“opting out of the labor force largely because they are discouraged by their economic standing.”
Decades ago I was discouraged by my economic standing, but I knew how to remedy that. So what did I do? Waited tables. Learned typing and became a kick-ass typist. Took entry level jobs at small corporations, then large corporations. Rose within the ranks to high level managerial jobs in large corporations. Retired early. No debt. 5,000-sq.-ft. home on a lake.
It took WORK. It took TIME. It took SAVING. What do these people want, a high economic standing in their 20s? Frickin’ snowflakes.
My first real summer job after paper routes at 16 was as a weekend janitor at a restaurant.
My first weekend on the job, I did such a great job, they fired the regular week guy and gave me his job.
What got me the gig was he was just a lazy ass guy. Didn’t do much ‘cleaning’ at all.
The women’s restroom was atrocious. It smelled awful. All he ever did was just empty the trash can. The men’s room wasn’t any better.
Since they opened to the outside, I took a water hose and connected it to our 80 gallon hot water tank and just hosed everything down after spraying it with industrial strength 409-type cleaner.
The waitresses were ecstatic. They had never seen it so clean in years and years.
They told the manager that he should hire me full time, so he did!.................