NelsonianB do explain. That’s kinda what I want. Definitely an office job but still able to keep my body moving from place to place. All my jobs have been retail, warehouse and fast food. I have an associates in IT tho but that was 5 years ago
I'm a millennial, I chose to quit college and work in the trades. I had a 3.9 GPA but was racking up debt. Went to elevator trade school for free and now I make over 100k a year. That's not including my benefits. I have full dental, medical, optical and pharmicitical. I also get $8.50 an hour for my 40 hrs plus if I do overtime put into an annuity for me, that is aside from my salary. Union trade jobs are the best. I own my own home, I have a healthy savings account and I am married with 3 children. My wife is able to stay home and raise the kids. Had I finished college I would have had massive debt and I would have been struggling to find a job. The moral of the story is trade jobs are great. There are options.
@@KT-jy9oj not even, the trades pay really well! Miners in Timmins make around $80,000 a year without even having to go to college. (Honestly it's a really smart route to take in 2019)
Canada has a problem with oversaturation of university educated people drowning in debt. Look how Switzerland implements higher education, less than 20% of young people go to university, the rest go into the workforce or technical, trade and vocational fields. Canada currently subscribes to 'university for everyone' mentality where it has diven down the value of most degrees, leading to a hyper competitive job market where employers know they can lowball new workers or even suggest they work for free. Something needs to change.
That's why I'm planning on keeping my weekend job as long as possible so I still have one cause it was so difficult to get one in the first place. I'm still in school and work weekends but we are beginning to think about university and jobs/apprenticeships so it's all about up in the air at the moment
My job was easy to get but I have to put in long hours. No college degree. Just 4 weeks and $4000 for training, about half of which my first employer reimbursed.
What a great future us millennials have. I want to have a job that I work in for life. How the f*** is someone going to get a mortgage, when they don't know how much they'll be making the next week?
Nobody really knows what they'll make next week. Save up enough that you can meet payments for 6 months if you lose your job, THEN think about buying a house.
older generations are going to be retiring, I know baby boomers in US are coming upon retirement, many long term high paying jobs about to open, lowering payouts for companies initially til new work force reaches top rate for their job. many millenials are probably better off without college for the time being.
Unemployment is at record lows because so many good jobs have been outsourced, many good jobs are still occupied by baby boomers who arent retiring, and because most positions are part time, low wage and people end up working multiple jobs. Pair that with the insane cost of living and its no wonder the economy is about to collapse...
Thank your elected officials for signing trade deals that sent your jobs to other countries. And the workers wanting artificial minimum wages..The market sets the price of labor..
Stop creating this employee mentality that forces people to go to university and get into debt. Everyone should be taught to be creative, innovate, and provide a service that will change the world
No, it's not that easy just because you say it is. Less than half of all people have less than 100 IQ, which is the average. Most of them will not create nor innovate. If all of the population specializes on a certain field, we'd have less people to do the entry-level tasks. And yes, I have created something that contributed to my field of expertise, to my school community to be specific, but it took a lot of time and mental effort.
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I was being sarcastic, my comment was directed to A Ron.
The term "get a job" is a dangerous thought entry. Thinking that there is an easy route from education-to-employment is short-sighted. People haven't had "job security" since the 70's. Job security comes from attaining a skill set that cannot be easily replaced. "Educating yourself" doesn't mean just going to college to get a degree. It means looking at the world AS IT IS, projecting what is going to be a necessary skill and pursuing that line of action. I'm 56-years-old. Not a youngster. Yet, at the end of my college years, I had to educate myself more in order to build a career up from the knowledge that I'd learned in college. The industry changed, so, so did I. Too many people are looking for a predetermined formula for success. That sort of thinking ONLY worked between 1946 and 1964. That was a fluke, people. Time to let go of it. It's time to think more like a maverick and less like a sheep.
Agreed. I really wish someone has taught me this years ago when I was still in school, but it was usually the same lie: "Just work hard, get that degree, and the rest is smooth-sailing!"
I hope you are doing well now, erubin100. If it will make you feel any better, I didn't get a start on my career until I was 32-years-old. There is always time to start building a career, no matter what age you are.
@@no-bozos I liked your OP, but if I'm starting a career when I'm 32, will I have my first kid when I'm 45? Is that even biologically possible? Things are setup dumbly.
@@Poodle_Gun not necessarily. I'm just starting my career at 32, granted I also went through a master's that I got just over a year ago so I have a much higher starting salary than average for my area that's competitive with bigger cities. With that I project that by 3 years I'll be nearly if not completely debt free; approaching a 6 figure salary based on my education, current job, and future training I have planned; and subsequently looking to start having kids about a year to 18 months later. Took a little longer to set up but by the time of the first kid the debt should be way since gone, and it's a lot easier to still do things you like such as travel and whatnot with a child when you don't have the debt hanging around your neck.
Commando Master That’s all relevant. You have blue-collar tradesmen making twice as much as an engineer, architecht, project manager, etc. But they never live at the same level because they are less intelligent and educated and have less meaningful lives in comparison.
Jon Stewart: That's ridiculous. Just because a person is more educated that doesn't mean they live a more meaningful life. Wth? What do you mean living at the same level? What does that even mean? University is a wonderful thing, but it is by no means the only way to get an education.
Jon Stewart Just because someone didn’t go to university doesn’t mean they’re less intelligent. And I’m pretty sure making twice what an engineer makes means they’re living at a higher level lol.
I won't disagree with you, but just food for thought. My dad always said he used to think the same way, that it was about having more money. He's been at his job for almost 30 years, only just got his Bachelors, but makes a 6 figure salary and is paycheck to paycheck. While he hasn't always made the best financial decisions, he stressed to me that it wasn't about how much you make, but how you spend what you have. Something I'm starting to learn myself. in this case "mo money, mo problems." Of course, having more money does help! Lol
I think the problem is that we were told the lie that college was the end all be all of getting a job and now we're salty because it isn't. I think college is worth it if you make it worth it. You have to be self motivated to take what you learned and apply it to become better and more innovative than your peers to get a job.
I use to work two jobs. Stay with your parents if your have healthy good parents. If you have non supportive parents where they won't support you in college you can do it. Dont give up.
I’m a teacher went to school for four years and I even work a second part time job just so can be comfortable and save money. It’s real even for people who everyone feels did it right.
Here in India people are changing jobs to earn better as the same person next to you might earn 1.5 times than you for the same work. I also don't have any debt for now but need to take o e for an apartment.
A CS degree from the University of Waterloo gets you all! A typical CS related co-op job makes around 15k for 4 months, and students have 6 co-op terms in total before graduation (which means you would be able to pay off the tuition while in school). And a UW CS graduate earns about 70-100k on average right after graduating, so this is a good solution to the money problems.
As a graduate with a communications degree this is true....you have two choices -- go back to school and get an in demand degree (STEM, Accounting or Trades) or avoid going into double debt from college loans and start a business. Overall admitting you messed up in declaring your major is the first step.
How do you wag your finger at a 17 year old high school senior for picking the wrong major come college application time? Who among us understood the financial implications of their degree choice 10 years down the line as teenagers?
Addison Clarke just tell them the truth and not get the degree...education is important and if you want good life it comes down to your credentials...not necessarily go to college but there are the trades, you can get certifications, get a degree online and there are niche based schools out there
I have a degree in communications and this is sadly true. Mu cousin, though, she has the same degree, but she wait three years to get a decent job in the govt and she went through a depression during that time because she couldn't find a job. I've decided to go back to shcool to become a nurse.
Addison Clarke I did for sure, and a lot of my friends did too. My parents lived in poverty after Mao's Great Leap Forward and even though we're fairly well off now in Canada, my parents, and many other parents who've been through poverty, made sure to hammer in the importance of studying and financial planning at very young ages, starting at like 8 or 9. It's no coincidence that STEM fields are dominated by Indian/East Asian immigrants and international students. Being so relaxed while making important life choices makes it easy to forget how hard it actually is to be successful.
Hard dose of reality, realisation you spent 40k a year to learn how to make 20.... And do you all remember when you looked down on the classmates who weren't going to college???? Who's laughing now. Me debtfree
The fact is, globalisation makes the practical jobs in companies from developed country being taken away to developing country with the company and the factory moved away also, so it make the jobs in developed country going to scarce.... I think free trade and globalisation the ones who cause it all....
Almost everyone I knew who had bachelor degrees are either working at starbucks or retail stores. Nowadays, it's either you're under qualified for a job based on your education or over qualified because of your masters.
Laquinton Piggee never lasts, did it for 10 years and you realize life isn’t all about working 24/7. Boomers retired miserable and stay miserable for a reason.
No finance minister will help young people find a job. Our millennial generation must be self-reliant and creative. We can no longer rely on comfy 9-5 corporate jobs that can last 10 years. I started self-employment gig while in university, and later it became my full time job. I also learned a technical skill and started another small company. There are jobs out there; but it is not jobs in traditional sense. You have to be creative and go get it yourself.
can't attest to how canada works, but it just seems to me that here in the U.S. that a college education doesn't lead to creativity. indeed, it seems our college system creates more folk who can't think for themselves. you know what's a good motivator? starvation.
lol. what national issues were solved again? i'm a little hazy on that one. every time a liberal politician has an idea it makes me want to become a prepper....
Starting out as a Gen-Xer, I worked multiple jobs. Full time plus part time plus resident manager of my apartment building. Most people start out doing this to get ahead. Later I worked with a guy that couldn't make ends meet on our full time job so I suggested he get a part time job. He found one he really liked and within 6 months had all his debts paid off and when he proudly told me I asked what he was going to do next. He looked at me like I was nuts and said that he was going to continue working the part time job so he could save and invest of course. This is what you do if you're young, smart and want to get ahead...it's nothing new, just more complaining.
Maybe if we didn't have millions of kids studying History of Art Communication in Ancient Rome things would be better. Society needs electricians, plumbers, welders, programmers, etc, not communication majors.
there was a polish old man at work told me , when i said to him im doing onky 8 hours today , he told me at my age he had 3 jobs , and bought a house with cash. Now i have 2 fulltime jobs killling a living i will meet my goal in 5 more years GOD WILLING
I'm 39 years old and I have no plans on ever working full time ever again. 20-25 hours a week at minimum wage here in Alberta is just fine when you are a minimalist. I rent a single room in a basement for $300, I don't drive, no cell phone, ride my bike 6 months a year, I'm fine. $0 in debt and 20k in the bank. 20 hours a week even at minimum wage gives me still ~$300 a month extra after rent/food is paid to spend on what I want or savings. People need to readjust what they "need" to live as far as I'm concerned. And I live in Calgary, not the cheapest place to live either, but I make it work and I live a stress free life.
So this is what implementing a minimum wage looks like. Far more part time jobs than full time. It's estimated that by 2019, the minimum wage ($15) will have caused the loss of 60,000 jobs. Small firms are being hit hardest. In the US, Walmart lobbies for a higher minimum wage because it will put its smaller competitors out of business.
This whole idea that a degree is the only way to success is the problem. I don't have a degree, yet I earn near 6 figures because I learned a skill and capitalized on it. Most of my friends without degrees earn far more than their counterparts who went to college. In fact, most of my friends with degrees can't even find work. Bottom line - learn a skill with a pre existing demand, find a job in that field. Don't rack up debt for a degree with an uncertain return.
Blake Wilson I'm a third year Captain at my airline. My previous experience has nothing to do with it. My pay is based on a graduated payscale which is based on seniority.
I’m not a Millennial, I’m from Generation X, but the smartest thing I ever did was to not go a university. What a waste of money. In this day it’ll take forever for the youth to pay off that debt. I know people with masters degrees that make less than I do.
i know right?! no one has mentioned that. because there are so many comments about people struggling for 20+ years and they are actually bragging about it omg good obedient proud slaves that dont question the system and bitterly dont want better for future generations.
@Bruised Toes And Feet they own all the important land, resources and make sure this system, that only benefits them, stays in place. follow the money. they own everything all of the money you think you have is debt, they own you.
@Bruised Toes And Feet here's a video about how money get created out of thin air. ruclips.net/video/sILWEe6GD60/видео.html those who can create money out of thin air ultimately exchange it for labor and real resources. Over time, small groups become disproportionately wealthy and privileged, and utilize their might to promote improving their position indefinitely. Promoting disparity, poverty, conflict can then attain even more labor and resources for same amount of wealth.
With what they're talking about in the video, our whole system is based on buying/selling of things, if more and more part-time jobs are covering over what use to be good paying full-time jobs, and automation flooding the system, who's going to be buying things to keep this system afloat? And they say greed is good, I see things getting REAL sooner then later....
My Dad worked two jobs and my Mom would occasionally take on extra work too as a second job. Nothing new except people complain about it now and act like it is unusual.
Lol I graduated with a communications degree and got a job offer 2 months later. They started me off with a base salary of $60,000 a year plus uncapped commissions. Last year I made $125,000 and hope to make close to 150 this year. Someone in the comment section said it earlier, it is not about your degree but how hard you are willing to work once given the opportunity.
This is a great video. Thanks! I'm a disability services contractor working for 5 brokerages at different rates (hourly and various mileage reimbursement rates). I miss having health insurance I can buy through an employer, and sick time and vacation time. When I get canceled on, I have to see if I can make it up somehow. Fortunately, I can pick up as many hours as I want. It's tough at times all things considered, but I'm grateful for the flexibility. I want more stability so I'm searching for a new full-time job and hope to contract on the side (I also pick up babysitting, etc. work). One thing I've done for money is freelance cleaning. Hard work and tenacity are important to find opportunities, but selection is important too for things like stability and ability to travel without taking a double financial hit (not earning money plus the expenses of travel plus regular expenses). I was born in 1991 and have a bachelor's degree, in case anyone wants to deepen their understanding of people born in my age group.
1) Dont live beyond what you make and you won't have to work all the time, this applies to 100% of the people on the planet. 2) Great for having initiative 3) Nobody is going to hire you with ZERO experience, you choose school, you have to intern, you choose to work you get ahead of people who waste time in school. And this job growth your claiming happens is just the market splitting 62,000 jobs in half to create double... you are causing this for yourself, before millennials we created our own work, and took the jobs we were given.
Isn't canada a socialist utopia with a massive welfare state and government healthcare? Amazing how quickly it goes back to being "capitalist" when the news is negative.
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As opposed to a socialist country like Venezuela? Give us a break. Capitalism is the reason you can have 2 jobs, and an iphone, and everything else you like in your life. If you don't like capitalism, go stand in a bread line in a socialist country, and tell them you love their system.
Once you leave uni and hit the real world it hits back fast especially when life is changing so fast. It is almost like most degrees become obsolete the moment you started. Actually, the most important thing is the market. If the markets wants such and such satisfying it is very profitable. In the UK there are so many people going into security work since the police have been so severely cut back. The market is created there. There are an increasing number of older people and care work to look after them is booming, and sure to keep on increasing. Cleaning, maintaining and assisting older people who want to stay independent as long as possible is booming. If you have a trade it is usually very good. The waiting time to get a plumber is quite high in many places. Locate the shortage the market will pay. Locate a severe shortage and you'll probably get trained as well. The new economy moves fast. As long as you're willing to satisfy as much of the shortage as possible without relegating yourself to any specific area you'll do well. Certainly not all the shortages require much in the way of education. Security eg door man needs a SIA license which can be got in 4 days. Interview is very short (no one asks what your favorite colour is or what animal you'd want to be) and you'll get a job within days. With care work you can work and get the qualifications. If you're really good might even become a nurse. Use the job as a platform for greater things. There are very few jobs that are likely be exactly the same in 30 or 40 years. This is not the past. If you're not improving everyday you'll be in trouble. If you're not willing to take a lower salary or wage and wait you'll be taken out of the market. Grab the opportunities now, whatever they are. Protect your capital. Moonlight if you have to.
Wearing a $500 coat, a $1000 iPhone in the pocket, $1000 iPad, drinking $5 coffee.... yeah maybe that's why you need a 2nd job to "survive". It took me 20+ years after college to accumulate the things I wanted in life. I didn't just go out and buy it all at once.
iphone comes with your carrier's plan, ipad or a laptop is a necessity these day...well maybe she should've waited another 5-10 years to save up for a $500 coat (wtf is your problem really?), or maybe it's the rent she has to pay that costs &1000-1400 every month? or maybe it's oversaturated job market? or maybe it's "entry level jobs" requiring 5 years experience?
As it turns out whenever it states a requirement for so much experience it is not a necessity in actuality; what it is, is that you can state the amount of experience you have within the specific field they want and if you have none then there is no reason to worry as that experience is preferable but not a 100% necessity. Of course you may not get the job but in actuality that is down partly to luck and also how you present yourself to the interviewer who you may actually talk with in an elevator if you are planning to work inside an office building. I am unable to remember the name of that specific style of interviewing but it consists of you talking to the interviewer inside of the elevator without knowing they are the person interviewing you and providing a short summary of what you plan, want and your skills.
Working all the time often turns people into abusive monsters like my awful Ebenezer stepdad working all the time is horrible and I think people doing it are nuts rather be dead than turn into a monster like my stepfather working all the time screws with people's mind
working multiple jobs seems like how companies are getting through the overtime problem. its essentially trading resources to get the most optimal outcome which is pay out less.
I noticed several thins about these ladies/gentlemen 1) they obviously live in a a very nice area (notice the location they are commuting around) that'll jack up your rent 2) they also seems to have designer clothing (costly if that's all you buy) thrift shopping will save you alot 3) Just the fact that the coffee shop is in the middle of downtown indicates that it's probably not as cheep compared to other places (and I bet that they both frequent it often) If you learn how to budget then you won't struggle nearly as much.
1) Correct 2) They need good clothing if they want to work in "1) places" 3) Many of that places you can only find that kind of coffee shops 4) You should move to the valley (US) or Vancouver (Canada) even with a 6 figures salary you're still poor for the high living cost. LEARN TO JUDGE FAIRLY!
Europa 17 because welfare isn’t even close to what we spend on SS/Medicaid for old farts who never worked over a 40 hour work week. HALF of our federal budget goes to paying out old people. Imagine what happens when 73 million baby boomers retire soon, you still going to be blaming Obama when healthcare costs 3X more? Someone will have to pick up the tab, nothing is free 😉
-Yep, all those welfare receiving Appalachian hillbillies, trailer park livers, ghetto dwellers & even some illegals, will be watching numbers of millennials sign up for welfare themselves.
You don't need to work at the same job for 50 years just to pay your bills. Why do you have bills to pay, which require you to stay at the same job? I dumped my car, that's one less bill I have to pay. I rent because I am not chaining myself to a house FOREVER. I don't have credit cards, why saddle yourself with those bills? What's the benefit of it? FOREVER. That's such a long time to pay bills, don't you think? People saddle themselves with all of these unnecessary bills. If I could go back in time, i never would have even purchased a car in the first place. That took 6 years off of my life. There's no way in hell I am buying a house. I don't even like the suburbs. I don't think I could bring a child in this world and force them to live there either. We burden ourselves for a lifestyle that isn't really worth it in the long run.
Felix actually has a good point. Median wage growth is stuck below 3%. So young professionals should switch jobs as they acquire new skills and negotiate higher pay with each hop. And bare in mind "switching jobs" doesn't necessarily mean leaving the company.
DigiTan000 negotiating higher wages are a meme, you fucktard. They're at least 6 other people who will work for less than what your asking, no matter where you want to go.
Incorrect. Where did you get that information? It's a well-documented fact that salary negotiators earn more on average over the course of their lives (ex: "Negotiating a Job Offer" Carnegie Mellon University). Secondly, re-read my remark about skill acquisition. If you aren't evolving your talents, then wage stagnation is assured in a developed labor market. Finally, vitriolic discussions are of no interest. Please make your reply more amicable to continue the conversation.
Who amongst us hasn't worked 2-3 jobs at a time while on our teens and 20s. I went to high school full time, participated in school sports program's and worked 3 part time jobs. I was young and had the energy to do it. I went on in school, got a useful degree and went straight to work. I worked 16 hour shifts 3 days a week and 8 hour shifts 2 days a week. Thereby repaying my student loans in less than 1/2 the required time, which cut out a ton of interest. It can be done, you just have to be willing to do the work, like so many in past generations.
DeeDee Porter but it has to change.. thats the part where older generations got wrong.. so focused on “work hard” where corporate people take advantage of you.. We cant just stay the same.. lol.. Ibrarepy hear anyone say work smart..
"Where corporate people take advantage of you" - most common excuse for being lazy. Lots of lazy people like to say they work "smarter" because they are getting the same rate of pay as you, then they get miffed because you get the promotion and raise despite their seniority. For the most part, working harder IS working smarter, something this generation doesn't seem to get.
I did it in a very similar fashion. It doesn't seem like any fun when you do it, but later on, that light at the end of the tunnel gets brighter. Yes, the corporate people took advantage of me many times and continue to do so. But a person can't make life decisions based on personal feelings / emotions instead of economics. By playing my cards they way I did, I'll have my home paid up in about 5 years, at which point I will be calling more of the shots. Kinda like the Shawshank redemption. Eventually, the time to strike WILL come. Andy Dufresne would have never achieved what he did if he demanded immediate gratification.
In 2002, when I was in University. I worked at Futureshop, part time it was a great company and I made a good income and learned effective salesmanship skills. These jobs are now disappearing, I feel sorry for the new generation coming up.
On the "I'm working two jobs right now." thing, ask them what the total number of hours they work is. At one time I was working ONE job in retail management which was 84 hours a week. OTOH- I was once working TWO jobs which totalled less than 40.
Well she did say "full time" but then again, we already know that women consider anything over 30 hours/week to be "full time". This is where the myth of the wage gap comes from. That woman in the video could very well be working under 40 hours/week and just phrasing it like that because it sounds better.
So...were there no minorities that had opinions? They interviewed 3 white people. What about the rest of the Canadian opinions? This is what make it hard to watch cbc and programs alike and take stats seriously.
steve espinoza 15 dollars an hour 15x40= 600 600 minus taxes = 400 if You are lucky. 400x4= 1600 1600 minus rent 1000 again if your lucky. How much can I save is the real question?
1000 for a single person's apartment? You know? There is also a possibility to move elsewhere to cheaper places. The capital and its attractions are not always a good thing.
It's not about weather yiy went to college or university now , it's about who you know. It's impossible to get a good paying job 9-5 that you can actually live on. Houses where I'm at to rent go for 3000 a month for a 3br bungalow house. Not heated or lighted. 1 bed app are 1700. With my job at 21$ wich is not bad pay , if i wasn't in low rental, i wouldn't make it even with child benefits. 3kids btw. They make it harder to live now. It's ridiculous 😒
Poverty isn't misfortune. It's a constant condition. This is why some European countries subsidize certain things. I'd bet that if Disability and Low-Income Housing were expanded: You'd also see a sudden drop in Homelessness overnight. "Who's going to pay for it?" It's called Productivity. It works, when you understand how to run it efficiently, instead of egotistically. You don't do it, by running your own people into the ground.
In the U.S a sure fire way of making it in this country is go to college to become an engineer. Engineers are always needed are in high demand and the pay is fantastic.
I went to school to b an auto mechanic i graduated in 1991 think i could find a mechanics position or even an apprenticeship at that time no way not during a recession so i went to an employment agency to find work i ended up gettin a job as a laborer at a forge plant in 92 im still there ts as a hammersmith i work 40hr week with the option of overtime anytime when i started there i was making 7$ an hr now i make 36.75$ per hr with union and full benifits not bad for guy that didnt go to collage and put myself in crazy debt with school loans. I so believe thats the problem with most millennials they come out of school expecting the job to be waiting for the with top pay and a corner office life dosent work that way most millennials dont want to work their way up the ladder. And who do they blame for this, everybody else especially the boomers because they dont want to retire or cant.
so what!!! i worked two jobs when i was 16, then worked all through college, worked a full teim job and ran a business for 15 years... end result? work hard, keep diligent, and you will get to the top 20%... work is normal, hard, and not guaranteed.
Here in louisiana I'm having trouble filling entry level technical positions(engineer etc). They pay twice as much when I started almost 20 years ago. There is more work then we can handle. We are not currently hiring communications grads tho. Lol
What do you expect when you go to school for a liberal arts degree? It's the life choices people make that determine if they will struggle or not. Imagine if they got a degree in STEM would we hear the same thing on such a large scale? Of course there are always exceptions to the rule like being an engineer in the bay area. In general just go into higher paying fields. Many friends including myself went into fields that would pay us a lot so we wouldn't have to deal with financial struggle. Do some of us like it? Probably not but it eliminates the problem of not having enough money. We can then funnel that money into other investments to replace our income.
it is hard to expect employers to offer full time when this means benefits, while part time does not. The reality is an emplyer can hire a bunch of 20 somthings and give them only part time work - no benefits, and save money doing so, meanwhile there are other employers doing the same and we see young people with three jobs working part time at each and we see employers with 30 staff but only two are full time. This is the outcome from the regulations. Take another current issue - lack of low end rentals- who wants to spend a lifetime of savings on building an apartment for low income people when the Landlord Tennant Act will allow them to live three months rent free before they can be evicted. Better to invest your money in building high-end rental units or condo's that attract wealthy buyers and renters who are farl less likely to skip out on three months rent on you. The rules create the result.
Require businesses to give benefits based on number of hours, rather than full-time or part-time status. The reason many companies are adopting part-time over full-time is because investment per employee is lower. Make it based on hours and all of a sudden it’s not any more financially beneficial to hire one over the other and I guarantee we’d see an increase in full-time employment.
moartin tint So what I’m specifically referring to is a graduated benefits program. Where medical coverage, paid time off, sick time, etc. are a function of hours worked not whether you are full-time or part-time status. I’m not really supporting a ‘free market’. I support consumer-choice markets but I don’t support lassaiz faire economics. Socialized capitalism is really a thing of the future: a system where businesses are responsible for their employees’ well-being. Now I’m going to say this caveat: the world has a problem. We can’t simply say creating more industry jobs will increase people’s quality of life anymore. Robots did/are/will take many jobs because of the economic policies currently in place; the internet did/is/will killed brick-and-mortar stores; socially media is galvanizing tribalism... we’re entering a second Gilded Age. We are in a position where we can analyze our options. We should do so. Obviously my approach may be wrong but it needs to be considered and thought through.
moartin tint So I hope I can reply to everything you said but I’ll probably miss something. If the days of old are indeed gone then I would take you don’t disagree with increased regulation? If it’s possible to have multi-billionaires and companies that would place in the top ten wealthiest countries in the world (if in fact they were a country), then chronic underemployment shouldn’t be an issue, yet it is. So perhaps, and this is only an idea, I’m spit-balling, a better approach to the problem would be a graduated maximum wage? Where maximum wage is a function of minimum wage? I don’t know, it seems then there would be the capitalist-spirit of increasing profits but regulated from mistreating employees (because if you increase your minimum employee’s wage then you can increase your own... let’s face it anything over half a million per year is just icing for the wealthy, and for most anything over $50k is the icing and while I don’t have the source there has been research to suggest happiness doesn’t increase after something like $70k/yr not that I’m saying everyone should be paid that or even $50k, but let’s say $30k for a 40 hour week, 52 week year should suffice for middle America).
moartin tint Then how else do you solve the problem of underemployment? We could let it go, but if unchecked corporations truly could create a Second Gilded Age which is what I’m more concerned with, last time it was just monopolies and trusts.
moartin tint Then I would say the best bet would be to illegalize corporations the same way trusts and monopolies were illegalized? A small business owner will never be able to get away with mistreatment because the community they exist in can refuse them. In the case of corporations, they can exist independently from the communities they exist. So that’s why we see regulation because the state and fed are the community level that corporations can be refused. Regulation can’t be stopped for the same reason corporations can’t be forced to be moral.
moartin tint Lobbying and political contributions then should be illegalalized perhaps? Even for special interest groups. And perhaps have term limits for Congress, then it becomes too difficult to have career politicians.
Normalising the abnormal....that about sums up today's El ite ...that hate us poor folk....no wonder so many youngsters are suffering from depression....we need to give them HOPE! And soon !!!
working mutliple jobs is not issue. however, working for free is a big no no. i find these kind of positions exploit workers by baiting a job that may not exist. personally after graduation i couldn't find any internship. one of my interviewer wanted me to take loans and start going to school and they may hire me. i was like i want to earn money not go to school.
What's wrong with working long hours to get a good job. I did that for 5 years I went to work and school from 7am to 9pm for 5 years. But it paid off I landed a 6 figure job at 27.
u might get dirty, i do construction and when i went to the bank on fridays, the girls seemed to fight over cashing my check, i made about 3x times what they did
When I watched documentaries about heroine addicts when I was younger they didn't seem to work as hard as normal people do today to maintain their lifestyle. Nor did they have to give up their morals to the same extent.
I am 43 years old and worked 2 jobs, lived with multiple roommates for years after university so I could pay of my student debt and pay my bills. This is not a millennial problem; this is being young. Young people of all generations struggled financially. I'm not sure why this is suddenly considered an extraordinary burden.
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work 3 jobs to make ends meet. I'd rather live in the woods
Cant,, no cell reception..Cant recharge the devices...= depression
Facts
This era you can not live in forrest like in the past. Goverment will arrest and charge you for land. No free land to live anymore.
I live in the woods.
Go get a job at costco. They make around 20 bucks an hour
@@soam8586 COME TO BULGARIA. I GOT A PLACE NOW AND KNOW THE OWNER PERSONALLY
Not to mention a 9-5 desk job feels like hell on earth.
NelsonianB do explain. That’s kinda what I want. Definitely an office job but still able to keep my body moving from place to place. All my jobs have been retail, warehouse and fast food. I have an associates in IT tho but that was 5 years ago
I had a 9-5 desk job... Left because it was soul sucking... Now I retired at 35
Better than cashier though.
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Fantastic stuff.
Well done.
I'm a millennial, I chose to quit college and work in the trades. I had a 3.9 GPA but was racking up debt. Went to elevator trade school for free and now I make over 100k a year. That's not including my benefits. I have full dental, medical, optical and pharmicitical. I also get $8.50 an hour for my 40 hrs plus if I do overtime put into an annuity for me, that is aside from my salary. Union trade jobs are the best. I own my own home, I have a healthy savings account and I am married with 3 children. My wife is able to stay home and raise the kids. Had I finished college I would have had massive debt and I would have been struggling to find a job. The moral of the story is trade jobs are great. There are options.
Lying Troll!!
@@MC-wt3qw In addition to his regular salary,$8.50 goes into a 401k!He makes...aargh ...read it again!
@@KT-jy9oj not even, the trades pay really well! Miners in Timmins make around $80,000 a year without even having to go to college. (Honestly it's a really smart route to take in 2019)
What is elevator trade school?
@@michael567jober a school that specializes in welding elevator frames, elevator wiring, and making wooden elevator wall panelling
Canada has a problem with oversaturation of university educated people drowning in debt. Look how Switzerland implements higher education, less than 20% of young people go to university, the rest go into the workforce or technical, trade and vocational fields. Canada currently subscribes to 'university for everyone' mentality where it has diven down the value of most degrees, leading to a hyper competitive job market where employers know they can lowball new workers or even suggest they work for free. Something needs to change.
Mitchell W why are the small European countries always paradise on Earth?
+Andrew McColl they are living In paris
Same I know a few guys that became taxi drivers in the UK.
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That is true, especially for useless arts and pure science degrees.
Getting a job is a million times harder than actual jobs. I've worked mostly warehouse and retails jobs.
That's why I'm planning on keeping my weekend job as long as possible so I still have one cause it was so difficult to get one in the first place. I'm still in school and work weekends but we are beginning to think about university and jobs/apprenticeships so it's all about up in the air at the moment
@@benfarmer-webb1016 Do not go to college,unless you want to be a doctor,or lawyer!Otherwise you will be debt-laden,and bitter!
MOVE TO A PLACE WITH A COSTCO Store they treat their employees well
My job was easy to get but I have to put in long hours. No college degree. Just 4 weeks and $4000 for training, about half of which my first employer reimbursed.
@@tompain2751 That's not true. I never had college debt and I'm still bitter.
What a great future us millennials have. I want to have a job that I work in for life. How the f*** is someone going to get a mortgage, when they don't know how much they'll be making the next week?
Yup, you sure are a Millennial.
Don't worry about a mortgage, wealthy foreigners with dirty money will take the real estate instead.
Nobody really knows what they'll make next week.
Save up enough that you can meet payments for 6 months if you lose your job, THEN think about buying a house.
Jack Hack wow so we live to work not work to live Damm life seems dispointing
older generations are going to be retiring, I know baby boomers in US are coming upon retirement, many long term high paying jobs about to open, lowering payouts for companies initially til new work force reaches top rate for their job. many millenials are probably better off without college for the time being.
Unemployment is at record lows because so many good jobs have been outsourced, many good jobs are still occupied by baby boomers who arent retiring, and because most positions are part time, low wage and people end up working multiple jobs. Pair that with the insane cost of living and its no wonder the economy is about to collapse...
Thank your elected officials for signing trade deals that sent your jobs to other countries. And the workers wanting artificial minimum wages..The market sets the price of labor..
Some people are talking about raising minimum wage to $15 an hour! Im only 18 but I can still see how dumb that is. Inflation, anyone? 😹
The Government literally incentivized not giving people full time work.
Stop creating this employee mentality that forces people to go to university and get into debt. Everyone should be taught to be creative, innovate, and provide a service that will change the world
Not everyone is destined to innovate and create.
Yes, it's that easy. Let me ask you this, have you contributed, in any way whatsoever, that is creative or innovative to this society?
No, it's not that easy just because you say it is. Less than half of all people have less than 100 IQ, which is the average. Most of them will not create nor innovate. If all of the population specializes on a certain field, we'd have less people to do the entry-level tasks. And yes, I have created something that contributed to my field of expertise, to my school community to be specific, but it took a lot of time and mental effort.
I was being sarcastic, my comment was directed to A Ron.
Faizan Ali my bad for not figuring out the sarcasm. It's difficult when there's a lack of tone involved :)
The term "get a job" is a dangerous thought entry. Thinking that there is an easy route from education-to-employment is short-sighted. People haven't had "job security" since the 70's. Job security comes from attaining a skill set that cannot be easily replaced. "Educating yourself" doesn't mean just going to college to get a degree. It means looking at the world AS IT IS, projecting what is going to be a necessary skill and pursuing that line of action.
I'm 56-years-old. Not a youngster. Yet, at the end of my college years, I had to educate myself more in order to build a career up from the knowledge that I'd learned in college. The industry changed, so, so did I.
Too many people are looking for a predetermined formula for success. That sort of thinking ONLY worked between 1946 and 1964. That was a fluke, people. Time to let go of it. It's time to think more like a maverick and less like a sheep.
Agreed. I really wish someone has taught me this years ago when I was still in school, but it was usually the same lie: "Just work hard, get that degree, and the rest is smooth-sailing!"
I hope you are doing well now, erubin100.
If it will make you feel any better, I didn't get a start on my career until I was 32-years-old. There is always time to start building a career, no matter what age you are.
Job security only exists if you’re in the military or a federal employee and do your job
@@no-bozos I liked your OP, but if I'm starting a career when I'm 32, will I have my first kid when I'm 45? Is that even biologically possible? Things are setup dumbly.
@@Poodle_Gun not necessarily. I'm just starting my career at 32, granted I also went through a master's that I got just over a year ago so I have a much higher starting salary than average for my area that's competitive with bigger cities. With that I project that by 3 years I'll be nearly if not completely debt free; approaching a 6 figure salary based on my education, current job, and future training I have planned; and subsequently looking to start having kids about a year to 18 months later. Took a little longer to set up but by the time of the first kid the debt should be way since gone, and it's a lot easier to still do things you like such as travel and whatnot with a child when you don't have the debt hanging around your neck.
You have to increase your income. It's not about how hard you work, it's about how much money you make.
Commando Master That’s all relevant. You have blue-collar tradesmen making twice as much as an engineer, architecht, project manager, etc. But they never live at the same level because they are less intelligent and educated and have less meaningful lives in comparison.
Jon Stewart: That's ridiculous. Just because a person is more educated that doesn't mean they live a more meaningful life. Wth? What do you mean living at the same level? What does that even mean? University is a wonderful thing, but it is by no means the only way to get an education.
Jon Stewart Just because someone didn’t go to university doesn’t mean they’re less intelligent. And I’m pretty sure making twice what an engineer makes means they’re living at a higher level lol.
If only it were that simple!
I won't disagree with you, but just food for thought.
My dad always said he used to think the same way, that it was about having more money. He's been at his job for almost 30 years, only just got his Bachelors, but makes a 6 figure salary and is paycheck to paycheck.
While he hasn't always made the best financial decisions, he stressed to me that it wasn't about how much you make, but how you spend what you have. Something I'm starting to learn myself. in this case "mo money, mo problems."
Of course, having more money does help! Lol
I think the problem is that we were told the lie that college was the end all be all of getting a job and now we're salty because it isn't. I think college is worth it if you make it worth it. You have to be self motivated to take what you learned and apply it to become better and more innovative than your peers to get a job.
I use to work two jobs. Stay with your parents if your have healthy good parents. If you have non supportive parents where they won't support you in college you can do it. Dont give up.
I communicate every day. Didn't know it needed a degree
lol..crazy huh?
I’m a teacher went to school for four years and I even work a second part time job just so can be comfortable and save money. It’s real even for people who everyone feels did it right.
Thank god I did not attend a College/University- Im self employed
All my friends owe 30-80k AND make 8$ an hour-Florida
Here in India people are changing jobs to earn better as the same person next to you might earn
1.5 times than you for the same work. I also don't have any debt for now but need to take o e for an apartment.
A CS degree from the University of Waterloo gets you all! A typical CS related co-op job makes around 15k for 4 months, and students have 6 co-op terms in total before graduation (which means you would be able to pay off the tuition while in school). And a UW CS graduate earns about 70-100k on average right after graduating, so this is a good solution to the money problems.
As a graduate with a communications degree this is true....you have two choices -- go back to school and get an in demand degree (STEM, Accounting or Trades) or avoid going into double debt from college loans and start a business. Overall admitting you messed up in declaring your major is the first step.
How do you wag your finger at a 17 year old high school senior for picking the wrong major come college application time? Who among us understood the financial implications of their degree choice 10 years down the line as teenagers?
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Addison Clarke just tell them the truth and not get the degree...education is important and if you want good life it comes down to your credentials...not necessarily go to college but there are the trades, you can get certifications, get a degree online and there are niche based schools out there
I have a degree in communications and this is sadly true. Mu cousin, though, she has the same degree, but she wait three years to get a decent job in the govt and she went through a depression during that time because she couldn't find a job. I've decided to go back to shcool to become a nurse.
Addison Clarke I did for sure, and a lot of my friends did too. My parents lived in poverty after Mao's Great Leap Forward and even though we're fairly well off now in Canada, my parents, and many other parents who've been through poverty, made sure to hammer in the importance of studying and financial planning at very young ages, starting at like 8 or 9. It's no coincidence that STEM fields are dominated by Indian/East Asian immigrants and international students. Being so relaxed while making important life choices makes it easy to forget how hard it actually is to be successful.
Hard dose of reality, realisation you spent 40k a year to learn how to make 20.... And do you all remember when you looked down on the classmates who weren't going to college???? Who's laughing now. Me debtfree
redridr general I'm laughing at you
STEM degree or learn a trade. Otherwise after graduation, you'll end up in jobs that don't require a degree.
Linda 24 do you have to take the spoon out , to laugh? Or maybe you married well?
redridr general wth are talking about?
Same here. Im 26 in the hvac field making too much money
The fact is, globalisation makes the practical jobs in companies from developed country being taken away to developing country with the company and the factory moved away also, so it make the jobs in developed country going to scarce....
I think free trade and globalisation the ones who cause it all....
The real problem is rent and housing continue to increase , there is no way to cut spending on rent , it allways goes up
Almost everyone I knew who had bachelor degrees are either working at starbucks or retail stores. Nowadays, it's either you're under qualified for a job based on your education or over qualified because of your masters.
I actually love having two jobs it's keeps me from doing dumb stuff. And I'm able to stack more.
Laquinton Piggee never lasts, did it for 10 years and you realize life isn’t all about working 24/7. Boomers retired miserable and stay miserable for a reason.
No finance minister will help young people find a job. Our millennial generation must be self-reliant and creative. We can no longer rely on comfy 9-5 corporate jobs that can last 10 years.
I started self-employment gig while in university, and later it became my full time job. I also learned a technical skill and started another small company. There are jobs out there; but it is not jobs in traditional sense. You have to be creative and go get it yourself.
R Z lol I know plenty of people who still have cushy Corp jobs. Who do you think is working at all these highly successful companies
can't attest to how canada works, but it just seems to me that here in the U.S. that a college education doesn't lead to creativity. indeed, it seems our college system creates more folk who can't think for themselves. you know what's a good motivator? starvation.
Yeah, thats what I did and it worked well... For a short while. But long term solutions? Not just taking a creative gamble?
R Z I don't pay taxes for me as one person to have to solve national issues on a macro level.
lol. what national issues were solved again? i'm a little hazy on that one. every time a liberal politician has an idea it makes me want to become a prepper....
Starting out as a Gen-Xer, I worked multiple jobs. Full time plus part time plus resident manager of my apartment building. Most people start out doing this to get ahead. Later I worked with a guy that couldn't make ends meet on our full time job so I suggested he get a part time job. He found one he really liked and within 6 months had all his debts paid off and when he proudly told me I asked what he was going to do next. He looked at me like I was nuts and said that he was going to continue working the part time job so he could save and invest of course. This is what you do if you're young, smart and want to get ahead...it's nothing new, just more complaining.
Maybe if we didn't have millions of kids studying History of Art Communication in Ancient Rome things would be better. Society needs electricians, plumbers, welders, programmers, etc, not communication majors.
Video Starts At not communication majors? lmao who gonna report the news then
Facts
I am a programmer it is very hard to sustain my life
@@PrabhatKumar-fn4vy still depends what you do and where you live. I am a programmer and i'm very well off
Wow, when universe has to converge to a middlebrow perspective...
there was a polish old man at work told me , when i said to him im doing onky 8 hours today , he told me at my age he had 3 jobs , and bought a house with cash. Now i have 2 fulltime jobs killling a living i will meet my goal in 5 more years GOD WILLING
Good luck on your first property purchase
I'm 39 years old and I have no plans on ever working full time ever again. 20-25 hours a week at minimum wage here in Alberta is just fine when you are a minimalist. I rent a single room in a basement for $300, I don't drive, no cell phone, ride my bike 6 months a year, I'm fine. $0 in debt and 20k in the bank. 20 hours a week even at minimum wage gives me still ~$300 a month extra after rent/food is paid to spend on what I want or savings. People need to readjust what they "need" to live as far as I'm concerned. And I live in Calgary, not the cheapest place to live either, but I make it work and I live a stress free life.
So this is what implementing a minimum wage looks like. Far more part time jobs than full time. It's estimated that by 2019, the minimum wage ($15) will have caused the loss of 60,000 jobs. Small firms are being hit hardest. In the US, Walmart lobbies for a higher minimum wage because it will put its smaller competitors out of business.
This whole idea that a degree is the only way to success is the problem. I don't have a degree, yet I earn near 6 figures because I learned a skill and capitalized on it. Most of my friends without degrees earn far more than their counterparts who went to college. In fact, most of my friends with degrees can't even find work. Bottom line - learn a skill with a pre existing demand, find a job in that field. Don't rack up debt for a degree with an uncertain return.
I am interested to know what skill you have and what field you are in
MyGrees I earned 6 figures in IT with no degree. Now I'm an airline pilot. Still no degree.
Ryan 😁😁
Ryan your ratings could be called a 'degree' but I want to know how IT as a previous job experience would bump you up to 6 figures
Blake Wilson I'm a third year Captain at my airline. My previous experience has nothing to do with it. My pay is based on a graduated payscale which is based on seniority.
-The military just might see a rise in recruitments.
I’m not a Millennial, I’m from Generation X, but the smartest thing I ever did was to not go a university. What a waste of money. In this day it’ll take forever for the youth to pay off that debt. I know people with masters degrees that make less than I do.
In denmark the university is free . They call there country the happiest place on earth . People work 37 hrs per week . Not like in Canada
*GÊLAWDÊOWŠ* what does diversity have to do with this
*GÊLAWDÊOWŠ* you know nothing about diversity you bigit
*£MPÊROR GÊLAWDÊOWŠ Ž €THIOPIA* you’re right, diversity does have problems and people think its the best thing ever
real wages haven't risen since the 80s, but lets all blame immigrants, or boomers, or millennials, or China. Just don't blame the rich.
i know right?! no one has mentioned that. because there are so many comments about people struggling for 20+ years and they are actually bragging about it omg good obedient proud slaves that dont question the system and bitterly dont want better for future generations.
@Bruised Toes And Feet they own all the important land, resources and make sure this system, that only benefits them, stays in place. follow the money. they own everything all of the money you think you have is debt, they own you.
@Bruised Toes And Feet here's a video about how money get created out of thin air. ruclips.net/video/sILWEe6GD60/видео.html those who can create money out of thin air ultimately exchange it for labor and real resources. Over time, small groups become disproportionately wealthy and privileged, and utilize their might to promote improving their position indefinitely. Promoting disparity, poverty, conflict can then attain even more labor and resources for same amount of wealth.
@Bruised Toes And Feet how class works - by richard wolff ruclips.net/video/euH3pAuLuko/видео.html
With what they're talking about in the video, our whole system is based on buying/selling of things, if more and more part-time jobs are covering over what use to be good paying full-time jobs, and automation flooding the system, who's going to be buying things to keep this system afloat? And they say greed is good, I see things getting REAL sooner then later....
The economic uncertainty is why it's so vital to stay out of debt.
I applied to 80 places after college while working retail, took 4 months.
My Dad worked two jobs and my Mom would occasionally take on extra work too as a second job. Nothing new except people complain about it now and act like it is unusual.
Personally I have a business degree, cost me 45k.... in my honest opinion it was complete waste of money.
Lol I graduated with a communications degree and got a job offer 2 months later. They started me off with a base salary of $60,000 a year plus uncapped commissions. Last year I made $125,000 and hope to make close to 150 this year. Someone in the comment section said it earlier, it is not about your degree but how hard you are willing to work once given the opportunity.
This is a great video. Thanks! I'm a disability services contractor working for 5 brokerages at different rates (hourly and various mileage reimbursement rates). I miss having health insurance I can buy through an employer, and sick time and vacation time. When I get canceled on, I have to see if I can make it up somehow. Fortunately, I can pick up as many hours as I want. It's tough at times all things considered, but I'm grateful for the flexibility. I want more stability so I'm searching for a new full-time job and hope to contract on the side (I also pick up babysitting, etc. work). One thing I've done for money is freelance cleaning. Hard work and tenacity are important to find opportunities, but selection is important too for things like stability and ability to travel without taking a double financial hit (not earning money plus the expenses of travel plus regular expenses). I was born in 1991 and have a bachelor's degree, in case anyone wants to deepen their understanding of people born in my age group.
1) Dont live beyond what you make and you won't have to work all the time, this applies to 100% of the people on the planet.
2) Great for having initiative
3) Nobody is going to hire you with ZERO experience, you choose school, you have to intern, you choose to work you get ahead of people who waste time in school.
And this job growth your claiming happens is just the market splitting 62,000 jobs in half to create double... you are causing this for yourself, before millennials we created our own work, and took the jobs we were given.
The idea of working as an intern is very weird. Was it really normal back then to work for free?
Working two jobs: isn't capitalism (aka modern financial slavery) great?
You're confusing capitalism with corportism. North America as a whole hasn't seen capitalism in a long time.
Jack Lan the computer made by a person. were born yesterday or something?
Isn't canada a socialist utopia with a massive welfare state and government healthcare? Amazing how quickly it goes back to being "capitalist" when the news is negative.
As opposed to a socialist country like Venezuela? Give us a break. Capitalism is the reason you can have 2 jobs, and an iphone, and everything else you like in your life. If you don't like capitalism, go stand in a bread line in a socialist country, and tell them you love their system.
Mr. White utopia... Yeah right
I’m torn on this. Is it a market adjustment or is it false marketing. Not sure.
Once you leave uni and hit the real world it hits back fast especially when life is changing so fast. It is almost like most degrees become obsolete the moment you started. Actually, the most important thing is the market. If the markets wants such and such satisfying it is very profitable.
In the UK there are so many people going into security work since the police have been so severely cut back. The market is created there. There are an increasing number of older people and care work to look after them is booming, and sure to keep on increasing. Cleaning, maintaining and assisting older people who want to stay independent as long as possible is booming.
If you have a trade it is usually very good. The waiting time to get a plumber is quite high in many places.
Locate the shortage the market will pay. Locate a severe shortage and you'll probably get trained as well.
The new economy moves fast. As long as you're willing to satisfy as much of the shortage as possible without relegating yourself to any specific area you'll do well. Certainly not all the shortages require much in the way of education. Security eg door man needs a SIA license which can be got in 4 days. Interview is very short (no one asks what your favorite colour is or what animal you'd want to be) and you'll get a job within days. With care work you can work and get the qualifications. If you're really good might even become a nurse. Use the job as a platform for greater things.
There are very few jobs that are likely be exactly the same in 30 or 40 years. This is not the past. If you're not improving everyday you'll be in trouble. If you're not willing to take a lower salary or wage and wait you'll be taken out of the market. Grab the opportunities now, whatever they are. Protect your capital. Moonlight if you have to.
Big deal
I worked 2 full time jobs for years
80-90 hrs a week
That is a good thing? You need to work more than twice full time to have a decent living? That is something to be happy about?????
Wearing a $500 coat, a $1000 iPhone in the pocket, $1000 iPad, drinking $5 coffee.... yeah maybe that's why you need a 2nd job to "survive". It took me 20+ years after college to accumulate the things I wanted in life. I didn't just go out and buy it all at once.
Mark
preach.
And they still go ahead spending 10,000 dollars on weddings.
You can pay iPhones and iPads monthly. Coats can look more expensive then they seem. And $5 coffee is the cheapest I can find around here.
iphone comes with your carrier's plan, ipad or a laptop is a necessity these day...well maybe she should've waited another 5-10 years to save up for a $500 coat (wtf is your problem really?), or maybe it's the rent she has to pay that costs &1000-1400 every month? or maybe it's oversaturated job market? or maybe it's "entry level jobs" requiring 5 years experience?
Mark 20 years huh, waste of time...
As it turns out whenever it states a requirement for so much experience it is not a necessity in actuality; what it is, is that you can state the amount of experience you have within the specific field they want and if you have none then there is no reason to worry as that experience is preferable but not a 100% necessity. Of course you may not get the job but in actuality that is down partly to luck and also how you present yourself to the interviewer who you may actually talk with in an elevator if you are planning to work inside an office building. I am unable to remember the name of that specific style of interviewing but it consists of you talking to the interviewer inside of the elevator without knowing they are the person interviewing you and providing a short summary of what you plan, want and your skills.
Working all the time often turns people into abusive monsters like my awful Ebenezer stepdad working all the time is horrible and I think people doing it are nuts rather be dead than turn into a monster like my stepfather working all the time screws with people's mind
working multiple jobs seems like how companies are getting through the overtime problem. its essentially trading resources to get the most optimal outcome which is pay out less.
"Free internships" is illegal. She should report those companies to the labour board.
These are some perfectly coiffed poor people.
I noticed several thins about these ladies/gentlemen
1) they obviously live in a a very nice area (notice the location they are commuting around) that'll jack up your rent
2) they also seems to have designer clothing (costly if that's all you buy) thrift shopping will save you alot
3) Just the fact that the coffee shop is in the middle of downtown indicates that it's probably not as cheep compared to other places (and I bet that they both frequent it often)
If you learn how to budget then you won't struggle nearly as much.
1) Correct 2) They need good clothing if they want to work in "1) places" 3) Many of that places you can only find that kind of coffee shops 4) You should move to the valley (US) or Vancouver (Canada) even with a 6 figures salary you're still poor for the high living cost. LEARN TO JUDGE FAIRLY!
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hm, you must have ocd
Keep working! Millions of undeserving welfare recipients are counting on you.
that is a cruel comment
@@joeldecoster8816 How is that not true?
Europa 17 because welfare isn’t even close to what we spend on SS/Medicaid for old farts who never worked over a 40 hour work week. HALF of our federal budget goes to paying out old people. Imagine what happens when 73 million baby boomers retire soon, you still going to be blaming Obama when healthcare costs 3X more? Someone will have to pick up the tab, nothing is free 😉
-Yep, all those welfare receiving Appalachian hillbillies, trailer park livers, ghetto dwellers & even some illegals, will be watching numbers of millennials sign up for welfare themselves.
@@joeldecoster8816 It is a factual statement. "cruel" is your opinion.
The job search is real for us graduates, it took me roughly a year after grad to land an ideal full-time job in my field
Welcome to the club. The 50 year job is not just non-existent for millennials but for everyone.
Why would you want the same job for 50 years?
You don't need to work at the same job for 50 years just to pay your bills. Why do you have bills to pay, which require you to stay at the same job? I dumped my car, that's one less bill I have to pay. I rent because I am not chaining myself to a house FOREVER. I don't have credit cards, why saddle yourself with those bills? What's the benefit of it?
FOREVER. That's such a long time to pay bills, don't you think?
People saddle themselves with all of these unnecessary bills. If I could go back in time, i never would have even purchased a car in the first place. That took 6 years off of my life. There's no way in hell I am buying a house. I don't even like the suburbs. I don't think I could bring a child in this world and force them to live there either.
We burden ourselves for a lifestyle that isn't really worth it in the long run.
Felix actually has a good point. Median wage growth is stuck below 3%. So young professionals should switch jobs as they acquire new skills and negotiate higher pay with each hop. And bare in mind "switching jobs" doesn't necessarily mean leaving the company.
Felix The Cat geez mr. Goldberg, I wonder who's behind this post!
DigiTan000 negotiating higher wages are a meme, you fucktard. They're at least 6 other people who will work for less than what your asking, no matter where you want to go.
Incorrect. Where did you get that information? It's a well-documented fact that salary negotiators earn more on average over the course of their lives (ex: "Negotiating a Job Offer" Carnegie Mellon University). Secondly, re-read my remark about skill acquisition. If you aren't evolving your talents, then wage stagnation is assured in a developed labor market. Finally, vitriolic discussions are of no interest. Please make your reply more amicable to continue the conversation.
Who amongst us hasn't worked 2-3 jobs at a time while on our teens and 20s. I went to high school full time, participated in school sports program's and worked 3 part time jobs. I was young and had the energy to do it. I went on in school, got a useful degree and went straight to work. I worked 16 hour shifts 3 days a week and 8 hour shifts 2 days a week. Thereby repaying my student loans in less than 1/2 the required time, which cut out a ton of interest. It can be done, you just have to be willing to do the work, like so many in past generations.
DeeDee Porter but it has to change.. thats the part where older generations got wrong.. so focused on “work hard” where corporate people take advantage of you.. We cant just stay the same.. lol.. Ibrarepy hear anyone say work smart..
"Where corporate people take advantage of you" - most common excuse for being lazy. Lots of lazy people like to say they work "smarter" because they are getting the same rate of pay as you, then they get miffed because you get the promotion and raise despite their seniority. For the most part, working harder IS working smarter, something this generation doesn't seem to get.
Hopefully your health will stay good and no life tragedies hit
I did it in a very similar fashion. It doesn't seem like any fun when you do it, but later on, that light at the end of the tunnel gets brighter. Yes, the corporate people took advantage of me many times and continue to do so. But a person can't make life decisions based on personal feelings / emotions instead of economics. By playing my cards they way I did, I'll have my home paid up in about 5 years, at which point I will be calling more of the shots.
Kinda like the Shawshank redemption. Eventually, the time to strike WILL come. Andy Dufresne would have never achieved what he did if he demanded immediate gratification.
In 2002, when I was in University. I worked at Futureshop, part time it was a great company and I made a good income and learned effective salesmanship skills. These jobs are now disappearing, I feel sorry for the new generation coming up.
On the "I'm working two jobs right now." thing, ask them what the total number of hours they work is. At one time I was working ONE job in retail management which was 84 hours a week. OTOH- I was once working TWO jobs which totalled less than 40.
Great you had a boss that actually gave you full time, your lucky if you can get past the 39 hour cut off nowadays.
Well she did say "full time" but then again, we already know that women consider anything over 30 hours/week to be "full time". This is where the myth of the wage gap comes from. That woman in the video could very well be working under 40 hours/week and just phrasing it like that because it sounds better.
So...were there no minorities that had opinions? They interviewed 3 white people. What about the rest of the Canadian opinions? This is what make it hard to watch cbc and programs alike and take stats seriously.
the question is do you save your money?
steve espinoza 15 dollars an hour
15x40= 600
600 minus taxes = 400 if You are lucky.
400x4= 1600
1600 minus rent 1000 again if your lucky.
How much can I save is the real question?
Wilson Guaman you have 1000 disposable income to budget how can you not save anything?
1000 for a single person's apartment? You know? There is also a possibility to move elsewhere to cheaper places. The capital and its attractions are not always a good thing.
@@Wguaman89 600 if you ask your mom to cook for you and you walk to work.
@@AsianVideoGamer Pragmatism not Idealism.
If you're picky that is a problem there is a good rate in farm like dairy ,hog farm, butcher and others
It's not about weather yiy went to college or university now , it's about who you know. It's impossible to get a good paying job 9-5 that you can actually live on. Houses where I'm at to rent go for 3000 a month for a 3br bungalow house. Not heated or lighted. 1 bed app are 1700. With my job at 21$ wich is not bad pay , if i wasn't in low rental, i wouldn't make it even with child benefits. 3kids btw. They make it harder to live now. It's ridiculous 😒
public education doesn't teach you how to invest and multiply individual income
83% of stocks are owned by 1% of the population. If I had a few thousand to invest I wouldn't be in this situation putz
Poverty isn't misfortune. It's a constant condition.
This is why some European countries subsidize certain things.
I'd bet that if Disability and Low-Income Housing were expanded: You'd also see a sudden drop in Homelessness overnight.
"Who's going to pay for it?"
It's called Productivity.
It works, when you understand how to run it efficiently, instead of egotistically.
You don't do it, by running your own people into the ground.
In the U.S a sure fire way of making it in this country is go to college to become an engineer. Engineers are always needed are in high demand and the pay is fantastic.
engineers are worthless and hated, they make everything complicated and expensive, they keep trying to reinvent the wheel
spoken like a mechanic
im an iron worker/welder
I went to school to b an auto mechanic i graduated in 1991 think i could find a mechanics position or even an apprenticeship at that time no way not during a recession so i went to an employment agency to find work i ended up gettin a job as a laborer at a forge plant in 92 im still there ts as a hammersmith i work 40hr week with the option of overtime anytime when i started there i was making 7$ an hr now i make 36.75$ per hr with union and full benifits not bad for guy that didnt go to collage and put myself in crazy debt with school loans. I so believe thats the problem with most millennials they come out of school expecting the job to be waiting for the with top pay and a corner office life dosent work that way most millennials dont want to work their way up the ladder. And who do they blame for this, everybody else especially the boomers because they dont want to retire or cant.
or what about a universal income for every citizen which is added based on your supplementary income?
I worked two full jobs and still wonder how I’ll pay taxes. That’s how sad this all is.
so what!!! i worked two jobs when i was 16, then worked all through college, worked a full teim job and ran a business for 15 years... end result? work hard, keep diligent, and you will get to the top 20%... work is normal, hard, and not guaranteed.
Work two jobs to fund your dreams and goals!
They’re better off getting in a trade union iron workers, electricians union etc.
Learn a trade like plumbing. Sure it’s dirty, but at least you’ll have work every month.
This was SIX years ago and look how much worse it is now.
The most simple solution is too have 4 hour work days
maybe we should get jobs that have demand for jobs. not degrees in communications where there is little to no demand.
My hubby was laid off a year before retirement so they wouldn’t have to pay his benefits for life!!
OMG wow 🤬
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Here in louisiana I'm having trouble filling entry level technical positions(engineer etc). They pay twice as much when I started almost 20 years ago. There is more work then we can handle. We are not currently hiring communications grads tho. Lol
aren't you going to check india?
What do you expect when you go to school for a liberal arts degree? It's the life choices people make that determine if they will struggle or not. Imagine if they got a degree in STEM would we hear the same thing on such a large scale? Of course there are always exceptions to the rule like being an engineer in the bay area. In general just go into higher paying fields.
Many friends including myself went into fields that would pay us a lot so we wouldn't have to deal with financial struggle. Do some of us like it? Probably not but it eliminates the problem of not having enough money. We can then funnel that money into other investments to replace our income.
I work 2 jobs with school. It ain't that bad.
it is hard to expect employers to offer full time when this means benefits, while part time does not.
The reality is an emplyer can hire a bunch of 20 somthings and give them only part time work - no benefits, and save money doing so,
meanwhile there are other employers doing the same and we see young people with three jobs working part time at each and we see employers with 30 staff but only two are full time.
This is the outcome from the regulations.
Take another current issue - lack of low end rentals- who wants to spend a lifetime of savings on building an apartment for low income people when the Landlord Tennant Act will allow them to live three months rent free before they can be evicted. Better to invest your money in building high-end rental units or condo's that attract wealthy buyers and renters who are farl less likely to skip out on three months rent on you. The rules create the result.
Government making it too difficult for employers to hire people.
Exit, Voice and Loyalty
Require businesses to give benefits based on number of hours, rather than full-time or part-time status. The reason many companies are adopting part-time over full-time is because investment per employee is lower. Make it based on hours and all of a sudden it’s not any more financially beneficial to hire one over the other and I guarantee we’d see an increase in full-time employment.
moartin tint
So what I’m specifically referring to is a graduated benefits program. Where medical coverage, paid time off, sick time, etc. are a function of hours worked not whether you are full-time or part-time status. I’m not really supporting a ‘free market’. I support consumer-choice markets but I don’t support lassaiz faire economics. Socialized capitalism is really a thing of the future: a system where businesses are responsible for their employees’ well-being. Now I’m going to say this caveat: the world has a problem. We can’t simply say creating more industry jobs will increase people’s quality of life anymore. Robots did/are/will take many jobs because of the economic policies currently in place; the internet did/is/will killed brick-and-mortar stores; socially media is galvanizing tribalism... we’re entering a second Gilded Age. We are in a position where we can analyze our options. We should do so. Obviously my approach may be wrong but it needs to be considered and thought through.
moartin tint
So I hope I can reply to everything you said but I’ll probably miss something.
If the days of old are indeed gone then I would take you don’t disagree with increased regulation? If it’s possible to have multi-billionaires and companies that would place in the top ten wealthiest countries in the world (if in fact they were a country), then chronic underemployment shouldn’t be an issue, yet it is. So perhaps, and this is only an idea, I’m spit-balling, a better approach to the problem would be a graduated maximum wage? Where maximum wage is a function of minimum wage? I don’t know, it seems then there would be the capitalist-spirit of increasing profits but regulated from mistreating employees (because if you increase your minimum employee’s wage then you can increase your own... let’s face it anything over half a million per year is just icing for the wealthy, and for most anything over $50k is the icing and while I don’t have the source there has been research to suggest happiness doesn’t increase after something like $70k/yr not that I’m saying everyone should be paid that or even $50k, but let’s say $30k for a 40 hour week, 52 week year should suffice for middle America).
moartin tint
Then how else do you solve the problem of underemployment? We could let it go, but if unchecked corporations truly could create a Second Gilded Age which is what I’m more concerned with, last time it was just monopolies and trusts.
moartin tint
Then I would say the best bet would be to illegalize corporations the same way trusts and monopolies were illegalized? A small business owner will never be able to get away with mistreatment because the community they exist in can refuse them. In the case of corporations, they can exist independently from the communities they exist. So that’s why we see regulation because the state and fed are the community level that corporations can be refused. Regulation can’t be stopped for the same reason corporations can’t be forced to be moral.
moartin tint
Lobbying and political contributions then should be illegalalized perhaps? Even for special interest groups. And perhaps have term limits for Congress, then it becomes too difficult to have career politicians.
yes you already see the affects with taxi drivers, limo driver, food deliver drivers and buses cause of UBER...
Normalising the abnormal....that about sums up today's El ite ...that hate us poor folk....no wonder so many youngsters are suffering from depression....we need to give them HOPE! And soon !!!
Two part time jobs, totaling 36 hours a week.
working mutliple jobs is not issue. however, working for free is a big no no. i find these kind of positions exploit workers by baiting a job that may not exist. personally after graduation i couldn't find any internship. one of my interviewer wanted me to take loans and start going to school and they may hire me. i was like i want to earn money not go to school.
What's wrong with working long hours to get a good job. I did that for 5 years I went to work and school from 7am to 9pm for 5 years. But it paid off I landed a 6 figure job at 27.
millenials don't get good jobs, they just get more work... it's not a reward system
You made it happen. They made excuses. (Example: 👆)
Never thought I'd do it, but I'm working two jobs too. Not too bad...since I don't have any bills.
@moartin tint I would love more responsibilities, like a mortgage and whatnot. But yeah, pretty lucky as of now.
no wonder there are a lot of canadians coming to asia to teach English. they can't get permanent job in Canada.
That's a really nice coat she is wearing while complaining. I never had something this nice at her age....
Not until i saved forever....
Not one comment on fiat debt run currency or central banking. Shame to see no one looks at the top of the pyramid.
Why don't you just get a trade?? Theres infinity work for trades if you live in a city and good money, oh wait. My generation is too good for that
u might get dirty, i do construction and when i went to the bank on fridays, the girls seemed to fight over cashing my check, i made about 3x times what they did
The problem with "Job Churn" is that it makes you look irresponsible to have so many different positions on your resume.
When I watched documentaries about heroine addicts when I was younger they didn't seem to work as hard as normal people do today to maintain their lifestyle. Nor did they have to give up their morals to the same extent.
That is why people should always consider to get into medical careers! That is the only way you could be safe.
Leo Messi or restaurants lol
I worked three jobs at once last year. It was rough.
I am 43 years old and worked 2 jobs, lived with multiple roommates for years after university so I could pay of my student debt and pay my bills. This is not a millennial problem; this is being young. Young people of all generations struggled financially. I'm not sure why this is suddenly considered an extraordinary burden.
Wen i was 18 i work 84 hr week on a construction job. How many part time jobs is that??????