Why Everyone Feels Insane Right Now

[@thefinancialdiet]

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[@kinghenryxl1747]

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

[@gd9470]

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

[@Shwanson4]

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

[@ricardoconqueso]

@user-ku8ef6qz7u how is this relevant?

[@malvavisco10]

It’s already over an hour!?

[@eggrat6]

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

[@bd12544]

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

[@deno9607]

Damn, rich people so rich they hold up the economy without us. 😢

[@RedLineShortFilms]

It doesn't have to be like this. It's not like that in Europe for example.​@@Sunspike_ks

[@UNDERDOG18UNDERDOG18]

Exactly. I haven't even gotten a cost of living adjustment and inflation is up 20% since pre-covid. We do have large stock portfolios though, expect to add $80,000 this year from dividends and appreciation. Our paid off house is also appreciating but we're not moving. Fortunately we can live off my wages and spouse's pension. We will let the portfolios run.

[@LeFlamel]

This is obviously not the case. Companies are making record profits right now. Would you call this a "booming" economy?

[@aubz81]

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

[@EvolvingHooman]

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

[@aubz81]

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

[@bd12544]

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

[@munchkingod6]

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

[@mr.makeit4037]

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

[@hellolove5613]

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

[@SwimSweetie100]

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

[@carterbell9106]

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

[@marnenotmarnie259]

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

[@marnenotmarnie259]

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

[@JessicaHicks]

@@SwimSweetie100exactly!

[@venusforfran]

Something insane about these jobs is: Picture this, youve worked as a vet assistant, in 4 different pet shops, an aquarium, animal shelters, other retail jobs and you have a qualification in animal management and a FUCKING DIPLOMA in zoology, but a pet store paying minimum wage decides youre "under qualified".

[@korenna123]

Sorry this is happening to you

[@catwomaneatskitties]

You were probably overqualified, which means a management didn't want to hire you, as they were afraid that your experience and qualifications will lead them to be replaced by you.

[@NoFutureStartsToday]

I have a masters degree in biomedicine and had problems finding a job in my area, so I applied for a job which included writing scientific texts for an app. They searched for students and bachelors and told me I was under qualified for the position. 😂 I think that's another way to say they don't want to pay you for your degree and want someone who is really under qualified.

[@emeraldbby2000]

Sounds like you were actually over qualified and they didn't want to pay you what you are worth so they'll hire someone without a degree who will take whatever they can get

[@guysome3263]

'inadequate for exploitation'

[@missx147]

My 25yo college educated son could not find a job in his degree field. He ended up in a warehouse job. He was so broken. He said says and rightfully so, I didn't go the college to work in a warehouse! These kids aren't entitled. They are right. They were told by us that college was the way to great future. THEY WANT THAT FUTURE!

[@the_expidition427]

The whole systems rigged

[@savannahrae9122]

24yo with an unfinished degree due to financial position but a Cert IV (one level down from a diploma) I didn't study to earn a dollar more than minimum wage in the field I studied for ( lab tech). I love science but had I known how poorly it paid I would have chosen something else.

[@ShaiFowler]

22 year old here. I dropped out my junior years 2 years ago. Double major in psychology and criminal and restorative justice with a minor in sociology. Psych taught me that every individual is a potential experiment. Criminal and restorative justice taught me that the law and all the systems are corrupt. Sociology taught me college was a scam, and as long as the government has its hand in health care and criminal justice, we were all being bamboozled🤣 these three subjects sent me down the rabbit hole of hidden agendas for like an entire month. I was just in my dorm room piecing everything together before I finally said enough is enough and I won’t be a part of this anymore.

[@johnnyonthespot9370]

Maybe instead of lying to them about what going to college will “entitle “ them to let them know that a degree only guarantees you the education you retained along the way not any specific job or income level

[@rickwrites2612]

​@@ShaiFowleryou mean as long as there was a profit motive in healthcare and prison 😂

[@Sidneycozzoi]

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

[@cassettetape7643]

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

[@sussyslurp]

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

[@chriscallaghan4091]

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

[@solidsnake1806]

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

[@persephonebuckley]

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

[@ridabydidaby84]

Hearing Jazmine Reed say that Gen Z needs professionalism training is infuriating because I’ve seen the 40-60 year old management and administration have the worst abilities to treat people decently and separate their personal lives and states of emotion from their work.

[@ravioli1381]

YES. I’m in the gen z bracket, and some of the most horrific unprofessionalism I’ve ever seen has been directly from management. These people have been in my store for years, are almost triple my age, and yet are the main reason why so many people quit. They let us get the brunt of horrible customers and blame us for supply issues.

[@vividneon]

The “gen-z being unprofessional” trope can really be explained away by the fact Gen-Z sets boundaries within the workplace like never before. Older generations were treated poorly when they were starting in the workforce & “pulled themselves up by the bootstrap.” Now Gen-z entering the workforce is being told to carry more workload, with no promotion in sight & STILL not able to pay their bills. The motivation to “do more” is gone & the older generations just don’t understand why.

[@versaii5519]

jazmine reed doesn’t know the the f she’s talking about

[@inesako258]

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[@NothingXemnas]

To play devil's advocate, I have met good and bad managers of all ages, and the worse ones can be at any rank within a company's hierarchy. Hiring doesn't want your personality, they want your efficiency, and if you work fast and well, you could be abusive and people would not talk back at you, even your bosses. Boomers and Silent Gen became abusive because of either traumas, entitlement or for being spoiled rotten, Millenials are abusive because the Boomers can't allow the wealth and work to be reshared, and Gen Z and Alpha are abusive because they have even less than Millenials, and Millenials couldn't ass with raising children because of unmotivated work grind (pretty much why so many of current children are "little emperors" addicted to smartphones and terminally online at age of 10-15. Really, we all fucked up.

[@bearwaldo]

One of my favourite stickers says “Record profits are unpaid workers”

[@abbieamavi]

this!! Every company I've worked for has done this.

[@ush1101]

Exactly!

[@kimberlynoble7476]

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

[@carolinerussell9556]

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

[@felanisepulveda]

Absolutely!!

[@skzsh00ter31]

Literally!! It’s so stressful, all this crazy job prep, each requiring their own technical skill set they want you to present, it’s so insane. 5 rounds of interviews and a long ass application later and you’re still rejected.

[@emma-jeannevoyer2862]

@@carolinerussell9556 And then people coming out to say there's a lack of professionalism? I don't get it

[@UNDERDOG18UNDERDOG18]

That's why I stay where I am. Job hunting process isn't worth it. Only have 5-6 years left.

[@sydney9011]

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

[@mjjjermaine]

+1

[@poloska9471]

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

[@Bapate-rh9be]

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

[@sydney9011]

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

[@Bapate-rh9be]

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

[@mryan4719]

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

[@trademisconception9816]

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

[@mryan4719]

Exactly​@@trademisconception9816

[@xXfireflyyXx]

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

[@Chayliss]

We been sitting and waiting waiting for yall

[@numb3r5ev3n]

@mryan4719 This exactly.

[@Infersha]

I was unemployed for 5 months+. Putting in job apps everyday. Sometimes just spamming my resume. Countless emails of rejection, scams and low balling pay as much as possible. I finally got a job but it was only because a good friend of mine put in a word for me at her job. Felt like all my efforts were for literally nothing. This job market is not okay.

[@toridori1000]

Honestly the only way to obtain a job is who u know… that’s how I got all mines sadly when I applied a bunch on my own I get nothing but crickets… really sad times :/

[@Iudicatio]

​@toridori1000 I'm starting to notice the same! I haven't found a job from a job search website since abt 2016

[@ktothej1]

It’s all nepotism these days

[@spilledit]

A lot of scams

[@ChunkSchuldinga]

It's never about your qualifications, it's about who you know.

[@charlotteshewchuk2177]

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

[@lisaburke7506]

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

[@rosadelrio5120]

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

[@borkbork4124]

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

[@AB-wf8ek]

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

[@bubbafishy]

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

[@marabookstagram]

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

[@compulsive_curiosity]

Americans dont live their values. Its shameful

[@Littlecozyblanket]

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

[@sprinkle61]

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

[@ltethan649]

what sort of magic did you think happened?

[@bd12544]

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

[@mim1457]

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

[@nerychristian]

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

[@davecullins1606]

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

[@surewhatever8843]

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

[@patriciacorrea8871]

Yep it doesn’t add up.

[@topicalstormofficial]

All too common.

[@kayleawilson]

As an elder gen Z, I see first hand the “don’t wanna work” kick really taking the shape of “don’t wanna lack stability but also don’t want to be unfulfilled.” It seems like all my unlucky or even professionally unskilled friends are trapped in a cycle of “I see how unfulfilled my parents were and I don’t wanna do that” versus “I desperately need work,” so they take any job they can find that doesn’t make them wanna jump off something. Which is still underpaid and has no benefits. It definitely sucks

[@VoidySan]

This is seriously real!!! Especially the unfulfilled parents part. Growing up with suicidal dads, working shit jobs that break down their bodies, struggling to maintain the household was crushing as a child. I'm tryna get by as best as I can without, y'know, jumping off of something.

[@p1nstark]

This

[@Lodinn]

...It might be exactly what they mean though. Your unfulfilled parents worked for however many years for the rich, now their kids expect the same of you.

[@TayshaDavis]

An underrated aspect of Gen z supposedly not wanting to work IS what you mentioned of watching our parents struggle despite their education, skills, and company loyalty. If the most educated generation in history (Millennials in the US) cannot "win" why would Gen Z want to play that game? Additionally just look at the tech layoffs and hiring freezes at tech companies for swe and dev. It means even the "right" degree that isn't "worthless" still became worthless lmao

[@dumptruck_babs]

How anyone who isn't rich can still purposely have children right now is absolutely insane to me.

[@SpicyGramCracker]

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

[@jhadaelovestacos5850]

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

[@user56gghtf]

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

[@smanqele]

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

[@markigirl2757]

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

[@Durgenheim]

Virtually every corporation has embraced the turn-and-burn business model to keep costs artificially low and profits (at the top) as high as possible. This is the reason why we keep seeing record profits, executive compensation packages, and stock buybacks. All of these parasites are engaging in this BS, and we all will continue to be held back by it.

[@mutedroar]

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

[@S.A.White...]

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

[@user56gghtf]

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

[@robosergTV]

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

[@tinabean713]

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

[@mordecaiissad8529]

I've been applying for 2 months and about the same rn. I honestly just wanted to thank you for sharing, cause I was starting to really feel like there's something wrong with me.

[@kailiek2402]

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

[@mochimochi7669]

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

[@SaulTPeanuts]

yea, that lady was coorporate double talking out her ass

[@RoguePumpkin13]

Not to mention you are spending more time at work then not (excluding time spent sleeping) and spending your entire life in "work mode" is exhausting. Have to pretend to be someone else for 40 hrs a week kills your soul in a way people only now are starting to talk about

[@steyraug96]

​@@RoguePumpkin1340 hours a week? Salary jobs want 60-80 hours a week, and act like you should be happy about it. (I'm in an IT role at a global company.) The act is that we should be happy to help them run the world... No, I'm getting fed up. I've been here over a decade, it just keeps getting WORSE. They hire sales positions, but we don't deal with the public. The IT architecture is ancient, they want everything cheap or free, but won't use the industry standard tools, we're running 10 year old machines and software because "risk" from change ... There's no fixing this. We will see another meltdown, and FedGov is part of the problem. Just as with the last "Too Big To Fail" (because it will take down the entire world's governments' money laundering, I mean - global market) - the corporations will get rhe profits, and they'll socialize the costs - we are a blended economy, socialist and capitalist - blending of government and corporations, there's a word for that... So of course, the children want MORE of what didn't work the first time, the design that allows more and more corruption, puts government in greater and greater control, and pretends they're working for The People... We need more Ron Paul, less "Government" (Cronyism).

[@Doughkat777]

In my area, working at the gas station or local McDonalds is actually going to get you more money than an entry level job in most field requiring a 4 year degree.

[@Lord_Mad_Dog]

If your business "can't afford" a bad hire, or any other relatively small inconvenience, then you have much bigger problems than hiring. If you need to resort to ghost job listings to keep employees motivated, you have a serious morale problem.

[@emilybauer3477]

They say they don’t want any bad hires. But isn’t that what the regular interview process is for? Deciding who to hire? Why does it need to take 3 interviews, a phone call, and a personality test when you can just talk to someone for 20 minutes and look at their resume

[@kris.listen]

@@emilybauer3477Too strict ATS and biased dumb recruiters. Walking into an establishment, shaking the managers hand, handing them your resume is seen as confrontational, aggressive and desperate.

[@MCcadet04]

It’s not just bad practice, it should be illegal. People who divert the attention of job seekers, wasting people’s time, gas money, etc should go to jail

[@0mikr0n]

"cAnT aFfOrD tO hIrE tHe wRoNg cAndIDaTe" they say, while interviewing 50 people over a month, spending an hour on every candidate, for dozens of positions that they don't intend to fill. That woman you interviewed is so full of crap.

[@saralist1200]

She’s a gutless wonder. Interview people and make a decision. That’s what being a leader is about. Some of the best employees I ever hired didn’t fit the textbook definition of what my bosses thought I should want, but it pays to be creative and see how the skills someone has transfer over instead of waiting for some mythical unicorn employee who doesn’t exist.

[@platyvdp]

haha yeah thats when i turned this off. like OK sis. we get it. we're the problem. not the mega corps making money off of our labor.

[@gigima1976]

And still they end up hiring the worst candidate. 🙄

[@JackedThor-so]

Most of the video was fine, but she irritated me SO much! Like, how much money is really being spent to train someone? Give me some numbers or examples.

[@stviz87]

She was so gross, "I get it" no, we don't. Stop making excuses for a very bad interview process

[@MegaKoga]

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

[@keithspernak6456]

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

[@alexroselle]

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

[@mommalion7028]

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

[@joshuagharis9017]

Because we know how hard actually working for a living is

[@joshuagharis9017]

​@jf2176not true. Rich folk would be rich regardless bruh. Don't drink the kool-aid

[@Grimm299]

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

[@sunshine98s]

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

[@AndyWarhole-w7q]

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

[@bn9983]

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

[@opticalraven1935]

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

[@bn9983]

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

[@admetus3018]

Maybe I'm in the wrong, but the interview with Jazmine really threw me off. As a Gen z software engineer who has applied to over 1000 jobs since I graduated, hearing her talk about people using "slang" in interviews, is absolutely part of the problem itself. "Professionalism" is a term used to other people and make other's feel smarter or better than the person being interviewed. I've many experiences hearing recruiters so how well spoken I am, and instead of taking it as a compliment, I think about the "others" that were most likely talked down to because of using "slang". His interview made this video a much harder watch in general for me.

[@grreeeeee]

yeah, she sounds like an idiot hiring manager. "oh, we're seeing them use slang in interviews, * smirk * blah blah blah"

[@someoneyoudontknow8372]

Same here and smiling while saying how a season of inflation and layoffs isn’t necessarily a bad thing and to be in a season of survival is a good thing??? Like what? Excuse you and your dumb ass grin? Ofc its great for YOU your a god damn CAREER COACH!

[@xtxschmidt]

"Season of survival" batshit crazy​@someoneyoudontknow8372

[@pomegranatejelly9767]

“No one wants to work anymore”… meanwhile I have 3 part time jobs and often work 70 hour weeks, yet don’t make enough to move out.

[@cbros5977]

Yup, working 60 hours a week and all my overtime is doubletime yet I still can’t seem to afford the 2 or 3 grand a month it would take to live on my own… that 2-3k is just for rent and bills

[@Styxintheriver]

My partner works 50+ hour weeks and I have a part time job and a gig job and we are JUST able to make rent in a 1 bedroom apartment in a small town. What is going on ?

[@cbros5977]

@@Styxintheriver what’s going on is we are being lied to and we are being stolen from. The people in power have already made it clear that they are only going to listen to those who lobby them the most, and take from the rest.

[@lasagnabeans4656]

And for people in your situation including me their argument against it is that you’re spending too much or you’re living above your means, but there is literally no other places to rent or groceries to buy that are cheaper when you’re already living the cheapest you can

[@lindsay6518]

"Workers aren't dumb enough to let me abuse them anymore"

[@D-Corporation]

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

[@codyfernfan6274]

🙌👏🏻

[@gregutz4284]

Lol have fun getting a job with that attitude

[@user56gghtf]

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

[@krunkle5136]

That certainly is not a lady.

[@jakeluffman2186]

Yeah, I got ick vibes from her too

[@virtualgambit577]

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

[@Ectofish]

Oh my god I had that same thing happen to me when I applied to a Moes Southwestern Grill. The position I found on indeed had a higher pay listed than the actual pay the interviewer told me

[@magmaggie9144]

Same with Wendy’s!!

[@nomadautodidact]

How in the world do you survive on 13. I'm struggling at 33

[@conefiend2570]

holy shit that is exactly what happened to me 😮‍💨

[@yahya2925]

​@@nomadautodidact Depends on where you live I'm sure

[@marcandreas88]

This video is both validating and incredibly disturbing. It a breath of fresh air from all the lies/misinformation they've been feeding us, but also kind of makes me want to curl into a ball and cry. Truth usually hurts more than fiction.

[@sburton84]

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

[@MeatCatCheesyBlaster]

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

[@redherringbone]

@@MeatCatCheesyBlaster 🎯

[@gwils7879]

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

[@mchlle94]

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

[@Grimm299]

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

[@nervousbreakdown711]

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

[@beddythecorgi4269]

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

[@nervousbreakdown711]

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

[@Langtw]

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

[@SurpriseMeJT]

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

[@Langtw]

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

[@slaymaster01]

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

[@slaymaster01]

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

[@Jhddtukbdd87542]

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

[@Jhddtukbdd87542]

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

[@trademisconception9816]

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

[@codyfernfan6274]

@@Jhddtukbdd87542well done!:)

[@bryannamarcella]

For people to say Gen Z is unprofessional is just straight bull crap. The amount of unprofessionalism I have seen from older generations, always shocks me. I used go into work being the most professional person there and feeling out of place because I can’t be as “hip” and “cool” as the older gen is being. How odd..

[@monriatitans]

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

[@Direwarlord213]

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

[@nerychristian]

What kind of work are you looking for?

[@snoreproductions]

Those job scams are everywhere. Nothing is sacred anymore. There's a scam for everything.

[@jtowensbyiii6018]

​@@nerychristianANYTHING LITERALLY ANY FUCKING JOB, no one is hiring for shit

[@DeaDiabola]

Noooo nobody wants to work. People hate having money, duh!

[@Uncle_Smidge]

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

[@ElectricCamelAnalytics]

That’s very tragic

[@Handleitt1]

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

[@Elleh42]

Same

[@SpoopySquid]

Human sacrifice pleases The Line

[@SpicyGramCracker]

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

[@Strawlighte]

26:15 I think the issue is less gen z not knowing professionalism, it’s them not buying into it. We live in a world on fire and instead of fixing it, I have to spend 40+ hours a week looking at a screen… I don’t care about professionalism anymore.

[@brittanyb5878]

Exactly!!

[@skylinefever]

I see that as Gen Z knowing the emperor has no clothes and feeling no need to pretend the emperor has clothes.

[@johnfisher8401]

I dont think a lot of gen z even knows what being professional means. If you cant meet the standard, dont complain when you dont have a job.

[@youtube.account-d9v]

@@johnfisher8401 Seriously keep up with the times and shelf your outdated advice. Just because you grew up differently (I did too) doesn't mean you can't look around you and literally see the world is completely reshaped

[@CatgirlExplise6039]

@@johnfisher8401 Get over yourself. I respect those who have basic decency. I give basic decency to all. If you have no decency, you dont get my respect, I dont give my life for you.

[@wetsand7379]

I have applied for about 50 help desk roles (an entry level IT role). They are asking for a CS degree, programming experience, and prior help desk experience. FOR WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN ENTRY LEVEL ROLE. And the pay, of course, is almost always less than $50,000 a year.

[@Fledgerson]

I have 12 years of experience and they're still ghosting me for those same roles. 9 months now. It's insane.

[@Alex-df9rh]

Just bypass that and attempt it

[@MCcadet04]

Just lie about it, say you’ve had experience

[@asdf9890]

Haha, why would a helpdesk position require programming experience 🤦‍♂️😂. Also, not many with actual programming experience are going to be willing to work helpdesk 😂

[@ellim1585]

They were doing this BS in 2016-2019, so I can’t imagine how much worse it’s gotten 😢

[@jayspeidell]

I graduated at 35 with a computer science degree in 2020. It was a nightmare. I was unqualified for entry level, but with a decade of marketing experience I was also deemed overwualified for entey level. Thousands of applications, dozens of "informational interviews," and the only feedback was "get at least six months of experience at another company in the role you want and we'll hire you." They all said I was great and had all the skills, but needed real world experience. Never mind my open source contributions, only paid experience counts. The exception is jobs that said I'm too experienced (old) for engineering roles and am only a good candidate for project management. One person just outright said they're not gonna put a 35 year old on a team of 22 year olds. I'm still a marketing manager, just massively overqualified. And I'll have to pretend that my degree that coat tens of thousands of dollars and a few years of my life just doesn't exist or that'll fuck over my marketing career. It's hell. I'm terrified about the future.

[@Malatesticles]

Pro tip, lie on your resume these people do not check.

[@freshbornmute2752]

Hell is right.

[@Backinblackbunny009]

The system working as intended. Terrified people don't protest or try to start a union.

[@skylinefever]

​@@MalatesticlesI saw a great sign recently. It said "Nobody can?verify your employment ar Sears and KMart."

[@randomgeminiastronaut46]

@@Backinblackbunny009indeed keep them under control because us people have the power, and if we realize it that we the people have more strength then we know then maybe we could do smth abt it 😢

[@carriewalker2929]

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

[@tyvanhworkout]

Yes, in many instances people are getting WAYYY underpaid!

[@Praisethesunson]

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

[@erindavis6811]

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

[@pinesandtraplines]

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

[@erindavis6811]

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

[@erindavis6811]

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

[@mutedroar]

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

[@AB-wf8ek]

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

[@JohnnyWishbone85]

Even the interview guests in this video are gaslighting us. "We can't afford to make a bad hiring decision." [company posts record profits]

[@katie8099]

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

[@liriodendronlasianthus]

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

[@Arionlappy]

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

[@piscinaiv7937]

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

[@summertime69]

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

[@jazzpear8877]

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

[@gwils7879]

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

[@markigirl2757]

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

[@jamiehartman3350]

My mom would brag for years that she would make a 1000 a night in tips working in a nightclub in Chicago back in the 70s. There must have been an enormous opportunity for people back then because holy shit is she ditsy.

[@Astro_raptor_]

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

[@svetlanaschlosser3021]

such a cute pfp

[@jinolin9062]

i think it looks like a lucious chicken wing but also what they just said^😭

[@SwirlytheSnail]

This video didn't help to encourage me at all and completely demotivated me. I am neurodiverent and hearing that the most reliable/number one way to get a job was to know someone/ "networking" felt like an absolute gut punch. Feeling even more hopeless about my financial future and future in general.

[@stevenwyman1379]

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

[@ElectricCamelAnalytics]

Pretty solid advice

[@gwendalynnwatkins1296]

Thanks!

[@elliestewart7770]

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

[@mykki.d]

*cries in graphic designer*

[@hyperbunnygirl101]

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

[@jwetzel3141]

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

[@idonthaveahandle2000]

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

[@ChatGPT1111]

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

[@coolchameleon21]

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

[@Riu-bw4bl]

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

[@notlurking2128]

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

[@sherrym5556]

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

[@elizabeth-y6e6f]

in my case, the whole “college degree will guarantee you a high salary job” lie was so egregious, that my student loan got canceled. students banked their futures so hard on that false statement that the government said “sorry, you can have your money back” and that’s INSANE cuz i really wasted my time to now be sitting here unemployed, on government assistance, with basically a fake degree. i’m actually at the point where the only stable way forward is to rely on disability, officially locking me into the system. that feels utterly hopeless.

[@IntuitivelyCurious]

What degree did you get?

[@korenna123]

Can I ask when you got your degree? Are you a millenial?

[@jesuzzah]

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

[@ShaiFowler]

College was always a scam. Every book for every class is available somewhere else and for cheaper than going through the school anyway. Anybody can read any material, that any college or university has, on their own. Professors today don’t actually teach anything. They just relay information that anybody can access and it doesn’t even necessarily have to be true information. So if that’s the case what are we really paying for when we go? Rent/bills (dorms), food, and professors. And if your college is anything like mine was, they were always downsizing when it came to the students.. football program gone even though so many were still wanting to play. Food options were atrocious and got worse each year. perfectly fine boys dorm (with actual suites) building was shut down bc the university made a deal to turn it into a k-4 for mentally disabled kids.. on OUR campus. Those plans fell through but did they reopen the dorm? Nope. Instead they retired the oldest boys dorm too and switched every other dorms so that the ones that were the girls’ were now the boys’ and now all of a sudden there’s at least 1 co-ed dorm😂 one of the girls dorms roof came clean off in a gust of wind after I left the school but they’ll definitely construct a nice little fountain and put in a brand new soccer field instead of date the rooms or bathrooms🤔

[@ShaiFowler]

College was always a scam. Every book for every class is available somewhere else and for cheaper than going through the school anyway. Anybody can read any material, that any college or university has, on their own. Professors today don’t actually teach anything. They just relay information that anybody can access and it doesn’t even necessarily have to be true information. So if that’s the case what are we really paying for when we go? Rent/bills (dorms), food, and professors. And if your college is anything like mine was, they were always downsizing when it came to the students.. football program gone even though so many were still wanting to play. Food options were atrocious and got worse each year. perfectly fine boys dorm (with actual suites) building was shut down bc the university made a deal to turn it into a k-4 for mentally disabled kids.. on OUR campus. Those plans fell through but did they reopen the dorm? Nope. Instead they retired the oldest boys dorm too and switched every other dorms so that the ones that were the girls’ were now the boys’ and now all of a sudden there’s at least 1 co-ed dorm😂 one of the girls dorms roof came clean off in a gust of wind after I left the school but they’ll definitely construct a nice little fountain and put in a brand new soccer field instead of date the rooms or bathrooms🤔

[@probsnooneyouknowtbh3712]

It seems like that's part of the reason why entry level jobs are requiring so much experience. They just don't want to have to train someone.

[@leenaadams6742]

Yes! Also push for internships which is just unpaid labor for these companies…

[@AstraeanMoth]

Exactly this! I was told before I even graduated high school that college wasn't meant to train you for a job, that was the company's responsibility(with exceptions to specialized jobs) College is there to teach critical thinking, research skills, and navigating socially with others from various walks of life and interests without the stress of a 40+ hour work week (provided you didn't hold a full time job while a full time student of course!). And that has not been the case in the 3 years since I graduated. In fact, I somehow wound up in HR, so I can say, from an internal stance, that no company wants to hire anyone entry level. They don't want to train anyone. They don't want to pay for experience either. I got my degree knowing that no one cares what you're degree is in 90% of the time, and anything I needed to know, they would teach me. So far, the only thing I've been right about is that no one cares about my degree. And not to complain, but to add on to a point from chapter 1, I am the most educated and the least paid in my household of 5 roommates. I have twice the education and make 10k less than my non-degree holding counter parts - 15k and 42k less than my associate degree counterparts (one of which landed a job he's severely unqualified for through nepotism, which is also a reason the job market is the way it is.)

[@sambeawesome]

It took me three months to find a part time, low skill, retail job. I applied to loads of places, no one was hiring, despite all the job postings. I wasn't looking for anything fancy, I just wanted my foot in any door to help cover bills. And it took THREE months for THAT??? I had never heard of the term "ghost jobs" but that really feels like what I experienced. Every retail shop, grocery store, home goods, and restaurant has a 'Help Wanted' sign, but no one is hiring.

[@whatsonhermindblog123]

This is absolutely a real thing. In every city across America

[@kelliann]

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

[@ImWeirdAndILikeIt]

YUP THAT HAPPENED TO ME

[@DeceptiChic]

YEP. THANK YOU.

[@navyblue9355]

same! luckily my parents have well paying jobs and don't need the money, so they gave me the amount they got from the tax return due to my tuition

[@barbaraosorio2002]

i had to pay taxes this past year even tho i made less than 30k and spent 8,000 of that on college tuition 😍

[@barbaraosorio2002]

no tax return 🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️🧚🏻‍♂️

[@musicluver7125]

@47:00...a lot of people are not adding tips upfront in delivery apps because people got sick to death of tipping well only for their orders to be thrown at their neighbor's porch, left in a parking lot, or be compromised with missing or contaminated items. It's frankly insane to expect people to tip before they know what kind of service they are going to get.

[@cheesy_ground_beef]

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

[@aanandax]

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

[@euwjaskcnv734]

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

[@corvifeon]

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

[@JF-xy2jh]

Have you tried applying in other states? I used to live in Florida and it would take me months to get a minimum wage job. Since I moved to Missouri I never had trouble finding a job again, I was able to get an associates in Accounting and got a job after 2 days of applying, with no experience they still gave me the opportunity. Job market is different in each state I guess. I also think smaller towns are less competitive. I hope that gives you hope at least lol

[@cutelatina00508]

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

[@MsCarotty]

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

[@trickyrichard]

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

[@beloved-child]

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

[@diediedice]

Been almost 2 years now for me... the day my parents throw me out, I'll be living under a bridge

[@Lady_marron]

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

[@jigglypuff4ever]

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

[@CH-vm6cq]

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

[@Newgrist]

What if you don't have a family?

[@joshuagharis9017]

Danke! Das ist sehr gut

[@merelk.9530]

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

[@TheCrimsonOne508]

It’s not “like anxiety”. We’re being lied to. People feel insane because they’re being gaslit about everything

[@savage_optimist]

EVERYTHING

[@TheRealE.B.]

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

[@theslitherysylvie4010]

Every generation is supposed to be in a better financial situation than the last. We want our kids to have better than we did. I am Gen X/older Millenial, and my grandparents grew up in the depression. My parents were baby boomers. My dad was in the Air Force and my mom was a cafeteria worker at the public high school. My parents had a 4 bedroom house, 2 cars that were replaced with a new one every 3 years, and they could afford to send me to boarding school/private schools. I moved out at 17, worked 2 jobs, started a family when I was 20. There have been times where me and my spouse both worked 2 jobs each, and still couldn't manage. My partner got laid off in 2014, no notice, no warning- showed up for work to the factory locked up with a note saying they had shut down. Benefits gone, and no final pay check. He had worked there 15 years. House gone to foreclosure by this event. Our kids who are in their early 20s have nothing to show for our hard work. We can't pay for them to go to college, we can't help them buy a new car, we can't help them with their rent. Because we can't afford our rent, and our cars are 30 years old. Kids were more than welcome to stay living with us, but they wanted their own places, which I understand. I am always buying them whatever I can to help them. But it crushes me that I couldn't afford to give them what I had growing up. It's not supposed to be this way. It makes many of us feel like a failure as parents, but I think my generation doesn't want to admit it. I think Gen Z kids are great. I think they have been dealt a bad hand to start out in life. They watched their parents work for nothing- why would they feel motivated to do the same?

[@whatsonhermindblog123]

Hmmmmmmmm!!! Thank you for sharing your story and current struggles. I can relate to your feelings of wishing you could give your kids what you had growing up and the fact that companies can lay people off without final pay is bullshit

[@bobby-jeans]

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

[@Clau-chauNicol]

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

[@russianbot8576]

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

[@amazinggrapes3045]

Professionalism is some allistic bullshit

[@user-id5cj2ch3y]

exactly my thoughts!

[@Blargle42069]

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

[@caspar8963]

“nobody wants to work anymore” at a non entry level job that won’t even pay a living wage when they worked hard for skills that deserve a higher income

[@vanillabeanlady]

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

[@Direwarlord213]

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

[@kittencaboodle24]

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

[@ilta222]

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

[@lemonlupinreuben5362]

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

[@Vanity0666]

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

[@niebieskimotyl3308]

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

[@ElectricCamelAnalytics]

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

[@HaruruTan]

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

[@ISureDont]

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

[@MeatCatCheesyBlaster]

@jf2176 GOOD

[@merelk.9530]

​@jf2176 Good. If the only way to keep your company profitable is by mistreating your employees, your company shouldn't exist.

[@bonnaherlocher8834]

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

[@naomivought9317]

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

[@musicgirl_gwyn]

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

[@tahdun5278]

It isn't as bad as people are making it seem. you have a fantastic degree and will get hired eventually. 40 applications is rookie status; pump those numbers up.

[@kellynxo]

@@tahdun5278it is worse than people like you are making it seem. You are the problem seriously!

[@Stumblingthroughlife]

I hope you did an internships and other clubs to build up your skills. I'd suggest if you have a good relationship with a professor ask them if they are connected to a program they can recommend you for. Also apply with the federal government...they have paid internships.

[@nimbusmobiledetailing312]

"why are layoffs happening? It's in the best interest of the company" wow 10/10 answer, really fleshed it out for me. I thought they did it for fun

[@snailerie]

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

[@rosieespinozaruiz6939]

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

[@snailerie]

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

[@ThisIsAydin]

Don’t worry, your government assistance is going to freeloading migrants. Don’t like it? Vote Trump.

[@MoondustManwise]

Professionalism is fucking stupid. I'm autistic, not only does the little dance of professionalism seem like a strange archaic nonsense, it's actively weaponized against me because I can't fulfill the social requirements. I can't even stand for long periods, and in the USA, if you want any low paying box store job, you have to be able to stand. Facing the job search with unhappiness, all I ever wanted was to work to help people.

[@ohitsthem7601]

Same here. Its especially mind boggling to me that almost all jobs require a "personality test" which is just plain and simple ableism

[@NJGuy1973]

There are businesses which specifically hire autistic people. Software companies especially, due to the need for attention to detail.

[@rosalindcormier4384]

@@ohitsthem7601As someone who is also autistic I fucking feel like this

[@ohitsthem7601]

@@rosalindcormier4384 this world is tough asf on us

[@huemann7637]

You’re complaining about having to stand up? 😂

[@cassandramichellewellness]

can we get rid of responsibility to shareholders yet?! it is destroying our society

[@Mastercane98]

Who is gonna risk his money to give you a job then? The state wasting money and promoting ponzi like scams like social security is the problem, not shareholders.

[@jsmit9484]

It's the business equivalent of selling your soul.

[@constantly_nerfed]

What I don’t understand is why the statistic of 1 opening to every 2 applicants on LinkedIn is being used when, as mentioned at 11:48, the number of job postings is totally unreliable due to ghost postings. Like, why are those numbers being used as evidence that the job marketing is “healthy” if we already know they’re not all real?

[@S.A.White...]

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

[@45johngalt]

it's also to show shareholders "look guise we are totally hiring!"

[@jinxedfates]

im sorry but jazmine seemed so distinctly out of touch this whole interview

[@stewiegrif1]

I don’t know anything about her, but her body language and word choice seemed off to me. A lot of intermittent smiling and use of words like “bottom line” and “pushing the envelope.” I don’t intend to insult her, it’s just what I noticed. It gave me a sense that her presentation is very important, and maybe for her job these performative aspects are integral to her daily work. It still came off to me as a bit too “prepared” to speak a certain way and less authentic.

[@ohwow7423]

She erked me, saying these mega corps. "can't afford a bad hire" is just ugh.

[@selalewis9189]

Yeah, she’s a bootlicker who thinks she’ll be made the exception to the ruthlessness of the companies she works for.

[@madiioneill329]

Agreed! I also felt she gave generic advice without any actionable suggestions like “there is a lot of free education out there” this may be true but for some it can be daunting to find these resources and recommendations can be helpful! Some of these comments just remind me of the articles that headline “Our Job Market is Thriving!” With evidence stating otherwise. Please show me what job markets 😂

[@smallcryingchild9322]

Thank god im not the only one

[@ladyoftheflowers44]

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

[@ShaiFowler]

Exactly and when we call out the bullshit we suffer and get generalized as “hard to work with”. I’ve listened to my mom complain about bs from her job during my whole childhood up to now. Each time she has a problem and I give her the solution to speak up it’s “noooo it’s not going to do anything but make it more difficult to “ blahblahblahhh blahblahhhhh 💥 boomer 💥 😂i refuse to be treated and paid like a piece of shit while somebody else gets paid more being an asshole and unfair in the workplace😂

[@whatsonhermindblog123]

These recruiters are the people hiring for companies that create ads using the most exaggerated aave That's the irony of the professional schtick

[@elenasanchez9026]

I worked for the US once. And I’m amazed how EASY is for them to lay you off. There is no protection for the employees in general and now that I’m in France is so refreshing and relieving to see that as an employee i’m protected AF and unless i’m a shitty employee (but fr shitty) they wont fire me. It really takes weight off the shoulders.

[@suncrestt4839]

I live in a “right to work” state in the US which essentially means our employers are legally allowed to fire us whenever for pretty much any reason they can think of. You could be the best employee and do everything right but it doesn’t matter in the end. 🙃

[@ISureDont]

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

[@dragonsheen3049]

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

[@codyfernfan6274]

@@dragonsheen3049as a patient, thank you!

[@Praisethesunson]

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

[@TheVoltaire1]

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

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

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

[@ElectricCamelAnalytics]

Alot of those are scams

[@TheVoltaire1]

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

[@alphacentauri8083]

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

[@xXfireflyyXx]

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

[@GangstarComputerGod]

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

[@pippaandelsie5550]

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

[@S.A.White...]

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

[@steverich136]

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

[@courtneyweiser7709]

So what I got out of that is…the job market is crap. Work multiple jobs when you are already burnt out, have 6 months of expenses saved when you can’t afford to pay your expenses now, invest in your education but be prepared for it to be worthless, work harder even if they are not compensating you to stand out, be prepared to fight through endless applications and interviews for 6 months to find a job, and be prepared because companies are laying off employees and cutting back on expenses so your job is not secure once you have found one. Got it.

[@Rahshu]

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

[@ruled_by_pluto]

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

[@PeachyKins]

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

[@manofsteel9051]

Stop moaning

[@caliac]

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

[@la6136]

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

[@helgahaa]

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

[@camcam3087]

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

[@POOOOOOOO416]

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

[@jessebrook1688]

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

[@thefinancialdiet]

Not yet but this is a good idea!

[@Ann-op5kj]

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

[@henacea]

6:40 "the cost that it takes to hire someone and train them is large". And yet the companies does not value the workers, and even lay them off. Things that put more work on remaining workers than sooner or later will leave. So the cycle in hiring, training will begin so companies can complain once again. While making enormous profits, but crying bancropcy. It's just so much corporate BS.

[@johnlovesbridge]

The disappearance of on the job training has devalued a candidate's potential as a reason to hire. Ending on the job training has turned finding a job on it's head.

[@emmd1137]

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

[@ChatGPT1111]

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

[@sp.2778]

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

[@emmd1137]

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

[@Backinblackbunny009]

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

[@ChatGPT1111]

@@Backinblackbunny009 you mean 'than', rather than 'then' 🤣😂🤣

[@starzzzy22]

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

[@russianbot8576]

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

[@amberbydreamsart5467]

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

[@thesongstylingsoflaradiane5869]

Did you find a job in academia?

[@whenimmanicimgodly4228]

Honestly i think the whole 'lacks professionalism" thing is total bogus.

[@GregPrice-ep2dk]

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

[@mykki.d]

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

[@Pumkinseeds.]

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

[@GregPrice-ep2dk]

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

[@Pumkinseeds.]

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

[@tabithahunter5197]

This is criminal.

[@pull_up_the_roots]

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

[@juanitaschlink2028]

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

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

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

[@Web-Diane]

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

[@chronometer9931]

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

[@kat12.]

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

[@Eldaino999]

Hey all! So glad to see the positive response to the video (I’m Dain the Instacart guy lol) ; I didn’t catch the chat but I can answer someone’s question regarding who the delivery fee goes to: It goes to the company, not to the driver. Your dasher/instacart/uber eats person is getting a mysterious percentage of the order total, that factors in how many things, how heavy they are, distance and overall cost of the items in the order. And whatever you’re tipping. So let’s say you place an instacart order for about 80 bucks worth of groceries and you live about 5 miles from the store.. and you tipped 5 bucks. I probably got about 11-12 dollars of that. Edit: I’m now back to doing this for extra dough here and there as I FINALLY landed a full time position not long ago!

[@thefinancialdiet]

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

[@Eldaino999]

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

[@caliac]

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

[@ingridm4910]

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

[@Eldaino999]

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

[@Eszra]

I once applied for a job and when I heard nothing I called them to be told by a normal employee that they actually weren't hiring at all. The job post stayed up for a while until they took it down and it never came back. I at last decided to try for local jobs that weren't corporate and I got a lot more bite. How I got my current job. I took a hourly pay hit of 4 bucks less but it's a job I REALLY enjoy and it lets me watch KZbin and play games at work on the clock, but still do my actual job too.

[@GangstarComputerGod]

This recruiter is why the entire industry is mocked. She is the thing she giggles about when she talks about “lack of professionalism”

[@michaelamponsah4352]

What things did she do that made you feel that way? Genuinely curious

[@JorganVonDangle]

@@michaelamponsah4352 imo part of it is just the tone and cadence used in talking. its very obviously corpo trained to be non offensive and passive aggressive. plus her idea that companies cant afford to hire the right people is just ridiculous.

[@michaelamponsah4352]

@@JorganVonDangle wait so do you agree that she is professional or she lacks it. Because you say her tone and cadence is corp trained which to me means she is professionally trained??. The OP from my understand made it seem like she LACKS professionalism.

[@JorganVonDangle]

@@michaelamponsah4352 sure she's professional in that sense. I misread the above guys comment about lack of pressionqlism

[@michaelamponsah4352]

@@JorganVonDangle why exactly do you think her ideas that companies can’t afford to hire the right/wrong people? Is ridiculous. (Don’t want you to think I’m trying to argue or start something)I’m trying to grow my understanding of the situation and see how people view things

[@PublicUniversalFriend69]

Ask any poor person. We’re in hell. My family couldn’t afford toilet roll, couldn’t afford food last year. I worked at the same place as my mum, got laid off and now she does my old job plus hers for no extra pay! Capitalism is killing us all off

[@MoondustManwise]

Hope your local food pantries are okay, I'm lucky to have one that's good for when food costs just get too high. People sneer but reusable cloth toilet wipes can be a good alternative assuming you basically instantly chuck it in the wash or a soap bucket of some kind

[@ahs24575]

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

[@mzlww]

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

[@ChoclateGeek]

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

[@reltcstone2]

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

[@stewarln52284]

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

[@wolfbones666]

This is actually the way I found my career

[@musicluver7125]

The problem with stats about job openings vs. job seekers is that they are utterly and completely inaccurate because ghost job postings have gotten so rampant that I dare say they seem to be the majority of what you find.

[@ErutaniaRose]

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

[@Slim333yBoi]

bitcoin is good capitalism but wont be a thing in our lifetimes

[@huemann7637]

Capitalism is a word that Karl Marx made up. He never worked a day in his life.

[@aidanproy1484]

Capitalism did nothing wrong, it’s those that abused it.

[@gillifish]

The government should fund us so we can start businesses and actually enrich the economy. So much better to work for yourself, but the barrier to entry is HIGH.

[@ErutaniaRose]

@@gillifish So true.

[@stewarln52284]

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

[@markbuckman1211]

How are you gonna talk about scummy business and then push rocket money 😭 that company had to change names because their press was so bad. Imagine paying a subscription to cancel your subscriptions

[@coherenthomunculus]

"The dystopia is now, old man."

[@gd0st]

Correction: Rocket Money was originally Truebil which was acquired by Rocket Loans ( formerly Quickenloans ). So it changed names from the acquisition not from bad press. However, I am not sure about QuickenLoans itself

[@CellotasticallyYours]

I mean this genuinely, Dan Gilbert doesn't need more money. He pays him employees like shit, owns a FUCK ton of companies Rocket Money, Rocket Mortgage, etc and tries to funnel millenials into them. He doesn't pay his employees well and expects insane shit like mandatory unpaid evening company wide meetings. Literally look up Quicken Loans snoop Dogg, they were required to be there 💀

[@sophiejo-47]

They charged me 50 bucks after I tried to sign up for free😐

[@ohwow7423]

I used it for about a yr and my card info got stolen multiple times (I think around 3). It has never been stolen before. I unsubscribed 2 yrs ago and it hasn't happened since.

[@salma15932]

I’m a little late to this- but yes in my country an outgoing CEO got a bonus check in the tens of millions while the company is currently being reviewed for liquidation. They retrenched thousands of workers a couple of years ago and they have not recovered in any department since. Hence they wanna sell off their assets and shit. I’m tired of this world.

[@kidapexa]

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

[@tristfall1]

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

[@Jhddtukbdd87542]

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

[@codyfernfan6274]

@@Jhddtukbdd87542❤😂

[@jeanpierrepolnareff9919]

Gen z is not smarter and it's not bringing any"fresh ideas" to the table, she just said that to appease you. Iq has been lowering for decades in the general population, mainly due to social media abuse since childhood, and the next generation of tablet kids is gonna be even worse. But I agree, professionalism is just bullshit and just depends on how close you are to the people in the workplace(if you are friends with them). Now, arriving late, constantly causing problems and slacking is done by all ages and I've seen it all my life.

[@PinkiePi]

I had to resign from my job in December 2023 because I got custody of my kids and couldn't get childcare in reasonable time. I have been putting in at least 1 application almost every day (120+ applications) and have received 4 callbacks that went nowhere, and 4 interviews that went nowhere. I just want to take care of my kids, and I am sinking in debt, heading toward bankruptcy. I have tons of skills, two degrees, and a wealth of continuing personal education. The whole process is bull. Just trying to find a job is a full time job.