Reading the story, I noticed that none of these young (and not-so-young) skulls of mush mentioned any plans to leave Kalifornia.
Hello? You’re living in a state with a high cost of living, high taxes and an unsustainable pension and social services system. Even if they find work in Cali, they will wind up paying higher taxes than their counterparts in other states.
Meanwhile, there is a chronic labor shortage in North Dakota, Texas and other locations where our energy resources are being being leveraged. Any of these young people interviewed for the story could complete a CDL course in six weeks or less, fly to North Dakota and get a truck-driving job within hours of arriving. Starting pay around $75,000 a year—even higher if you’re willing to work overtime.
Same thing for other jobs in the energy sector. Sean Hannity has interviewed the owners of several small and medium-sized energy services companies on his show. One company (based in Texas or North Dakota), has 200 vacancies. Most require training, but you can get it through the company or a local community college and if you go that latter route, the employer typically pays for it.
Yeah, winters in North Dakota suck and summers in the Permain Basin aren’t a picnic, either. But if these so-called adults were interested in actually getting work or starting a career, they’d be on the road to Texas or North Dakota. But of course, it’s so much easier to live in your parents’ basement and complain that you can’t find a job at Starbucks.
The point is they are avoiding work so moving to an area to get work would be counter-productive to their goals.
That’s why you toss them out of the house.
I moved back home and lived for a year after college but I had a job in my profession within a few months. I worked a FT job for no pay(sales) until I landed the paying gig.
Moving to ND isn’t for everyone. If you live in Cali, going to a place that is almost the farthest you can get from the beach is a tough sell.
DON’T encourage them to come to Texas. We already have enough numb nuts here now to amply fill the quotas.
Why do we hate millennials? I don’t hate them. I hate what they do. Or don’t do. What they don’t do is THINK. In most cases we start with an empty vessel to train. They have been taught very little and aspire to the same. They don’t even know the difference between sending a memo TO someone vs. CC someone.
They ALL attend meetings and get mostly nothing concluded because they can’t even make a succinct recommendation.
About the time you think you have them wound up and on their way to doing something they stall out and you have to start them all over again. They can’t follow through and complete things.