having a college degree then vs. now

[@lucaspayne2546]

Most employers won't even have the courtesy to shoot you these days

[@theemperormoth5089]

"Manager! Do you not comprehend the value of the bullet in your barrel?"

[@JBBell]

My last rejection they were going to shoot me but I would have had to pay for the cartridges. I'm broke so I had to walk out of there alive and humiliated.

[@en_vy]

Yeah the consumer kindly does it to them instead

[@deathwings51]

​@@en_vy Only the CEOs though. Atleast for now

[@feodorfiorina7835]

​@@JBBellBack in the days the invoice was sent to the relatives. The world has become a dank, bleak place.

[@mantic5423]

Unrealistic. The employer actually responded to the person asking for a job

[@SuperSox97]

Nah, that wasn't the employer; it was the employer's robot. That's plenty realistic.

[@2stoves1]

I get where the meme comes from, but education is still the best pathway to upward mobility. That or have seed money already to start your pwn business and be lucky.

[@8xottox8]

​@@2stoves1 That's always been connections, and still is. Education is maybe third best, after money, which incudentally also basically guarantees the third.

[@2stoves1]

@8xottox8 Connections matter a lot, yes. However, that isn't a realistic option for most people and education is. Also, connections still matter with education. The real issue with education these days is the approach taken to it by many college students.

[@zakiahmed6655]

@@2stoves1 what approaches do students take to education? Also do you mean connections as in business connections? Or networking

[@Some_guy_with_a_beard]

My father graduated with a Bachelor's on the 60s. He said he received a list of companies that were hiring for his field. This list included the position and salary the employer was willing to pay. He said it was as easy as calling them up, a short interview and he quickly had an offer. When he didn't like one, he just quit and went down the list to the next job. That's what it used to be like for baby boomers

[@czwarty7878]

yeah but he needed to give the boss a strong firm handshake first so it wasn't all easy like you kids have it now

[@Lees_Automotive_36972]

The only thing that was different at that time was just the wages… But things were cheaper back then and America wasn’t so much in debt

[@erikkeever3504]

[inhale] [whiny voice] Why doesn't _anyone_ want to _work_ these days?

[@GTRMclaren722]

Then women joined the workforce

[@lisa2000geese]

It reminds me of the movie Working Girl from the 80s. At the beginning she keeps quitting jobs and a woman in a placement agency just finds her a new job in no time flat

[@Dywindel]

"Sorry, we're only looking to hire people who already have this position."

[@qoph1988]

"Which right now that's my nephew Jonah, and also this random lady with a big nose ring. Her name is Tyeesha. I hired her so I can't get sued for only giving jobs to my family members"

[@jack21222]

I'm running into this. a lot. I am casually looking to move to a director position after years of experience at the mid-senior level. Every job posting is looking for people who have 10+ years, not only of being a director-level, but in their specific domain as well. (As an ops researcher, I specialize in the math, and can apply it to multiple domains)

[@kevinslater4126]

I applied for a job doing exactly what I was doing and was told I didn't have the experience necessary to do the job I was currently doing at my other job.

[@paigekyllonen6613]

Best one 😂

[@Shaes_Projects]

@@jack21222It’s the exact same thing in law and it’s frustrating. I’m a paralegal graduate with a couple years of interning, out of college work, and some previous experience in another field. Not only do they want you to have substantial paralegal experience, but a lot of employers want specifically worker’s comp law, intellectual property law, mass torts, years of experience in each, and they won’t give you a single chance. Then they’ll complain that they can’t find anyone.

[@dimitrijekulak3347]

The fact that your grandfather recorded this back in 1950s only for you to use it today is truly inspirational

[@Afdch]

He had a degree, of course he knew what to do back then

[@Noah-lo9vb]

talk about prerecorded!

[@ugn154]

They're identical, wouldn't you agree?

The thing that man carried, back then, was in fact a degree.

[@gamerguy425]

I guess with such a steady source of income he could afford to buy a color camera 50+ years ahead of its time.

[@JustThatGuy95]

"I have masters degree and phd" "Just put the fries in the bag bro"

[@abumansaray7]

😂

[@cinemalover2009]

After getting a masters degree from havard i can finally get my dream job at McDonald's.

[@TTRPGSarvis]

Nope! Now you're "Overqualified"! Too big of a risk!

[@deepfriedbollocks4402]

You’re out here getting hired?

[@LuisSierra42]

These degrees are carrying

[@tom23245]

What a nice way to say you're now the CFO of McDonalds

[@ramr7051]

I remember seeing a guy working in a tiny cramped office at the admissions department at OSU. He had a degree from Harvard.

[@rodrigo3732]

- Do you have twenty years of experience doing this job? - I am literaly twenty years old.

[@dextrosefather]

-So why weren't you working twenty years ago

[@Siddeshlowk]

Edited because I'm getting spammed with replies from idiots who don't understand the joke and Idrc

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

Excuse me is that an excuse? Just stop.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

​@@Siddeshlowk okay so like is this just spam or what?

[@Siddeshlowk]

@@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999 It's not spam. It's a joke and it went over your head. All good lmao. Next time stay up to date with current events :)

[@chesterwilberforce9832]

I'm a boomer who raised 4 kids encouraging them all to get college degrees. Two of them are burdened with debt, only one of them works in his field of study. One is a barista, another one works in a factory. They are angry at us, and rightfully so. We were pushing the same thinking about the importance of a college degree on them as our depression era parents (rightfully so) pushed on us. I dropped out of college in the 1970s after spending two years going after a degree in English which, at the time, would qualify me for doing lawn work. I grandfathered into IT in the late 80s when anyone could get hired in some capacity. Someone saw that I had been an English major and sent me on an interview to be a technical writer, which I did for 25 years. Over that time, I have held a half dozen jobs that I couldn't qualify for today. We need to rethink the whole concept of college degrees. We'd be better off in many cases sending kids to trade schools. Get an HVAC license and you will never be unemployed. The Germans have it right. Early in their secondary education they stop pushing kids into the same model and allow them to attend trade schools. Forcing kids that are going to become car mechanics to sit through an English lit class is non productive and wasteful.

[@sportlife9016]

Well employers doesn’t give a shit about license Trade School degrees or if you have GPA more than 3.5. If you don’t have experience they don’t care about you, they’ll look for someone with experience, even in HVAC.

[@TheDefiledShell]

@@sportlife9016 Actually just get your Universal EPA 608 certification and you're set. You can do that in less than 6 months. Get an entry level HVAC position and get about 6 months experience. In 1 year you'll be able to apply for loads of jobs. The EPA 608 is all that matters.

[@bigguy7353]

Learning English literature enriches any student's breadth of knowledge. You wouldn't want a mechanic that speaks like a buffoon, that would instill no confidence. Think more. Also your children that are struggling took useless liberal arts majors with no jobs waiting, guaranteed.

[@vthings001]

@@bigguy7353 I get what you're saying but some people can be brilliant at replacing a fuel pump while still being functionally illiterate. Also you laude a liberal arts education while condemning it in literally your next full sentence. Something you might have avoided had you bothered with useless liberal arts and learned how to think.

[@magonus195]

First responsible boomer I have seen on this topic, credit to you

[@MolternK]

you shouldn't be uploading without 20 years of youtube experience

[@brianfox771]

🤣

[@Endlessdarkness0]

KZbin isn't even 20 years old yet!! Employer: Did I stutter?!

[@Purpose_Porpoise]

Don't give them any ideas!

[@furusato4319]

Haha you're good

[@SMGJohn]

Guess I am soon qualified to upload videos again.

[@NFSHeld]

"Do you have 5 years of experience in this programming language?" "No, nobody has that." "And why would that be?" "Because this language only exists for 3 and a half years now." "How can you be so sure about that?" "Because I invented that programming language." "Anyway, I think we'll find a more suitable candidate for the position."

[@dorongrossman-naples9207]

This is a real story, right? I don't remember what language, though.

[@ellachino4799]

​@@dorongrossman-naples9207 it was a javascript library iirc

[@planescaped]

More suitable candidate = Owners son.

[@sanninjiraiya]

@@dorongrossman-naples9207 The creator of Fast API comes to mind

[@gerardorodriguez7858]

​@@dorongrossman-naples9207 Sebastian Ramirez, creator of FastAPI, saw a job that required 4 years of experience for a program he had created only a year ago

[@ryanhelton7926]

I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree last year, and struggled to find a job that didn’t require 2 years of experience. Only got a few interviews and many rejections. My parents really went on and on about how I wasn’t trying enough, and I’m stuck in a part time job with my mom at a plastics factory for now. I thought it was just me, so finding all of this solidarity online has made me feel a little better. I don’t regret my college experience and the great professors I met, but man I wish college student could just be my full time job.

[@xpo1220]

Nowadays people need connections to get jobs with a degree, Which is unfair cause not everyone is born into a family with connections.

[@squaremakescircle]

Estelle spotted.

[@Lea-hl8md]

Yah I’m in a similar position. I’ve been in an out of part time jobs since, I graduated in 2020, go figure! Still looking for a real jobs with benefits since, I’m no longer on my parents health insurance. An now I have insurance that my mom helps pay for, and they barely do their job! They keep saying I owe them for claims that weren’t processed. Because of my shit insurance I can barely do anything. 🙃

[@Lovecats956]

That is so crazy. They shouldn't require experience if you have a degree then the degree is useless.

[@Mnil52]

You should take ANY position in the biggest corporation you can find, even if it's unpaid. Then you have access to their company job portal and they only hire internally. That's what I did and I've switched jobs 6 times in 10 years always for more money

[@cincymutt]

My exact situation, lol. You "need experience" for "entry level" positions. Really, they just want to pay skilled, experienced workers entry level rates.

[@cottoncandykawaii2673]

they don't want skilled workers either, they want H1B's who will work for slave pay and they get them after telling the government they can't "find anyone to fill position"

[@edheldude]

Yes. Solution: don't work there and don't position yourself in a way where you depend on others' established business requirements for a job.

[@mr.nibblenips4231]

I always tell them give me the job then I will have experience then.

[@edheldude]

@@mr.nibblenips4231 How's that working out for you?

[@ProctorSilex]

Yes and they'll do that by expanding H-1B visas.

[@flagrus7901]

Dude at least got a job interview. Already more than most ever get

[@Chubzdoomer]

Fact.

[@DougFu69]

Exactly

[@McP1mpin]

You say this but the whole country isn't unemployed so obviously people are getting interviews and jobs.

[@chesterwilberforce9832]

I read the other day that due to algorithms in online job applications, only 1 in about 50 resumes ever even get seen by human eyes. A low unemployment rate is cold comfort for someone who can't get hired.

[@kaisasong1332]

@@McP1mpin employment rate dont take into account the people who went to college for their degree.. you could of went to college for a CS degree and worked at Mcdonald that would be consider employed. It also doesn't take into account fresh grad. To be consider unemploy, you need to not have a job or out of school for 6+ months. It also doesn't take into account people who are working 2-3 jobs. IT SURE as hell don't count college students who are trying their best to look for internships.

[@rachelm9350]

This is so true... my friend's dad was able to get a job in the 70s without any degree and buy a house. I knew people from that era who literally had dumb local jobs that paid average middle class salaries and they owned a home with a dock and a boat in a fancy ass neighborhood that now goes for $5 million. If they tried to do the same thing now on the same salary they'd be lucky to even have a home. Something is super wrong these days....I also know someone who went to a UC and Stanford, and has experience at Fortune 500 companies and is getting an MBA and is struggling to get interviews. Pretty sickening.

[@bigyoshi5170]

0:52 Accurate, I’m currently dead right now.

[@marsdriver2501]

the ceo of searching for a job

[@acidjumps]

Not surviving multiple gunshots is why top companies don't want to hire you.

[@Pro0Active]

same, can someone tell my mom and dad that it didn't work?

[@spencer2220]

Thanks big yoshi, very cool.

[@enderrer]

we will forever mourn bigyoshi5170

[@Lexi_Zone]

"Why don't younger generations want jobs anymore?" Every job listing: "Required: X+ years of experience in the role."

[@lai6551]

And then it’s not even a real job, it’s data mining or some shit

[@planescaped]

Sorry, you need 3 years of unpaid internship to get the coveted gum chisler position.

[@d4rkpr1nc39]

I think internships and OJTs are the reasoning to why these companies want experience. Because back then it's mostly loose. Nowadays, they need experience.

[@tristanridley1601]

The job listings have said that forever, so it's impossible to know when they started actually only hiring applicants who have it.

[@Siddeshlowk]

Job markets crazy right now. I got my bachelors and masters in comp sci from upenn, graduated valedictorian, and come from a billionaire family but I'm in jail right now. Wish we could go to the good old days of america for real

[@econhelp583]

Sign of the times: “I have two masters and a Ph.D.” “ But do you have 20 years experience doing this entry-level job?”

[@KleinpeterHank]

0:52 He wouldn’t give him a shot at the job, so instead gave him several shots at life itself. Truly inspirational.

[@Siddeshlowk]

Job markets crazy right now. I got my bachelors and masters in comp sci from upenn, graduated valedictorian, and come from a billionaire family but I'm in jail right now. Wish we could go to the good old days of america for real

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

​@@Siddeshlowk wow that was a lot. How come you're in jail? don't worry I'm not judging just curious. Your family are billionaires? For real? Care to share your last name? Would we know it? Were you really valedictorian? Cuz if so you must have the big brains - impressive. Sorry I just always have questions

[@failedatmakingasandwich423]

​@@Siddeshlowk Why are you in jail

[@micosstar]

@@Siddeshlowk 99% ironic... but i feel like 1% that this comment could be legit based on what's going in 2025

[@theskatemap]

we're obviously too smart for work now, that's whats going on

[@ArmourGX]

My dad did awful in his exams, left school at 16 and was immediately offered a well paying position at a bank. Plenty of career progression, countless job perks, good pay and a pension worth about 50% of his final income that he was able to take out before he was 60. And yet he still doesn't understand how easy life was for his generation..

[@longyu9336]

For much of the western world the decades after ww2 were really an economic miracle.

[@daffodil1017]

It's like a Charles Dickens novel at this point for young people. Older people just have no concept of how hard-- it impossible-- it is now. They lived in a unique golden era that basically existed once in history. Humans don't actually need that much but what we do need is now out of reach, and cheap technology and consumer goods can't make up for missing out on the essentials of life.

[@kidneycarecoaching3766]

Yeah but he didn’t have a new fancy cellphone every year or Starbucks is how he made it…just kidding.

[@kmartstg7151]

You realize that many people did not go to schools right and worked in a farm

[@mistypedhi]

​​@@kmartstg7151My family was poor, worked in a farm, most couldn't read or write and they still had it good. They owned land, they built their own houses which are still standing today through every hurricane. They make it insanely difficult and expensive to own and build land now..

[@noisserc]

This implies you can get to the interview phase.

[@eFLASHMASTER]

So nice that at the end the interviewer takes photos of the candidate with flash to ensure his employee badge photo looks phenomenal!

[@vedantyadav378]

A once in a lifetime shot

[@artCharles]

"Take a look at my new camera!" *BANG* "Wait, this isn't a camera!"

[@vireaknou8835]

I never knew that camera taking photos could be that loud?

[@TheSourovAqib]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ashiwakura]

man carrying diploma

[@Banana_Fusion]

but not a job :(

[@mrmastergrimmbo]

you carrying low hanging fruit

[@CyanRooper]

man carrying bullets

[@andrerenault]

man carrying paper

[@qoph1988]

These days that's an indicator that you went with the flow and just did what you're told your whole life. No longer a distinction whatsoever

[@Rachel.comedy]

“Do you have 15 years of job experience?” “I’m only 21” “Kids these days are lazy”

[@abumansaray7]

😂

[@Thurgor_Supreme]

Job: We need you to have 5 years experience and a bachelor's degree Also job: Everything you'll be doing here can be learned in 2 weeks. Also, the way we do things is drastically different than the way your previous job did it

[@lanceareadbhar]

Facts

[@Xokzu]

Also, the job you applied for isn't available, so we're putting you somewhere else and revising your compensation. And don't you dare talk to the department of labor, or you're fired.

[@rosine749]

Job: supposedly hired you for your degree and previous experience. Also job: does not care about said knowledge in the daily work. I guess if you stick it out, do the required data crunching or whatever efficiently, in time you figure out the ropes and real pecking order, and find instances where you are actually welcome to 'save the day'. Then perhaps they will start listening. I dont know, maybe I am spoiled. I was freelance for years before I went to university. Got to masters level and did well but had a crisis and dropped out before I finishen my final thesis. I expect to have to swallow a lot of pride moving forward. Could be worse, but right now education seems like a bit of a scam or at least a serious glitch between the educational system and the employer class. A way for them to reduce the power of workers lacking networks. Preventing honest meritocratic social climbing. So nepo culture prevails and grows stronger. There is no such thing as the middle class.

[@zarddin]

Also job: Remember that no one is irreplaceable and since it is easy to learn how to work in such a shity place as our company you should remember to never ask for a raise as there are thousands of people that we can replace you with and we will tell them all that they don't meet the basic requirement because they don't have 5 years experience in our field in our corporation.

[@fabianasantana6052]

Exatamente

[@maskedduelist1380]

Syndrome: "And when everyone's got a diploma. No one does."

[@hibosmo]

that's why you should become the boss and hire people, make business because that is what i think the market needs, people who offers jobs but nobody wants to be a leader because don't have funds, are too close minded, or don't have the intiative or leaderships skills, and only greddy abusive mfkers end upt aiming for that because there will be always desesperate people who want to just follow the lead of being told what to do and win money by doing repetitives jobs

[@cairox1509]

@@hibosmo Oh yeah, lemme just START A COMPANY with all the money i dont have

[@MaximusChivus]

@@hibosmo The funds is the major issue in all of that. Can't start a business if you don't have money, if you start a business it'll take months or years to profit, assuming you have luck on top of skill.

[@notapplicable6985]

​@@hibosmoWhen everyone owns a company no one will

[@planescaped]

Walking into a bank and getting a small business loan isn't as easy as it once was...

[@alexnewby2004]

Its mind boggling to me that I failed second year of college, subsequently did not go to university, started working at a mcdonalds and yet somehow those few years of working experience have given me the same amount of credibility to some employers as people that did objectively better than me.

[@TetFeMal]

That means it's not objective

[@AthenaGate]

There are just somethings you cannot learn from college. Like how to do deal with the homeless guy 10 minutes before the business closes.

[@katiezworld1014]

There is a difference between book smarts and practical smarts. Seems like most employers now want people that know what they're doing than an out of college kid.

[@happyjohn354]

College used to mean something now any yahoo can go to college if they are willing to take on some debt. I have seen people with 4 year degrees struggle to install a shower curtain because its not exactly the same as in the instructions picture. At the end of the day actually knowing how to get shit done is usually learned through work experience and not schooling.

[@nii_amart]

Times have changed. Employers don't use guns anymore, they pull a lever that drops you straight into a crocodile pond.

[@davidcooke8005]

Interestingly, the job of cleaning out the croc pond pays very well, but they can't find any college educated folks to that work because they all want catered lunches.

[@TheSomewareMan]

And that's only after you get through the 8 rounds of interviews and the death match battle royale

[@JustAnotherRandomPersonOnline]

Eh, I heard they axed that position. No more alligators, just the pond and a toaster!

[@nii_amart]

@@JustAnotherRandomPersonOnline apparently the alligators are making a massive comeback

[@outatime626]

“Pull the lever, Kronk” *pulls lever* “WRONG LEVER!!!”

[@Nivalyr]

I like his persistence, he tried again 70 years later with no experience gained. Except his useless college experience oc

[@prestontheruler9332]

Pray we all remember when this comment had 70 likes

[@Nivalyr]

@@prestontheruler9332 Don't worry, my comment is not that persistent

[@millo7295]

Dude It was 15 hours ago

[@kittyghost7]

I just got turned down by a job today and this video showed up in my feed. Yes, I'm a bachelor fresh grad. And I guess the reason is that I don't have master degrees and 20 yrs of experiences. "We received some more applications from experienced and qualified applicants," - as I was told.

[@elliesbian]

It do be like that. I remember all the corpses piled outside the office of my last interview.

[@viacheslavb3445]

My company is environmentally friendly. So they bought meat grinders

[@kyzor-sosay6087]

It do be like that,holy fuck🤦🏻‍♂️

[@gho5trun3r68]

Dang, what office? Sounds like they might be hiring a corpse lugger.

[@itscris01]

it's very motivating, don't you agree? - some hiring office, probably

[@impishlyit9780]

Fucking love your username lol

[@Michael-pp8lz]

During my senior year of undergrad a friend and I were looking at jobs on LinkedIn and we saw a company looking to hire undergraduate interns, however the job description asked for 5 years of experience in the field. He called the company asking if this was a mistake and it wasn't. This was in 2023.

[@lewisroach8723]

...so...they expect someone to spend 5 years in the field to...decide if they want to be in it, then go and start a degree in that field. Do they think they are hiring elves instead of humans?

[@WaluigiPinballFan]

@@lewisroach8723I saw an entry level job preferring college graduates with at least 2 years minimum prior experience working with in-orbit satellites.

[@DramaLlama2310]

If it's software development, the expectation may be that you have been doing it since high school and have some projects to show for it, etc. It's still ridiculous.

[@matthewdeklerk3457]

Many graduates have no useful skills because uni teaches them a bunch of theory thats completely impractical and floods the market with thousnads of functionally illiterate grads who need a year of on the job training. Most marketjng grads have never used a CRM or CMS. Thats a big problem.

[@JohnDoe11VII]

@@DramaLlama2310 No, they used to ask for years of experience so you could honestly slip through saying you have been learning it for years. Now it's X years of experience with a list of 20 languages and tools (some very expensive), shipped a finished product in a professional setting, with already having a security clearance, and 3 professional references. Some still want "medical records" for a certain compliance.

[@ElwindMage]

It’s always surprising looking into the pasts of KZbinrs and realising how many of them either studied or graduated from engineering or computer science.

[@theskatemap]

can confirm, i am a youtuber

[@jXmikeX]

"No one cares. Youre in charge of this nuclear reactor now." Homer Simpson: woo-hoo!

[@LightFykki]

It is somehow sad when you know the exact outcome of the video even before opening it

[@Runefrag]

Yet you still have thousands of people swearing on their life online that "N-NOOO, DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS AND EDUCATION IS TOTALLY WORTH IT BRO!!!".

[@hazardousmaterial5492]

The most unrealistic part of this video is that the 2025 version had him show up in person. We don't do in-person applications anymore

[@bananatamer270]

I love the impactful ending of this skit where it is revealed that the same man hired in the 50's (you can tell since they're wearing the same shirt) goes into a PTSD induced episode due to his mind deteriorating from old age and tragically guns down a talented young man with a bright future ahead of him carrying thing.

[@DoctorScrimguard]

Plot Twist: the young man was Japanese

[@goggles8691]

​@@DoctorScrimguardit was a bold choice by the director to not cast a Japanese person for the role, but it really enhance the core themes of the film

[@DoctorScrimguard]

@@goggles8691 Really, at our core, we're all one people. It's good to remember that.

[@goggles8691]

@@DoctorScrimguard true. Also the the way it portrays dehumanizing one group as dehumanizing all of humanity. Very powerful stuff, another amazing film from the greatest director of our generation.

[@DoctorScrimguard]

@@goggles8691 And a lot of people accuse Thingoro Mann of whitewashing his roles, but you've got to remember that, as the son of a diplomat, he spent much of his childhood in Kyoto.

[@Whoareyoucalling]

1980-2010. My grandfather worked at ace hardware out of high school, then became a millwright and within two years he got promoted to supervisor of nuclear reactor number 2 at three mile island. 7 years after that he was promoted as director of nuclear safety and transferred to peach bottom. He knew nobody in these companies, he just spoke well and learned all he could at his job. He was always only source of income in a house of 4, my grandmother never worked and she raised my mom and uncle. He was able to buy a house and paid it off it 15 years, had 2 boats, a corvette, motorcycle, truck and a jeep. Never once worried about money. He retired at 60 ( now 71 ) and lives in Florida. Today just to be even considered for a supervisor position at any power plant you need at least a bachelors in nuclear physics and 15 years experience.

[@YourCapyFrenBigly_3DPipes1999]

That's an awesome story and it really should still be that way today. The requirements just to get one's foot in the door these days really do seem like they're getting ridiculous

[@quintinpace2627]

Yeah my grandfather told me 'i liked math till they added the letters' He was an auditor for a global company. He got the job because he showed up and asked around and the chemist department was like, you can't do chemistry do you want to start in auditing Then 40 years later he retired with a pension and started a consulting firm to do the same shit for more money for the same company

[@bbombastus7791]

That explained why they had a partial meltdown at three mile island unit 2 in 1979, ... if that is how they were hiring 🥲

[@Phoenix_Films]

Why is there always some big liar anout their family on every video on this website

[@PopoTCG]

@@Phoenix_Films and why is it you?

[@Laughy-Flaaffy]

I can honestly say I’m the first person in my family to get a college degree. Not only that, but a masters degree too. I have no student loans, no children, not married, no addictions or medical issues. I make six figures and have great benefits at my job. Yet, I am always stressed about the future… My job is a high-turnover corporate environment where the company prioritizes immediate results and views employees as replaceable assets. The work culture feels impersonal, with little regard for long-term employee growth or stability. Over 33% of my income is taxed in California. Gas prices and groceries have jumped up insanely in the last 2 years. Also my rent is $2,100 a month, bridge toll is $9 every time I pass through (20 times a month), and it feels like all my friends are too broke or overworked to do anything (we’re all 28 years old). 2024 sorta feels like a dystopia society.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

Now imagine the same with 25k a year... that's the reality here in Spain, where we have 37% of taxes for that income. Should we get past 60k, our taxes would jump to 45% !!!!

[@markdorn8873]

May I suggest moving to another state with lower taxes and lower cost of living? I know not all job skills are portable, but, if it works, you could do much better for yourself.

[@thecod2345]

0:31 So that’s how Chernobyl happened

[@aidanvannynatten2787]

Nah that’s how Three Mile Island, PA happened, Chernobyl happened cuz they decided keeping safety protocols running 24/7 was for silly capitalist pigs and Fukushima happened cuz the Japanese trust the ocean too much and the ocean rewarded them with a nuclear tsunami

[@nonsensicalrants1703]

Unironically, yes. The lead engineer was a janitor who lied on his resume.

[@aidanvannynatten2787]

@ Ok that’s amazing, and the great thing about Fukushima is that it was probably ran by qualified ppl, it was just the construction that needed to be in a different place

[@maverick9708]

@@aidanvannynatten2787 you nailed it. that's pretty much 80% of the reason, the location and a few other smaller factors that were catastrophic coincidences leading to the disaster. Heart goes out to all effected

[@aidanvannynatten2787]

@ Ye Fuku was def worse than Three Mile, I don’t think anyone actually died from Three Mile but Fuku I’m sure claimed some lives even if neither were anything near Chernobyl, but still ppl will downplay weeklong wars like La Guerra de Futbol (Football War look it up it’s pretty wild) just cuz like ‘only like a hundred ppl died’ as if that’s just not even worth noting smh

[@radicalpasta7040]

This skit hits too close to home. Graduated with my bachelors last year. Now I am a part time dishwasher still living with my parents who is struggling to find a full time job in retail or food service. Yippie!

[@kekcrocgod6731]

Out of curiosity, what did you major in?

[@filonin2]

I graduated with a B.S. in Geology in 2017. I'm an Amazon Flex driver for the last 3 years. Petco before that.

[@LizzieLeporidae]

Finished my Master's in History and currently applying to be a security guard

[@SanctusPaulus1962]

Get a trade. No experience needed

[@kleptrep94]

Least you’ve got a job, I’m worthless for the world apparently. Can’t get one because I keep on failing at interviews dude. I provide nothing and I serve no purpose. I am worthless, I am useless, I shouldn’t exist. Merry Christmas 🤶

[@houseofconflict5808]

It’s so ridiculous nowadays. I have my master’s degree in criminology and I’m having such a tough time finding a job.

[@Uncooked_Bread]

"Do you have 5 years of experience for this job?" Sorry ur going thru this ur gonna find a job dw

[@houseofconflict5808]

@ thanks and that’s what I’m saying like most places want you to have experience along with the degree and they refuse to substitute the experience with the degree

[@yokothespacewhale]

If you have experience they want “someone they can mold” if you have no experience they want someone who does. This is classic catch 22 to cover the other probably illegal criteria they are judging you by.

[@planescaped]

It's about them needing to appear as if they're hiring for various perks and incentives, but not actually wanting to hire anyone.

[@randolphpinkle4482]

Unless you identify as a particular minority and have just immigrated to the country.

[@abhyudaykrishna9714]

@@planescaped it's both actually, and other almost worse reasons, such as they do actually need competent people but are just shit at getting them cause of how they're structured

[@Runefrag]

It's just the nature of the current market where training for jobs have now been completely abandoned because employees are switching between companies more than their underwear.

[@lightlayagajoie5739]

For some reason companies want to pretend that they "can't find people" one of the methods is floating the market or whatever with fake job vacancies. they either just don't respond to the applications or they will give one of the reasons of the endless lists of requirements that you didn't qualify. Now why do they do this? To say to their employees that are overworked because they can't find enough staff. probably also to beg the government to subsidize them to find people or something.

[@MisterSynonym]

Countless companies, have missed out on so much talent over the years, because of this B.S. They want the right person to magically fall on their lap, but they're too lazy to explore their pool of options properly, to find out who that right person actually is.

[@maniacalcoyote6087]

And more often than not, the right person got auto-rejected because of DEI policies. DEI is racist.

[@PaulVerhoeven2]

DEI hires got hired instead. Women in HR have jobs. Value destroyed.

[@PrinceoftheVioletFlame]

Its almost like women run HR departments... and created this problem. Its almost like the same way they handle dating and choose and reject men for relationships has been applied to the hiring process. And this the end result. Women will complain. were are all the good men at..... in dating. Meanwhile the same women are complaining, no one wants to work! The common denominator.....

[@ms.pirate]

Ikr? AND I'M QUALIFIED AND NO ONE WANTED TO HIRE ME FOR A LONG TIME!!! IT TOOK ME 150 APPLICATIONS!!!

[@seancollins9597]

Sounds like women in modern dating. Lol.

[@thomasanderson2551]

Employer actually talked back, I'd be in tears of joy 😂

[@TheCynicalNihilist]

I have a bachelor's degree and it took 2 interviews for me to work at walmart...thats not even a joke.

[@ffdgasfdasgjdfgf]

sorry to hear :(

[@TheComingKingdomOfYahweh]

Nah this is just sad. I'm a Junior in HS and I'm worried how college will turn out. By the time I'm out of college it will be the year 2032-34. Idk if degrees will even mean anything by then.

[@defendingalion]

​@TheComingKingdomOfYahweh they probably won't. You would be better off going to a trade school and doing an apprenticeship

[@rjennings0142]

Sheesh.

[@imhopelesslyaddictedtofent4266]

College is a scam

[@rafaelblackman9879]

Entry level jobs now require time paradoxes for them to even consider looking at your resume and you’ll still get ghosted IF you get an interview.

[@Kryptic_Karma]

30+ job applications in so far this past half year and I've only had one position reach back to me... a hard manual labor focused position that doesn't require a degree. 😂 I asked the VA to help me get a job and they just said I should follow up with that spot... but I told them I already have a service-connected disability for chronic back pain and they didn't care. 😂 Gotta love it.

[@primrosett]

Too real. I applied for probably 70 jobs over the course of 2 years. I got 1 interview. I didn't get the job.

[@NOBLEFILMS1987]

HAHA!! "TIME PARADOXES"!! THAT IS AN EXCELLENT PHRASE!! AND AN APPROPRIATE CHARACTERIZATION OF EMPLOYER EXPECTATIONS!!

[@Porty1119]

"Nobody wants to work!"

[@BlackHoleSpain]

@@Kryptic_Karma Joking? I'm an IT Systems & Networks Technician and I have applied for 1200+ job offers in the last 17 years... and I got just *ONE* interview!

[@jasonrodgers9063]

HILARIOUS video! SPOT ON! !!!

[@sheepgrass500]

I can't even apply to be a janitor without having experience, it's so joever

[@exosproudmamabear558]

Why janitor even need experience?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

You should say to them "why do jani-to' have experience" they'll give the job on the spot

[@thijsjong]

For a simple security job you need a 3 year degree in security and surveilence. Really to be the doorguy at a shopping mall. There us no security job while you are doing college. You need a degree for almost everything that needed no degree 20 years ago.

[@roguegryphonica3147]

@@thijsjong Not really... go visit the owner, bring a resume, do research on the company. Then give it a go. Often people care less about your qualifications for low level entry jobs and more that you will show up regularly and do a good job. (even if they ask for ridiculous experience... it just means the hiring manager doesn't want candidates that aren't willing to put in the effort to do their research.)

[@filonin2]

@@roguegryphonica3147 You are the joke the video is about.

[@johnweaver311]

As someone who graduated with a 3.66 GPA and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, after over a year of applying to engineering firms and defense contractors prior to my graduation, only to end up with a job climbing telecom towers to take pictures of the tower and accompanying equipment on the tower over two months after I graduated, I feel this on an emotional level.

[@Apdoq0]

tottally BS generation this can not be real

[@Professor_Utonium_]

Wow, it's almost like nothing in life is guaranteed, incredible.

[@johnweaver311]

@ Yeah? Not sure what point you’re trying to make in conjunction with my comment in relation to the video.

[@chunkspiggle3916]

Fucking christ, it's this bad for EE's too?

[@PopoTCG]

@@Professor_Utonium_ wow like that bus that is about hurdling towards you right now. Don't move

[@jerryrichardson2799]

I'm a late Boomer, early 60s, graduated from a cheap public university in West Texas in August 1986. Getting _any_ job was tough then and there, and many people had two or three low paying jobs just to pay their mortgages and survive. Ultimately, my mother and I moved to Houston for better paying jobs. I haven't made much money in the 35 years or so I've lived in Houston. The only _real_ advantage I've had over younger people is I earned my degree cheap, I had _no_ debt when I got my BA. A degree doesn't give you much of an edge in the job market like it once did. College graduates _live_ longer than non-graduates, spend _more_ time in the labor force actually working, and tend to have more successful marriages. A _lot_ of the _supposed_ pay differential college graduates get is due to those extra years they spend working.

[@thomasderosso5625]

"Nobody wants to work anymore!"

[@NyolateAMV]

Get a job!

[@davidcooke8005]

Boomer: "Learn a trade. HVAC guys make $200K a year." Zoomer: "I want a 200K job to send emails all day." Boomer: "Nobody wants to work any more." Zoomer: "Boomers are holding us back!"

[@BichaelStevens]

Try again, David. It's more like: Zoomer: "I just finished getting a trade in HVAC and I've been an apprentice at-" Boomer: "Can it, limp. I got Patel and Baljeet with 3 master's degrees and 10 years of experience in India that I can't verify, they'll do it for 5$ an hour. You just don't have what it takes to pull yourself up by your bootstraps"

[@BichaelStevens]

A man used to sell VCRs and have a family, a home, a car, and wife didn't work a job. Now said man AND his wife need to work mid-tier jobs that require degrees JUST so they can upgrade from instant ramen to stale bread and discount butter. Rents have DOUBLED in 4 years and everyday goods have DOUBLED in 2, but salaries have SHRUNK 10% MINIMUM

[@caseysmith544]

​@@BichaelStevens wrong all wrong.

[@Diresilence]

One of the players in a dnd game I run is a programmer, business stuff the most part. He was hired onto a project to do some sort of data base program, apparently it took around 14 months to finish, and another three to distribute it to buyers. So, 20 months, give or take a few weeks. Six months later he found a firm that required three years experience with the program that he had helped to develop. As he pointed out... as a developer of the program, he wouldn't be eligible for hire because even he wasn't 'experienced enough'' with the system that he helped develop. Sometimes it's HR just being complete clowns and putting a number that 'sounds good' rather than any practical aspect

[@davidcooke8005]

14 months plus 3 months isn't 20 months. If you and your friend took math classes together, I can see why they were not hired.

[@radellathecat8762]

​@@davidcooke8005He did say "give or take a few weeks". So approximately 20 months is accurate

[@Diresilence]

@@davidcooke8005 More sleep deprivation and math don't mix very well

[@TheInternetTookMyGamer]

@@davidcooke8005 that is what the give or take a few weeks is for.

[@Dracula_rvrs]

​@@davidcooke8005you didn't read correctly

[@DosloyukaAbkhazia]

Love the video homie but i can't help but notice you look like ed kemper 😭 you earned a subscriber!

[@mohammedbaig9569]

As a recent CS grad this makes me wanna cry

[@RichardHardwood_]

CS is exactly this. Took me 6 months to find my first job, then another 8 to start the job I wanted

[@Volcano22207]

Don’t worry, every other field is fucked , everything from academic research (publishers are shite) to art or just an office job If your not doing trade jobs or a trust fund baby it’s not great

[@ValiantValium]

"There are so many jobs out there. They will THROW job offers at you". They lied.

[@mageferago]

computer engineer grad. Going through it rn :(

[@Volcano22207]

@@ValiantValium and the jobs that you can get could be shite

[@csblakeley]

"What do you mean you're not excited by this data entry job?" Uhhh... because it's data entry. And that's fine, I can keep my head down and get the work done and... "I think we'll be going in another direction. We need someone who's passionate about this."

[@thomasc1830]

Requirements for position: Already working in position

[@Ipavaiva]

"Do you have 20 years of experience doing this entry level job?" "... I'm 27 years old" "Answer the question!" "no...." *gun*

[@NKN82]

No excuse! 27>20 so you have to have 20 years of experience😊

[@burmy1552]

This is when you say, 'yes, I delivered beers to patrons at the mustang ranch at age 7. I'm fully qualified for the starring role in this adult film'.

[@leezard7696]

I have sooo many bullet holes from interviews now that when i run at a certain angle i whistle

[@lateblossom]

Omg, this killed me. *hug*

[@connorgolden4]

When I graduated in 2020 I went looking for jobs and if it wasn’t then wanting experienced I couldn’t possibly have and which made no sense for entropy leave positions, then they wanted shit I wasn’t taught how to do in my marketing degree lol. Now I’m finishing up two certificates from google and starting my masters next semester. Hopefully this will actually get me something FFS.

[@derptomistic]

Requires 5 years of experience, a bachelor's degree, and several certifications Pays $11/hour

[@bigggyd]

Totally unrealistic! He wouldn't have made it to the interview stage in 2025

[@lightlayagajoie5739]

right, AI now automatically filters applications. All of them.

[@youarethecssformyhtml]

​@@lightlayagajoie5739AI is going to ruin our lives because companies use it blindly

[@lateblossom]

🤣🤣

[@fresh218]

They expect you to have work experience since the womb

[@bardwayer]

Remember, it is always morally correct to lie about your experience to get job

[@planescaped]

Seriously... just lie your ass off and do your best. Often times and for many jobs that's all it takes, and the need for experience is a fallacy.

[@christofferniemonen8872]

@@planescaped have 3 friends with low, chill sounding voices as your referees. Easy pickings

[@TonyRedgrave]

Given that there are job postings that are looking for 5+ years of experience in things that have only *existed* for 5 or less years, then they might be expecting people to lie.

[@Toasterloaf]

Wouldn't they fact-check that with the references?

[@Orly90]

Reminds me of a saying I overheard once "an interview is just 2 people lying to each other"

[@graysonsewell652]

At my job I asked for a raise and they said I they could only give me a raise if I had a college degree, I then said “but I do have a degree it’s in management.” And then they said oh never mind we can’t give you a raise.

[@Night_Bandit]

At my job we mentioned the insane inflation and rising cost of living and the 10 years of consistent pay cuts so the company gave us an 87 cents raise, not even 1 dollar….

[@BelTheRatLord]

2000 kid here (24 right now) I think the older generations had it good back then Way more forgiving housing market, cheaper groceries, gas prices. That’s it. The jobs weren’t easy I don’t think. I got an easy job thanks to my step dad, I work as security at a sugar mill. I make decent money, but live in a RV since houses are expensive. My plan for now is to save up with my boyfriend, then buy a house. And settle, adopt a kid or something

[@Tugatitatoxica69]

The "what are you?, a woman?, get over it" response to PTSD was fucking wild 🤣

[@ibrahimihsan2090]

That's 1950s sexism for ya.

[@dennischiu272]

"I call you a lady to humiliate and demean you! It's a motivational tool we coaches use." -Spongebob

[@xyXCG364hhgs]

😂😂😂

[@qoph1988]

It's literally how you actually fix ptsd

[@myusername2607]

​@@qoph1988 thanks a lot doc, had no idea it was so easy

[@Tchild2]

"Do you have twenty years experience doing this entry level job". LOL.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Dude that was probably the realest part, but I am that guy with 20 years experience in entry level bs and I still have to know someone in a company to even get a response on my applications.

[@T3TomTomAwesomeYTchannel]

Love your content OG

[@gavinmoss1603]

i got my bachelors in mathematics this year, now im finally a target starbucks barista!!

[@vinicius10573]

I am still trying to figure how can I get experience if I can't get a job to get experience because I don't have any experience

[@davidcooke8005]

Open a business. Find the clients. Do the work.

[@dshrecksBW]

@@davidcooke8005 You need either capital or collateral to start a business. That means you need money. How do you make money if you can't get a job? None of this makes sense.

[@KwehShiro]

@@davidcooke8005 you need money to open a business. how you get money? have a job. gee, it's almost as if it's a never ending cycle of bs!

[@danciagar]

@@davidcooke8005 To open a business, you need capital. The OP is unemployed, so he either has family money or cannot afford it.

[@Stewartlittle96]

@@davidcooke8005with what money? 😂😂

[@heinrichharkonen2084]

My grandfather didn't even finish high-school and he earned enough to buy 3 big houses and support 3 women and 8 kids At 27 yo

[@FollowBetulas]

BSc in Neuroscience and forced to work retail WOOOOOHHOOO

[@hariman7727]

"There's paying jobs if you have this degree!" (They're just never in the field you studied for... unless you're greasing the skids and worse with the "right" people.)

[@jon...5324]

hospital monkey work is a way up (trust me i have a neuro masters)

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

If you have a degree in neuroscience then you'll know you don't have the free will to choose anyway 😊.

[@chaosomega623]

​@@Oligodendrocyte139 woah why is that?

[@Oligodendrocyte139]

@@chaosomega623 Because no neuroscientist has ever convincingly demonstrated that free will exists.

[@profile2047]

I joined the Marines, mostly for college money. I went to Iraq and Afghanistan. After I finally got a college degree in accounting, to be safe. I often times regret spending my 20s sacrificing my time for pain. I don’t think it was worth it for the college money. Sorry I just wanted to vent to no one in particular.

[@Kryptic_Karma]

I joined the Air Force for similar reasons. Can only imagine how rough that must be. I'm finishing up a BS in Biology and BA in Psychology soon and so far I've only heard back from one of the 30+ applications I sent in. I put in a request to see if VR&E could help me get more schooling to be better a qualified applicant or help me get a job. I told them the only job that got back to me was focused on hard manual labor and would mess up my back more than it already is due to a service connected disability I have and they didn't care and said I should've followed up with the job that would definitely destroy my back more than it already has been. And they rejected me request to aid in more schooling AND any aid to help me get a job. Lol Gotta love it.

[@MarktheRude]

Problem with war is just because it, or your part in it ends on a paper doesn't mean that it ends in the mind. But yeah, kinda get it, options basically were "get fucked this way" or "get fucked in another way".

[@johnames6430]

it's ok bro, it's a destroyed economy. There no place for anyone which is why people are just scraping by or willing to do OF

[@chamamemestre]

00:43 I'm on this video and I don't like it :|

[@SeanCosgrove1]

Had to look up tuition in 1950 at a decent school like the University of Minnesota. It was $65/yr and adjusted for inflation it's under $900/year. At an Ivy League school like Penn, it was the equivalent of $9,000/year. Pretty crazy.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

I'm from the UK and they used to pay you to go to university

[@LordPerrin]

My mom worked part time each summer and it covered tuition, room and board, and spending money for the whole academic term. It was 14 a credit hour when she went, it was 500 when I went there 30 years later... and she still told me to work my way through since she was able...

[@springray2323]

My mom went to college in the 60’s and her dad, who was a blue collar factory worker, paid for her tuition out-of-pocket.

[@Purpletrident]

And then Reagan happened

[@mattshaman668]

I think the Australian degree I just graduated from was about $6,000 US a year. Covered by HECS (government loans).

[@TimaScribbles]

I just walked right in to the boss's office, shook his hand, and was immediately arrested for trespassing.

[@MarktheRude]

I heard some guy gave a rather mind shattering curriculum vitae to some CEO. Just cold approached him right on the street in an astonishing and surprising move. It was a huge success! Now the guy doesn't have to worry about employment for a long time!

[@potatocatstar]

​@@MarktheRudethe shot heard round' the world

[@McMyerz223]

Comforting knowing so many of us went through/are going through this bull$#!+. Haven't been able to find consistent, decent-paying work in my field since the pandemic.. Then employment gaps raise even more questions. It was highly recommended to me to just start blatantly lying on my resumé. What ever you do folks, don't take care of your dying father until his last breath because employers won't acknowledge it as time well spent and it will be considered the same as sitting on both thumbs, at least out here in California..

[@luobomu9747]

Things have changed, a lot. In my country, today there are more people with a PhD then there were high school graduates a couple of generations ago. Having a bachelors degree is as special as having a drivers license.

[@espadarte_ex]

I like his persistence.

[@hebathebat9925]

Is it just me? He, some how, reminded me, to a character in a netflix series.

[@bingustorm]

Please don't do this to me... not during finals week...

[@djamtz]

I`m seeing this after

[@bingustorm]

@ HEEEEELLPPP HELLLLPP MEEEEEEE HELPP

[@bingustorm]

sorry haha had a little typo there i meant i hope your finals went well*

[@Volcano22207]

Don’t worry , if you’re not doing trade jobs that leave you an old man with back problems, you’re fucked no matter what you do

[@MurasakiTsukimaru]

You forgot the part where the 20 years experience is about some program that came out 5 months ago

[@rickkcir2151]

I love how this push for experience comes from companies literally not wanting to dedicate any amount of time and resources into training people. It’s just “oh, you already know how to do everything? Good, here is 40 pages of shit you have to do”

[@lightlayagajoie5739]

When there is a recession and there are a lot fewer jobs it makes sense to only rehire the same people that already did the job before rather then hiring and training new people. However if you select candidates like that if the economy grows even a little or if time passes and those people moved on to other jobs. That group of candidates is going to shrink really really quickly. They would in all reason have to go back to considering hiring people and training them themselves but for some reason they won't do that and maintain the same mindset and then complain finding "the right" people is too hard. I wonder why that is but it cannot be good and it seems like a recipe or indication of a total system collapse. It could be that because of excessive taxes and regulations they can only afford to hire people that can "hit the ground running" despite them becoming more and more rare if you can't snatch them away from a competitor. Or they simply lie that they are hiring to give an impression of economic growth when there isn't.

[@Chubzdoomer]

This is so true it physically hurts.

[@justthecat7]

I actually laughed out loud at the end. First video that made me do that in a while well done.

[@kennyslg8914]

This isn't even a comedy skit, its more like an actual documentary on the job industry

[@RynKen]

If the requirements are ridiculous, it's likely because they already have someone in mind and need to make it seem fair. "It looks like there are no decent candidates. I guess well have to settle for the son of that higher-up."

[@naturesbest7977]

Wanna know something crazier? NO college degree, GED: Upper MANAGEMENT position.

[@gustavoduarte3507]

The absolute employer, he never hires!

[@gosha305]

The legend, he never misses (when shooting you with his gun at point blank)

[@joelsantiago9148]

With all this education this guy will have no problem negotiating a salary of $12 an hour.

[@BlackHoleSpain]

12 an hour is what we IT Systems & Networks Technicians make in Spain 😥

[@lamarckian]

It’s so nice that he was promoted to CEO at the end

[@MeWhen-j8r]

The best part is that they don’t hire you, then they hire some 17 year old for minimum wage, then that kid breaks a million dollar machine. When they could’ve just hired you.

[@weeklyweeks7545]

I'm not even exaggerating when I say my IT position, which the application required 2 - 3 years of experience, would not increase pay or adjust for cost of living in 2025 because they consider the position to be a stepping stone/entry-level job to better paying jobs... Yet they required experience in order to get the job... You better believe I'm updating my resume and getting the f out.

[@SkelterRadio578]

this Man is certainly Carrying Things 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@revengefrommars]

One was carrying bullets, the other is now carrying holes.

[@Tenchinu]

me: I have 2 master degrees, 20 years experience, and make a mean provolone sandwich ai: minimum wage + 5 office days + pizza party!

[@theskatemap]

bro u got a pizza party? congrats

[@xFlared]

@@theskatemap Don't forget he gets 1 dry shriveled cold slice and a cold look from the management to not take too long and get back to work.

[@osl2329]

Graduated the other day with a Masters degree in International Relations. I'm now too overqualified to get a part time gig in retail/hospitality, and too underqualified to get into an actual career position without experience 🙃 I'm now existing (sometimes) in this limbo space between spaces, forever receiving rejections in my floating void whilst I turn over in my mind what the point of it all really was.

[@KR-tk8fe]

Omit your degree from your resume when applying for retail. They wont hire you since they think you'll leave once you do get a job in your field. They want lifers.

[@osl2329]

@@KR-tk8fe Yeah, thats the plan lmao

[@charlesbarkley5044]

“Go to school for electrical engineering, you’ll have a stable career”

[@springray2323]

And in the 50’s even if you didn’t go to college you could still get a stable, well paying job.

[@cincymutt]

Yeah, that was still before you "had" to go to college to live comfortably. I'd argue that was really at its peak in the baby boomer generations. Placing less importance on flashy degrees could be a good thing, but now they're replacing that with "You need to be veteran in this field to even consider getting this entry-level job." A big problem with most modern business; they don't know/care about raising up and nurturing a newer workforce. Hell, they care about the long-term health of their own industry. A lot of mangers/higher-ups will later switch to a nice high-level role in something completely different that they can run into the ground.

[@fireradfieritis8953]

@@cincymutt I've noticed that no one seems willing to train. This will be the silent death of many companies and maybe a lot of our infrastructure as we know it. The government and their regulations for starting new businesses and keeping decaying ones above water is only making it worse.

[@LegendofKal]

​@fireradfieritis8953 My sister got a job working at Tim Hortons some years back, but never received training for anything. The manager basically plopped her on the front till, then basically said "figure it out" It makes absolutely zero sense, because what sounds better for the company: A. Taking the time to train new recruits so they perform better, faster, and more efficiently? OR B. Letting the new recruit bumble about with no clue what they're doing and offering no help? (The "fuck around and find out" approach)

[@Phoenix_Films]

It's almost like one of the biggest economic booms in history happened in the 50s 😮😮

[@davidcooke8005]

It's because labor was in demand. We just killed off millions of young men, and women hadn't overstuffed the work force yet. What's more is the US did over 1/2 of the worlds manufacturing since Europe had been bombed to pieces. Today labor is still in demand, but Americans all want cushy jobs, and women have taken all the cushy jobs.