After college I worked for a print company, assembling boxes, for several months before finding a job that required a degree. I worked hard and received a good recommendation from my supervisor which led to that next job.
The kid next door to me. 22 years old, degree in "math" and comes from a family of teachers. This kid has been sitting at home for about 18 months now. And when I say sitting at home, I mean, sitting at home. Literally. He doesn't even appear to socialize. The fat bastard rarely leaves the house. I am seriously beginning to just enjoy watching how long this can go on. It's unbelievable.
The prime of life, when you should be learning valuable skills--learning how to talk to people, negotiate, communicate, get along with difficult people, etc. Wasted as he sits inside on the internet and playing video games.
It's unbelievable that parents would enable this. But he probably feeds them a line of crap about not being able to find a job. BS--my daughter is 18 and in college. She has two jobs. One she just got for the summer. She probably applied to ten places and got 8 call backs. Granted these are low level jobs but you do something until you can do something better, IMO.
About a year ago, the parents bought him a new car. They are never there, they both work 50+ hours a week to afford his lifestyle. So, he sits home, mostly alone, in a new 4000 square foot house with a pool--doing his thing.