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To: ChicagoConservative27

Because wages aren’t good relative to cost of living, many are just staying at their parents house and not working.
I’m just explaining. I don’t know any of these people.


3 posted on 03/09/2024 6:57:32 PM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Sometimes the pay is so low you are paying to work when you throw in transportation.

That’s part of the equation but not all.


4 posted on 03/09/2024 6:59:47 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: EEGator

They either have to live with Mom and Dad or get an apartment with several roommates. Neither one is very appealing. When they do work, though, they tend to be lazy, scatterbrained, and call in sick a lot. It was different when I was young. We could get apartments more cheaply, but then we had bills to pay, so we darned well had to buckle down and be good employees. In a way I feel sorry for young people today, in a way not.


6 posted on 03/09/2024 7:01:30 PM PST by Nea Wood ( )
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To: EEGator

I’m not a fan of generational generalizations, but unfortunately I am familiar with some folks like this.

Prospering in this mode requires rich parents, patient parents willing to put up with an extended childhood, or some sort of hook into the welfare state.

It’s not a good time to be marking time like this - because the “safety net” is not going to survive in the relatively generous form it has evolved into.

Usually, when these folks get into the corporate world, they think they should be CEO or at least in very senior roles. Once they see that it actually takes hard work over an extended period of time - then it becomes “soul sucking” and a some (usually lacking talent or drive) just give up.

Many Z-ers are successful in many environments.

Working in a small enterprise or opening your own business is likely a lot more work than these lie-abouts are ready to consider.

Many will discover showing up and working is directly related to having something to eat. It won’t be a pretty site.


42 posted on 03/09/2024 8:57:45 PM PST by RFEngineer
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