Why Gen Z and Millennials Are Quitting Their Jobs

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[@thispersonrighthere9024]

thank you for mentioning that you would rather underpay foreigners than pay your countrymen a liveable wage. you conservaturds always expose the corrupt version of capitalism you support. i'm gonna use this vid to show even more gen Z'ers and millenials how y'all think, and why they need to escape the rat race as soon as possible. thank you so much!👍

[@thispersonrighthere9024]

thank you for mentioning that you would rather underpay foreigners than pay your countrymen a liveable wage. you conservaturds always expose the corrupt version of capitalism you support. i'm gonna use this vid to show even more gen Z'ers and millenials how y'all think, and why they need to escape the rat race as soon as possible. thank you so much!👍

[@mandywinter8871]

If millennials didn't change jobs every couple of years, they'd end up making something like half as much. The boomer way of sticking with the same job for 40 years is gone because employers think they can get away with skimping on raises even though they'd pay more to hire a new person.

[@xviper84]

100% - it's a false narrative Boomers make against Millennials. These are the same people who ostracize Millennials for living at home and renting - when they all bought their houses for what would now be $50K 20 years ago and now its worth $2M.

[@reese85]

There not making that much more job hopping tho! Especially if it’s the same position! I didn’t even realize I was a millennial at 37, so I kno for a fact! Ppl are not making that much more money job hopping! Majority of the ppl around my age don’t even make good money!!!!!

[@tcarp1616]

@@reese85you’re wrong buddy.

[@LaCrux]

@@reese85 Yea this is very incorrect.

[@casebeth]

Also if boomer bosses want millennials to stay, they need to pay us inflation comparable wages that THEY made in our positions

[@bnorvs5929]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with quitting a job and trying to find one you like more.

[@gdolly166]

Only issue is when job offers a pension, years of service matter. Years worked x 1% x Annual salary.

[@nottelling4828]

There's quite a lot that could be wrong with quitting a job and trying to find one you like more. This generation makes me laugh. It's like responsibility and needs take a back seat to pleasure and emotion. At some point we have to recognize that there are needs which require sacrifices and compromises. Quitting a job because you don't "like it" is not a valid reason at all. There are legitimate reasons for switching jobs/careers, but that isn't one of them.

[@Daffodils2Daisies]

I’d happily take 60k for the remote work btw

[@aolvaar8792]

@@gdolly166 2.5%, Lifetime family healthcare

[@mbank3832]

who says there is something wrong ?

[@alanhodgson7857]

Nothing wrong with changing jobs to find something better. Most corporations won't show you any loyalty no matter how long you work there; you don't owe them any better.

[@blacktea69]

Especially after seeing how Google did their 20 yr vets

[@nakiflo]

For sure!!!!!

[@kbanghart]

@@blacktea69 what happened with them?

[@blacktea69]

@@kbanghart they got fired via email and locked out of their accounts. Someone was on a company trip overseas with a client and her company card was cut off, they canceled her return flight home.

[@charlesjohnson2475]

Facts

[@velocirapture89]

I saw my dad pursue the "stability" route. He was "laid-off" probably 20 times. Now he & my mom are divorced and neither can afford to even come close to retirement. Not for me, no thank you. I feel absolutely ZERO loyalty for an employer beyond doing the job I'm paid to do. And don't even get me started on their "diversity" programs. I want to do a job (preferably remotely, if possible), and leave and live my own life. My job is not my family. My job is not my religion. My job is not my community. My co-workers are not my friends. My job is not a political outlet. My job is MY JOB. End of rant.

[@danr154]

say it louder for the people in the back!

[@StephGThatRandomChica]

Yes 👏

[@TrainerAQ]

AMEN

[@MikeyPaper]

Wow thats a great attitude.

[@bk2no]

That’s good, because A.I. will end up taking allot of jobs off the table. We will see if the energy stays the same once jobs aren’t so plentiful.

[@Phantom121904]

I'm a software engineer who's been working full time from home for nearly a decade. My company also has development teams in India that cost 25 cents on the dollar vs onshore developers. We have to rewrite most of the code that gets churned out by the India teams due to poor quality. Overseas might be cheaper, but you get what you pay for.

[@Freedomchild85]

Period!

[@samanthaberch]

Ditto...good and cheap don't belong in the same sentence!

[@monipoli1371]

I concur. I work in the intellectual property for a German company and the IN quality is terrible...

[@pahanin2480]

So indians create more jobs for Americans

[@theclothingcottage]

The company must think it's working for them to continue doing it that way.

[@arga400]

Ken is missing the fact that it doesnt matter if you telework or not, if the company can offshore your job they will.

[@tdgdbs1]

Can't you blame them?! The entitlement is insane in these young generation.

[@te179]

Certainly will.

[@midastouch8307]

@@tdgdbs1 Because wanting a job that pays the bills, allows them to spend time with their family and not kill themselves is so much entitlement.

[@ct8689]

It's not just the young generation. I have a team that works from home but we have an office. He hire, older lady, said she took the job because she thought it had flexibility to take care of her kids and work at her mom's when she could. That's not why we hire work from home personnel. It's considered a benefit and not an entitlement. SMH

[@blacktea69]

Exactly... I had this happen but was able to transfer b4 getting laid off, this was back in 2017

[@dajanaesanders5418]

Why are y’all focusing on people “quiet quitting” when hundreds of thousands of people have been quietly laid off by these major companies. These companies don’t value their workers and the younger generation is fully aware of it. No point in staying where you’re not valued 🤷‍♀️

[@joshuabaker67]

If we really need electricians and carpenters SOOOOO BAAAAAD then Ramsey and his podcast buddies can go work those jobs and stop telling younger people to go work jobs they clearly aren’t interested in doing. The biggest problem with work these days is leadership and pay. Toxic leaders and low pay do not make younger people feel inspired to help build and strengthen their country, just makes us not care as much.

[@chada75]

Or be a self employed Plumber. They bank the money!

[@berrex5152]

People don't understand the other side of being a trades worker. It's not all roses and it's DEFINITELY not for everyone

[@dcg590]

Excuses. Young people are far too entitled. They think after paying 100k for their degree they will come out of college making 100k. Not how it works.

[@paulwisdom5383]

I'll tell you why I struggle with jobs. They expect way too much for too little compensation. At least here in the UK. I'm a hard worker but it honestly feels like you get abused if you are. Ever been so good at your job you get to do everyone else's, essentially

[@sunnyd4734]

It's the same in the U.S.

[@gabrielpacana8596]

Yep. That's why I do the bare minimum.

[@kims7177]

A huge factor is that companies are only hiring part-time help so they don’t have to pay for health insurance. At those same companies, there are executives making millions. Make it make sense.

[@sarahd1706]

That’s been my problem. No matter how much I do for companies, getting full time with them has been really hard. Back when the affordable care act was put into place, my work hours got cut so I wouldn’t get even near the amount of hours they’d have to legally give me insurance for. That’s still an issue.

[@sandyarizona3471]

In my area plumbing, welding, mechanic companies charge $150 plus an hour yet complain they can't fill the positions for $12 an hour. Some other employers complain they can't find minimum wage part time workers on 24 hr call when gas cost the worker more to do that job. That's reality. Inflation is a major factor as well as overseas outsourcing.

[@TaxinGigs]

As a Millennial I'm glad the next generation is getting picked on as hard as my generation did.

[@turtle522]

Boomer here. It always aggravated me when millennials were picked on. Most of the ones I know were good and productive.

[@melaniegreen1311]

I'm a millennial too. Anytime I heard them picking on our generation, I was always like wait a minute we aren't all like that. Every generation has had their bad and good.

[@MinimalisticLifestyle333]

I still get attacked when I go purchase a latte 🤣🤣 Millennials were always accused of not saving and buying coffee instead 🤣

[@peeonthe3rdrail414]

As a millennial I don't, end the cycle.

[@Epidombe]

As a grass, youve been cutting picked on and cut down for years. People have no respect for your life. Sorry for what you must go through

[@reedds77]

If they wanted carpenters they should not have gotten rid of shop class

[@kstar1956]

exactly. Most High Schools in America no longer focus on trades anymore.

[@niaedmonds3342]

Exactly, they totally pulled trade school. We all kno it as to keep blk folk at the bottom in my opinion. Those trades were helping blk kids.

[@s.b.9498]

Poor leadership and compensation are a major blow to good work ethic. When you realize how much time, effort, energy and how much of yourself you've invested in a boss who would stab you in the back in a heartbeat. How do I reclaim my drive and motivation to excel when it's never acknowledged?

[@CinnaSpicey]

I'm planning on quitting my job this year. My main reason is that I want to relocate to a different state. But I'm not leaving my current job till I have a replacement job.

[@risa-ru]

Smart

[@wtk6069]

Another refugee from Cali or NY?

[@CinnaSpicey]

@@wtk6069 Illinois. Also, I'm in my early 20s. I dont have to stay in the state I was born in. My family is in different states throughout the US for the past 50 years. I have no family in this state. Except for my father and brother.

[@eos_2366]

@@wtk6069 hilarious, you guys can’t keep California off your mouth 😂

[@CinnaSpicey]

@@eos_2366 its funny. They act like I choose to live where I live. I was born in Illinois. I don't have to say where I was born at.

[@guevarasamson1165]

Why are they so anti-Work from home?? lol…. If they are going to off shore your job, they can do that even if you are in office! if they can save half your salary, who cares if you’re coming into office?! you’re just consuming all their coffee and depreciating office furniture anyway.

[@Giordano1998]

They said they aren’t anti work from home towards the end of the video. They are just making people aware that you are at a higher risk of losing your job if you are a remote worker which is backed up by data on the topic. “Out of sight, out of mind”. I worked remotely for the headquarters of one of the largest international corporations. A lot of our US work was offshored to India and while we were making 5-6 figures doing the same job, they we’re getting paid pennies over in India compared to us. So there is an actual threat because if the job can be done remotely then it can be off shored. So a safer job is one that can’t be fully remote.

[@kstar1956]

@@Giordano1998 if that's the case then all jobs related to TECH can be outsourced! These jobs could always be done remotely it's just the pandemic forced companies to do it sooner. Outsourcing jobs is nothing new, if a company shareholders are more concerned with upping revenue it doesn't matter if the job is remote or not, they will do whatever they need to do to meet profits so if that's layoffs or outsourcing they will do it and that's the fact.

[@eos_2366]

I’m personally against it because all the work that we’re suppose to be doing at work is being passed down to the ones that show up, while the one’s that our sitting at home are too busy taking their dogs to the vet for 80 hours of the week. It’s exhausting.

[@donaldrichey3318]

The big difference is that a “boomer “ I had a pension as a motivational reason to stay put. Now that I am collecting that pension I to can move around. It’s really refreshing.

[@Sophie3647s]

Pensions are gone so that's why my generation has to chase the highest wage

[@jonesmcjones6676]

The outsourcing to India for cheaper labor started long before hybrid / remote work arrangements became more mainstream.

[@SVSky]

A lot of stuff is getting onshored because the quality coming out of the Indian callcenters is so bad. Not in every case but in many.

[@iEatPandaz]

They’ve tried to do it in the tech industry multiple times, and it’s always failed. I’m not worried

[@littlesongbird1]

And not all remote jobs are endanger. Some things have to be done stateside. For example, I work as an insurance claims adjuster and by law you have to be licensed for certain states and a us citizen so while I work remotely, it can't be done off shore.

[@niceguydmm]

Thats right and it has failed so many times. Seen it myself.

[@matthewlewis1628]

Dave Ramsey, "Hey, somebody has to do the loser jobs. Just not me."

[@candy2325]

Seeing Ken have confidence and speaking up when Dave’s not around is interesting 🤔 If Dave was there he would barely let Ken finish a sentence 😅

[@indigogirl5172]

He knows who butters his bread 😅

[@dachicagoan8185]

Dave would call millenials babies

[@mikehawk9099]

Dave if a bit of an egomaniac who's on his high horse all the time, when your boss is that kind of guy you tend to walk on eggshells around him, exactly what Ken does. In all cases his confidence doesn't do Ken any good because about 50% of the time he does reasonable advice the other 50% he just talks absolute nonsense and it sometimes extremely rude, even worse than Dave, which is uncalled for, unprofessional and a severe character flaw he should work on

[@videostoviews2262]

How is that interesting? Ken is able to blossom and be his BEST version. Walking on eggshells around Dave is cringeworthy and if Dave is unfairly treating his 'family co-hosts' then he needs to sort himself out if he still wants to maintain a strong platform after her retires from the show. I find no amusement with this comment.

[@EmpressMermaid]

I like seeing all the member's personalities come out.

[@ehh3140]

No don’t label us by generations it’s either your lazy or your not simple that’s for any generation of people

[@911SuzieQ]

It’s called statistics ! Relax !! If the shoe fits it fits

[@reese85]

@@911SuzieQnah it’s laziness! Ppl don’t wanna work and complain about pay

[@courtnaypower4808]

I hate the generation thing, it all seems like a marketing ploy to sell more

[@jgbotwinick49]

You're

[@eos_2366]

Yeah the ones that are doing it at my job are almost 50 and all the younger ones are the one actually showing up to work.

[@PeraltaTV.]

I am 30 years old and done everything agro work, building work, factory work and office job.And let me tell you. Who wants to do body work for minimum wage for 40 years old insted of being in the office with a/c or working from home and don't even wake up early to go to the job and pay fuel...

[@jimmymcgill6778]

These people are anti work from home.

[@evr0.904]

They are not, but working from home should not be acceptable.

[@x1toxickiller]

@@evr0.904 should be acceptable*

[@Primitive_Code]

They should be. Working from home should only be for moms and pregnant women.

[@evr0.904]

@@Primitive_Code Not even. If you're raising children, that's your job. Remote work should be allowed in rare instances, but for the vast majority of people, if you can't be bothered to get up and go to the office, you don't deserve to get paid.

[@evr0.904]

@@x1toxickiller No.

[@KnightRider97]

In my area skilled trades people are not highly respected. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. That’s why I quit being a Machinist and took a job as a General Laborer. I am treated much better than I ever was as a Machinist. Sadly I have to say that abandoning the skilled trades several years ago has been a great decision.

[@jimmymcgill6778]

The trades are paying low. I see lot of job where they are asking for like ten years experience. But calling you "entry level". And paying minimum wage. If you pay, people will apply.

[@reese85]

What trades are paying low, and what do you consider low?

[@WPIALInsider]

This is soo false, the trades don't have anyone! If you're a skilled tradesman you can almost name your price.

[@jimmymcgill6778]

@@WPIALInsider That is a lie.

[@High5748]

Many trades are seasonal and they don't really have an easy path to get started. It's either try and find a private company who will to train you or join a union which is typically kinda hard to get into. If you're young just fresh out of high school I'd imagine you aim for university for a different career path that pays more.

[@jimmymcgill6778]

@@reese85 Go and search on job sites. Lots of them are low paying.

[@elj2312]

We're done getting ripped off by employers, scare tactics of hiring cheaper won't work on us. If you move most of those jobs offshore, there will eventually be national consequences for that as well. Pay people fairly and people will stay it's pretty simple

[@dankbreh9013]

Capitalists when you complain about pay or your boss: Just find a new job Capitalists when you get a new job: Job hopping isnt good.

[@Landon_Hughes]

The boomer mindset of sticking with a job for 40 years is ancient. This was at a time when pensions were a thing. Remember those? Now it's 401K's which arguably aren't nearly as good as pensions.

[@recabitejehonadab2654]

Absolutely. There’s is no incentive to stay loyal with an employer with no pensions and they lay off at the drop of a dime.

[@dmbgator86]

Making under 20 an hour is not livable. It’s a tough go.

[@reese85]

It depends on the job and if your able to get overtime

[@MartianAmbassador69]

Depends where you live

[@evr0.904]

Not true at all... cope harder.

[@dmbgator86]

@@evr0.904 you will need a second job.

[@fusionreaper]

It is with no debt and a spouse that also makes $20

[@fluxcap4630]

Why should workers show any loyalty to companies that will fire them the instant it is profitable to do so?

[@maxpendley4357]

The remote work comment is invalid. Remote work has been possible for a long time. If there was ever a consideration to off-shore a job, then it would have been done a long time ago. Coming from someone who works in IT, remote solutions (VPN, cloud, mobile device management, etc.) have been available for over a decade. People could have worked from home more, but culturally that wasn't really considered. Time and time again, RS fails to give valid reason behind their remote work stance.

[@niceguydmm]

You care correct. My team works remote and surprise we get more done! Not to mention everyone is actually happy. So much BS wasted time just to sit and dang office.

[@Feelsbad1]

Offshoring jobs will only work for a lucky few companies or industries.

[@JakeRoy98]

I'm a gen Z and I have been at my job over a year. I love my job but this summer a guy I went to school with decided to work with me. We became friends. Even though he works with me I'm in a leadership position in my job but he doesn't treat me that way. He says he doesn't care about the job and is just here to make a paycheck. He doesn't listen to me even though my job is to have things run smoothly. He's constantly on his phone and doesn't take me or the job seriously and it's really made things hard.

[@CarnivoreStork]

Make sure You put those updates to your superiors, so if he does a major screwup you can sit back that you warned them. My brother got his friend a job at the company and didn’t realize he had zero ‘work ethic.’ My brother told their boss & HR it’s not working out; they let his friend go. Management appreciates the heads up.

[@financialfreedom1991]

Lesson: don't work with your friends or families.lolololol

[@4wdboss230]

Go to work to do your job, not to make friends.

[@momsspaghetti4504]

I mean his view is fair what do you want? He acts his wage

[@JakeRoy98]

@@4wdboss230 I'm not trying to be friends he's the one doing that. I'm just trying to get my work done correctly.

[@qcbelzebuth7083]

If it's not YOUR COMPANY then you're not valuable. It's not your money it's their money.

[@vangtk10]

Ken Coleman sounds like that surf dude, "Surf's up dude! Sweet moves man!"

[@Jeansoverslacks]

The only job worth staying is if you own the company and even then you might want to sell it other than that these places don’t give two sh*ts about you. Do whatever is best for you and btw no two weeks notice required ask yourself would they do the same if they fired you?

[@firedupnw9463]

I’m pretty sure if your company can send your job to India so someone can do it for half the pay, they will do it. Sitting in a corporate cubicle won’t save you.

[@Ria24Ria]

Exactly!!! It won’t make a difference to them.

[@emmy2831]

I switched from a corporate job in finance to helping with personal finance through a non-profit. The pay is fair and extremely more awarding, plus they invest in my personal development. Best decision I ever made.

[@_baphiwe_]

Hi Emmy, Im based in Japan and looking to work with a good non-profit org. If possible, please share vacany website. Thanks

[@17trr23]

I think that linkedin study is a tad biased. People that active on Linkedin are more likely to be looking for new jobs-- since it is essentially a job search/networking website.

[@alanhodgson7857]

Very true. The people I know who are happy at their jobs aren't on LinkedIn.

[@nyaluv143]

Facts . Not working for someone or doing something that makes me miserable

[@AwakenedOne-qu]

They are acting in their best interest, I bought the whole education, children and marriage, it’s all BS. I will never serve another company

[@dc76384]

Plumbers, and Electricians have fallen off, because it's by design. The trades are looked down on in favor of college. Trades are a..consolation prize, at least according to these highly educated folks.

[@TrainerAQ]

As an airline pilot I wouldn't mind learning these trades. It's a good backup and I can use it in the house even if I'm not working it.

[@esonon5210]

If companies were going to get any valuable benefits out of outsourcing they would have done it by now. Companies also risk the quality of their services and products going down by outsourcing.

[@jt411]

I have started now calling customer services prior to buying big items to make sure they don't outsource or don't answer their phones.

[@30Allaboutme]

Everything I call I get someone in India. My mortgage, to make doctors appointments etc

[@tristan2332]

Many business already have most customer service calls are to workers in the Philippines or India. AI will also start replacing people in the future.

[@ThePetit1989]

One hundred. My fintech company just canceled all offshore contacts in India. The quality ain’t the same. If it were, my entire team would’ve been gone.

[@30Allaboutme]

I literally just looked at my bank statement and saw a charge for Albertsons Fresh pass… whatever that is. Called the number provided cause I never signed up for that. And who do I get….. SOMEONE IN INDIA!

[@gerardoflores2422]

Ken is such a puppet to Dave’s mentality on remote/hybrid work. Paints such a broad, negative brush on it. With we could get a more nuanced take on it

[@Primitive_Code]

That's one thing he's right about. I wish all remote work, working from home whatever it is just never existed and would go away.

[@nicholasmartinez6043]

When he’s on the air with Dave he sounds like a lame hype man for Dave

[@dogguy8603]

Dave is invested in commercial real estate. He is biased on the subject of remote work

[@recabitejehonadab2654]

How come none of Dave’s workers didn’t go into the trades?

[@marco.4525]

3:47 I have never heard anyone who said that we don't have to work at all.

[@MartianAmbassador69]

Communists, people on welfare, etc

[@jasminew8442]

Right. Lol. I don’t think anyone thinks that

[@jeannetteurena1223]

Someone has to pay the price if the other doesn't work.

[@jimmymcgill6778]

These people just loves to take things out of context.

[@vinnieboombotz2001]

Quitting or quitting to go to a new job. Big difference.

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

Most don't have a new job to go to when they quit...

[@injanhoi1]

The education system needs reform. Schools, teachers promote the idea you need a college degree to be successful which is just plain wrong. Many of these degrees are not worth the paper they are written on and don't score you a well paying job. Plenty of well educated people not doing well financially nowadays.

[@lesterinamourog5252]

As a marketer I hate how the media changed the marketing term "gen Y" to Millennials. It disjoints the "gen x" and "gen z" name convention lol

[@getinthespace7715]

There is lots of upward pressure on wages. 90% of the time you need to leave to get better pay and/or take your career to the next level. There is MASSIVE competition in wages for people who want to work in person. My buddy got turned down for a 12% raise and promotion... he got a job elsewhere and gave himself the promotion and an 80% raise.

[@alwaysevolving281]

We quit are jobs because working for “the man” isn’t worth it. There’s far more to life and growth than having someone else place a ceiling over your head and dictating your growth for you, especially in a place you may not like. The key for Millennials and Gen Z is finding the companies that align with personal values and needs. They exist, but older generations are not paying attention to that shift in society. The terms Gen Z and Millennial have such a stigma attached to it and that’s a huge part of the problem too. Change happens so adaptation is needed on both ends.

[@kamaka07]

Here's what's not being said, these kids that value their work don't move out until they're 30+

[@redclayscholar620]

Because rents and mortgages are horrendous and parents don't want to see their kids leave.

[@kamaka07]

@@redclayscholar620 I don't care how horrendous it is, if you haven't figured out something by age 30 you either don't care or aren't trying hard enough IF you avoid major life altering events.

[@bobjacobson858]

@@kamaka07 ..such as being first in line at the divorce court?

[@Mauasjazz]

There is no thriving for the average person in 2023. The quitting isn’t about searching for employment that would help you thrive, but about having no motivation to remain reworking for compensation that doesn’t even guarantee survival. There is nothing to gain and nothing to lose. Once you reach burn out, you’re out and onto the next job.

[@joshuabaker67]

The world is growing and changing. There’s a lot of growing pains, so to speak.

[@recabitejehonadab2654]

Not changing for the better.

[@cabayern9416]

Sick of quiet quitting. When I was fresh out of high school I was attending university and working one full time job and then dog sitting, house cleaning, etc. Happy to get extra money. Love my career....going to work is a blessing. Still working diligently and don't mind.

[@elastar5700]

My close friend who's the father of 2 is trying to find a 5 bedroom house in Atlanta GA and its a nightmare. His 2 children are a boy and a girl, they are in high school so they cannot share a room. His mother was dying in the hospital of heart disease and she moved back in with her son because the company she worked 40 YEARS FOR was owned by a man who STOLE EVERYBODY'S PENSION, left, filed for bankruptcy and then died. Her and her coworkers couldn't sue anyone because there was nobody to sue, the money was gone, nobody to be held accountable. She didn't know that she was supposed to take steps to protect herself in case her boss STOLE THE ENTIRE COMPANY'S RETIREMENT. Because surely there were laws in place to protect someone like her? Some kind of insurance the government provides to keep working people safe? no, there was nothing. My friend works from home and needs a large office for his job. He now has to go from a 3-4 bedroom, possibly apartment, to a 5 bedroom ranch style home (for wheelchair access) that can support this giant family he's now saddled with because of the negligence of our country. And his children are *seeing* this, and they don't want to be involved in a system that deliberately neglects the needs of their family. He anticipates that they will have to live with him in order to survive here, but I wouldn't be surprised if they grew up and immediately left the country. Now that we have the information of the world on our fingertips, we know what the entire system *actually* looks like. We don't want to be mindlessly tricked into participating in a society that we can obviously see does not value us. We're not having babies, and we're not staying loyal to any job. Everything in this country is about money. Healthcare is about money. Shelter is about money. Mental health is about money. Relationships are about money. Being able to retire and be taken care of when I'm too feeble to function iS ABOUT MONEY. Money money money. You know what? We're playing along now. If you cant pay me better than the other guy, I quit. You go find a worker in India and I'll go find freedom.

[@ryanohning7291]

Be dedicated to what you do. Not who you do it for.

[@stephienxb]

Not to mention the lack thereof pensions available for our upcoming generations and the benefit gouging that has been occurring to manipulate younger generations into working at low wages for the hope of maybe eventually someday having benefits or being able to afford to save and invest.

[@fins9584]

We had off-shoring for years, and companies ended up pulling the higher end work back because of quality issues. Lower tier work like front-line phone support is still exported, but high end software development (for example) is kept more in house than it used to be. The bigger (or at least more immediate) threat to earnings isn't USA vs other countries but rather small town vs big city. "Why should I pay a NYC/San Francisco salary when I can have someone working remotely from Omaha for tens of thousands less?" Worker loyalty to companies died with the death of the defined benefit pension. When the pension plans were replaced by 401Ks, one of the biggest incentives for staying with the same company disappeared.

[@alanbailey9313]

Kind of hard to outsource a trade job to India. When I was on a tour in Germany 10 years ago one of our guides talked about their process for entering high school. Tests were given and students who did not show the grades, aptitude, and dedication to study for pre-college were directed to learning a trade school to learn a trade. No student wasted time during those years just coasting in high school.

[@Basta11]

If you stay at a company long enough, your salary raises and promotions if any will not match the value you bring to the company. As you become more and more profitable to the company, your share of that profit shrinks. Now layer inflation on top of that and your purchasing power is also not keeping up. While the company raises prices all the time, they don’t raise labor costs (wages) if they don’t have to. It’s very possible that after 5 years, another company will pay you 50% more. Many times it’s the same company. They’ll hire a new guy paid 50% more but keep you at your wage.

[@CloverMediallc]

I’m glad Ken sneakily addressed George’s kissing up to Dave lol

[@mobell6122]

Totally agree with the remote work stuff. Thankful my field can't be done remotely. I love it, and interacting with actual people

[@CorinthianIvory]

As an older Zoomer, I have yet to find a position that doesn't exist for a set period like 24 months, then you are terminated at the end of the term. Fuck company loyalty

[@Unknown26557]

Ken, men no longer want to destroy their knees and backs for $28 hour and a little Union pension. The incentives are still too low.

[@SeanJ2A]

$28???? Most employers around here expect you to do that for $12-14 an hour lol.

[@the.dirty.pigeon]

If you’re working remote, and make yourself indispensable to the company to the point where it will cost them more money, time and headache to replace you with somebody in another country, they are far less likely to do it.

[@syedmammar1]

There’s nothing wrong with quitting a job

[@ninjagirl226]

I’m thinking about leaving. But not until I’m forced out or have a job. That said that’s because they just laid people off because they couldn’t work unpaid overtime. I’m willing to do the unpaid overtime, but the other day they suggested I come in every hour or so for the 45 h experiment. I might as well have slept there. At some point a line has to be drawn.

[@MikeIsCannonFodder]

Why are you willing to work unpaid overtime?

[@christinaw8660]

If you are an hourly worker, that's illegal.

[@kristenmarie9248]

They crossed way over the line at UNpaid overtime. You are there to get paid, and make a LIVING for YOU. NOT them.

[@CarnivoreStork]

If you are hourly, you need to report them to your state labor board. If you are salary, you’re out of luck. If they give you a choice, never pick salary.

[@fluminesesoc]

Don't quit...let them fire u so you can get on unemployment

[@glenfordburrell1076]

What's wrong with being a consultant for renewable energy?

[@sarahd1706]

I’ve taught in Preschool through 2nd grade settings, & there is a big push to tell them they have to go to college.

[@BadSloucher]

The way up is out

[@Nachos_Dimension]

As a Gen Z novice professional. It's really hard for us out there right now. It's so hard to even find someone to give you even an interview. Ngl it feels nearly impossible. I was injured doing my "for now" job and was chewed and spit out by the workers compensation monster. I cant work a normal job. I tried picking up another temp job a city away as a testing engineer at Digital Storm and they were paying me less than a high schooler working at Mcdonalds and gas prices rose so high all the money was going into gas. Its impossible right now. If I wasn't living with my parents I would be homeless. Almost every other 25-year-old I know is in the same spot or somehow surviving off tips as a waiter/waitress. I am not depressed, its the reality of where we as Gen Z are at.

[@pawelwisniewski6849]

My HVAC guy is $100 per hour and minimum $200 for service call He works like 6-7 hours per day and sitting on lots of cash .

[@donjohnson2639]

College is a joke in most cases... paying 100k for some made up degree is insane. You can have a college degree and still be an idiot. When are companies going to wake up and realize that it’s unnecessary to require degree’s for many positions, there are many talented smart capable candidates out there who can fill these positions who don’t have degrees and will likely work for less pay because they aren’t 100k+ in debt.

[@murraybeachtel8585]

Another jab at work from home. This show feels more and more out of touch with reality as they harp on this as the data will show you we work more hours and are more engaged when there is no commute or workplace drama to distract you. Strategic meetings and conferences still happen in-person, but if you hire the right people you are going to get more when people can work from home.

[@betterthanthedaybefore8090]

Translation: You're probably working for someone that really doesn't know what you're doing in the first place. So even if you have goals that are attached to your job and frequent performance reviews that determine if you're reaching the goals (including weekly status reports and one-on-one meetings with your leader), it doesn't matter because it's all about feeding that person's (or their boss's) ego by being able to see you in the same building that they're in. As long as they can physically see you (you can call it feeding that person's ego or "networking") and say "hi - how are you doing" face-to-face, your job is more safe than the person that proves their productivity and flexibility no matter where they are. 🤔

[@paulstandaert5709]

I hope they stay out of the trades! It sure helps me make more money! Supply and demand! I can now charge whatever I want.

[@THE_JACKAL666]

Simply because they still living with momma and daddy, so they have a place to hide from the real world when things don't go their expectations or way !

[@sorvoja]

It makes sense to change jobs after a few years to gain more experience unless you get offered a change internally.

[@jocelyngouchenour]

I discern that deep down the talk show hosts would like people to stay with the same job like their parents and grandparents did. Our society no longer functions that way for several reasons. One, is we live in a "hire to fire" organized state of employment. It's been this way for some time and people are tired of it. It's narcissistic, toxic, and destructive. And these employers are sending your job offshores at the same time anyway. I will end it there. I understand not all employers are like this and are worth the respect. Its just the workforce has become too toxic and enough is enough. Just so you all know, I did become an entrepreneur and do work part-time for a private small business employer and life is very wonderful. However, 20 years of my life wasn't so wonderful and it has been the scenario I previously mentioned at the beginning. I have witnessed so many hard workers go through the same hardships as I have in my area. Again, people are getting to a point where enough is enough.

[@recabitejehonadab2654]

How come the talk show hosts didn’t go into the trades?

[@lucaspit8]

@7:09 same people that will only buy products "Made in the USA" but don't have a problem offshoring jobs...

[@claudenewton8932]

These kids will pay for this when they approach retirement age. They will find out one day.

[@corychin7090]

So why is working at home keeping companies from outsourcing jobs?

[@jibril2473]

Quit and do what? Become an influencer? KZbinr? Who’s going to keep this country running when Gen X and older millennials retire in a few decades?

[@casualleviathan5926]

You think we have a few decades? Thank you for the laughs.

[@isaiahh4108]

Who cares

[@NBHRaven]

Gen Alpha, hopefully.

[@jimmymcgill6778]

Wrong. They are quitting, to go to a different job. A job that they like.

[@erichearduga]

Decades? I few years for the front end of X

[@DK-xh6un]

Let me get this straight ...If you can fix and build something... that is NOW an asset ? will wonders never cease.

[@bradleyvanzile1111]

How can you quit your job and pay your bills?

[@Andrew-3445]

Mom and Dad are paying their bills.

[@GSR978]

They're job hopping, yet still broke 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@momsspaghetti4504]

Well yeah we in a recession and cant buy houses for watermellons anymore

[@SoraFan23]

I blame the Baby Boomers for creating a broken Job system in America.

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

They inherited a broken system

[@ericb9931]

Id rather spend my time being a bum and having fun then break my back for 50% of the average cost of living despite making 33% MORE than "minimum wage"

[@ameno3]

It's natural that boy doesn't want to be a carpenter or plumber when he is raised without man in home...

[@wtk6069]

Someone needs to tell them that if they don't work, they don't eat. Oh, wait. Didn't a really old book mention that's how things are supposed to work?

[@evr0.904]

Why do I need to work? I deserve to have a six figure remote job because feelings. How dare you suggest otherwise.

[@genxx2724]

Mommy and daddy keep them on their cell phone plan into their thirties. 🙄

[@shadowofnoc5760]

Brought to you by the show that thinks you can still buy a home for 100k

[@mikestems508]

Software engineers have been working remove for over a decade now salaries are still great

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

How exactly do you "work remove"?

[@kevo212]

Need more tradesmen, renovations are costing so much these days, hard to find a contractor whose cost is reasonable

[@Roni78z]

This was a great video!

[@bobbobbington3615]

If my career isn't paying me well, I'll go somewhere else.

[@MalcomMalediction]

U have freaking grocery stores replacing cashier workers with a self-check out machine...why the fk would anybody intelligent give a corporation any loyalty LOL. I highly recommend switching jobs till u find the one that works best for you not whats best for the corporation.

[@jasondowns2510]

If they didn’t have the ability to move back home every time, somebody hurt their feelings. If they had rent to pay car bill and other utilities. They have to get a little crow to gain their skills. To move out the pay raise quickly.

[@paulseewalt1079]

If every new generation has to buy a new house, the only person making money is the banks, the utility companies with all their new carbon additions, property tax collectors, aristocrat landlords and their passive incomes. By the way the banks never even had the money to lend out in the first place, they get all the interest money pretty much because they have a license to counterfeit. Fractional reserve banking. Who's getting rich? Not you. The money just doesn't care. The money isn't even real, it's a figment of a control system.

[@banditslayer01]

Most of Gen Z is still in high school or about to graduate college (or a recent graduate). Of course the majority of them would be interested in leaving a job

[@garyorlando1]

even if we come back to work in the office they are still shipping that job..... fiduciary responsibility