Posted on 03/02/2024 7:03:12 AM PST by fwdude
It’s official: After dipping their toes into the working world and spending a handful of years on the job, Gen Zers are already over the traditional nine-to-five grind.
You may remember that TikTok video of a young woman crying over her “crazy” nine-to-five schedule—described as “Gen Z girl finds out what a real job is like”—which went viral last year.
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Most would be happy to be American Uyghurs.
“wisdom doesn’t always come with age but age comes anyway”.
I don’t think that I have heard that before. I like it. Very true. Sounds like it could be the basis for a country song.
Yeah, one of my daughters had a boyfriend like that for a while. He dumped her and left her owing money for stuff he’d bought. I warned her the first time he asked for money that this was a problem, but she said, “He’s not like that!”
He was.
I told my youngest daughter, “That is a good way to end up living in a trailer with 20 cats in Willcox Arizona.” It is EASY not to care about $$$ when you are 25. I didn’t. But if you don’t work and save and prepare, old age will REALLY SUCK!
Understandable. It has a very high burnout rate, maybe even compared to wildland firefighter. She called the other night to say her crew might get sent to the Texas/Oklahoma wildlife, and could her brother come to California (from NC) to take care of her cats. I explained about professional pet-sitting services, which would be much cheaper than a plane ticket.
My millenial son ditched his teaching job for a trade - elevator service and installation. It has it’s ups and downs.
He is making 6 figures, but just got into service, which has him on call and working strange hours. He is VERY family focused and wants to buy a house, but there is nothing in the area, outside of mobile homes, which they qualify for.
My Gen Z son ditched his job as a counsellor at a mental health facility to become a Police Office. He will be making over $70K his first year and should be in six figures in about 5 years. Again, weird hours. He tried to explain his schedule, something like three days on, four off, four on, three off. They also accrue time off like crazy, especially if they work overtime, which they seem to do a lot. He estimated he will have 6 weeks of vacation available after his first year.
All the while - as a small business owner - I make half of what they do and work 80 hours a week.
I am getting too old for this sh...
It all depends on the definitions of the words you are using.
Most people are poor at some time in life and well off in others.
Many people think of "the rich" as anybody making a few dollars more than them.
Regulation of business costs consumers and employees as much as the business owners, as the costs are simply passed on. Much regulation is useless and simply punitive.
Regulation and high taxes are what prevent many people from becoming well off.
To think otherwise is delusional.
Not happy about this, but it isn’t any more moronic than poor to mid class boomers arguing for tax cuts for wealthy people and deregulation of business because “someday I or my children can be rich.” Both views are delusional.
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It socialism that’s delusional. If you tax success, you get less of it. We are still seeing the positive effects of the Reagan tax cuts, although the Democrats are doing their best to bring us back to the stagnation of the high tax era.
And the sooner they wake up and learn life isn’t always fair, the better.
Exactly.
I just finished a year and a half working a 4-10 job (4, 10-hour days)
IT WAS GREAT!!!!!! the whole country should switch to this
I’m trying to get out of IT manufacturing since I the only one there and the ride to hooterville has gotten so old.
The developer application people never show up.
On paper I can do the remote thing but it’s seldom practical.
I can take a pay cut to a point. Even a little state job; especially if it involved going somewhere else once in a while would be great to me.
It isn’t like there is any advancement where I am. Tuition reimbursement that is in the holy handbook of selective enforcement says is available. That is for favored people.
Last year I asked our useless HR department about how to qualify. They apparently didn’t know. However a useless mouthpiece waltzed a bachelor’s degree paid for recently. A couple of others get some kind of deal.
I recently requested and showed my two completed classes, my part time honor roll, and a list of what’s left. 7 classes. One is about all I can swing.
My request has bounced to a couple higher ups in Europe who can’t promise anything and back to the useless HR. I’m not holding my breath here. Others breeze right on through.
There used to be a really good HR department but they retired or moved on. HR is pretty much despised by us regular people.
I usually get a few phone interviews in waves.
The last one was a few weeks ago.
I keep my eyes on anything I am remotely qualified to do.
The recruitment situation is poor all around. Where I am up until a few years ago didn’t have this problem. Some engineer slots have been open for a couple of years now at least. The answer is on indeed but the company does not want to pay market rates.
If I put in my notice, I doubt much would change to make me want to stay because I wouldn’t be offered anything to change my mind.
“And for young men and women with ambition and a solid work ethic the job and career opportunities are the best I have seen in my lifetime (74 years).”
Yeah I know. I have a friend who’s a Student Advisor at a technology school. He had a student who excelled in welding, HVAC and electrical/elctronics. The kid graduated at the age of 22 and stepped right into a $95k/year job.
House across the street sold several months ago. New owner hired a company to rehab the house. (The new owner is currently in a rental.) This company has been over there 6-7 days a week, anywhere from 8hrs to 16hrs a day. Yesterday, there were 2 company box trucks, 2 smaller company trucks, a tan minivan (electrician, I think), until almost midnight.
That doesn’t include the iron workers that previously brought in a huge steel beam, the tree company that took out some massive hardwoods, or other tradesmen. I don’t think the painting has even begun.
I didn’t believe there were companies around that worked like that anymore. Not sure of the “nationality” of the workers, although a few are short & swarthy. Heck, they were over there last Thanksgiving. I seriously doubt there are any Gen Z’ers over there.
I would not want to be the one receiving the final bill.
I thought of ATC after deciding not to pursue my USAF PJ Indoc qualification.
I gave up my risk seeking and now do remote electrical distribution engineering.
I can work anywhere, it’s extremely stable, and no risk of death on the job.
I realized I am just stupid enough to get myself killed, so I reign in my decision making to non impulsive timelines.
How this TikTok family from Kentucky keeps going viral with 'wholesome content'
By Genesis Malone
Louisville Courier Journal
June 3, 2022
I suppose a lot of this amateur "content creation" is a backlash against the drek the big studios churn out. More power to folks that can "monetize" the Internet like that.
I stumbled upon an Australian girl who makes "Lauren Jumps" short videos about her jump roping. Her skills are astonishing and she is an amazing athlete. She's become famous for jump roping! She started jumping rope about three years ago and you can watch her journey from a young girl in average shape to an outstanding, ultra-fit athlete.
I started baking sourdough bread last summer and found LOTS of bakers who have produced amazing content about sourdough on YouTube.
Producing high quality content with excellent production and post-production work is not easy. I applaud all the people doing it and making money at it.
... but GenZ buy from people who make their stuff & food. working long hours. hypocrites. Soon, they will live in poverty and big government daddy will be broke. Pity.
That seems very wise.
I've worked with teens / twentysomethings. Often no work ethic, you can't pry them off their phones, etc. Meanwhile the company expects you to do the work of three people for crap pay and deal with insane customers and DEI nonsense. It's a clown show all around.
You don’t get to be “over the nine to five grind” unless you have a plan an idea or a talent. But I’d love to see a person who’s ever had a plan an idea or a talent who didn’t put in a hell of a lot more time than forty hours a week bringing it to fruition. I think these kids for some reason believed the usually unreal life situations they’ve seen in movies and TV that facilitate the characters being able to do the silly entertaining shit they generally do.
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