We had no success at all hiring kids (as young as 11 to 14 or so) to weed in the gardens on the farm. The pay was $20 an hour, a few years ago. A few came by and were hired. Pulled some weeds (in slo mo), sweated, complained, stopped for water every two minutes, etc. My daughter had a hard time containing herself - she was pulling the weeks at top speed, no stopping, no complaining.
Kids don’t NEED to work these days. Everything is bought for them. It’s as I’ve said for years.....our problems with the young people is not the young people. It’s the stupid parents.
Yes, sadly, I agree with you. Kids don’t know hard work anymore.