Your video started out good then got bias and surface level. Your leaning to one side and and that’s wrong because your acting like young people should not be young people which makes no sense
You're a right wing shill dude, nobody wants to hear it when our generation can't afford rent with a full time job. It's literally your ideologies fault that this is happening
I went to College in the USA and in 1982 a Sociologist gave a speech on " The Decline of the West " Yes Empires decline and the evil USA empire is finished as the Roman and all of them. Nick you are lost in the windmills of your mind...
isnt wanting a better life with better oppurtunities treatment pay more fairness n escaping a goverment controlled by compainies n rich overlords what AMERICA WAS BUILT ON ISNT BEin A AMERICAN TO WANTing THAT n demanding that and standing up for what you belive is fair? wanting more freedom in your life is american we dont want to as they said n grapes of wraith and tennese ford said we own our souls to the company store
It's easy to blame the new generation for problems created by the old. I find it shocking that we have the audacity to blame the new generation for being dishearten with capitalism when they watch their parents struggle day in and day out to make ends meet. When I was a kid, my uneducated step dad made over $40k a year, but a home that cost $250k today only cost $60k back then.
That would probably be about $28,000 a year in payments. They could pay for 15 years and still owe $250,000 and now they need a roof, ac, kitchen, bath and flooring.
Not to mention how disgustingly outdated houses are today. Not only are you paying 5x more than a house in 1980 but you’re getting a house that hasn’t been updated since 1980. It doesn’t make any fkn sense. If you were paying for a $300,000 house today but it had wood floors, current appliances, upgrades HVAC, etc, it would at least make some sense….
The biggest problem with housing cost is that people that can afford the 1 million dollar home will not allow home builders to build less expensive homes near them because they are worried it will bring down the value of their homes.
Untrue, deive through the midwest, or actually dont these gas prices are very high. There are half a million dollar homes, next to stuff thats lucky if it grts 80k. And thats everywhere.
In Australia this is untrue! They built all the public housing together and created a problem that years later they took it apart and sold off every second house privately and the problem went away. They had already built the public with private since the beginning and it worked but the moment they put it all together it didn't. Same as our rich beach and coastal suburbs they have more little troubled teenagers then the lower and middle class mixed together now in the inner city suburbs.
I’ve taken in my wife’s grandmother and father. This is just a sign of the economy. We need to be like other countries and have families start to help each other. One thing we can do in America since we can’t change medical costs,
Your the kind of person we need more of! I took in a friend of mine that had a heart attack and because she couldn't work was evicted and her adult children didn't have the resources to help her out. So I helped her out. Peace🙂
@@theboyisnotright6312 that is a wonderful thing! More people used to help others like this. So many things have changed over the years. We shall all do what we can. I’m disabled. It was not an easy task lifting grandma with tics I get (kinda like Tourette’s & Parkinson’s) plus my back injury, but I was happy to step up to the plate to help. Good of you to help!
I am in my 40s been working since I was 14. I had to take a third job at a grocery store recently and I was shocked at how there is no way to move up within a company any more. Rather than allowing a team member to be promoted, they will hire someone from outside who knows nothing about the company. How does this encourage employees to move up? It’s ridiculous I was shocked. I remember when I used to work for tower records and I worked my way up within the company. So with this experience, I could really see how this could happen. Why should one work hard when they won’t get a chance to grow in the company?
Local grocery stores are union here in Seattle, Washington but they nonstop hire because they will only ever let you work 22 hours a week which means you won't be working enough to pay union dues or qualify for union. It's intentional. You make about $13/hr to begin in a deli position in Tacoma Washington state but only 22 hours. Grocery union hasn't done fkall for it's people in so long. It will die.
Companys dont allow people to "work their way up". Its hard to keep entry level employees since conditions are so bad. So if you enter at that that level, they aren't going to give you a way out. Management will be chosen through hiring family members or people who have management degrees, even if they are clueless. Its a caste system now.
@@treee4603 It's the agreement that the union signed with the grocery stores. Full time is probably considered starting at 22 hours. I had a friend who worked at a grocery store. He said if he wants 40 hours then it is night shift which is the stocking crew.
Can’t even blame people for wanting to do van life anymore, I’d love to travel and work seasonal jobs and not have mortgage or pay rent such a joke now might as well travel and actually live…
Van life went from stigma to trending within two years. I was planning on buying a van once my lease is up, but van prices has shot up. It's hard to find a clean non-work van.
@@b4rs629 yes it really it, even getting pick up truck with shell or I’ve seen bigger suvs like a 4runner is perfect for traveling in but all expensive now. And gas. People will be living out of a Prius soon
I don’t think you’ve meet a lot of college adults because this whole “we are lazy” is nothing but a myth. When I was in college 3 years ago and I was an RA, my residents often did school, one or two jobs and had other shit going on. Let’s stop this “kids now-a-days” myth. Most the people in my age group (25) work very hard with little gain
This guy clearly bought faux news propaganda, people are living in their cars and he wants to tell them " move to the ghetto" . Im shocked we haven't solved the economic issues with his simple views.
the whole lazy work ethic excuse is nothing but the system and their gatekeepers finding ways to neglect responsibility for a broke system that benefits only a few.
Only a few can climb the corporate ladder, because not everyone can be the manager. Schools should be more focused on teaching kids to be entrepreneurial how to start and run a business rather than to work for others.
Yes I am 70 the us is all about or for a kind of money culture I am now going to search for Willie Nelson's old fishing videos and forget the problems we have created go jug fishing
I know lots of people who have been grinding away trying to "climb the ladder" and never get anywhere no matter how much they work for it. But those higher promotions go to "friends of friends" to the higher ups usually. I think a lot of people are burned out and jaded and feel hopeless.
The reason it looks like they never get anywhere is because we try to identify where somewhere is in our mind, which looks like nowhere compared to what we think is important.
@@CelineNoyce that's not corruption, that's normal business practice, the level of corruption you speak of, happens in politics and top level executive
@@homelessmillionaire1 No, we have all been lead to believe if you work hard you will get a promotion. If that is not going to be the convention, why should anyone work hard?
Over the past 50 years, workplaces and shops have moved from being locally run enterprises where the bosses and owners were part of the fabric of the community to being faceless corporate giants who see you as a number on an excel spreadsheet. The dehumanization required to be part of the workforce is soul crushing and hard to take at a certain point. You used to have life employment at a company, now you know they don't care about you, so why should you care about them or their jobs.
It's not just liberal states that are expensive. I live in a conservative state and the home prices are starting to rival that of Hawaii. It's insane!!!
My husband has worked over 24 years at the same company- Pepsi Started at the bottom Still at the bottom Hasn’t had a raise since 2009 They call it tapped out Which means any position has a top hour pay Once a worker reaches that The billion dollar company Can shit on their workers He has applied several times for higher positions They never call him in for a interview Instead a friend of the boss gets it Funny thing though They all quit the company in a year or so after They got the promotion They take the knowledge they got and go to another company
I disagree that work ethic is the issue for this generation. They just want to find a fair paying job for the amount they paid. I am going into a pipe fitters union and after year 5, I will be making 39.50 and hour and the training is paid for by the employer. I think what we need is tech apprenticeships with certifications instead of degrees. Instead of paying 80k for a degree, you join the tech union at 50% of the ending salary, say $19.50 and hour, and you do a blend of taking coursework for your related work, while actually working for the industry. If I wanted to go into data science, working at unionized companies doing basic data entry on year 1, then data analyis on year 2, etc. The companies need more talent and the people need a way to get a high paying job without being in debt for decades. WIn-win.
I'm Australian and I'm a qualified tradesperson. I left high school at age 16 and started my apprenticeship. When I became qualified I earned good money. Then my trade became computerised, I was made redundant twice but was able to find a low paid job that I enjoy still to this day. Australia is more expensive to live in than the USA. I agree with Joe, more tradespeople are needed but are those jobs still available? When you buy something that's made in China, you're supporting a way of life that you probably wouldn't aspire to.
The irony is that our problem can be easily fixed. Lower immigration, loosen zoning laws (allow for higher density), and tax investors. Slowly there's too many homes, and thus lower home prices.
The same here in Australia. Housing is viewed as a financial asset, not a home. Prices are massively inflated across the capital cities. We have no low cost/ public housing programmes.
@@Ben-jq5oo I grew up in Sydney and moved to Townsville where the cost of living used to be cheaper. I moved to Canada 6 years ago and while rent is cheaper now I wonder how it will be in the future. Food is also going up allot here too.
You cannot say young people are lazy and need to skip college. Lots of high paying jobs in tech and medicine do REQUIRE at a minimum a bachelors degree to even get an opportunity for an internship so you can eventually “work your way up”. It’s a lot smarter for kids to just start a social media business (which requires being on your phone) if they want to forgo a college degree. But don’t call them lazy.
Also working your way up at companies DOES NOT EXIST in todays America. I’m on my third job in three years cause one company laid me off, another said I did great work but they didn’t want to extend my contract and now I’m at my third. Hoping this one doesn’t fail
A big reason why it's become so hard to make it into the US is the extreme financialization of both commercial and home real estate. It's designed to keep home prices and rents as high as possible. Today, even when you have "useful" academic credentials and marketable job skills, it's become very tough to make enough to keep your head above water in many cities, and if you DON'T have a college or trade school degree or good job skills, then, you're REALLY screwed. Wages and salaries aren't able to keep up with how rapidly housing prices keep going up. It doesn't matter how well you manage your money, more and more people aren't able to make a living today. Today, we're seeing more and more hyper-educated, hyper-skilled, hyper-experienced people who are barely getting by, and if you AREN'T any of these things, then, you're REALLY up the creek. And this is when you're a straight, white male with no substance abuse or mental health issues. If you're anything other than that, then, the deck is REALLY stacked against you. We've been seeing a profound concentration of wealth into the hands of fewer and fewer people and some people have a strong vested interest in keeping it that way. It doesn't matter what their political persuasion is. They'll raise an army of 100 million demons on earth before they see any of this changed. The truth is more and more Americans have been finding better opportunities for growth outside the US than within. This is how bad things have gotten here.
Yes I see this too. Working class wage slaves are being Taken advantage by the Elites of the companies The wage slaves work for. America is unaffordable For working class. Plus Health care for women and Children is dangerous. Living In USA is dangerous place For women and children.
Taxes are killing me. I got a sizeable bonus from my job and had to pay almost 1/4 of it in taxes. It doesn’t pay to work hard to try and get ahead. I hate it!
They taxe you yet they still make you pay (or just never use money) for health road or education They prefer to use these billions to send your military in other country to get cheaper oil or food
Welcome to america, its a game and you fools have been tricked you are a slave. because you dont work you will starve and go homeless how is that not slavery ?
"People don't want to work" This argument is really silly. Back in the older generations when you work the job you can actually make ends meet. It was a lot easier to survive with wages. It's not the same environment anymore. The average job doesn't even pay enough to afford living. That's why people don't want to work then not because they're trying to start at the top much less "being lazy." If it was a few people who didn't take the jobs then it would be laziness but the fact that there's so many vacant position shows that companies really aren't paying what's necessary to get workers not because they're lazy
The guest around the 20:00 mark is correct however as someone who went through engineering school I can confirm if you are full time in that type of program it IS a full time job, your brain is fried and you cannot work a job that pays a living wage and do harder college courses. What pushes people to do this is they can't make living wages in lower paying positions, but now no one can afford anything. It used to be if you were at least an assistant manager level in retail or service industry you could afford an apartment and have a little in savings. That's no longer true in many areas. I have two STEM degrees and rent and even with no debt I would struggle to buy a home in this economy. The competition for well paying jobs is very fierce in this economy. The reason people choose to do college full time is because of all the extra fee colleges tack on per semester, it's cheaper sometimes to do it full time vs part time.
I think he’s pointing out some real and important issues, but he’s clueless. I’m his age, have an engineering degree and about to finish my masters, struggling, but mostly because I’m juggling too many things at once and because I haven’t been able to move out of California. From what I’ve seen there are jobs, PLENTY. I get at least five job offers per week. My company actually has a chronic problem of filling their positions and it pays really well. People with six figure salaries choose to leave. They even lowered their standards for hiring. I can already guess some of the background of this fella, but kudos to Nick Johnson for having a nice conversation with him.
@@rd24life Tell that to all the old homeless people living on the streets. In 2017, 40% of homeless were elderly. It's much higher today. There are many homeless vets who were forced to fight the war in Vietnam. Their lives were ruined in more ways than some whiny millennials who think life is a fairy tale.
I remember growing up in the 80’s with the high interest thinking that I never will be able to buy a house, but I did, paid it off and bought another. The biggest issue is the Elimination of the middle class. We have too many overpaid managers, and too many entry level low paying jobs. Many mid~level jobs are exported to foreign countries so upper managers can make even more money. Plus we need developers to create more reasonably priced housing and not going for the higher priced markets. I have a friend with two adult children at home, yet both make enough to move out. I also know a couple of people approaching retirement age that never moved out and still live with their parents and they make enough to move out.
I agree, most managers & supervisors are glorified babysitters with no skillset other than to bust the balls low level workers. I'm pretty sure any low level employee who actually knows the ins & out of a company could run it better than some degree dipshit who has no care for the people they manage. Honestly, the whole moving out of a parents house stigma will be eliminated soon &become the norm due the economy. This whole western culture of Get out my house @18-22 & be independent in an economy like this to me is retarded & isn't sustainable.
My 28 y/o son made $185K last year at the shipyard. They only pre-qualified him for $285K with his veteran benefits. I saw nothing decent for him less than $450K in Hampton. So he's still renting. I only make $80K as a trucker, not enough to qualify for a decent house here in Atlanta that's quickly approaching $400K. Thankfully I'm remarried and my husband's mortgage is paid off cuz I may have been living with my mother too.
@@kfrancis1872 i get just under $ 11,000 per year with medicaid A and B $ 500. deductible per year and pay over $100. for two inhalers a month. I am a burden to family and friends and i know i can't afford to do much of any thing , so i get children staying at home your making up middle class your kids at home are making your lives better than you know as long as they are helping carry the load. If you did the math i get $ 9300. rent, lights, gas, water,food, phone and car insur. i guess all i am saying is quality of life matters also .
@@darleneclarke4001 The true reality of the times nowadays. My 27 y/o just got his MBA in finance and has been living with my mother through grad school. Wasn't his initial plan...but that's the only was he could get his Master's degree
Great interview. I think a lot of the frustration we are seeing among millennials and gen Z is because our government is really making things worse for us and them by all the inflation they are causing with the help of the Federal Reserve printing all this money that is devaluing the dollar even further. I can’t blame them for feeling like they can’t get ahead. Especially when politicians on both sides sold us and all our good paying jobs and technology to China and other countries. Making it so we are having to compete globally for our wages that are not able to keep up with inflation anymore.
Spot on. And what about all the immigration. Not all new people coming here are low wage workers. Some of them are educated and taking jobs that Americans should have because they pay them less.
Exactly..but its those generations that need to uprise and take control!!..us older folks are dying out...dont sit and complain and not work....do something about it!..like Martin Luther King and the womans movement of the 60's and 70's.....its those folks that made change happen... .that is what is going to have to happen in order for things to change....the 1% who own it all are scared to death of loosing their wealth, and will do what ever it takes to keep it...and this guy that was interviewed...he is in a perfect position to lead these Reddit folks... 1.6 mil is a lot of people...take the country back. 80 year olds should not be running the country!...young people should because it is theirs!
Maybe if they would stop voting democrat who want to spend spend spend and hand out freebies because their delicate feelings got hurt we wouldn't be in this mess my pockets were full under Trump
That's why I had enough sense not bring any kids into this rotten society Life is what you make it? Isn't correct How bout some people are more blessed for whatever reason possible than others Damn right life ain't fair Just because that's true it's no quit in my soul Just not going to subject another human being into this fiasco
The low fat craze in the 70s reduced the population along with the chemicals. Now the government has to allow the people to be replaced by foreigners just to keep the numbers up. If each couple doesn't make 2 kids it is the beginning of extinction.
Speaking for myself as a 25 year old, when I was working at two different jobs, one a restaurant job the other a coffee shop job, both times I was liked a lot, told I had strong work ethic (and did indeed work hard), and was a senior employee (stayed there longest). However, nonetheless, I watched and saw as time after time again, when It was time to hire new assistant managers or head management, the business would continually hire (in BOTH of these different jobs at different points in my life), either A) outside management whom I ended up needing to train despite still being at my beginning min wage salary and essentially doing THEIR job for them for months at a time IN ADDITION to my own workload and/or B) the least efficient and least responsible worker get promoted to him becoming my manager. And it was highly surprising. I am a big fan of the 90s and 2000s and miss how many things were done during that time. I miss certain values that I believe were emulated then and not as much now. However, I wanted to share my personal experience as an on the cusp "Millennial/Gen Z" individual because unfortunately I myself and my peers/co-workers are just not witnessing opportunities to climb the ladder despite promises for "advancement" in every interview. A lot of things have grown incredibly inauthentic now I believe.
Well, given that a small apartment in the midwest outside of a literal ghetto would cost about the entire after-tax salary of someone making $14.50/hr full time, I don't think it's unreasonable to call it a paltry wage. Blaming the poor is a time honored tradition of those with more, but it's not really the source of our problems.
Min. Wage is supposed to be enough for one person to support themselves and a family. Now you have to have two people working and still can't afford rent.
@@rogersmith7396 I think as Americans we need to adapt to other cultural norms. I keep telling my family we should pool our resources into buying a home together so we can all save while working, but talk is cheap & no one wants to listen common sense.
@@blucantrell2 Pretty much. As Americans the whole get out of the house by 18-22 mentality isn't helping. The whole stigma attached to moving back home needs to end.
And a lot of the medical bankruptcies are from people who had health insurance and still couldn’t afford it. Uninsured people pay four times as much?! That’s outrageous!
ive been trying to start a business for 2 years now, without a whole lot of help. so far, i have absolutely nothing to show for it. 'taking control' if your destiny only works in the world of fiction.
Unless you know people who can navigate all the bureaucratic nonsense, yes it is a futile venture. Can't tell you how many storefronts I've seen come and go in my small town. Something like 50 percent of small businesses fail within 3 years and 80 percent within 5 years. Newest storefront I've seen pop up is a "metal art" store(not sculptures or anything original, mostly etching and engraving). I give it 2 years. Seen 5 different businesses at that location in about 12 years.
You have two years of failure to show for it which is two more years than me. Good for you. Nobody really wants control. What we really want is wholeness. We want to matter.
I went to college to do a trade. While everyone else was getting refund checks, I put mine back towards the tuition. Granted, I did nothing with the trade, but got a better white collar job that compensated me triple of the trade starting pay. Starting from the bottom so to speak, and job hopping into new roles gave me more value than a certification. I like that the world is changing. My next role, in 10 years, will likely dive deeper into tech, and a simple coding boot camp will suffice to get me there. The only reason I went to do a trade was from the societal pressures of going to college. I chose the cheapest thing to do upfront until I was experienced enough life to decide what to do next. If you are young, you're not going to have all the answers, trust your gut, and don't let teachers convince you to go into debt for a sheet of paper. It's not fun. If the job you want doesn't require a degree, just take the cheapest route. It won't matter once you have work experience in the field you are passionate about.
You’re one of the very few resources I watch for deeper understanding of what is going on daily around the US. I enjoy your video of the many cities tour as you narrate the facts about the reality that we might not hear about without biases. In addition, the interview from the local resident’s experiences of their cities. I appreciate your work processing. Thanks!
I’m one of the lucky people under 30 to own a nice home in the USA (midwest) and not have it be a huge financial nightmare (under $130k USD). The system needs to change to make home owning more accessible. We only had the means to obtain a home because we are essential workers in k12 education and had the stimulus. I think personally education reform at all levels (early childhood through post secondary) is one of the most crucial changes that would affect all sectors of the economy. Where we are now is classrooms upon classrooms with no certified teachers and that’s our future we are neglecting by accepting this as “fine”. And this issues isn’t new; it has only been brought to light by the pandemic.
The inflation adjusted cost of K-12 education has increased 280% since 1960 yet achievement scores are actually lower. It is proven that giving more money to educators only produces dumber kids.
That Jason James is correct!I ran crews that graduated and could no read or read a watch,do fractions.... Teachers are merely glorified babysitters.I was taught to read and write cursive before pre school by my grandmother.When I went to school I truly was like what the hell is this?
Inflation is great if you have student loans, own a house, have a job (many got 20-30% raises), or have debt (the poor). This inflation is good; only people whining are the boomers on a fixed income, even though social security would be depleted before we can retire. I’m glad the wealthy boomers stopped sitting on their money.
@@jasonjames4254 But no matter how bad it gets we can't get Democrats to support school choice. The unions rule. This is one of the downsides to unions.
I talked about this with my good friend a few months ago. He's in construction business. He says these days "everyone" wants to be a journalist, computer nerd, or a TV star. Meanwhile businesses like his can't find enough qualified plumbers, electricians, framers, roofers, welders and so on. A well experienced welder can make $180k per year, but not many people these days want to do manual labor anymore.
You spent these kids into 30 trillion in federal gov debt , half their incomes going to taxes to pay for Your good time you had . You've left them toxic islands of plastic trash twice the size of Texas to clean up and debt and You're an adult , attacking children . And you're BRAGGING I hope they turn on you. Eat the rich .
@@subtropicalpermaculture "Eat the rich?" You will NEVER be one of "the rich." Why? Because you spend all your energy on hating successful RICH people. I can feel your vile hatred seeping through your hateful comments. Your channel is empty. You are just a communist troll.
@@midcenturymodern9330 so funny ..I own my home on the beach free and clear so whatever..bezos is making 40 million dollars a minute off American workers he's paying $5 an hour after taxes you silly debt slave you think you're rich ? You will never be Lmfao
The only problem in America is that the upper end of society have it too easy while the lower and middle part cop all the taxes and get NOTHING for it.
Great video. I live in the Tampa Bay Area and we have seen the highest spike in rent and home prices in the country. People and companies are fleeing here from other states, taking advantage lower taxes and driving up prices. I also see big developers coming in and building condos and homes that are unaffordable for people in this area. Hopefully we don’t become the other Bay Area.
Well you are hoping against hope because three of my relatives "retired to Lakewood ranch in Bradenton 3-4 years ago and they flipped two of their homes already and now in their third-its HUGE. Everytime I visit the sprawl has doubled, the traffic ridiculous and the have/have not ratio very apparent. If you are not wealthy its probably too late to move there as the inflection point has passed. It is the bay area already-minus bart, muni and caltran-so you have to have and maintain a car$$$. Florida has NO rent control and limited land mass which developers are rapidly exploiting and consuming. In 5 years the whole statr will be a HOT rich mess. No thanks. Ill keep my rent control studio in San Francisco where I dont need the hassle and expense of a car, excessive heat and bugs and alligators or hurricanes.
@@1233-h1g my studio apartment in tampa Cost me $62.000 and taxes is $ 800 a year. Same deal in California will cost at least $300.000 plus $2.000 on taxes. No way. Plus we are close to Mexico,Caribbean countries,south America and Europe Cheap to fly here to those areas And cheap cruises 🚢 from here. No wonder why people is moving from California to Florida.
As a 16 year old turning 17 this year I am not going to college ever. Awful idea in the current economic situation. I plan to go to trade school or if I can’t even afford that I’ll work my way up through a construction business and hopefully be able to become a contractor.
I want to bring up the idea of technical high school. When I was in high school, you could spend a half day at technical school for the last two years of high school
My rent is a lil over 600 a month for a 4 bedroom house in WV and yes I live in a good location and close to work. My son is a certified (will be licensed in Feb 2023) electrician and he's going for a 2nd trade in HVAC. My wife and I have busted our asses working for an international medical device company starting at $10 an hour to now making $22/hour (my wife) and $27/hour (me). So it took some time but we're getting on our feet
It is truly delusional but it shows the level of desperation.... was this the purpose of existence... the only way is to stop playing this game designed to enrich corporations
I have always made a few more dollars than every other job around me in the same career. I've learned a ton and become extremely efficient and I still don't make much more than when I started when compared to inflation. Etc. In fact generally the only way to make more money is to job hop. Unless you want .5 raises forever
If you aren't working your way up it's because you have no skills or a bad attitude. Yes, companies are happy to pay high value workers more money. Take accountability for your life.
Let’s talk about starting at the bottom… lol… Companies don’t promote from within. They just don’t. They hire outside. Thus creating the job-hopping culture. Bounce from position to position to get better wage and better position. Company loyalty is a pipe dream
I’m in my 60s and cannot believe the shape our country is in today! Thank you for sharing this video. Very informative. People need to wake up! Keep up the great work…
The baby boomer generation it’s so selfish that they will and have taken care of themselves and basically thumbed their noses at the younger generation and said in essence, “we have ours and screw you you lazy bums!“ One person used to be able to work and was paid enough to have their spouse stay at home and their children be put through college but now that’s no longer possible and even two people being married can barely get by
I'm tired of constantly hearing this harmful rhetoric. Why are the younger generations labeled lazy and uninspired for fighting for a fair wage and pursuing higher education. It's easy for boomers to call us ungrateful when they could provide for a family of 4 with a laborers salary.
Actually both you and the anti-work guy had great points. People don't want to work hard anymore, but should they suffer their whole lives like their parents did only to die with these issues anyway? I think there has to be a balance of sorts.
To me as a single person it's basically a requirement to do 60 hrs a week to be able to pay bills & still save for the future goals. 60hr work weeks have become the new norm for single people. Every job post I see wants you to do your 40 + mandated OT on fridays & saturdays & this was before the pandemic. I tend to live way below my means than the average person. I could go part time just to pay bills, but that would kill any potential of saving any cash. There a few jobs in my area that only want 40, but they also don't pay the best. I had to ask myself What's the point of working 6 days a week if I got no time or energy to enjoy any of my hobbies I worked so hard to provide upkeep. I was absolutely miserable with my life. Despite earning good money the job was soul draining & consumed 90% of my week. Day in Day out. Work, Eat, Sleep, Repeat. No one to talk to accept my thoughts eating away at me. This was my life for the past 5 years & after being laid off permanently recently back in August.. I can say.. honestly it was the best thing to ever happen for me mentally. I took a hiatus for a few months from the workforce to heal my mind, workout, & get back to my old self before going back to the grind. I quickly found out I still wasn't fully ready to be back because after 2 months of doing 50hrs a week I became mentally exhausted & burnt out. I'm now taking another work hiatus for a month or two. To me this is me practicing for a never to come retirement when I'm old. Honestly, it's quite boring to the point I'd rather go back to work out of sheer boredom for something to do other than watch youtube & talk to people in the comments. :)
@@DVX755 I’m doing fine just trying to keep myself busy, I think here is not that private maybe we should use via texts, I think that will be better, what’s your #?
Yes being a human means being inherently deserving of treated with basic dignity and respect. I just started today in a new position that happened to become available that I applied for and interviewed for at my job that is going to pay me enough so that I can afford my bills. I had a great day today finally showing up to work and knowing that I was going to be able to pay my bills working full-time. It is super frustrating and disheartening to work full-time and still not be paid enough to pay your basic expenses when you have done everything you can to reduce your expenses to the bare minimum and then be told that you are not able to earn any more money in the current position you have. I was very fortunate that the timing worked out that when I asked for opportunities to earn more money, one opened up. Had I inquired earlier, there might not have been that opportunity available and I would have possibly left the company to work for somebody else who paid more and missed out on the opportunity to stay with a group of people who I like and would have lost my paid sick time and paid vacation and health benefits and had to start all over again
I think they are dis-illusioned. And who wouldn't be. Loads of student debt, crumby wage and never being able to afford a house. I'm just glad that its not me.
@SoCal Slot Gals wrong. There were alot of people not working just to collect all that unemployment money and they got the stimulus. In fact they should have given the people who stayed working more money. Its helpful in a system that's out here strangling people for their last dime.
Stimulus applied to more than the tiny checks you received. It also is the billions given to buissnesses. It applies to bonds bought and loans handed out. Grants and assistance. You were a very miniscule part of it, an afterthought at best.
I really feel sorry for the people that are homeless, their choise, that is a lie, there is no American dream, but only an American hell. I am grateful that i was born in the Netherlands and our work/live balance is ok. Everybody has health care, working for 36 to 38 hours a day, have at least 25 paid holiday's, where there is paid parentsleave for mother and fathers. And where you dont be bankrupt if you are very ill and dont have to sale your home. Where kids still can play on the street or bike. Where the cost of university is low. Where you have every 3 months child support. And when you are ill, you get your salary still paid for about 80 % and not been laid off. Our infrastructure is one of the best in the world, and it has nothing to do with socialism. America is a beautiful country but only for a holiday, not to live in as a citizen.
The problem also is that older people have to retire or move out of senior positions for younger people to be able to have a chance to move into those positions and older people have to keep working because Social Security has not kept up with the cost of living and once you retire, the cost of living keeps increasing but your pay stagnates and so you just become more poor so you can’t ever afford to retire. The 401(k) was A tax code designed to allow high income corporate executives to defer some of their compensation to reduce their tax liability and was never designed for ordinary wage earners but greedy companies decided in the 70s to do away with the defined benefit pension plan so that they didn’t have the legal responsibility and liability of taking care of their legacy employees and investing on their behalf and you cannot save your way to Having enough to retire on when you barely have enough coming in to pay your expenses year to year. It now takes five to $7 million to be able to survive from the time you retire at age 62 or 65 until you die because people live so long and they get sick and they need eldercare and that is prohibitively expensive and can easily cost $100,000 a year or more
(I am an expat living abroad here is my opinion) I do not think that all of the recent graduates are lazy to work. The issue is why would you even work for a job that pays 2,500 a month when you have to pay $500 a month in university loans, over $1000 in housing a month, $200 for car insurance, $200 for a car payment, then you have gasoline to pay and food bills to pay. at the end of the month you barely have enough money to break it even. The issue is not the jobs paying too little, it is that everything is WAY TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!
America is going down and its very sad the amount of hate,divide and greed has messed up completely and as you said tht the young generation don't want to work and grow in the work they do is because they don't see a hope working hard and getting promoted in their job. The reality is that many corporate are corrupt and the promotion happens within themselves so matter how hard you work if they don't like you or you don't fit their agenda then you are not getting promotion. It's a toxic work environment
Exactly, if you don't fit the mold or conform to the mold, you lose. I have the personality to get in with that crowd but I despise the games they play.
The best years, according to economists, was from 1946 to 1971. Union membership was highest at a third of the working force during that time and started to decline during the 1960s. It was unions that provided the best wages and benefits. Wages started to stagnate during the 1970s. That's when two wage earners were needed to support a family. During the 1980s two wage earners were the norm not exception.
I was so impressed with your guests compassion towards the masses. "There will be famines. People will suffer. However, some people will become rich" How many dead poor folks is one rich person worth?
Even 10-20 years ago, I remember thinking, "I don't need a luxury, modern, soundproof, south facing, open floor plan, etc apartment. I need an apartment." I found a $300/month studio over a real life, defunct old West saloon. Now, college apartments. For too long, nobody built housing without a sound system that can link to the lasers in your freakin' head. There simply are no, not-luxury apartments. And tent crackhead is the only other option.
There used to be cheap mobile home parks, too. $3500 cash for a basic home. Those have either been redeveloped, emptied, or refilled with 60k+ homes and lot rents have shot from $350/mo to $700 or more, on top of higher home payments. Then theres zoning regulations. No cheaper homes even if builders were willing to construct them. No rvs on property to rent out. No renting out of garages, etc.
@@Cpix38 Yes, I thought so. You're named Carlos, so must be of latin origin. Mediterraneans are like this. We don't abandon those who spent their lives taking care of us. Parents are holy persons, right?!
@@anastasiakakoulidou-karama3426 Exactly. Family is everything in our culture. There’s no reason anyone should feel embarrassed for living with their own family when they reach a certain age.
There was a college dean on Quora that commented college is so expensive due to all the high end services they have to offer: nice dorm rooms, cafeteria with high quality foods, huge campuses, sports facilities, etc.
Students earn absolutely no money and if they do earn a little bit of money, it’s not anywhere near enough to pay for their basic expenses so of course they have to go into debt to finance their life. It’s impossible to pay the bills of education on top of living expenses since living expenses are so expensive already.
@@JohnDoeRando You may be right. But I've watched a lot of his videos and it's a common trope and in other places I am really not sure he is being sarcastic. So I just assumed he is talking straight here, too. Hard to tell, as you say.
Not everyone has the luxury of going to college and will always be working a menial job. Years ago, you could work a menial job in a factory and still afford to feed your family and have a roof over your head. That is not possible now. And will never be again.
I'm a construction electrician and i can say I'm tired of overtime. We have more work than we can fill. We have people move across the country because you can start the trade and have work for the next decade (this is not a joke). We have people working 6 12s and 10 on sundays, extra $50/day for anyone who works all 12 hours.
Id go into the trades if they didnt force the overtime. I have no desire to work over 40 hours a week, and if im going to be forced to do it i just wont take that job.
@@stephenmisener1659 try getting into a teade union, most negotiate no mandatory ot. The saying is "8 for 8", 8 hours a day 40 a week, I've seen ppl leave work right when they hit their 40 and no one can stop them.
The problem with work these days is that the gap between manual labor and corporate paper pusher work is so great that the corporation has too much power over your life. If you lose your corporate job you could fall into poverty. You could lose your home.
The biggest issue here is Hamilton Ontario is the working poor. WORKING POOR SOME HOMELESS. Tents are/ have been popping up all over town in Paris open spaces etc. I have so much trouble just getting something to eat for dinner each night as well maybe something for my lunch at work next day. Very expensive rent and utilities. My bills are $475 per week subsistence level living mmmmmm can I please have MORE?!!?
The looking for/applying to and landing an interview as well as navigating the companys covid process and the 2 years experience is beyond ridiulous. Your resume literally goes out to the universe somewhere
Worse, an algorithm processes it. I just put appropriate buzzwords on my resume, that's all these types know. Then hit them with the BS they want to hear in the interview
There’s a reason why it’s called an American dream! Because you’ll always be dreaming about it and likely never achieve it fully!! At least until your body is too old and broken down to do much with it!!
Alot of people do not want to work because they are tired of the way work go. Crappy co workers, senile supervisors, overworked and underpaid. People show up for work, willing to work, yet still get treated like crap on the job. I understand, them not wanting to work, when they can still get paid, without a senile boss yelling, Keep Busy, when there is nothing to do SMH.
Career path and job security to retirement with a purpose and a living wage. I got that in 1999 but the job got outsourced. Then, I realized America is changing and people are just numbers. I am anti work, the meaningless grind, the pursuit for what? I live in my minivan, I drive rideshare, I just graduated a BS degree, I tried lots of jobs ...truck driver CDL, insurance agent, cook, package handler, and web entrepreneur. The system is just not for me and the rat race towards nowhere. Even my younger peers with middle class parents plan to move out somewhere. Am just lucky to be here make US dollars and save it up for my future in the Philippines. America is owned by Corporations, this is so obvious.
Interesting to see someone from antiwork on here. One of my critiques of this channel is that as you said it often sounds like an echo chamber so that's cool to see.
I agree with everything you said about the college students. I think a college education is important for some fields but it's definitely not a good idea for most people anymore also, they need to realize that they don't need to live high on the hog the whole time they're going to school. I lived in dumps and ate top Ramen when I was in college. Now they wanna stay in fancy places, go out all the time, live it up so to speak. They take student loans so they can go to Mexico on spring break. Then they complain that they have to pay those loans back.
A consideration for the young adults still living at home, some of that increase in demographic can be attributed to diversity in living arrangements that reflect different cultural values. Of the young adults I know living at home, aged 25 to 35, (and some that live by themselves too) contribute to the household mortgage. They assist with aging parental care and help parents with tasks that present a language or cultural barrier. Ot is also common for some young couples to live in either parents household for access to free childcare. It's only "cry baby" behavior from one perspective but not the reality for many.
America tells you lift yourself. but almost everyone rich already come from money thus making it easier to become independent. we are nothing but fools on a floating rock
True... College tuition back in the 80s was a "drop in the bucket" compared to what it is now... Even if you pursue the type of degrees the job market demands, you still could wind up flipping burgers somewhere because many corporations can get 2 H1B full time foreigners for what they would pay full time for a domestic worker... I realize you have to start out small in an entry level job, but how are you going to get to "climb the ladder" serving latte?
@Sandra Gibson - I have absolutely no idea... I went to college in the early 80s when tuitions were dirt cheap, and you could pay your way through with money earned through a summer job, or even go part time to college for one or two years, and still eventually get your degree...
They feel entitled to $75000 pay jobs because that's about how a good degree cost on a average to begin with . Plus how high things are now. Its not the 60s
If it cost $75,000 a year to meet your basic expenses, then as a human being you have the absolute universal human right to earn $75,000 a year so that you can pay your basic expenses. This is just a fact as declared in the Universal declaration of human rights which was from way back in 1948
Wow, your videos are always really insightful, but this one in particular rose to a whole new level! It was very interesting to hear from the Economic Ninja and the Antiwork sides of the story! I think both had valid points to make and based on what I saw, there is a middle ground where compromises can be made and the country can move forward. Regardless of what the best answer turns out to be, we just can't do nothing anymore.
Ha ha, me laughing in Canada looking at how expensive it is here while Americans think it's so expensive there.....just the salaries alone are so much higher in US , especially in IT
I love how you brought in people from both sides, and they were both respectful and there were no arguments or drama. Simply trying to understand each other and move forward. This is awesome. Great work.
Kind of, it's great they were respectful and had good discourse, but it just shows how broken Doreen's view of the world is. That person clearly has no understanding of how capitalism or the world works, and so it's no wonder r/Antiwork are always frustrated. I'd be frustrated too if I believed lies and wondered why I could never get ahead.
While it is true that some people choose to be homeless, it is also true that lots of people don’t choose to be homeless. Predatory landlords evict people onto the street and they cannot get out of the cycle of poverty once they are in it because of the support systems for poor people being for only the most poor and then being pulled away before that person actually can support themselves on their own without help
Businesses are operated by people and ethical people can treat employees well, but corporations are too often run immorally to enrich the owner and wealthy stock holders at the expense of the front line employees. Those who go into huge indebtedness to obtain a bachelor’s degree in order to qualify for a position that pays more than enough to cover basic expenses deserves to be paid enough to pay their education debt back and their cost of living as well.
Doreen is super impressive and totally in touch. I remember the days. I was 19, worked as a bank teller and had no problem paying my bills, eating, having spare $ for fun and I lived alone. Hardly anyone had roommates in those days. We celebrated birthdays, the winter holidays, last day of work etc.. Jobs with $1000 grocery gift cards, hams, turkeys and gift exchange after the fancy dinner w/ open bar of course 😊. Those things are forms of respect. Not having 2 jobs and barely making ends meet without any extra fun stuff. The fun stuff totally ended in 2008. It never came back. Oh ya, I was 19 in 1984.
I'm going to move to an underrated place. I think that's the best any young man can do right now. I work remotely and make $75k gross, but I want to join the Parallel Society in a nice little community
I work remotely and I bought a 4 bedroom house for 80k in Ohio. Everyone abandoned the state so now homes are close to nothing all over. The south is becoming too crowded and over priced so i left Texas.
This guy cracks me up, "just to step in poop on your stoop." What's that saying, "this would be funny, if it wasn't so sad." My gosh, it's getting insane. Great video! Keepin real. America seemed like a good idea, now its going to hell in a hand basket as my mother would say. I mean come on, even the people with money are all stress out and high strung...this keeping up is insane. I hate it here
@@rogersmith7396 Yes, you mean, they are entitled? Entitlement is a real problem for sure. There is just problems all the way around. Do you mean, hard work, actually caring, and disipline equals freedom. Not anymore, no one respects it and there are a lot of jerky people that treat their employees bad, as he said in vid, but there are also alot of bad non-caring don't take pride in their work types as well. It's a mess. It's definitely not united.
This is so depressing and so true. I’m currently trying to figure out how to go back to school and I’m a mom. I don’t know how I’m going to pull it off and if it will be worth it.
Remember when a regular savings account and EE bonds were enough to amass a decent nest egg? Summer jobs used to be enough to pay college tuition. Inflation is a hideous beast.
Biggest problem in America is unsustainable car centric culture and suburb single family home model. The nation needs a real national rail system just as the highway is a national system. Build high speed rail, and all of its feeder systems, and have real city centers. Create jobs, real infrastructure with bicycles, etc. There is a reason that Japan has a much better infrastructure. Wake up America. Check out Allan Fisher or Not Just Bikes. Car culture is not freedom.
Here's my Unboxing America playlist about the USA! ruclips.net/p/PLq-_cmf3H6yoRYg-ZZSFNFo4dBKxg85JC
Your video started out good then got bias and surface level. Your leaning to one side and and that’s wrong because your acting like young people should not be young people which makes no sense
FYI, Your videos are hilarious 🤣
You're a right wing shill dude, nobody wants to hear it when our generation can't afford rent with a full time job. It's literally your ideologies fault that this is happening
I went to College in the USA and in 1982 a Sociologist gave a speech on " The Decline of the West " Yes Empires decline and the evil USA empire is finished as the Roman and all of them. Nick you are lost in the windmills of your mind...
isnt wanting a better life with better oppurtunities treatment pay more fairness n escaping a goverment controlled by compainies n rich overlords what AMERICA WAS BUILT ON ISNT BEin A AMERICAN TO WANTing THAT n demanding that and standing up for what you belive is fair? wanting more freedom in your life is american we dont want to as they said n grapes of wraith and tennese ford said we own our souls to the company store
It's easy to blame the new generation for problems created by the old. I find it shocking that we have the audacity to blame the new generation for being dishearten with capitalism when they watch their parents struggle day in and day out to make ends meet. When I was a kid, my uneducated step dad made over $40k a year, but a home that cost $250k today only cost $60k back then.
That would probably be about $28,000 a year in payments. They could pay for 15 years and still owe $250,000 and now they need a roof, ac, kitchen, bath and flooring.
Amen
Exactly, parents must teach kids from young how to budget and live within their means
Not to mention how disgustingly outdated houses are today. Not only are you paying 5x more than a house in 1980 but you’re getting a house that hasn’t been updated since 1980. It doesn’t make any fkn sense. If you were paying for a $300,000 house today but it had wood floors, current appliances, upgrades HVAC, etc, it would at least make some sense….
@@qualitytouchpainter This comment low key was straight facts. It broke my heart when I discovered this reality..
The biggest problem with housing cost is that people that can afford the 1 million dollar home will not allow home builders to build less expensive homes near them because they are worried it will bring down the value of their homes.
@@scottlee7542 because there's something inherently wrong with them, right? it isn't a matter of privilege at all, huh?
Very true.
Untrue, deive through the midwest, or actually dont these gas prices are very high. There are half a million dollar homes, next to stuff thats lucky if it grts 80k. And thats everywhere.
@@agentnine3973 that's because they built those half a million dollar homes next to existing eighty thousand dollar homes.
In Australia this is untrue! They built all the public housing together and created a problem that years later they took it apart and sold off every second house privately and the problem went away. They had already built the public with private since the beginning and it worked but the moment they put it all together it didn't. Same as our rich beach and coastal suburbs they have more little troubled teenagers then the lower and middle class mixed together now in the inner city suburbs.
I’ve taken in my wife’s grandmother and father. This is just a sign of the economy. We need to be like other countries and have families start to help each other. One thing we can do in America since we can’t change medical costs,
Exactly, now we need to live with extended families.
Your the kind of person we need more of! I took in a friend of mine that had a heart attack and because she couldn't work was evicted and her adult children didn't have the resources to help her out. So I helped her out. Peace🙂
@@theboyisnotright6312 that is a wonderful thing!
More people used to help others like this.
So many things have changed over the years.
We shall all do what we can.
I’m disabled. It was not an easy task lifting grandma with tics I get (kinda like Tourette’s & Parkinson’s) plus my back injury, but I was happy to step up to the plate to help.
Good of you to help!
@@brianbordenkircher52 only way to make the world a better place.
@@theboyisnotright6312 In the USA, getting Sick is Not a Human Right, but a CRIME. And that Human RIGHT is only Reserved for the Wealthy.
I am in my 40s been working since I was 14. I had to take a third job at a grocery store recently and I was shocked at how there is no way to move up within a company any more. Rather than allowing a team member to be promoted, they will hire someone from outside who knows nothing about the company. How does this encourage employees to move up? It’s ridiculous I was shocked. I remember when I used to work for tower records and I worked my way up within the company. So with this experience, I could really see how this could happen. Why should one work hard when they won’t get a chance to grow in the company?
Local grocery stores are union here in Seattle, Washington but they nonstop hire because they will only ever let you work 22 hours a week which means you won't be working enough to pay union dues or qualify for union. It's intentional. You make about $13/hr to begin in a deli position in Tacoma Washington state but only 22 hours. Grocery union hasn't done fkall for it's people in so long. It will die.
Companys dont allow people to "work their way up". Its hard to keep entry level employees since conditions are so bad. So if you enter at that that level, they aren't going to give you a way out. Management will be chosen through hiring family members or people who have management degrees, even if they are clueless. Its a caste system now.
@@benjamindover4337 caste system is correct
One of the many reasons why I enjoy running my own we business (e-commerce) instead.
@@treee4603 It's the agreement that the union signed with the grocery stores. Full time is probably considered starting at 22 hours. I had a friend who worked at a grocery store. He said if he wants 40 hours then it is night shift which is the stocking crew.
Can’t even blame people for wanting to do van life anymore, I’d love to travel and work seasonal jobs and not have mortgage or pay rent such a joke now might as well travel and actually live…
And don't forget the ridiculously high property tax in many states.
Van life went from stigma to trending within two years. I was planning on buying a van once my lease is up, but van prices has shot up. It's hard to find a clean non-work van.
Yasssssss!! I totally agree 💯
@@b4rs629 yes it really it, even getting pick up truck with shell or I’ve seen bigger suvs like a 4runner is perfect for traveling in but all expensive now. And gas. People will be living out of a Prius soon
Van life on the beach
I don’t think you’ve meet a lot of college adults because this whole “we are lazy” is nothing but a myth. When I was in college 3 years ago and I was an RA, my residents often did school, one or two jobs and had other shit going on. Let’s stop this “kids now-a-days” myth. Most the people in my age group (25) work very hard with little gain
Guess what? Too bad
This guy clearly bought faux news propaganda, people are living in their cars and he wants to tell them " move to the ghetto" . Im shocked we haven't solved the economic issues with his simple views.
You are in a minority
but a majority aren't like that
the whole lazy work ethic excuse is nothing but the system and their gatekeepers finding ways to neglect responsibility for a broke system that benefits only a few.
Yup ! I'm in my late 40's. (17 years) working for the same company and being treated unfairly to this very day. I can definitely relate to that!
i am making less at same company than when i started 9 yrs ago, who makes LESS? I have a lot of bad luck...
Ur fukkkkkinnnnnnnn crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You call 20 year olds living with their parents crybabies, but then complain that homelessness is growing. Make it make sense
he also failed to mention how in other countries its very common to stay with your parents in adulthood
In Australia in the suburbs the cheapest house is $80k but most over $1m and that's for a 3/4 br maybe 2 bathrooms if lucky.
Maga King
word! 👏👏
Living with parents at 20 is fine as long as you are productive and have a plan. Living off your parents is a different story.
The reason it's so expensive is everything is priced for the rich people making over 200,000 per year.
Priced BY the rich people
No it isn’t
@@dcg590 yes it is
@cheeseboi true
That’s not considered rich at all
Only a few can climb the corporate ladder, because not everyone can be the manager. Schools should be more focused on teaching kids to be entrepreneurial how to start and run a business rather than to work for others.
Yes I am 70 the us is all about or for a kind of money culture I am now going to search for Willie Nelson's old fishing videos and forget the problems we have created go jug fishing
Hrep14 yes!
@@mikehumphrey4039 Mike lol
Schools should be more focused on helping kids figuring their gender, fighting for social justice or saving the planet
Yup!! 👏
I know lots of people who have been grinding away trying to "climb the ladder" and never get anywhere no matter how much they work for it. But those higher promotions go to "friends of friends" to the higher ups usually. I think a lot of people are burned out and jaded and feel hopeless.
Absolutely!
The reason it looks like they never get anywhere is because we try to identify where somewhere is in our mind, which looks like nowhere compared to what we think is important.
The issue is corruption. Jobs are now ways to bribe people and be given to people who give the employer something.
@@CelineNoyce that's not corruption, that's normal business practice, the level of corruption you speak of, happens in politics and top level executive
@@homelessmillionaire1 No, we have all been lead to believe if you work hard you will get a promotion. If that is not going to be the convention, why should anyone work hard?
Over the past 50 years, workplaces and shops have moved from being locally run enterprises where the bosses and owners were part of the fabric of the community to being faceless corporate giants who see you as a number on an excel spreadsheet. The dehumanization required to be part of the workforce is soul crushing and hard to take at a certain point. You used to have life employment at a company, now you know they don't care about you, so why should you care about them or their jobs.
It's not just liberal states that are expensive. I live in a conservative state and the home prices are starting to rival that of Hawaii. It's insane!!!
I live in Florida, a conservative state, and the home prices are insane.
My husband has worked over 24 years at the same company- Pepsi
Started at the bottom
Still at the bottom
Hasn’t had a raise since 2009
They call it tapped out
Which means any position has a top hour pay
Once a worker reaches that
The billion dollar company
Can shit on their workers
He has applied several times for higher positions
They never call him in for a interview
Instead a friend of the boss gets it
Funny thing though
They all quit the company in a year or so after
They got the promotion
They take the knowledge they got
and go to another company
He’s at the wrong Pepsi plant.
@lol Could some of those migrants who have moved here over the past year possibly want that job?
Its not about what you know, its about who you know. Its been like that.
someone above him does not like your husband AT ALL he should have left that company years ago
@@nightfangs2910 Agreed. That's what i was thinking.
I disagree that work ethic is the issue for this generation. They just want to find a fair paying job for the amount they paid. I am going into a pipe fitters union and after year 5, I will be making 39.50 and hour and the training is paid for by the employer. I think what we need is tech apprenticeships with certifications instead of degrees. Instead of paying 80k for a degree, you join the tech union at 50% of the ending salary, say $19.50 and hour, and you do a blend of taking coursework for your related work, while actually working for the industry. If I wanted to go into data science, working at unionized companies doing basic data entry on year 1, then data analyis on year 2, etc. The companies need more talent and the people need a way to get a high paying job without being in debt for decades. WIn-win.
I'm Australian and I'm a qualified tradesperson. I left high school at age 16 and started my apprenticeship. When I became qualified I earned good money. Then my trade became computerised, I was made redundant twice but was able to find a low paid job that I enjoy still to this day. Australia is more expensive to live in than the USA. I agree with Joe, more tradespeople are needed but are those jobs still available? When you buy something that's made in China, you're supporting a way of life that you probably wouldn't aspire to.
@@JosephSneep Agreed.👍I'm trying to encourage my nephews to be tradies. Four years of ordinary wages pays off once you get your ticket.😉
@@JosephSneep True. Pretty hard to compete with a nation (China) that's prepared to work for much less than we would.
I dropped out of high school then became a welder/fitter still don’t make enough at $22 in iowa
Young generation wants easy white collar jobs. Not real trade work where you have to weld or fix furnaces all day.
You could say this to our real estate market in Canada as well, it's bonkers in Ontario and BC
I am in Halifax. Our market has gone up 50% in two years. It is expected to go up another 25% this year!
The irony is that our problem can be easily fixed. Lower immigration, loosen zoning laws (allow for higher density), and tax investors. Slowly there's too many homes, and thus lower home prices.
I live in the Kootenay region of BC and rent and the price of homes has gone through the roof . Rental demand is very high and so are the prices.
The same here in Australia. Housing is viewed as a financial asset, not a home. Prices are massively inflated across the capital cities. We have no low cost/ public housing programmes.
@@Ben-jq5oo I grew up in Sydney and moved to Townsville where the cost of living used to be cheaper. I moved to Canada 6 years ago and while rent is cheaper now I wonder how it will be in the future. Food is also going up allot here too.
Kid's think: Who wants to work when they see old people who slaved all their lives just to be homeless and treated like dirt in the end!
Even if you have a home that's paid off you've got real estate taxes that keep on going up more now than the original mortgage
Annual property taxes that keeps on increasing too.
COMMUNISM!!!
@@MichaelGiordano777 still high... Pre 1995 is different
therefore it is necessary to urgently move to the trailer park - there is NO property tax
@@perisher1976 They'll screw you over with lot fees. The only way to win with a trailer is to put it on your own land.
You cannot say young people are lazy and need to skip college. Lots of high paying jobs in tech and medicine do REQUIRE at a minimum a bachelors degree to even get an opportunity for an internship so you can eventually “work your way up”. It’s a lot smarter for kids to just start a social media business (which requires being on your phone) if they want to forgo a college degree. But don’t call them lazy.
Also working your way up at companies DOES NOT EXIST in todays America. I’m on my third job in three years cause one company laid me off, another said I did great work but they didn’t want to extend my contract and now I’m at my third. Hoping this one doesn’t fail
A big reason why it's become so hard to make it into the US is the extreme financialization of both commercial and home real estate. It's designed to keep home prices and rents as high as possible.
Today, even when you have "useful" academic credentials and marketable job skills, it's become very tough to make enough to keep your head above water in many cities, and if you DON'T have a college or trade school degree or good job skills, then, you're REALLY screwed.
Wages and salaries aren't able to keep up with how rapidly housing prices keep going up. It doesn't matter how well you manage your money, more and more people aren't able to make a living today. Today, we're seeing more and more hyper-educated, hyper-skilled, hyper-experienced people who are barely getting by, and if you AREN'T any of these things, then, you're REALLY up the creek.
And this is when you're a straight, white male with no substance abuse or mental health issues. If you're anything other than that, then, the deck is REALLY stacked against you.
We've been seeing a profound concentration of wealth into the hands of fewer and fewer people and some people have a strong vested interest in keeping it that way. It doesn't matter what their political persuasion is. They'll raise an army of 100 million demons on earth before they see any of this changed.
The truth is more and more Americans have been finding better opportunities for growth outside the US than within. This is how bad things have gotten here.
Couldn’t have been expressed better 💯
Yes I see this too. Working class wage slaves are being
Taken advantage by the
Elites of the companies
The wage slaves work for.
America is unaffordable
For working class. Plus
Health care for women and
Children is dangerous. Living
In USA is dangerous place
For women and children.
@@marshamcdonald1475 Yes, the US is definitely a dangerous place for women to live in for many reasons and even more so for women of color.
Exactly! This is a very accurate depiction of what is occurring.
I've got an MBA and management job with a big company, and by wife works, and I still work a part time valet job on the side.
Taxes are killing me. I got a sizeable bonus from my job and had to pay almost 1/4 of it in taxes. It doesn’t pay to work hard to try and get ahead. I hate it!
You are fucked up unless you are sarcastic
They taxe you yet they still make you pay (or just never use money) for health road or education
They prefer to use these billions to send your military in other country to get cheaper oil or food
Welcome to america, its a game and you fools have been tricked you are a slave. because you dont work you will starve and go homeless how is that not slavery ?
Bonuses always have a lot taken out. You'll get it back with a larger refund. Since you don't normally make that much money each pay period.
I thought I wanted to get out of it and so I joined the military at 33. It wasn't bad for about 12 years but then I got out. Overall I'm okay now.
"People don't want to work"
This argument is really silly. Back in the older generations when you work the job you can actually make ends meet.
It was a lot easier to survive with wages. It's not the same environment anymore.
The average job doesn't even pay enough to afford living. That's why people don't want to work then not because they're trying to start at the top much less "being lazy."
If it was a few people who didn't take the jobs then it would be laziness but the fact that there's so many vacant position shows that companies really aren't paying what's necessary to get workers not because they're lazy
The guest around the 20:00 mark is correct however as someone who went through engineering school I can confirm if you are full time in that type of program it IS a full time job, your brain is fried and you cannot work a job that pays a living wage and do harder college courses. What pushes people to do this is they can't make living wages in lower paying positions, but now no one can afford anything. It used to be if you were at least an assistant manager level in retail or service industry you could afford an apartment and have a little in savings. That's no longer true in many areas. I have two STEM degrees and rent and even with no debt I would struggle to buy a home in this economy. The competition for well paying jobs is very fierce in this economy. The reason people choose to do college full time is because of all the extra fee colleges tack on per semester, it's cheaper sometimes to do it full time vs part time.
I think he’s pointing out some real and important issues, but he’s clueless. I’m his age, have an engineering degree and about to finish my masters, struggling, but mostly because I’m juggling too many things at once and because I haven’t been able to move out of California.
From what I’ve seen there are jobs, PLENTY. I get at least five job offers per week. My company actually has a chronic problem of filling their positions and it pays really well. People with six figure salaries choose to leave. They even lowered their standards for hiring. I can already guess some of the background of this fella, but kudos to Nick Johnson for having a nice conversation with him.
He wasn't talking about degrees where you actually can make money after graduating
@@rd24life Tell that to all the old homeless people living on the streets. In 2017, 40% of homeless were elderly. It's much higher today. There are many homeless vets who were forced to fight the war in Vietnam. Their lives were ruined in more ways than some whiny millennials who think life is a fairy tale.
Have babies. Invest in the future.
@@rd24life It must be miserable being you.
I remember growing up in the 80’s with the high interest thinking that I never will be able to buy a house, but I did, paid it off and bought another. The biggest issue is the Elimination of the middle class. We have too many overpaid managers, and too many entry level low paying jobs. Many mid~level jobs are exported to foreign countries so upper managers can make even more money. Plus we need developers to create more reasonably priced housing and not going for the higher priced markets.
I have a friend with two adult children at home, yet both make enough to move out. I also know a couple of people approaching retirement age that never moved out and still live with their parents and they make enough to move out.
I agree, most managers & supervisors are glorified babysitters with no skillset other than to bust the balls low level workers. I'm pretty sure any low level employee who actually knows the ins & out of a company could run it better than some degree dipshit who has no care for the people they manage.
Honestly, the whole moving out of a parents house stigma will be eliminated soon &become the norm due the economy.
This whole western culture of Get out my house @18-22 & be independent in an economy like this to me is retarded & isn't sustainable.
you sound sure about their pay and cost then i guess you are one of those that has no empathy for the homeless . They must just be being lazy
My 28 y/o son made $185K last year at the shipyard. They only pre-qualified him for $285K with his veteran benefits. I saw nothing decent for him less than $450K in Hampton. So he's still renting.
I only make $80K as a trucker, not enough to qualify for a decent house here in Atlanta that's quickly approaching $400K. Thankfully I'm remarried and my husband's mortgage is paid off cuz I may have been living with my mother too.
@@kfrancis1872 i get just under $ 11,000 per year with medicaid A and B $ 500. deductible per year and pay over $100. for two inhalers a month. I am a burden to family and friends and i know i can't afford to do much of any thing , so i get children staying at home your making up middle class your kids at home are making your lives better than you know as long as they are helping carry the load. If you did the math i get $ 9300. rent, lights, gas, water,food, phone and car insur. i guess all i am saying is quality of life matters also .
@@darleneclarke4001 The true reality of the times nowadays. My 27 y/o just got his MBA in finance and has been living with my mother through grad school. Wasn't his initial plan...but that's the only was he could get his Master's degree
Your spot on about America today. Had kids tell me “if they paid me what I am worth then I would show them I am!.” What gave them this mindset.
Great interview. I think a lot of the frustration we are seeing among millennials and gen Z is because our government is really making things worse for us and them by all the inflation they are causing with the help of the Federal Reserve printing all this money that is devaluing the dollar even further. I can’t blame them for feeling like they can’t get ahead. Especially when politicians on both sides sold us and all our good paying jobs and technology to China and other countries. Making it so we are having to compete globally for our wages that are not able to keep up with inflation anymore.
Hi...how are you doing today, hope you're good and family okay too and how's the pandemic over there weather
Spot on. And what about all the immigration. Not all new people coming here are low wage workers. Some of them are educated and taking jobs that Americans should have because they pay them less.
No doubt we are in collapse
Exactly..but its those generations that need to uprise and take control!!..us older folks are dying out...dont sit and complain and not work....do something about it!..like Martin Luther King and the womans movement of the 60's and 70's.....its those folks that made change happen... .that is what is going to have to happen in order for things to change....the 1% who own it all are scared to death of loosing their wealth, and will do what ever it takes to keep it...and this guy that was interviewed...he is in a perfect position to lead these Reddit folks... 1.6 mil is a lot of people...take the country back. 80 year olds should not be running the country!...young people should because it is theirs!
Maybe if they would stop voting democrat who want to spend spend spend and hand out freebies because their delicate feelings got hurt we wouldn't be in this mess my pockets were full under Trump
It's so sad to see the amount of growing homeless. It's scary.
That's why I had enough sense not bring any kids into this rotten society
Life is what you make it?
Isn't correct
How bout some people are more blessed for whatever reason possible than others
Damn right life ain't fair
Just because that's true it's no quit in my soul
Just not going to subject another human being into this fiasco
Same 😞
Maybe you guys should lobby for better treatment.
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Understand one thing
Stuff that was commonplace is no longer relevant anymore
Lobby?
The low fat craze in the 70s reduced the population along with the chemicals. Now the government has to allow the people to be replaced by foreigners just to keep the numbers up. If each couple doesn't make 2 kids it is the beginning of extinction.
Speaking for myself as a 25 year old, when I was working at two different jobs, one a restaurant job the other a coffee shop job, both times I was liked a lot, told I had strong work ethic (and did indeed work hard), and was a senior employee (stayed there longest). However, nonetheless, I watched and saw as time after time again, when It was time to hire new assistant managers or head management, the business would continually hire (in BOTH of these different jobs at different points in my life), either A) outside management whom I ended up needing to train despite still being at my beginning min wage salary and essentially doing THEIR job for them for months at a time IN ADDITION to my own workload and/or B) the least efficient and least responsible worker get promoted to him becoming my manager. And it was highly surprising. I am a big fan of the 90s and 2000s and miss how many things were done during that time. I miss certain values that I believe were emulated then and not as much now. However, I wanted to share my personal experience as an on the cusp "Millennial/Gen Z" individual because unfortunately I myself and my peers/co-workers are just not witnessing opportunities to climb the ladder despite promises for "advancement" in every interview. A lot of things have grown incredibly inauthentic now I believe.
Well, given that a small apartment in the midwest outside of a literal ghetto would cost about the entire after-tax salary of someone making $14.50/hr full time, I don't think it's unreasonable to call it a paltry wage. Blaming the poor is a time honored tradition of those with more, but it's not really the source of our problems.
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Min. Wage is supposed to be enough for one person to support themselves and a family. Now you have to have two people working and still can't afford rent.
@@rogersmith7396 I think as Americans we need to adapt to other cultural norms. I keep telling my family we should pool our resources into buying a home together so we can all save while working, but talk is cheap & no one wants to listen common sense.
@@b4rs629 a lot of immigrants to America do just that and get ahead as a result
@@blucantrell2 Pretty much. As Americans the whole get out of the house by 18-22 mentality isn't helping. The whole stigma attached to moving back home needs to end.
And a lot of the medical bankruptcies are from people who had health insurance and still couldn’t afford it. Uninsured people pay four times as much?! That’s outrageous!
In Texas if you cannot pay
Your medical bill in their
Timely manner the hospital
Lawyers will take your home
And assets as payment.
If a person is uninsured they can go to a rural health clinic or a charity hospital and get a discount on medical and dental services.
@spirals 73 The most people pay is $100 a visit and that’s fr people in the $35 to $40k bracket.
I was paying $160 a month for Obama Care when I lost my job they told me it would be $460. I had to cancel it.
@spirals 73 and PAY they should. There is "No Such Thing, as a FREE Lunch!"
ive been trying to start a business for 2 years now, without a whole lot of help. so far, i have absolutely nothing to show for it. 'taking control' if your destiny only works in the world of fiction.
Unless you know people who can navigate all the bureaucratic nonsense, yes it is a futile venture. Can't tell you how many storefronts I've seen come and go in my small town. Something like 50 percent of small businesses fail within 3 years and 80 percent within 5 years. Newest storefront I've seen pop up is a "metal art" store(not sculptures or anything original, mostly etching and engraving). I give it 2 years. Seen 5 different businesses at that location in about 12 years.
You have two years of failure to show for it which is two more years than me. Good for you.
Nobody really wants control. What we really want is wholeness. We want to matter.
I went to college to do a trade. While everyone else was getting refund checks, I put mine back towards the tuition. Granted, I did nothing with the trade, but got a better white collar job that compensated me triple of the trade starting pay. Starting from the bottom so to speak, and job hopping into new roles gave me more value than a certification. I like that the world is changing. My next role, in 10 years, will likely dive deeper into tech, and a simple coding boot camp will suffice to get me there. The only reason I went to do a trade was from the societal pressures of going to college. I chose the cheapest thing to do upfront until I was experienced enough life to decide what to do next. If you are young, you're not going to have all the answers, trust your gut, and don't let teachers convince you to go into debt for a sheet of paper. It's not fun. If the job you want doesn't require a degree, just take the cheapest route. It won't matter once you have work experience in the field you are passionate about.
You’re one of the very few resources I watch for deeper understanding of what is going on daily around the US. I enjoy your video of the many cities tour as you narrate the facts about the reality that we might not hear about without biases. In addition, the interview from the local resident’s experiences of their cities. I appreciate your work processing. Thanks!
Haha ok!
I’m one of the lucky people under 30 to own a nice home in the USA (midwest) and not have it be a huge financial nightmare (under $130k USD). The system needs to change to make home owning more accessible. We only had the means to obtain a home because we are essential workers in k12 education and had the stimulus. I think personally education reform at all levels (early childhood through post secondary) is one of the most crucial changes that would affect all sectors of the economy. Where we are now is classrooms upon classrooms with no certified teachers and that’s our future we are neglecting by accepting this as “fine”. And this issues isn’t new; it has only been brought to light by the pandemic.
The inflation adjusted cost of K-12 education has increased 280% since 1960 yet achievement scores are actually lower. It is proven that giving more money to educators only produces dumber kids.
That Jason James is correct!I ran crews that graduated and could no read or read a watch,do fractions....
Teachers are merely glorified babysitters.I was taught to read and write cursive before pre school by my grandmother.When I went to school I truly was like what the hell is this?
Inflation is great if you have student loans, own a house, have a job (many got 20-30% raises), or have debt (the poor). This inflation is good; only people whining are the boomers on a fixed income, even though social security would be depleted before we can retire. I’m glad the wealthy boomers stopped sitting on their money.
That's great for you! I wish I could do the same lol! I live in the PNW, and you can't by a 2 bed/1 bath 900 square foot house for under $400k
@@jasonjames4254 But no matter how bad it gets we can't get Democrats to support school choice. The unions rule. This is one of the downsides to unions.
I talked about this with my good friend a few months ago. He's in construction business. He says these days "everyone" wants to be a journalist, computer nerd, or a TV star. Meanwhile businesses like his can't find enough qualified plumbers, electricians, framers, roofers, welders and so on. A well experienced welder can make $180k per year, but not many people these days want to do manual labor anymore.
Thats a lie . My husband used to be a welder , it used to pay $40 an hour . It's a min wage job now . You're a LIAR.
You spent these kids into 30 trillion in federal gov debt , half their incomes going to taxes to pay for Your good time you had . You've left them toxic islands of plastic trash twice the size of Texas to clean up and debt and You're an adult , attacking children . And you're BRAGGING I hope they turn on you. Eat the rich .
@@subtropicalpermaculture "Eat the rich?"
You will NEVER be one of "the rich." Why? Because you spend all your energy on hating successful RICH people. I can feel your vile hatred seeping through your hateful comments. Your channel is empty. You are just a communist troll.
@@midcenturymodern9330 why would I want to be eaten ?
@@midcenturymodern9330 so funny ..I own my home on the beach free and clear so whatever..bezos is making 40 million dollars a minute off American workers he's paying $5 an hour after taxes you silly debt slave you think you're rich ? You will never be Lmfao
The only problem in America is that the upper end of society have it too easy while the lower and middle part cop all the taxes and get NOTHING for it.
Great video. I live in the Tampa Bay Area and we have seen the highest spike in rent and home prices in the country. People and companies are fleeing here from other states, taking advantage lower taxes and driving up prices. I also see big developers coming in and building condos and homes that are unaffordable for people in this area. Hopefully we don’t become the other Bay Area.
Plus, the Florida summmers are terrible. 1 mile from the Sun.
Well you are hoping against hope because three of my relatives "retired to Lakewood ranch in Bradenton 3-4 years ago and they flipped two of their homes already and now in their third-its HUGE. Everytime I visit the sprawl has doubled, the traffic ridiculous and the have/have not ratio very apparent.
If you are not wealthy its probably too late to move there as the inflection point has passed. It is the bay area already-minus bart, muni and caltran-so you have to have and maintain a car$$$.
Florida has NO rent control and limited land mass which developers are rapidly exploiting and consuming. In 5 years the whole statr will be a HOT rich mess. No thanks.
Ill keep my rent control studio in San Francisco where I dont need the hassle and expense of a car, excessive heat and bugs and alligators or hurricanes.
Same here in Texas.
Same in South Carolina
@@1233-h1g my studio apartment in tampa
Cost me $62.000 and taxes is $ 800 a year.
Same deal in California will cost at least
$300.000 plus $2.000 on taxes.
No way.
Plus we are close to Mexico,Caribbean countries,south America and Europe
Cheap to fly here to those areas
And cheap cruises 🚢 from here.
No wonder why people is moving from California to Florida.
As a 16 year old turning 17 this year I am not going to college ever. Awful idea in the current economic situation. I plan to go to trade school or if I can’t even afford that I’ll work my way up through a construction business and hopefully be able to become a contractor.
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Get yourself a CDL, many trucking jobs out there.
I want to bring up the idea of technical high school. When I was in high school, you could spend a half day at technical school for the last two years of high school
My rent is a lil over 600 a month for a 4 bedroom house in WV and yes I live in a good location and close to work. My son is a certified (will be licensed in Feb 2023) electrician and he's going for a 2nd trade in HVAC. My wife and I have busted our asses working for an international medical device company starting at $10 an hour to now making $22/hour (my wife) and $27/hour (me). So it took some time but we're getting on our feet
You're delusional to keep repeating "work your way up to a higher paying job". You think companies are looking to pay masses of people MORE money?
It is truly delusional but it shows the level of desperation.... was this the purpose of existence... the only way is to stop playing this game designed to enrich corporations
@@realfreedom8932 You are absolutely correct.
This dude is hard right. 😏
I have always made a few more dollars than every other job around me in the same career. I've learned a ton and become extremely efficient and I still don't make much more than when I started when compared to inflation. Etc. In fact generally the only way to make more money is to job hop. Unless you want .5 raises forever
If you aren't working your way up it's because you have no skills or a bad attitude. Yes, companies are happy to pay high value workers more money. Take accountability for your life.
Let’s talk about starting at the bottom… lol…
Companies don’t promote from within. They just don’t. They hire outside.
Thus creating the job-hopping culture. Bounce from position to position to get better wage and better position.
Company loyalty is a pipe dream
I’m in my 60s and cannot believe the shape our country is in today! Thank you for sharing this video. Very informative. People need to wake up! Keep up the great work…
Even if people wake up, what can we do?? We cant change the system. We cannot control the economy or inflation. We cannot change this.
The baby boomer generation it’s so selfish that they will and have taken care of themselves and basically thumbed their noses at the younger generation and said in essence, “we have ours and screw you you lazy bums!“ One person used to be able to work and was paid enough to have their spouse stay at home and their children be put through college but now that’s no longer possible and even two people being married can barely get by
Yup
I'm tired of constantly hearing this harmful rhetoric. Why are the younger generations labeled lazy and uninspired for fighting for a fair wage and pursuing higher education. It's easy for boomers to call us ungrateful when they could provide for a family of 4 with a laborers salary.
Actually both you and the anti-work guy had great points. People don't want to work hard anymore, but should they suffer their whole lives like their parents did only to die with these issues anyway?
I think there has to be a balance of sorts.
To me as a single person it's basically a requirement to do 60 hrs a week to be able to pay bills & still save for the future goals. 60hr work weeks have become the new norm for single people. Every job post I see wants you to do your 40 + mandated OT on fridays & saturdays & this was before the pandemic. I tend to live way below my means than the average person. I could go part time just to pay bills, but that would kill any potential of saving any cash.
There a few jobs in my area that only want 40, but they also don't pay the best.
I had to ask myself
What's the point of working 6 days a week if I got no time or energy to enjoy any of my hobbies I worked so hard to provide upkeep.
I was absolutely miserable with my life. Despite earning good money the job was soul draining & consumed 90% of my week.
Day in Day out. Work, Eat, Sleep, Repeat. No one to talk to accept my thoughts eating away at me.
This was my life for the past 5 years & after being laid off permanently recently back in August.. I can say.. honestly it was the best thing to ever happen for me mentally.
I took a hiatus for a few months from the workforce to heal my mind, workout, & get back to my old self before going back to the grind.
I quickly found out I still wasn't fully ready to be back because after 2 months of doing 50hrs a week I became mentally exhausted & burnt out.
I'm now taking another work hiatus for a month or two. To me this is me practicing for a never to come retirement when I'm old.
Honestly, it's quite boring to the point I'd rather go back to work out of sheer boredom for something to do other than watch youtube & talk to people in the comments. :)
@@EpicCoffeeCat For sure. I wished everyone could take that step back for a moment & revaluate their life.
Hi...how are you doing today, hope you're good and family okay too and how's the pandemic over there weather
@@geoffreymanfred3787 Great how about you? Working from home today lol!
@@DVX755 I’m doing fine just trying to keep myself busy, I think here is not that private maybe we should use via texts, I think that will be better, what’s your #?
"People are no longer starting at the bottom because they realize there's nothing at the top for them." Well said..
Yes being a human means being inherently deserving of treated with basic dignity and respect. I just started today in a new position that happened to become available that I applied for and interviewed for at my job that is going to pay me enough so that I can afford my bills. I had a great day today finally showing up to work and knowing that I was going to be able to pay my bills working full-time. It is super frustrating and disheartening to work full-time and still not be paid enough to pay your basic expenses when you have done everything you can to reduce your expenses to the bare minimum and then be told that you are not able to earn any more money in the current position you have. I was very fortunate that the timing worked out that when I asked for opportunities to earn more money, one opened up. Had I inquired earlier, there might not have been that opportunity available and I would have possibly left the company to work for somebody else who paid more and missed out on the opportunity to stay with a group of people who I like and would have lost my paid sick time and paid vacation and health benefits and had to start all over again
I think they are dis-illusioned. And who wouldn't be.
Loads of student debt, crumby wage and never being able to afford a house. I'm just glad that its not me.
Economic Ninja: Stimulus checks?! WTH! There were only 3 and that is NOT the reason our country is in dire straits. 🙄
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@SoCal Slot Gals wrong. There were alot of people not working just to collect all that unemployment money and they got the stimulus. In fact they should have given the people who stayed working more money. Its helpful in a system that's out here strangling people for their last dime.
Thank you....I'm so tired of hearing about stimulus checks that are long gone
Stimulus applied to more than the tiny checks you received. It also is the billions given to buissnesses. It applies to bonds bought and loans handed out. Grants and assistance. You were a very miniscule part of it, an afterthought at best.
It's now worldwide problem.East to west and south to north.🇮🇳🇨🇳🇬🇧🇨🇦🇧🇷🇬🇦🇺🇸....
I really feel sorry for the people that are homeless, their choise, that is a lie, there is no American dream, but only an American hell. I am grateful that i was born in the Netherlands and our work/live balance is ok. Everybody has health care, working for 36 to 38 hours a day, have at least 25 paid holiday's, where there is paid parentsleave for mother and fathers. And where you dont be bankrupt if you are very ill and dont have to sale your home. Where kids still can play on the street or bike. Where the cost of university is low. Where you have every 3 months child support. And when you are ill, you get your salary still paid for about 80 % and not been laid off. Our infrastructure is one of the best in the world, and it has nothing to do with socialism. America is a beautiful country but only for a holiday, not to live in as a citizen.
The problem also is that older people have to retire or move out of senior positions for younger people to be able to have a chance to move into those positions and older people have to keep working because Social Security has not kept up with the cost of living and once you retire, the cost of living keeps increasing but your pay stagnates and so you just become more poor so you can’t ever afford to retire. The 401(k) was A tax code designed to allow high income corporate executives to defer some of their compensation to reduce their tax liability and was never designed for ordinary wage earners but greedy companies decided in the 70s to do away with the defined benefit pension plan so that they didn’t have the legal responsibility and liability of taking care of their legacy employees and investing on their behalf and you cannot save your way to Having enough to retire on when you barely have enough coming in to pay your expenses year to year. It now takes five to $7 million to be able to survive from the time you retire at age 62 or 65 until you die because people live so long and they get sick and they need eldercare and that is prohibitively expensive and can easily cost $100,000 a year or more
Yeah it's sad to say but people living longer does have negative effects on younger generations...
(I am an expat living abroad here is my opinion)
I do not think that all of the recent graduates are lazy to work. The issue is why would you even work for a job that pays 2,500 a month when you have to pay $500 a month in university loans, over $1000 in housing a month, $200 for car insurance, $200 for a car payment, then you have gasoline to pay and food bills to pay. at the end of the month you barely have enough money to break it even. The issue is not the jobs paying too little, it is that everything is WAY TOO EXPENSIVE!!!!
America is going down and its very sad the amount of hate,divide and greed has messed up completely and as you said tht the young generation don't want to work and grow in the work they do is because they don't see a hope working hard and getting promoted in their job. The reality is that many corporate are corrupt and the promotion happens within themselves so matter how hard you work if they don't like you or you don't fit their agenda then you are not getting promotion. It's a toxic work environment
Exactly, if you don't fit the mold or conform to the mold, you lose. I have the personality to get in with that crowd but I despise the games they play.
The best years, according to economists, was from 1946 to 1971. Union membership was highest at a third of the working force during that time and started to decline during the 1960s. It was unions that provided the best wages and benefits. Wages started to stagnate during the 1970s. That's when two wage earners were needed to support a family. During the 1980s two wage earners were the norm not exception.
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Now America is going through Dark times
Now it's two wage earners with 2-3 jobs just to support a family.
@@b4rs629 Younger generations will not be having kids
@@Yandel21ableify Oh I know that's why I refuse to bring a child into this shit show we call society.
I was so impressed with your guests compassion towards the masses. "There will be famines. People will suffer. However, some people will become rich"
How many dead poor folks is one rich person worth?
It will be enough and will have too much money
Does any person find thenselves too rich ?
The current rate of exchange is.... 100,000 poor folk to one piece O crap rich fu$%^&%cker who doesn't care about anybody!!!
I cannot upvote this enough. I'm really glad you're getting the message out. Go Nick!
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Even 10-20 years ago, I remember thinking, "I don't need a luxury, modern, soundproof, south facing, open floor plan, etc apartment. I need an apartment." I found a $300/month studio over a real life, defunct old West saloon. Now, college apartments.
For too long, nobody built housing without a sound system that can link to the lasers in your freakin' head. There simply are no, not-luxury apartments. And tent crackhead is the only other option.
That's not true. You can buy a rotted out OCB house for the new low price of 600,000! What a steal! Put in that sweat equity!
There used to be cheap mobile home parks, too. $3500 cash for a basic home. Those have either been redeveloped, emptied, or refilled with 60k+ homes and lot rents have shot from $350/mo to $700 or more, on top of higher home payments.
Then theres zoning regulations. No cheaper homes even if builders were willing to construct them. No rvs on property to rent out. No renting out of garages, etc.
Telling my friends why they are paying rent when you can just tent up a couple streets over. He’s now getting a RV & moving out when his lease ends
Of course there are! You must live in a hellhole like LA.
Multi generational households are going to become the norm in America
Why not? It's been like this for ages in most parts of the world.
@@anastasiakakoulidou-karama3426I’m all for it. I’ve never been a fan of the negative stigma about adults who live with parents.
@@Cpix38 Yes, I thought so. You're named Carlos, so must be of latin origin. Mediterraneans are like this. We don't abandon those who spent their lives taking care of us. Parents are holy persons, right?!
@@anastasiakakoulidou-karama3426 Exactly. Family is everything in our culture. There’s no reason anyone should feel embarrassed for living with their own family when they reach a certain age.
@@Lildizzle420 You're so right...
There was a college dean on Quora that commented college is so expensive due to all the high end services they have to offer: nice dorm rooms, cafeteria with high quality foods, huge campuses, sports facilities, etc.
The student loan situation is plain evil.
Students earn absolutely no money and if they do earn a little bit of money, it’s not anywhere near enough to pay for their basic expenses so of course they have to go into debt to finance their life. It’s impossible to pay the bills of education on top of living expenses since living expenses are so expensive already.
Maybe you should consider another way topay for your education. Looked into the Military? Oh...Free room and board is a perk.
I like how he’s trying to make this sound bad and sarcastically blaming a whole generation for it lol,
Are you sure it's sarcasm?
@@kaszaspeter77 I'm pretty sure it's sarcasm. It's hard to tell honestly.
@@JohnDoeRando You may be right. But I've watched a lot of his videos and it's a common trope and in other places I am really not sure he is being sarcastic. So I just assumed he is talking straight here, too. Hard to tell, as you say.
Why the constant insults to us 20 something? I'm working like any older person above me and saving up all I can and still struggling.
The New American dream is to leave America !!! 😢
Not everyone has the luxury of going to college and will always be working a menial job. Years ago, you could work a menial job in a factory and still afford to feed your family and have a roof over your head. That is not possible now. And will never be again.
I'm a construction electrician and i can say I'm tired of overtime. We have more work than we can fill. We have people move across the country because you can start the trade and have work for the next decade (this is not a joke). We have people working 6 12s and 10 on sundays, extra $50/day for anyone who works all 12 hours.
back in the early 80's was no different. my husband worked so much over time. many times it was mandatory and we still struggled.
Id go into the trades if they didnt force the overtime. I have no desire to work over 40 hours a week, and if im going to be forced to do it i just wont take that job.
@@stephenmisener1659 try getting into a teade union, most negotiate no mandatory ot. The saying is "8 for 8", 8 hours a day 40 a week, I've seen ppl leave work right when they hit their 40 and no one can stop them.
The problem with work these days is that the gap between manual labor and corporate paper pusher work is so great that the corporation has too much power over your life. If you lose your corporate job you could fall into poverty. You could lose your home.
American businesses have products made in foreign countries and then sell it to Americans at American made prices.
The biggest issue here is Hamilton Ontario is the working poor. WORKING POOR SOME HOMELESS. Tents are/ have been popping up all over town in Paris open spaces etc.
I have so much trouble just getting something to eat for dinner each night as well maybe something for my lunch at work next day. Very expensive rent and utilities. My bills are $475 per week subsistence level living mmmmmm can I please have MORE?!!?
Women can be very expensive, choose carefully and make sure they work (pay half).
They never do
The looking for/applying to and landing an interview as well as navigating the companys covid process and the 2 years experience is beyond ridiulous. Your resume literally goes out to the universe somewhere
Worse, an algorithm processes it. I just put appropriate buzzwords on my resume, that's all these types know. Then hit them with the BS they want to hear in the interview
There’s a reason why it’s called an American dream! Because you’ll always be dreaming about it and likely never achieve it fully!!
At least until your body is too old and broken down to do much with it!!
Alot of people do not want to work because they are tired of the way work go. Crappy co workers, senile supervisors, overworked and underpaid. People show up for work, willing to work, yet still get treated like crap on the job. I understand, them not wanting to work, when they can still get paid, without a senile boss yelling, Keep Busy, when there is nothing to do SMH.
Career path and job security to retirement with a purpose and a living wage. I got that in 1999 but the job got outsourced. Then, I realized America is changing and people are just numbers. I am anti work, the meaningless grind, the pursuit for what? I live in my minivan, I drive rideshare, I just graduated a BS degree, I tried lots of jobs
...truck driver CDL, insurance agent, cook, package handler, and web entrepreneur. The system is just not for me and the rat race towards nowhere. Even my younger peers with middle class parents plan to move out somewhere. Am just lucky to be here make US dollars and save it up for my future in the Philippines. America is owned by Corporations, this is so obvious.
I left America 6 years ago. Move to South America and started my business. The only thing i miss about America is pretty much the food..lol
Housing is artificially high. If wages in the local area can't support the prices it's a bubble.
Interesting to see someone from antiwork on here. One of my critiques of this channel is that as you said it often sounds like an echo chamber so that's cool to see.
i mix it up
I agree with everything you said about the college students. I think a college education is important for some fields but it's definitely not a good idea for most people anymore also, they need to realize that they don't need to live high on the hog the whole time they're going to school. I lived in dumps and ate top Ramen when I was in college. Now they wanna stay in fancy places, go out all the time, live it up so to speak. They take student loans so they can go to Mexico on spring break. Then they complain that they have to pay those loans back.
A consideration for the young adults still living at home, some of that increase in demographic can be attributed to diversity in living arrangements that reflect different cultural values. Of the young adults I know living at home, aged 25 to 35, (and some that live by themselves too) contribute to the household mortgage. They assist with aging parental care and help parents with tasks that present a language or cultural barrier. Ot is also common for some young couples to live in either parents household for access to free childcare. It's only "cry baby" behavior from one perspective but not the reality for many.
America tells you lift yourself. but almost everyone rich already come from money thus making it easier to become independent. we are nothing but fools on a floating rock
True... College tuition back in the 80s was a "drop in the bucket" compared to what it is now... Even if you pursue the type of degrees the job market demands, you still could wind up flipping burgers somewhere because many corporations can get 2 H1B full time foreigners for what they would pay full time for a domestic worker... I realize you have to start out small in an entry level job, but how are you going to get to "climb the ladder" serving latte?
How are they able to go to college, live on campus, drive cars, dress in the hottest brands, party and not work?
@Sandra Gibson - I have absolutely no idea... I went to college in the early 80s when tuitions were dirt cheap, and you could pay your way through with money earned through a summer job, or even go part time to college for one or two years, and still eventually get your degree...
They feel entitled to $75000 pay jobs because that's about how a good degree cost on a average to begin with . Plus how high things are now. Its not the 60s
If it cost $75,000 a year to meet your basic expenses, then as a human being you have the absolute universal human right to earn $75,000 a year so that you can pay your basic expenses. This is just a fact as declared in the Universal declaration of human rights which was from way back in 1948
A world of parasites is unsustainable.
that is not true..........
Wow, your videos are always really insightful, but this one in particular rose to a whole new level! It was very interesting to hear from the Economic Ninja and the Antiwork sides of the story! I think both had valid points to make and based on what I saw, there is a middle ground where compromises can be made and the country can move forward. Regardless of what the best answer turns out to be, we just can't do nothing anymore.
Something will happen haha
I did exactly that… I moved from Oregon, which is in the third highest cost bracket to Ohio which is in the second lowest cost bracket.
Very informative Nick. You do an incredible job with your releases. Thank you.
Ha ha, me laughing in Canada looking at how expensive it is here while Americans think it's so expensive there.....just the salaries alone are so much higher in US , especially in IT
Stop moving the goal post up !you part of the damn problem.. "You think that's expensive ha that's nothing compared to my city " shut up!
"Canada is more expensive than America" is just the fancy way for saying "Canadians are poorer than Americans"
I love how you brought in people from both sides, and they were both respectful and there were no arguments or drama. Simply trying to understand each other and move forward. This is awesome. Great work.
Kind of, it's great they were respectful and had good discourse, but it just shows how broken Doreen's view of the world is. That person clearly has no understanding of how capitalism or the world works, and so it's no wonder r/Antiwork are always frustrated. I'd be frustrated too if I believed lies and wondered why I could never get ahead.
While it is true that some people choose to be homeless, it is also true that lots of people don’t choose to be homeless. Predatory landlords evict people onto the street and they cannot get out of the cycle of poverty once they are in it because of the support systems for poor people being for only the most poor and then being pulled away before that person actually can support themselves on their own without help
Businesses are operated by people and ethical people can treat employees well, but corporations are too often run immorally to enrich the owner and wealthy stock holders at the expense of the front line employees. Those who go into huge indebtedness to obtain a bachelor’s degree in order to qualify for a position that pays more than enough to cover basic expenses deserves to be paid enough to pay their education debt back and their cost of living as well.
Doreen is super impressive and totally in touch. I remember the days. I was 19, worked as a bank teller and had no problem paying my bills, eating, having spare $ for fun and I lived alone. Hardly anyone had roommates in those days. We celebrated birthdays, the winter holidays, last day of work etc.. Jobs with $1000 grocery gift cards, hams, turkeys and gift exchange after the fancy dinner w/ open bar of course 😊. Those things are forms of respect. Not having 2 jobs and barely making ends meet without any extra fun stuff. The fun stuff totally ended in 2008. It never came back. Oh ya, I was 19 in 1984.
I'm going to move to an underrated place. I think that's the best any young man can do right now. I work remotely and make $75k gross, but I want to join the Parallel Society in a nice little community
I work remotely and I bought a 4 bedroom house for 80k in Ohio. Everyone abandoned the state so now homes are close to nothing all over. The south is becoming too crowded and over priced so i left Texas.
@@danielstarr8957 thank you for this comment I'm in texas and it is becoming so expensive since cali and nyc and other high places are coming here
This guy cracks me up, "just to step in poop on your stoop." What's that saying, "this would be funny, if it wasn't so sad." My gosh, it's getting insane. Great video! Keepin real. America seemed like a good idea, now its going to hell in a hand basket as my mother would say. I mean come on, even the people with money are all stress out and high strung...this keeping up is insane. I hate it here
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@@rogersmith7396 Yes, you mean, they are entitled? Entitlement is a real problem for sure. There is just problems all the way around. Do you mean, hard work, actually caring, and disipline equals freedom. Not anymore, no one respects it and there are a lot of jerky people that treat their employees bad, as he said in vid, but there are also alot of bad non-caring don't take pride in their work types as well. It's a mess. It's definitely not united.
This is so depressing and so true. I’m currently trying to figure out how to go back to school and I’m a mom. I don’t know how I’m going to pull it off and if it will be worth it.
You will find a way!
I hate this country.
Remember when a regular savings account and EE bonds were enough to amass a decent nest egg? Summer jobs used to be enough to pay college tuition. Inflation is a hideous beast.
It's the whole world we all are about to go through some 💩.
Biggest problem in America is unsustainable car centric culture and suburb single family home model. The nation needs a real national rail system just as the highway is a national system. Build high speed rail, and all of its feeder systems, and have real city centers. Create jobs, real infrastructure with bicycles, etc. There is a reason that Japan has a much better infrastructure. Wake up America. Check out Allan Fisher or Not Just Bikes. Car culture is not freedom.
We have to go back to family values and customs. Home cooking and family meals.