your life without getting hurt at some point and that is what will make you change. Misery and sufferings is an important part to.

@WeWuzKangzNsheeet

14 күн бұрын

@@wayne9287 I absolutely agree, the toxicity did become my problem and I took action. Problem solved. I never expected to land in a job where in a span on one year, 6 people had heart attacks, two were admitted to a hospital due to a mental breakdown and well, you get the point. Unfortunately, the problem of the business affects the employees. But in a great spot now and instead of making 190k l, I’m making 160k and as happy as a clam. :)

20 years ago, I had a less-than 5 year old, 2 bedroom, 2 bath townhouse that I shared with a roommate. It cost $400 a month, so my part was $200 a month. I was able to afford this making $6.30 an hour. I just looked up the Zillow rent estimate and the same property is renting for $2,400. Gen Z isn't the issue; Gen Z hasn't been given a fair chance.

@fml5910

Ай бұрын

Not only that but a lot of baby boomers are taking a huge kick in the ass too. That's why a lot of them can no longer retire comfortably at 65 no more. Many are still working full, or part time after age 65 to supplement they're small amount of social security they get, and many of them aren't getting a pension AKA free money.Also they have higher taxes to pay sales, real estate, higher insurance premiums.

@muradshawar

Ай бұрын

@@fml5910 I dont feel bad for boomers . They had ample money and time and a booming economy to make it happen . I dont feel for a bunch of ignorant generation who didnt save or invest any money for 40 years . Give me a break lol.

@user-bl6yi4rs3v

10 күн бұрын

you can thank your communist government that prints fiat currency and debases your purchasing power while bailing out banks and corpos.

@kevindahlenburg6014

4 күн бұрын

You will own nothing and you will eat the bugs and you will be happy….. this is the leftist and democrat plan all along and people are discovering that they are being swept up in it.

I think Covid showed everybody that neither your employer nor the government is going to save you in an actual crisis. Lots of people lost jobs, health insurance, homes, family members, etc and a lot of them have still not recovered. They lost faith in the system, so they are taking a real look at what’s important, and it’s not your bosses bottom line. I’m 39 and I’m setting myself up to retire by 45.

@Eric_Bassett

Ай бұрын

You’d have to have an astronomical amount of money or a very minimal lifestyle to retire at 45.

@lonestarrk9308

Ай бұрын

@@Eric_Bassett minimal lifestyle, VA disability and my wife enjoys her work. I’ll still make money. I just won’t be required to work for anybody else.

@user-bl6yi4rs3v

Ай бұрын

@@Eric_Bassett I dont think you understand, younger people are prepared to do ANYTHING but be a wage slave, that includes violence

@lonestarrk9308

Ай бұрын

@@user-bl6yi4rs3v Everybody is a wage slave whether the wage is paid in cash or blueberries.

@cutehumor

Ай бұрын

@@Eric_Bassett slavery never went away in the usa. the wage slave to corporate america replaced it

Some of this comes from people like myself that gave 110% to my previous employer where I worked extra hours (on salary no additional pay), streamlined 2 verticals in the company making them more efficient, increased productivity more than double, and then once everything was running smoothly they fire me and replace my position with 2 lower paid managers. There is no loyalty and lots of backstabbing in corporate life. We just want respect and to be valued, not used. This disgrace has paradigm shifted our priorities.

@JUNKJACKZACK

11 күн бұрын

This happened to me as well.

Hustling for an employer is a losing proposition, there will always be someone outhustling you, or a boss' family member taking the carrot away from you. On the other hand, hustle for your own projects or company, then you will enjoy the fruits of your labor. Better yet if you use the knowledge you gain from your employer and apply it in your own company.

@WeWuzKangzNsheeet

Ай бұрын

EXACTLY! As always and lately, Ken misses the point b/c he is so out of touch with reality.

No, Americans care very much about work. You can't convince me we are lazy, that's simply not true. We are exhausted by the imbalance of effort to return. What we get for the effort isn't worth it any longer. It's more practical to just give up and accept a life of minimalism rather than kill yourself for an ever decreasing payback. The world refuses give back in nearly every way. The average person isn't able to compete against these monumental power structures, so why even bother? Highly educated professionals are overwhelmed by student debt, unskilled workers aren't offered more than bread and coffee, entrepreneurs have every extra penny siphoned by the government and skilled labor cannibalizes itself. So whats the point? Seriously, why even try?

@Ladyblogtest

Ай бұрын

I feel you.

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

That’s a pretty pathetic mindset.

@Zer0BurnOver

Ай бұрын

Why try???! Because your life is a miracle to be even here at this atom of a moment in time. We are living, breathing and lucky!!! Sheesh. What a horrible mindset you have.

@Tony-so1zl

Ай бұрын

@@Fedgery007it’s about balance. If you’re a slave to your job then I would call you pathetic. You still gotta try hard though

@dougxvale

Ай бұрын

Ghost jobs should be illegal

People do want to work, they just want to work for ample pay and be appreciated for their contributions

Work is no longer logical.

Why no one wants be exploited is a better title people always work 🙄

Yeah, I like being told "just work more"..... when you are already are....

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

Maybe learn some new skills?!

@99eewing

Ай бұрын

Ramsey & Co are all out of touch boomers

@Zer0BurnOver

Ай бұрын

They are realists. Those who are out of touch are the ones struggling because they view their lives as a victim to it. Live on less than you make. Get a job that actually adds value or is in demand. Learn something new. Get better. No one cares. Work harder.

@99eewing

Ай бұрын

@@Zer0BurnOver ha ha ha You hustle to keep up with inflation, me? Well it's damn near criminal how much more one makes as a gov't contractor vs a regular civvie slave. Not to mention most asylum seekers are making more than you post-tax.

My Dad had 1 job working for Caterpillar in Joliet Illinois when i grew up. He worked midnights for 28 years. He worked some overtime but not much. We had everything, nice home, nice cars, good food, beautiful community which he was involved in. He came to all my school events and.had.a very good life. My grandfather worked 1 job at Commonwealth Edison he was the same. Great pay, great retirement, great life. Now in 2024 the Caterpillar plant is gone, the Com-Ed plant is gone and a whole lot more is histoey What they were earning in 1990 is about what i make today! Im not working 80 hour weeks because i refuse! I am going fishing with my kids, i am takiing my wife out for dinner, i am going camping with my family. Money means less to me as i age and im 52!

@Eric_Bassett

Ай бұрын

You nailed it right on the head, high quality jobs have been replaced by strip malls filled with minimum wage paying storefronts. Working insane hours has become the norm, 2 jobs has become the norm. People are burnt out. Most jobs don’t even offer sick pay anymore. Then simultaneously things have gotten so much more expensive. A single level ranch house in Joliet IL can run you more than 300k these days. Then we are not teaching kids how to be smart with money in school. Most of those kids have parents that are terrible with money.. we are on a bad trajectory.

@mattd.4133

Ай бұрын

@@Eric_Bassett yeah I grew up in Bonfield southeast 30 miles of Joliet and it was affordable up till around 2000 or so. Now a normal house is minimum $250,000.

@mattd.4133

Ай бұрын

@@fml5910 yeah he actually retired at 51. Then he went and worked part-time at a hotel doing maintenance work for 10 years and at 61 he traveled the United States until my mom's knees finally gave out. Now they don't do much. That's called a good life. We will never have those opportunities, at least not for working somewhere for extended time.

@mattd.4133

Ай бұрын

@@fml5910 My grandpa that worked at Commonwealth Edison gets pay raises on his $4200/month pension still today and he's 93 and been retired for 35 years. My other grandpa worked for the railroad for 40 years and his pension when he died was more than his last paychecks were. Lol

@fml5910

Ай бұрын

@@mattd.4133 You're right we will never have those opportunities, unless maybe if you have immediate family working at one of these well paying companies, or you're black, hispanic, asian or a woman. I hate all those bull shit requirements, and nepotism makes it a stacked deck against us.

I am 25, I am 80k in debt for student loans and make 19 an hour with no overtime. My loans ask for 800-900 a month depending on variable rates. I won’t be able to buy a house until I get a higher salary. I choose jobs for higher salary not for the love of the job. I’m in survival mode right now

@Yygsqc

Ай бұрын

What is your major?

@sharinaross1865

22 күн бұрын

What was your degree in?

Pay people enough to live a good life, have them working less hours per week so they can enjoy said lives and make sure your work environment isn’t a toxic hellscape. Do that and you’ll have a workforce full of people who love their jobs and are eager to provide value. You’ll also have a line around the block of people wanting to work for you.

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

Yeah right.

@rhaltunen

Ай бұрын

My girlfriend feels the same way. I told her to go buy the local snack store that’s for sale and pay her employees $50/hr plus benefits so they can have the great life she talks about. She soon realized things don’t really work that way…

Be sure to work hard folks. Your boss needs his bonus and don’t forget to tip your landlord.

I agree. America is suffering with employment because most jobs are soulless today and people want more from a job than just money. Only a few people in companies get enjoyment from their jobs. And it’s usually the specialized people and high ups who are the ones being energized what they do. For most of us, jobs take the life out of us which ends up effecting our personal and family lives. But the problems is most people need to take jobs that pay a decent living even though the job is terrible so they can afford to live today and feed their family.

@Eric_Bassett

Ай бұрын

Bingo!

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

People are free to choose.

@mecanuktutorials6476

Ай бұрын

Wonderfully expressed. The people energized by their jobs also compound the problem when they want you to work as hard as they do when they aren’t offering you any real incentive to do so. Just a promotion that offers more responsibility but no financial incentive.

Work hard and work honest, but don’t work your life away.

@fml5910

Ай бұрын

Work hard and work honest, so your lazy coworkers don't have to and they still have a job, and get a free welfare I mean paycheck. And the owner's get richer.

I think you're the only one that gets this Ken. I am not afraid of work. I am not some snowflake because I want remote work, or hybrid flexibility that lets me have time with family. I run a farm that grosses around 40k which is just in its early stages, I'm an EMT and a Firefighter, I'm also a software engineer, and I have a blacksmithing small business. A good chunk of my generation is not lazy, we just prioritize things differently. To many of us family life is very important. Thus instead of work always being number 1, sometimes family is number 1, and that flip flops sometimes. Companies that refuse to accept this will not grow. Plus add in the astronomical housing prices. Housing prices are not within reach for the median American. Why would they work all day long, always put work #1, sacrifice family time, etc when the reward at the end of the rainbow is nonexistent. What are they working for? I'm blessed to have bought a home before the prices went nuts when I was in my early 20s. That's out of reach now for most.

@mecanuktutorials6476

Ай бұрын

How on Earth are you doing 4-5 different jobs, all completely different fields?

Peak boomer

@WeWuzKangzNsheeet

Ай бұрын

Exactly. Ken, once again, missing the point and absolutely out of touch

I think there's a genuine hatred and distrust of companies like Tesla who has their employees move 1500 mi just to lay them off or fire them. what 20,000 people now.

@Zer0BurnOver

Ай бұрын

You’re not a victim to a company who makes decisions for the best of this company. Every time you choose to work with someone it is a risk for both the employer and the employee. These people chose to move. No one’s job is ever guaranteed tomorrow. Work as if you could lose it today.

@BasicBeachCommunity1

Ай бұрын

@@Zer0BurnOver cool story

My motivation to work was always responsibilities. Having a wife and daughter to feed, mortgage to pay, a loan on a Honda Accord. In 2024, housing is out of reach. New cars average $45,000. People aren’t forming solid relationships and marrying. Children are mostly born out of wedlock, creating acrimony instead of family, and opioid overdoses are epidemic. People don’t want to work because they’re suffering from hopelessness and despair. When I got my first good job at $15 an hour, I had a $540 one bedroom apartment and paid $300 on a 3 year old Accord. These people are still making $15 an hour but the cost of everything is 2-3x what it was in 1998. Why be diligent about your work when all you can do is exist?

We are working too many hours for less pay and the toxicity,inequality,racism,sexism etc in these workplaces places are many factors adding to the reason why people don't want to work for people or with people.

It's not just that they want more "flexibility' or more "time with family". They also want MORE MONEY while at the same time having more flexibility and time with family. Because it's not really great to be hanging out with your family if you don't have all the money to keep "the bills" taken care of AND have even more money left over...to do DO STUFF with your family. Essentially.....all that money going to to the top.... we want a bigger slice of that. A MUCH bigger slice. I think we should re-do the rules of business. Instead of companies having a legal obligation to only look out for shareholders...it should be split. The "workers" should be automatically looked at as a 50% "owner". Or at least...they get 50% of the profit in profit sharing. If there's a million dollars left over in profit after all the bills are paid at the end of the quarter... $500k goes to the shareholders and $500k to the workers. That's how it should be.

As a Gen Xer, it’s not that I don’t want to work. I am in a position I was hired to do one thing perfectly. Now I have 5 different sub specialties I need to know and well without a pay bump in knowing any of this. It is exhausting.

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

So leave and go make more money?!

“Change your lifestyle to match working part time.” This is my goal. My wife and I are on baby step 3. I want to save up enough to buy a cabin in the woods and live off of my VA disability. I just have to get the wife on board. This is no longer the country I swore an oath to.

I am not gen z, but I too, like many many others are sick of doing the job of 4 people so that CEOs and senior leaders can own three lake homes!

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

Quit and go work somewhere else that pays more?!

@bettysmith4527

Ай бұрын

@@Fedgery007 It's the same at EVERY hospital, and as my post said it's about doing the job of four people and the stress that goes along with it, not the pay. CEO and higher ups making 1-5 million a year while claiming they cannot afford to adequately staff!! It's unreal, PLEASE DO NOT DONATE MONEY TO ANY HOSPITALS BECAUSE YOU ARE ONLY ENABLING THE CEOS AND LEADERSHIP TO LINE THEIR POCKETS MORE!! I already got a good amount of my co workers to stop donating!

I don’t understand why young people are considered lazy; they are the people who suffer the most from this economy! Imagine being force fed college all their lives and get in debt and start their careers at 24 just to enter an economy where everything is more expensive, buying a house will never happen, and they are barely getting paid more than a 16 year old McDonald’s worker ($20 h/r minimum wage!!!!) and they are entering a job market where AI will soon replace a lot of those jobs. can you really blame them for being a little nihilistic? “Oh well when I was their age I was scrubbing tables just for a dollar an hour” Oh no what happened after that John? Did you buy a house? Did you buy a car and partake in a post WW2 booming economy??

God, why are these people given platforms. Why?? All these articles and research suggesting the exact opposite of what this guy is saying and hes spitting the same old boomer logic that he grew up on.

Everyone should find their real worth. Work for yourself. It’s an eye opener.

Why even bother when things just seem unattainable. In my city of Perth Western Australia the prices of apartments and houses have gone up by 15% or so in the last year, 32% in some suburbs. There's no way wage's could go up by the same in that same time period. Perth isn't even a world famous destination. I don't even want a massive house and a luxurious lifestyle. Just an average 2 or 3 room apartment to call my own. My annual income of about $70000 can't get that. 27 years old and still need 3 roommates. I could probably dedicate myself to working hard to earn closer to $100,000, but really just why. I don't live to work. I don't live to spend my entire existence in servitude to any organisation. It is a miserable life to make a career the number 1 thing to live for.

@kevindahlenburg6014

4 күн бұрын

Leftist ideologies put into practice over the decades. The end game is that you will own nothing and you will eat the bugs and you will be happy.

I’m thinking about quitting truck driving. I’m an OTR driver. I’m out for 2 weeks at a time and only get 3 days off. I work about 12-13 hours per day. Then after tax I only take home about $800 per week. If I worked that many hours at my last job I’d make double that. Living in a truck for weeks without a shower or warm meal for that pay is disgusting. If anyone was thinking about trucking, don’t do it. At least not for the big companies.

“Wages are growing at the same pace after inflation.” Once again Ken drinks the koolaid. No they’re not Ken.

I have always worked hard. Early on I realized that my hard work was better off on my dime and not just my current employer. The concept of leader and team and happy employee is often just filler for a company brochure. I love my work and wake up every day with a smile as a sole proprietor.

When even the good "careers" salaries are not getting people by, the wages are not keeping up with inflation. infact the whole "we gotta raise interest rates" was said by the gov to intentionally keep the wages low. The lack of motivation to work harder when your dollars are losing purchasing power directly correlates with that drive of what kinds of jobs people are willing to take on and how much they will be paid for those jobs. If NONE of the good or even bad jobs can afford you a place to live and a future, then of course people are going to realize the work is not "worth" their time and effort putting into because the inflation is keeping things unaffordable. People need hope that their work will give them a future and no one in the mid-middle class and lower class is seeing that. I do think that there might be a way to escape it but no one is gonna like the options: start your own business and move to a country that has affordable cost of living to match the value of the work being offered. If you can make american dollars remotely and live in mexico or somewhere cheaper, then those american dollars will go a LOOOONG ways there than in the US. But the catch 22 is that you will destroy those nations you do live in by raising their cost of living because you are flooding the market. This is like what happened in some video games where hackers found a way for infinite money glitch. They flooded the market with the fake gold and the price of everything skyrocketed. it took people to stop the hackers to stop the inflation of prices but still, the prices took forever for the local in game market to recover and it still never went back to being the same as before. Only the early adopters won in that market and bought the resources cheaper and could resell and make thousands/millions off of the assets they acquired. Everyone else had to save for looooong periods of time or get lucky finding rare hard to find items to even get some of the basic market stuff. We are heading towards that scenario and already in the middle of it.

I remember when Dave Ramsey used to rant about millenials. Now it's fashionable to rant about gen z. lol

To me it feels like a lot of the job openings are there for entry/lower level, but at what I see as the mid-tier (75K-150K) and high tier 150K+ those jobs are very competitive to get with tons of applicants. Also companies have been so focused on raising the pay and benefits of the lower tier that mid-tier is being forgotten.

@subjecttochrist

Ай бұрын

That’s how it’s always been lol

American companies fires their stuff in an instance. They do not deserve employees loyalty

I hear this at my rural job. They complain that nobody wants to work, but the owner rents out apartments at a higher cost than the wages they pay

I worked for 38 years, I had enough.

The people with easy office jobs that barely do any work and make bank are always the ones that scream the "no one wants to work" line the most and loudest

I think one of the major problems is that people’s expectations and perspectives have changed drastically. Back in the 1950’s, people wanted a simple life and car, and a modest 1000 square foot home. Those 1000 square foot homes still exist, but now everyone wants the 2500 square foot McMansion, and don’t even get me started on eating out, subscriptions, automobile debt, etc.

@friday2877

Ай бұрын

That option from the 50s really isn't comparable or available today. Where is anyone building new

@CJ-re7bx

Ай бұрын

@@friday2877 Idk, I bought one of those 1000 square foot houses in a "decaying" neighborhood, and I am going to use it to build equity so that I can get a home that fits my life better in the future. Sometimes you just need to outsmart the problem, or make sacrifices to overcome a problem.

@mattd.4133

Ай бұрын

@@friday2877 I did the same thing. Bought and old 900 square foot house for me and my wife in Flora IL to reset our lives. I started driving a truck and the company wouldn't move my home base here amd I had to commute an hour. Well I have a skill now so I told them to piss up a rope amd now I haul concrete for a local company. Home every night, 1 mile from home! Good money too. Still in our little house all fixed up and now I bought the lots next to me so we have 1/2 acre and we bought house across the street amd tore it down. Big garden over there! So you are correct, it can be done.

There is a difference between "Hustling and Slave Driving"? - One of these leads to poor health and quick death. 🤔🤔🤔

What I have noticed is there is a huge number of people who don’t work or work small jobs because their parents support them. The parents either let them live in the basement for free or the parents pay for their rent/mortgage. I know of several 30-somethings who have never worked or only worked part time because their parents support them. I am a boomer and know of nobody my age who while in their 30s lived with their parents and didn’t work. The only way that was acceptable is if the adult child was sick, in an accident, in college or was taking care of a dying relative. Now you have healthy, intelligent 30 year olds who just see no need to work as long as mom and dad support them.

Hard work and "hustle" culture doesn't guarantee a company's loyalty. If foreign labor is cheaper, they will outsource or bring in H-1B/H-4. At the end of the day, you are a figure on a spreadsheet, easily replaceable. However, to find the next gig, initiative to learn new skills is the key. Working with outdated systems at a large corporation can kill a career if layoffs happen. No matter how hard you work, without up-skilling, you could be in trouble. At the end of the day, a company views you as just a number on a spreadsheet.

Thanks for the video! I think the difference between LT's comment about hustle vs. a job is that sports is based solely on Merit - if you work harder and you win you get tangible benefits. For work, if you're a salaried employee your hard work may or may not pay off depending on your employer/boss, the trajectory of the company, etc. It also depends on the work you prioritize - are you prioritizing the work that "has to get done" or the work that gives you more visibility? As companies get larger, identifying and prioritizing the tasks that give visibility can get you further than actually working harder. Stepping in and adding value when it matters most to your leadership can go a long way. Have a great day!

I work remote and just work longer hours. I used the remote work option to start another company with a friend as a side hustle. If I had to be in the office I couldn’t make that work.

For years folks quoted "supply and demand" when asked why workers make what they make. It seemed to be fine as long as the rule worked in the interests of the business. I don't support minimum wages, but I do support workers finding their own way, such as starting their own businesses if the market can't or won't afford their labor

I'm favoured, Getting my own Truck has always been my Dream for my business. I just acquired 2 recently, earning $32K weekly has been really helpful. I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support Charity Organizations. I really appreciate your videos Ken

The fact that he said there are more jobs than people wanting to work is not true. I have applied to over 100 jobs looking for my career change and have not gotten 1 phone call.

We are too focused on competition and less focused on respect and cooperation.

My soon to be Gen Z high school senior wants to be a teacher. She's being offered full rides to college because of this, even with average grades. She's talented in the arts so I am trying to persuade her toward graphic arts but she's watching the economy headlines and thinks she has a better shot at job security with decent pay if she becomes a special needs teacher. Her brothers are autistic so I am not surprised at her choice at all. I was surprised by her reasoning and realizing just how mature she is for 17.

I will hustle 10x more than an NFL player when my employer offers me a 5 million dollar yearly contract and millions of people want my autograph for my labor. Until then, kick rocks, employers...

If someone actually shows up everyday, on time looking somewhat professional to work they are already ahead of the majority.

"Correction: no one wants to work FOR YOU anymore." -Homer Simpson

For me it isn't that I want more time for X, Y, or Z as much as I believe the combination of good management and a good company are about as rare as throwing a spear over a lake and catching a fish. If I do more I basically begin the sequence of leaving wherever I am and I'm tired of job hopping.

The hard cold truth is.. working people are being priced out. You can’t have everything getting more and more expensive overtime without wages properly following suit. Why are Walmart employees on food stamps ?

My gen z 21yo has been working part time while going to college (electrical engineering) since he was 18. But I have to add all we are entrepreneurs and all my kids have that hustle mind since they were little..

Spoken like a business owner where hustle gets growth of profits. If an employee hustles they get a thank you and a 3-5% raise that doesn’t even keep up with inflation. If they put in average effort they get 2-3%. Meanwhile the CEO of Boeing literally made neglect choices that killed hundreds of people and walked away with $30 million. Work has become a transaction you need a job done. I know how to do it. I need money and you have money to give me. As I get more experience, I’ll find another employer who needs something more complicated done who has more money to pay me. You don’t have people working 50 years at the same company working for a pension , a watch celebrating retirement and career advancement. As a sidenote longer hours does not mean harder working. As a millennial, I can be twice as productive as my boomer boss just because I can navigate a computer quicker.

I'm torn between working 32 hours a week or 40 hours a week. Right now I'm in training so I'm working closer to 24 and I have to tell you it's a game changer as far as enjoying life more, That's my perspective at least

Truth

It's true about "We want options". I'd probably clock an extra 3-4h a week of my own volition and free will, if these set-in-stone schedules were opened and allow me to log in say sunday evening when I have nothing to do, and I could give a hand to the ppl there (Sunday evening shift is always short staffed). But it's either I change my schedule to work the full 8/10hrs on sunday or they dont want to hear any of it. I'm like, you need the manpower... But you're being picky about it? well... okay then... sc**w you then. Like, wtf.

I have to trade stock to keep up with costs and im a mid-level career person. I also dont spend except food and housing so ya work is dead

Ah, Ken Coleman, the ultimate Dave Ramsey cultist

My job doesn’t allow overtime without getting written up. So it’s not always about what we want to do at work.

Every generation says the generation before them doesn't like to work. Somehow American productivity and GDP is at an all-time high.

People are tired of being exploited. Pay me with money that isn't worth 1/3 of what it was 30 years ago. People are tired of taking wage cuts because of excessive inflation. Thanks to the internet people are figuring this out.

Inwrote a book and got fired for it. Why would i ever devote my life to an employer ever again?

Commenting on the video for the algorithm

"Why No One Wants to Work" Also the job market: "We're not hiring, even if you got experience"

You know it's funny I feel like I got lucky I started my job when I did at the age I did well my current job at 30 and it's interesting because I was given the chance to find my pace and me and my job to both get used to each other and being 36 my job now feels as natural as brushing my teeth in the morning and I feel like if I had been any younger and started any later I don't know if I could say I would have been able to find my place with my job.

I wouldn’t go so far as to say no one wants to work - I think it’s more of people are fed up with being forced to work harder without seeing their lives improving at all (personal debt going down, bank account balance going up, etc.)

Hey Ken what about the violence in chicago?

ken always makes sense- forcing you to face your own logic

Get better for yourself so you can leave crap, or low paying jobs.

@Fedgery007

Ай бұрын

Yep. People are lazy and don’t want to learn new skills.

In my 43 years in the work force I saw a lot of changes, none for the good What started out as I gave them work they gave me money morphed into a war between blue and white collar where the blue collar usually was really screwed by white collar And there was a low intensity conflict between blue collar. in fact that was the worst where people u worked with for decades would sell u out to mgt if they thought it would get them something I'm retired 2 years now and really pity the young people entering the work force NO ONE IS YOUR FRIEND AT WORK

False news “the unemployment rate is low”. Wages are stagnant. Cut taxes

And these the same mofos that still want everyone to commute to work.

Undoubtedly, frustrating and demanding work environments can take their toll.

I think we are in need of transitioning to self-employed skilled labors again. Leave the corporate conglomerates to run the cell phones, gas, electricity, blah blah blah. But hvac, plumbing, and electritions are skills that people are avoiding now. I went self employed 2 years ago and I immediately saw the writing on the wall.. truly, if you ever want to make real money in life, you need to be self-employed and build a business. Is it easy? No. Does it take sacrifices? More and more every day.. Is it worth it? Every day i wake up i never regret my decisions that led me to where i am now.

Retired guy here good pension im 55 yrs old work PT wknd security job 12 hours sat.sun 7a7p. Younger workers dont want work weekends 😂 ( so sec. Company pay me more $ ) wknd coverage

Gen Alpha is turning this around. I notice they work!!

I'm a believer of smart work, not hard work. Find ways to leverage your time to earn the most money and learn new skills. Extra hours don't lead to anything if you aren't in the right role. Thus, a small business owner will see immense change with extra hours, but a low-level office or warehouse worker will just be getting more work and see no change.

six figures could not keep me working for inept organizations. family, friends, sons, and its every man for himself. gave two weeks notice the second week. Papa dont take no mess. they played themselves too.

There are a lot of things to consider here. Companies go through lay off after lay off to keep their shareholders happy. It's basically "Fuck the common worker. They are a cost." This shirt started in in the 70s-80s when company funded pensions died out. Then everyone got free cash basically during covid and people woke tf up and thought "wait...why are these few making millions/billions while I'm barely able to make rent?

The past is in the past. 10 years from now america will be so much different as it will be in several weeks. The stick and carrot philosophy doesn't work like it use to. The difference between an entrepreneur and the safety worker is the entrepreneur takes a risk and either earns the reward or fails but the safety worker just follows the dotted line expecting things will just be great while complaining about their wage. If you're confident in a skill that earns money then take the risk.

@ecole146

Ай бұрын

You have a sound argument on paper, but the problem is, you have to have workers to run any business. Not everyone can be an entrepreneur, or else we'd all be bartering on the street corner. When regular workers don't feel like they're getting a fair deal, the whole thing starts to fall apart. For the past several generations, any skilled worker in the US could afford a house and live a decent lifestyle, but those days appear to be fleeting. With housing costs more than doubling in the last 10 years, it's getting harder and harder for the average person to afford a decent lifestyle. Many are simply giving up, choosing not to play the game they think they can't win.

@mikeyg1776

Ай бұрын

@@ecole146 I see what you're saying and agree it's not an easy task but with the right skills it can be accomplished. I'm going through the skill phase now (had a business for 2 years) but realized more needs to be learned to go full out. The problem really is work places only providing limited information and low pay that hinders professional growth leaving workers dependant on working for someone else

Yeah let me get multiple degrees and work 50+ hours to make a wage that'll never let me breathe or buy a house.... I wonder why nobody is signing up for that anymore?

180 a month. 45 a week. Its brutal. I'm not complaining but I wouldn't wish this much work on anyone. Especially after a few years of it.

@TheWoodButcher86

Ай бұрын

Try 80+ a week

I make more as a Flooring Subcontractor (per hour regardless of the OT I get) than my friends who have Masters degrees in Biology and Computer Science. Meanwhile CEO income/care packages are (on average) 350x that of their median salaryholder. Stfu

Scooby-Doo mystery boomer can't solve.

Work and stave or just stave choose one😂

@Nick84525

23 күн бұрын

I RATHER HAVE A WORK LIFE BALANCE ALRIGHT FUCK 40 HOURS AND WORKING 5 DAYS EVERY FUCKING WEEKS

Why would people want to work when they were labeled as "non-essential"

You can't work your way to the american dream you have to think out side the box

Why does noone want to pay anymore

Blame social media and “influencers “ and those fake “get rich fast gurus”

I think he’s out of touch with reality

People saw loved ones die, freedoms taken away, huge changes in the way things are. And massive Gov. intervention and welfare. It use to be "I need to bust my but and work harder to provide a better life for my family.". now people see what is important and how to provide a "better life" for our family with out the sacrifice at work. The sense that we wont starve. The Gov. will help us. Combined with the fact that companies are hurting and working harder does not get recognized. no raise, no promotion. so why bust your butt anymore. Also I believe the reason most immigrant workers work much harder is because they grew up with out that welfare safety net. The mentality of working hard is the only thing I can do to survive and thrive has been lost with over use of U.S. Gov. Welfare. Welfare has its place and use. But in the U.S. it is far over used. The pandemic just highlighted that.