Why Most People Hate Their Jobs
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- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
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A recent poll revealed that 85% of people are unhappy in their jobs. This has led to "quiet quitting", "The Great Resignation" and young people taking to social media to express their dissatisfaction with their jobs. Some are even going to far as to quit their corporate jobs with no backup plans to reclaim their mental health. In this video, I discuss the "I hate my job" phenomenon and the reasons why.
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The worst part is that this generation is seemingly doing all of this for absolutely no reason because we can’t afford anything anyway lol. At least the older generation could work hard and see the fruits of their labor. All we see is labor
This!
that's definitely the biggest difference. no problem working hard at all but i refuse to overthink or overwork myself. we do that enough
"They will enjoy everything and own nothing. "
Thissss!!!!!
That's true. I work 5/2 all 8 hours, educate myself 24/7, and can't even buy a small apartment. this world is gross
we’re all underpaid. that’s it. that’s the only problem. if i spent 40 hours of my week and actually got a good life out of it i wouldn’t mind. I shouldn’t have to be a super high skilled person to live. that’ll just lead to one over saturated field and not enough laborers. Both are needed and deserve a livable wage.
well not all of us are underpaid, some fields are way overpaid too. we need to fix our whole monetary system 😭
It’s me, I’m highly skilled person in an oversaturated field. It sucks. I have a master’s in robotics and a bachelor’s in physics and I can’t get a job to save my life. Living off of the kindness of my friends and family because my unemployment stopped for no reason I had to go to court to states that I deserve to get it back and now I have to wait for the government to feel like giving me my unemployment again.
“Just go work at Boston Dynamics, idiot!”
You think they’re hiring? You think literally anyone is hiring? I even got rejected from a receptionist job and a retail job if anyone wants to tell me to “just get any job to feed yourself”.
@@nuthead8888 that’s even more heartbreaking. literally they tell us to get get a degree and for what? I’m sorry you’re going through that stranger :/
"Stop learning gender studies and learn to code learn to code learn to code"
oh shit too many people learned to code let's replace them with AI coding !!!
@Iquey This comment right here, literally think about this anytime i feel bad for working in the food industry. I went to college too but for the arts, no degree, high debt- but at least I have a nice baking job where i get to play with dough all day. I’ve thought about learning code “just in case” but then seeing people being laid off in masse because of AI tech snaps me right back.
Also, I hate the whole “no one wants to work anymore” thing. No shit! Most people don’t want to work, we just work because we need money to live. That isn’t new. Younger people are just deciding they aren’t going to work themselves into an early grave just so they can be living paycheck to paycheck.
So if you don't work, how do you live?
Exactly. They have no incentive to work hard. When people can’t afford a home or family you have no reason to work hard
@@youtubesucks1499basically if the bills are behind with your current job… then it’s not worth it to stay there. It’s better to be temporary unemployed with those same bills, while endlessly searching or being educated for the right job.
@@lvly5357 I am all about upward mobility.
If you aren't making enough, figure out how much you want to make and work towards that goal..
Agree with you.
@@lvly5357not sure about that last part. Being unemployed especially in this job marked without having any money saved up to keep up with bills had me stressed as hell😭. I def can’t afford to quit my job without having another option automatically lined up especially with recruiters taking weeks to get back to people now
The problem with work is FULL TIME WORK. There is absolutely no need to work 40+ hours on top of commutes. 5-6 hrs per day for 4 days would stop most of our complaints and give us time to actually enjoy life! I rest my case.
Agreed!
Yes I know most plp who work 60 hours a week for the pay if 40 hours it’s sick
The capitalist corporations don't want this becayse they know it means people would have more time to care about their communities! We'd show up to more community council meetings, vote more, have more time to educate ourselves. A shorter working week/hours is definitely needed just from a "we need more time for our actual lives" perspective, and it also has the added benefit of allowing us to actually exercise more say in how our communities are structured
That's called part time work. If you work part time, you get paid part time.
@@youtubesucks1499 And who decided what full time vs part time work is? Is full time == 40 hours a week some immutable mandate passed down to us by God?
As a reminder, Americans used to work 70 hours per week and slowly but surely labor forced the hours lower and lower (because the work hours were truly inhumane). Notably, in the 1930s there was a great push, supported by both Senate and the President, to standardize a 30 hour work week.
Somehow, we continue to undo progress and make living all about productivity and money, rather than about actual human life. Someone who cannot find the issue in the former has been blinded to the core truth that the latter is the most important thing to all human beings.
I HAAAATTTEEEEE MY JOB 😢. I’ll never forget when this guy everyone knew at my job passed away- he was so kind and would say hi to everyone, they announced his passing and then continued “business as usual”. There’s literally no humanity in corporate life. NONE
So true
A lot of people are underpaid and unappreciated no wonder they hate their job.
I ticks me off when interviewers try to crap on my skill because I work retail. They say it’s too easy for what they do even if I bring up all the parallels. They seem to think I do one task all day, but we’re always short staffed. I’m doing the work of multiple people, but an interviewer had the nerve to say “since you work retail, this job might be to busy for you.”
Busy? I come home and pass out from exhaustion. But they’re saying I can’t handle a desk job answering phones. Even if that were true, how are people supposed to prove their skills unless they come from a higher position? Is everyone working their way down the ladder now?
Too busy 😭 have they gone insane
Lol. I always imagine those ass sitting fucks in a retail or an entertainment/restaurant job. They'd quit under an hour, I absolutely bet.
Taylor your resume to a retail phone position say you did the sales and transaction via the phone and email inquiries!!
Interviewers aee almost rude. I've worked retail too. I was interviewing for a sweater brand and this chick wouldn't even turn the camera on saying she didn't see any luxury experience. I worked in fur and sweaters are not luxury lol
After they said that what did you tell them? You have to sell yourself to them. They are testing you which is apart of their job. Don’t let your emotions get in your way, but be determined and focus and tell them how you can do your best at the job and your skills etc. They gave you a chance at a interview so that means something!
What makes a job miserable besides being tormented and harassed by coworkers is dealing with the public; customers are not always right.
Alot of customers are horrible. I work in a call center for a telecommunications company in my country and the ONLY thing I like about my job is that I get to work from home. I'm naturally an introvert so just interacting with people too much stresses me out, add to tha,t the company I work for is a horrible company; both to us as agents and to their own customers....I'm literally surprised they even have customers. Constant issues and network breakdowns; constantly robbing customers because they would get charged for things they didn't request or money would be missing from their prepaid cellphones.....I'm tired of being an emotional punching bag for angry, bad attitude customers....It started getting so bad that I would have crying spells, anxiety attacks and constant suicidal thoughts. I would urge people...stay far away from call center jobs.
@@racpatrice Thank you
@@racpatriceyou are not alone. I do the same, but for an insurance company. I have contemplated homelessness. 🤦🏾♀️
@@zabssoutherngirl2019 I worked in a call center for a warranty company back in 2021...I only lasted 4 months so I get you. Things will get better, hang in there. Start making a plan on what you prefer to do career wise and go for it! I just started a new position last week so I'm finally out of the call center. You got this!
Bingo. I can't do customer service jobs
I’ve seen so many “entry level” jobs for minimum wage that require masters degrees. Entry level doesn’t exist anymore and it’s so hard getting started in a career when all “entry level” jobs need at least 1 year of work experience and don’t pay enough to cover your bills
It's sickening. In Norway, you can't even get a job if you don't have a bachelor's degree or went to trade school. And all jobs require experience. How the hell am I supposed to start my career when no one will hire me?
Not to be depressed on main but I honestly don’t see the point in working or even being alive. All of my dreams and goals for the future are currently so unattainable and unaffordable, there’s literally no point in getting up in the morning. And it’s not even extravagant stuff either. I just wanna buy a house, have a car, and a couple of kids. That’s literally it. There’s no way I’d be able to afford that on my own. Everything just keeps getting more and more expensive everyday. It feels like I’m drowning, like nothing I do matters and that I was only born to make money for the 1%
Exactly how I feel….. I can’t afford anything. All I do is pay bills. I cant go out to eat unless someone else is paying. If I miss one payment I risk losing my car or being homeless. I am making no progress financially. Can’t afford a single thing. I don’t see any purpose in being alive either. I cant make a difference in anyone life because I can’t even sustain mine. I just eat sleep and work. I want such a minimal lifestyle with very simple things and I can’t even have that. I completely relate to you.
@@BloodyBeautiful28 so true :(
This is how i feel…
Exactly... we get paid nothing while billionaire blow our dream money over dinner
This is how I currently feel. I gave up a job that I loved because I couldn't handle the workload and raising a single kid. Not that it mattered anyway. The salary wouldn't even cover the cost of living, so I didn't have anything to lose really, other than I job that I loved. I'm currently working part time for a job that I don't hate, but I'm not really passionate about it either. But it's all I can manage right now due to extreme burnout and depression. Like you, I didn't want much. I just wanted a modest home, a car, and enough to travel and go on a few nice vacations and maybe retire someday. All of it is on hold until further notice while I raise my kid and get my mental health back (not so easy when all of your dreams are broken). It's really disheartening. I don't see a point in working anymore either. I'm sick of burning myself out for someone else's benefit but never my own.
If I got paid more I'd love my job a whole lot more. Spending the majority of my life working and staying stagnant finacially just doesn't make sense.
100%!
What we really need is public polity that restricts inflation on essential products like housing and food so people who can’t attract and excellent wage can still live well.
We need to stop treating housing the same way we treat shares, as ways for the wealthy to gather capitol, and treat them as what they are, an essential human need.
The worse one for me personally is favoritism I see that so much in every place I’ve ever been and it’s annoying. It feels like being in high school all over again but now it’s literally being punished cause you’re not one of the “kool” kids 🙄
A lot of corpy jobs punish neurodivergence if they know you don't do social rituals or revere arbitrary hierarchies. It's why so many autistic people burn out from masking all the time.
Literally! This is why I am trying to build my own businesses. I'm so sick of kissing @ss and all that
YESS
Time to grow up.
@@youtubesucks1499 are you a troll just to piss off people?
I hate how hard it is to get days off. Theres no one to cover EVER. If i ask for days off somehow its on me to find a cover so I can get my pto approved. You get shamed if you arent a 'team player,' so you cover for people and then they wont do the same for you. IF you wanna take off a week ur a villian for making other people work more while ur gone.
I think the idea that the children should suffer like the previous generation did is very much a boomer and partially gen x thing. We need to tell our parents we don't need to do life the way they did because we're adults too and we'll be remaking the planet the way we see fit now
This is exactly how the boomers retaliated against their authorities. The only difference is that their authorities were generous people who grew up in poverty. Millennials on the other hand have to deal with privileged sociopaths.
As a gen x person I 100 percent agree. That’s why I encourage my 20 year old to think out the box. To use her corporate job to fund her passions and get out of the rat race. I see it affecting her.
As a parent, I approve 😂
I think the last clause is what the boomers are afraid of and why they dominate positions of powers like CEO and POTUS.
Cause they can't rescind their positions of power cause we will come and change a society that they have no relevance in anymore just so they can enjoy their game of golf without a "bratty zoomer" telling them to stop rushing them.
As a GenXer, I don’t feel that we’ve ever really suffered..😅
She's so right about the fear. I swear they want you to constantly be afriad
Adjusting from uni to 9-5 is ROUGH!! I'm also a gen z that recently graduated, uni was mostly remote due to covid and for my last year I had barely any classes, now I have a full time job with commute up to 4h per day (I can't move) and the first week I cried and had mental breakdowns 24/7, it was terrible. Thankfully I'm on a hybrid schedule now so WFH days are saving my mental health, but I totally relate to the girl in the tiktok, going to the office every day with long commute is miserable especially if you are fresh out of college, the shock is just too much 😭
Commuting four hours a day is absolute madness. Any person, would be suffering horrendously. If you can afford it, perhaps there's a way to rent a cheap hotel room for at least one of the office days so you have slightly less back and fourth.
4 hour commute is wild... I'm glad you have WFH days. I'll share my story. I commute 2 hours a day, it is public commute. I know I can't afford a car so I'm saving up. What sucks though is knowing I can WFH but they want me in the office all week. One day I entered the office and I was the only one in office. It was wild logging in and seeing people are WFH and meanwhile I'm all alone at the desk.
I relate too! I graduated right before the pandemic, so I never really "worked" until more recently. It's been hard lol
It is super rough!! I went into teaching full time right out of college and I absolutely hated it. I had weekly panic attacks and could not handle the pressure. No adult in my life encouraged me to quit and find something healthier for myself. They all said to suck it up bc that’s what working is.
My advice for new grads is to work part time for at least a year, if you’re able to financially support yourself that way. Maybe work 2 part times. Pay for health insurance out of pocket. Get used to working and “adult” job and find fun things to do outside of work. Once you have the hang of it, look for full-time and keep prioritizing your mental health.
If you want to get rid of the commute you might be able to get free housing if you offer to be a live in caregiver and cook meals for the person, take them to the doctors, clean, ect. It also is some additional income. Personal care assistance positions there are always a high need for them. Same with childcare. See if you can find someone who needs this close to your work.
I’m a nurse and I picked this career because of the lifestyle. Work very gruelling 12 hour shifts 4 days in a row, and then you get 4-5 days off. Work hard, and then get rewarded with a long weekend every other week. I’m thankful that I get to leave my work at work. I could never work the corporate 9-5.
I'm surprised as a nurse you don't think of the patients or work over time.
@@politicalactivism975why would she
Of course you nurses always talk about yall career opportunities
@@titlepending1302you jealous??
@@bleachedx jealous of what?! Cattiness? Abuse? Underpayment? Stereotyped?
The entire job system in America is so broken. I've had a really difficult year this year because I was laid off from a prestigious company early in 2023. I've since applied for hundreds of jobs, tried to reflect on what I want, and even had a handful of jobs (some I quit because the environment was so bad). Trying to find the role that not only suits your skills and interests, but also pays a decent amount and allows you the most basic of work-life balance is nearly impossible. After my experience in the job market this year, I've decided I will not settle and be driven by fear because even the most secure seeming things can be gone in a moment.
The same story for me as well!
I am happy to not be the only one.
Why would any employer hire you with that attitude?
@@youtubesucks1499 you are freaking annoying you know?
How did you get started on sustaining a life outside of this work matrix? And how is that going? I’m genuinely rooting for you and am curious to know.
You would not believe the many month long depressive episode that I had where my heart rate just wouldn't go below "ABSOLUTE PANIC." All because after struggling my entire life and barely surviving my 20s, I got a well paying job where I could start saving money; and then the cost of rent went up, then food, then literally everything else. And now I am living exactly the same financial situation as I was in my 20s, but in a tech career.
Literally the same thing happened to me.
Literally!!!!!!!
Hello @DevonRegular have you ever thought about starting your own business in network marketing? That's what my wife and I did. Started out part time while we still worked our jobs. We replaced our income and walked away from our jobs and now run a nutrition shop of our own. If you have any interest in this or questions let me know!
@@jamesskadsem5963 how did you do it?
I despise my job with the heat of a thousand suns. I’m 55 now. I work in a small company for a belligerent negative toxic man-child. The man is a pathological liar. He says terrible things about every employee behind their backs. He causes chaos. He doesn’t want us to leave the office until he does, and he often works until 6:00. I have a one hour drive home! So, I’m out of my home for 12 or more hours hours per day. I work, go home, and sleep. I have no life at all. He doesn’t want us to take time off because he doesn’t. I make decent money, but that’s it. I can’t enjoy my money. I cry every day because I can’t believe this is where I am at 55 years old. I’ve worked hard my whole life, and now I’m stuck in a gray cubicle working for a narcissistic tyrant. I’ve been searching for another job, but nobody wants to hire me. Sad to say, but it has not gotten better for me. It’s gotten worse.
I’m really sorry you are experiencing this. What you describe is awful.
Uk-based Asian here and I have to say which of what you said is reflective of British and wider Western culture as well. The Chinese, Japanese and Korean are guilty of this corporate worshipping pandemic as well. We treat the economy as of it’s a natural phenomenon and not a man made system that we can improve upon. I do think that each individual stuck in this matrix can get out of it but it starts with a strong sense of self-worth, reflection, getting in touch with nature and God/ universe or whatever belief system you have. It sounds far fetched but the work starts on the spiritual and energetic level.
5 years into my factory job. I loved it at first. The work was simple and it was actually fun to challenge myself, see how much I could get done. Then, as my responsibilities grew out of proportion to my wage... resentment grew. Not very happy anymore.
Same! Like why am I doing the work of 4 different people for the pay of one? No promotions, no raises, no appreciation. Nothing. 👍
Yeah, this is becoming the new norm
@@kaylam8707this!!
Burned out quickly from putting my 110% into my jobs. No promotions, raises, etc. I just got diagnosed with autism too. The way the ADA works is only AFTER you are hired. I desperately need help finding a job that is willing to accommodate me, APPLYING, all the social dance that is interviewing (im brutally honest and wont lie in interviews, which feels better to me, but im still unemployed), and getting hired. I don't have the skills to GET the job im already qualified for (BS grad). Also dealing with CFS from covid doesn't make work any easier when wages are stagnant and cost of living feels like it isn't even considered
honestly, i relate to the 9-5 girl there. well i work 8-430 and a physically active job. i swear once i get home all i have time to do is dissociate and doomscroll till it's time for bed to do it all again 😟
“Despite the horrors, at the end of the day there’s always stare at phone in bed.”
I feel ya. I work 9-6 and sometimes weekend/late work. The content of my job is sad so I don’t want to go out after work. Or if I do my chores are neglected.
Yep dissociate until I see the clock and it’s 10:30 and now I have to sleep
I was doing 9 -4.30 4 days a week plus child rearing, i can relate though unfortunately its got to be done.
To be fair, isn't that what men used to do? They would go home and sit on the couch, drink a beer while reading the paper or watch TV until the wife had dinner on the table? They didn't have to worry about cooking, washing up, doing laundry, etc, they could 100% mentally check out. I don't understand why it's looked down on for people to want to mentally and physically rest after a full day's work in today's culture.
Bring back strict 9-5 with paid lunch break and 40hr weeks that pay a living wage…. Maybe then we might see a difference in the way people feel about work and their productivity
That exists in Europe, and if you go to the Nordics, you also get 6 weeks paid vacation per year. ❤ Reading these comments has been so disheartening. It's not the 9-5 schedule that should be demonized, it's the work vs reward you get out of it.
@@vilieto I agree, especially since US is a developed nation, but is lacking in a lot of areas……
I agree
Those “low skill workers” are people with the big degrees from other countries that aren’t able to be used here in America :/ my friends mom was a doctor in their country, immigrated here and she’s a cleaning lady since shes not able to use her degree here
Wow, tdil. I really didn't know that but i should've figured bc amerikkka is a cruel and arrogant place. That's so sad and disrespectful that her knowledge and professionalism wasn't validated here. 💔
I actually know the opposite to be true. A former neighbor of mine was actually a cashier in her home country, and shortly after immigrating, she was able to validate her history degree, and is now a Spanish teacher making very good money. Also, at least where I live, most doctors are not American born.
That's ridiculous, it's also very similar in Norway. People are rarely hired if they don't have a Norwegian name, even if they are qualified for the job.
@@chrissyhiking , it might be ridiculous to you but it’s the truth, and please don’t compare Norway to the US. The US is a nation of immigrants, we all have different names here. And by the way, I’m from Spain and my grandfather worked for a Norwegian company as a sailor for 20 years.
I don't understand your negative tone, I'm speaking from experience. I'm a Norwegian American, I lived in both countries for over a decade each, I have every right to compare Norway and America. A lot of first & second generation immigrants sadly don't have equal opportunities in the work force, even if they are qualified.@@LluviadeOrugas
If all your time and soul is getting sucked out at your job, you don’t have the energy to fulfill yourself. Creativity, making memories, loving others, taking care of your household and pets, those fulfill your life. Grinding up the corporate ladder just to comfortably support your household leaves no time for that.
Some people can throw 110% of their selves into their work and feel fulfilled I’m sure, but it’s unrealistic to expect that from everyone.
Mine was overwhelm. I was a teacher, I've done all grades & ages. It's exhausting! Teachers never clock out, it's constant work, little pay, a lot of social headache and danger, constant change and a person can't be that flexible and available and ready for all that. All the training in the world isn't enough to survive it and teachers are leaving in droves!!!
I’ll be graduating with an elementary education degree in May, I’m already looking for career alternatives because of everything you mentioned
@@gabriellegay4097 the class ratios are insane. I was w a co teacher so we had 20 (3) year olds bc it's every 1 teacher to 10 kids. HUH?! If a kid had an accident then the other teacher has to watch 19. The bathroom is see thru partially but I clearly can't attend to a diaper change and help out w the others and that's if only ONE kid has an accident and his messy it is (blowouts) that's pre K but kids are moved up too early to get more money from more kids entering so they're pushed up before they meet their milestones.
@@MadArtLang totally agree. I work in elementary but it’s still one teacher for up to 25 or even more young students. And they definitely get pushed to the next grade before they’re ready
Most of my high school teachers no longer teach 😔
I honestly couldn't believe with all the work teachers does, they should be paid more. Sadly I know many teachers and professors who left, or got laid off. I wish teachers and professors the best who are searching for a career switch.
Working till 65 sucks. I don't even want to be working until 60, only one year away. I'm already over this.
I stayed with an older family friend for six months before I bought my house. She was 60, single and she absolutely hated her job. Everyday she would wake up and angrily moan and groan as she walked into her home office to work her 9-5. I literally would think to myself that I did not want to be like that when I become that age.
I am part of the 15% who love their job. Is there drama and unnecessary BS at my job? Yes. Are there bullies and disrespectful coworkers? Yes.
The difference maker for me is that I love the actual work I do. And I am very fortunate to have an isolated position and most of the projects and tasks I work on are solo. I don't really have to compromise with toxic others to get my work done. It's a blessing. My boss leaves me alone as long as I'm doing my work well. There are days when I literally don't hear a single word from my boss even though her office is only about 20 feet from mine.
There is a nasty bully in my office, but because I'm able to get my work done without involving anyone else, including this bully person, my work isn't affected. And because my work isn't being affected, I'm in a really good and strong position to make an official complaint about her bullying. And I'm well protected because it is a state government office. And good benefits too.
I got REALLY LUCKY. I love my job.
What do you do for work?
@Sydneyrella I work in Administration for a state-owned Behavioral Health Hospital. I do internal auditing/inspecting and analytical work. A big portion of my work is going around the facility on a regular, repeated basis and checking that certain tasks and processes have been done correctly by certain departments/teams, and then I write reports on the findings. Probably 85-90% of my work is solo data collection, analysis, and reporting. I love it 🥰
@@mosaicowlstudioshow do u get a job like this?
Congratulations on having a job you like. It's nice to see some people are still able to find a quality work place/job. /not sarcasm
I’m with you. I love my job!
Old people have no right to tell us that they worked as hard as we do! No you didn’t! Places you worked at were *overstaffed*! Everywhere now is incredibly understaffed meaning that employees have to take on a heavier workload.
And that's on purpose. Employers and corporations figured out that they can pay 1 person to do 5 jobs instead of paying 5 people.
@@rewdskwidIt’s on purpose but also we just had a massive event that killed and disabled thousands of Americans so they aren’t in the work force anymore
I can relate to the crying young woman. I lived that life! I wondered what’s the point of being alive when I’m just living to work Mon-Fri, then do chores all weekend long because by the time I get home at 6 or 7 I just collapse! Life is pointless!!! When I switched to working from home, I can now enjoy life again. 40 hours a week is still too much and I still don’t make enough money, but at least I have hours more that I didn’t have before.
I worked as an Uber driver in NYC when it first emerged. This was the happiest time in my life. What made me stop driving was the passengers. Questions about my financials, random drops of the 'N' word , kids and dogs making a mess in my vehicle, snooty questions about my life path and my age , lack of common courtesy, people trying to make me into the personal driver, the list goes on!! Today I'm a behaviorist and I'm sure my time spent in NYC contributed to this direction in life !!!
I’m in school to be a librarian. They get paid dirt and people commonly believe you can walk in off the street with no education and get a librarian job. People often think it’s funny when you explain that no, you do need a master’s degree for this job. Like the job is a joke just bc they don’t know anything about it. But it’s what I love to do, so it’s what I’m pursuing anyway
I fucking love my job. I’m a massage therapist, and even though it’s not my passion, and it doesn’t pay as much as some other gigs, I still love it. I work a flexible 20-30 hour week, I get to listen to audiobooks/music/podcasts all day, I feel like I have a meaningful purpose in life helping people with their pain and stress, and no one leaves me feeling worse than when they came in. It’s not perfect, but I feel extremely privileged to have a career that I like and am good at.
I have a higher paying job. It’s not fun. However, I am grateful that it’s an isolated job, I’m not tethered to any quotas or sales goals, I don’t have to interact with customers or clients, I do somewhat have a micro manager but I can easily ignore them. 🤷🏽♀️
There's a lot to be said for an isolated job. My job is fairly isolated too, probably 85-90% of my work is solo work. It makes all the difference. Other people are too frustrating.
What yall do?!
@@titlepending1302 finance manager
What do you do?
@@titlepending1302 I work in Administration for a state-owned Behavioral Health Hospital. I do internal auditing/inspecting and analytical work. A big portion of my work is going around the facility on a regular, repeated basis and checking that certain tasks and processes have been done correctly by certain departments/teams, and then I write reports on the findings. Probably 85-90% of my work is solo data collection, analysis, and reporting. I love it 🥰
I have graduated uni and I am working in a store right now. I have a degree and I am stuck in a minimum wage job. It’s unionized and it’s a government store but I am miserable. Yeah I got a pension but my job is not glamorous and I use my hands and have cuts from product all the time. I ask the same 4 questions to customers 1000 times a day and it’s exhausting, demeaning and under stimulating. And then I get home and have almost no energy to peruse my passions or what actually makes me happy. Being an adult isn’t worth it and I am depressed and I am worried about falling back into feeling like not living. I have not been suic!dal for almost 3 and a half years now and I don’t want to go back there.
Hey❤same story here. Anyway you could use your degree 2 start a business?
@@ilovesunflowersunny2098 it’s a degree in French language and literature so no I can’t use it to start a business
@@selenan4140 i don't mean to tell you what to do. But you can move overseas and teach french. In a university, or just start your business for teaching the lang. I know in the middleeast where I used to live, rich people are always on the lookout for people to teach their kids french.❤️
@@ilovesunflowersunny2098 not a bad idea 🤔
Ablism is probably the biggest obstacle for me. I'm autistic and I am quite certain that I have been passed over for jobs I'm qualified for just because I don't make eye contact or I "fidget" during my interview. Also, a 40 hour work work is just not something I can do, but part time jobs usually don't give benefits, so I have to navigate that with caution.
I FEEL THIS SO MUCH. I struggle sometimes with my autism I try to keep it under wraps because I don't want to be denied a job. I was so overworked and underpaid when I worked 40 hours a week. It's a struggle 😭
Autistic burnout is kicking my ass, but it's scary to ask for accommodations because things that would help often clash with fulfilling the responsibilities of my position.
This is why I think we should get rid of our money system
We solve both the economic and environmental crisis by going back to the trade and barder system.
When an american associate I work with told me that she was getting her hips replaced I calculated in my head based from my dads (paid!) recovery time of around 9 months here in Germany (which includes a lenghty rehabilitation stay) and concluded she must be out at least for 6 weeks. She was back at her desk after 8 days. It's wild how much Americans (need to) work.
There's so many reasons people hate their jobs these days. From micromanaging, to no management, rude upper management or just as bad rude lower level position people, lack of career growth opportunities, bad benefits, and the main one BAD OVERALL PAY! They expect so much from who they hire for so little. You can't pay someone less than 60k doing a job that is meant for at least 5 other people and expect them to be happy especially when they still have to use that money to eat, rent/pay for housing, gas, and have the occasional vacation/break it's demeaning.
It’s rather sad how society has gotten
Also, most j9bs that are women dominated aren't valued by the collective society and are usually underpaid for the high level work/outcomes expected. American work culture also doesn't provide enough vacation and sick time to allow employees to tap out for our mental and physical health.
Some jobs are unnecessary stressful and political. Healthcare is way more political than many people realize. Normalize not trying to force employees to participate in bullshit team building exercises. Use that time and money to make the workplace less toxic, more healthy, and genuinely efficient. 😒😒😞😞
Times have definitely changed. We are different people and our thoughts towards the 9to5 job culture are just not the same anymore. We are miserable
I'm sick of these jobs.
1. Constant baiting and switching, misleading, or lying about job requirements.
2. Inflexible. If I'm such a "low skilled" worker, then me wanting a couple days off here and there to visit family shouldn't be an issue. I shouldn't have to wait a year to get "vacation" time.
3. Socially accepted to have workplace harassment and abuse. I'm not just speaking about how people in management can verbally attack you. I had one who would THROW things at the workers and nothing gets done when reported.
I work for DOE processing and answer questions about student loans and I average 40-50 calls in 8 hours. At LEAST 10-12 each day need a forbearance because they're just so behind. It's really fucking depressing to see just how much people can not afford anything beyond food and shelter.
I hate when people say stuff like people don't want to work anymore. I want to work, I'm happy to help in a society I'm in but I don't want to be stressed everyday about having to give almost all the money I earn just to live, eat and sleep somewhere.
I cried 3 times at work today. I cried on the bus on the way home. That’s how overworked & stressed I am. These companies REFUSE to hire more people & make us all do the jobs of 2-3 people for the price of 1. I look at my checks every week and feel angry and taken advantage of. The check ain’t matching the amount of work I’m doing. Can’t even afford my own place with this bs. A person can only take so much. & YES I went to college. THE DEGREE DONT MATTER. Job postings are fake & not really hiring. America is ghetto as hell
I don’t think it’s necessary to enjoy your job, but it is important that you don’t hate it and that you feel you’re being fairly compensated. But for most people, a job is just how you make money and isn’t going to fulfill you on a spiritual level or anything. That being said, we are all definitely underpaid, overworked, not given enough time off, and benefits (insurance, retirement) keep getting worse.
A friend of mine just had to quit her job because she needs medication to live, and her job never provided insurance even though upon interviewing it was promised. I went to school and have 10 years of my trade under my belt working my dream job and I can’t afford insurance or time off. I am living in a studio apartment with my ex, saving to move out next month and I’m terrified because one single bag of groceries can easily run you 100 literal dollars in the city I live in, and commuting ends up costing me more money and then I want to die everyday because I also get migraines from driving. My ex works full time and commutes and can’t even afford an apartment out of the city, genuinely idk how he is going to feed himself. All of my rich tech clients are MISERABLE right now ALL looking for new work because they quite literally do not stop working. Working is bleak right now.
You're right. This was beautiful to watch. People need courage. Letting people know they aren't alone takes courage; taking that first step towards a better life for yourself takes courage. You are helping many people find that courage.
The most demoralizing thing is that unless you work in a unionized trade job (which should be encouraged. We have a shortage), a corporate job is still the best you’ll ever get.
Think on that and tell me you won’t want to tear your office building down brick by brick
That's why I'm starting my own businesses! Don't limit yourself 😊 go for your dream life.
I definitely prefer working two part-time jobs to one full-time job because of the flexibility and ability to just walk out when I'm being mistreated. If you've served at one restaurant, you've served at them all (pretty much same with retail).
Most of our waking hours/life is spent working, of course we hate it lol
Overworked. Underpaid. Lack of Consideration from colleagues and management. Lack of appreciation. Micromanagement. Lack of work/life balance… need I go on?
I can’t remember who said it this, but I remember someone saying something along the lines of “20-30 years ago you could work hard and live well, but we live in a society now, where working hard no longer pays off” and I just think that’s really sums up our world now.
Also the “just go to college argument” is so dumb. I couldn’t go to college for a variety of reasons, and now I’m a grown adult, working minimum wage with bills to pay. How am I supposed to pay my rent and all my bills when going to college 5 days a week, when I’m already working 5 days a week + overtime just the scrape by. Even if I worked myself to death, working after school hours and on weekends, I still wouldn’t earn enough to pay my bills currently, no even mentioning the sudden student loans.
I graduated a year ago with my bachelor’s. I work a corporate job and cannot afford to support myself in my small suburban town. We are understaffed and overworked. Im 26 and I feel much older. At the tender of my work day i just want to sleep and have no energy to do any hobbies.
The acting part was so spot on, let me go put on my costume!
I don't know anyone who actually likes working or doing their job, we all just do it if we want to avoid being homeless lol everyday i clock in I'm just waiting to clock out and go home
Overworking yourself really becomes a problem when it effects your physical health. Sometimes I don't even have the energy to eat most of the time.
Millennial here. I completely sympathize with the girl who has no time to live. I entered the workforce 12 years ago and hated every once of it. Day one my parents asked me how my day went. My feet hurt and everything was so fast paced that my slow and calculated mind couldn't keep up. They told me to suck it up. That's life. Study hard to live comfortably. But I was disillusioned by both doctors, jailers and teachers who took work home. I hope change will emerge from this movement. We can all use a breather.
I am a preschool teacher, I love love loooove my job! But the bad shit that happens is caused by shitty co-workers and bad bosses decisions. And stupid corporate and getting paid in shoelaces.
you’re not alone. pre-k TA and part of the reason why i wanna quit my job is because of my coworkers
The big error here is taking a job personally. A job is not about making you happy or fulfilled. Your co-workers are not your friends, your employer will not reward you for loyalty. It is simply time exchanged for money. Once you stop making it personal, it becomes a lot easier to navigate to a working situation that suits you.
When you spend 40+ hours a week somewhere (the majority of your waking hours), I would want to be happy there. Of course your co workers are not your friends and you don’t need to worship your employer but at the very least, you shouldn’t feel anxious, depressed or ethically compromised in the place you go 5 times a week. We are all human and can’t turn our selves into machines who are only their for a check. It’s normal to want to feel content with where you work.
@@genevievesingh3547 Very well said and I completely agree!!
That seems a bit glib/simplistic. It is impossible to not take things personally when work is where you spend the majority of your waking hours (at least if you include preparing foe work and commuting back and forth). You do need to be able to separate the two to some degree, but you don’t become a literal different person like on Severance, which is ah allegory about this whole idea.
@@genevievesingh3547definitely agree with you! For me personally besides being underpaid, it’s the time spent being at work with only a 2 day weekend to work with and the amount of hours being spent at work when I would rather be spending that time with family/friends or just simply being alone lol
When you spend most of your life at work it is hard not to take it personally. I’m also on call late and on weekends sometimes so that cuts in to my personal life.
The second I stopped going above/beyond while still doing a good job I felt better.
Thanks for speaking about this! There is enough money to go around for people to follow their passions and make successful careers out of it (if they choose to).
I don’t think addictions stem from negative work environments but I do think negative work environments enhance people’s addictions. I don’t think these work situations create addicts per se- the addiction mindset was likely in the person before starting that job
I relate to this so much. Im thankfully in a job i love now but prior to this i did 15 years in an industry that i hated. I was afraid to leave because i needed to pay rent and bills etc. Thank you for this video, this needs to be talked about more.
What do you do?
I was never able to assimilate and accept working a regular job like it was some civic duty. I’ve worked miserably, begrudgingly my entire adult life. I had to be faced with the ugliest behaviors from people everyday, and nothing is worth that to me. It took me years to finally begin to carve a niche out for myself.
I work three jobs and can't afford an apartment on my own. It's a mess out here.
It feels like we work our lives away just to not be able to afford basic living... I have a degree and work 40 hours a week in a position that requires an extensive set of skills and I still wouldn't be afford to live without splitting rent + bills + food with my boyfriend. Even though we split everything, I still have nothing left at the end of the month... the money I make only covers basic stuff. So like why should we like working if the return is going to be basically nothing? At least in the past people would reap the financial rewards of working
I used to like my job. It changed a lot tho. Went from no phones to phone heavy. So I tried to pivot. Going though background check process now. I found that I don't like phones. So I purposely looked for jobs where I don't need to be on the phone all day everyday. Hoping everything goes smoothly. I need something new, with growth opportunities when it comes to skill set. I don't trust any job to provide me with a promotion. Self promoting is literally what is keeping me and others above water.
I feel pretty happy with where I am now, I am currently working as a distributor and really enjoy it. I also had worked in retail and was pretty happy there, of course it's downsides but it was fairly nice.
I know those may be seen as 'low-skilled' but if it works...it works. I don't believe anyone should be labeled as 'low-skilled' just because of a job. Because those jobs to make the world run.
I love this video ans what it covered, very encouraging and sightful!
This video was cathartic. Thank you
Oh I’ve quit multiple jobs 😂. My main thing is not having enough time to spend with my child, I’ve missed many of my child’s “firsts” due to a job hemming me up at the office there is no such thing as work-life balance. My second concern was the pay, most jobs want to pay you the bottom of the barrel give you way more work than the current job title allows and expect you to work OT to make up for the missing wages and it still not enough to live off of. My final reason is I could be doing something fulfilling, working hard for myself while having fun in the experience.
This video showed up on my feed and I'm so glad I clicked. The way you elaborate on these topics is spot on! New subscriber here!
That mayor is funny I saw an independent cook work for 10k a month…. I don’t make that with my corporate job 😅
I’m a baker, my chiropractor literally told me I make more than her and she has her own business.
Leading a bit far, but productivity actually rised in the last about two centuries. This SHOULD mean everyone has to work less for money / substantial needs and more to arts, hobbies, friends... Thomas Morus, centuries ago, envisioned a world where work would be a smart part of your life, but the reality is the opposite: Work is our worth, consumption our goal. A lot of jobs do not seem to serve a goal. We are not caring for anyone. We are not growing veggies. We are not teaching future generations. We work mostly for the gain of big companies and billionaires. Not for us or the society. To meet our basic needs there is money in the hands of auctioners and owners. Elon Musk alone could probably pay the medicine bills for every american without insurance. When you look at it this way it is really, really no wonder that we are not motivated to work the whole day just to live paycheck to paycheck and without security, rest or sense. Yes, capitalism is a cruel mess.
Great video! So much corporate work is not about achieving anything useful; it’s just producing something you can get someone else to pay for that’s going in a shredder next year, and also the internal performance of hierarchy and domination... bosses and managers pushing everyone else around as they’re trying to get things done despite them.
I’m still watching the video and will pick back up where i left off once i leave work. But based off of the title alone, for me personally, it’s the amount of hours spent at work while being underpaid in this horrible economy. Then, only have a 2 day weekend to breathe & do things i enjoy like hanging with family/friends or simply being at home.
I wish I was one of those people that truly enjoy working lol, but I just have to find ways to deal with the fact that i am not. Hopefully it gets better🙏🏽
This video was such a pleasure to watch! Youre right when you ssay the best actors win at this game.
My job can be depressing content wise and we have a dumb on-call system too. Some late nights and weekends too. We do marketing/advertising so it doesn’t make sense.
To depressed after work to do stuff or job hunt.
you hit all the points.
its so exhausting.
It's so mad. It's happening England too so my friends work so hard. Can never afford a house yet. They're pain extortionate amount of rent, get the bank say you can't afford a mortgage that's a crack of s***!! I'm very lucky. Fortunate to be the position. I am in because I own my house outright with my partner! I'm also I'm a stay at home Mum I only like 2 jobs that I had out of 5 jobs!!
Hey Ashley, I'm a new subscriber and I've been binge-watching your videos. I love your social commentary. You're smart and reflective and I just hope your videos reach more and more people. I feel like a lot of people I meet just don't really reflect on things, and they follow the crowd, and they're unhappier than ever. Thank you for making videos like these!
Thank you so much for your support! ❤️
LOVE your take sis 👏🏼
This was sooo accurate!! Great work!!
It always came down to the boss/ management being bad, never the work itself.
Girl, you earned a subscriber with this one. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
same story in the UK - Probably the reason why the USA is so into Entrepreneurship and being your own Boss movement.
SUCH a good video, gosh I enjoy your content so much…
You hit all the right points. Couldn't have said any of this better myself.
Awesome video, so glad I was randomly suggested your channel. Dropping a comment and a like the feed the algorithm gods 🙏
It’s not only America, I feel the same way in Ireland. No flexibility, long working hours and the commute makes my days feel longer. The cost of living crisis and housing crisis in Ireland is so bad.
I like what you said about choosing your jobs based on what sounds good to you, not others
You hit the nail on the head!!!
We hate it because we won’t ever afford a house anyway.
Work is pointless and worthless.
I’m Gen X. Loved your video, great content ♥️👍🏾
This is such an important video!
Everything you say is the truth! More people need to hear this.
i'm telling u! i'm joining if she starts a cult
It's so funny, I just watched Brielle's video on Instagram for the first time just minutes before I clicked on your video. And like so many others, I felt every single thing she said so hard! Nobody prepared us for how lonely adulthood would get. It's so common to only see friends every few months or feel like there's no time to find a romantic partner. Right now I'm lucky to WFH doing what one may call a "lazy girl job" and while it brings me peace and work-life balance, I am starting to feel I need more of a challenge and of course, higher pay. However I'm not looking forward to getting back back into the politics involved with getting one of these "coveted jobs" as you mentioned...
I don’t even work a full work week so that I have time to be a homemaker, I enjoy doing the cooking and the cleaning for my partner and my kid, but oh my god I’m constantly running on empty. I’m 23 so supposedly my energy levels are only supposed to crash from here but like I have no energy ever for anything. And even if I did have energy what am I gonna do? I can’t afford to go out or go to fun activities, I haven’t been on a vacation in 7 years. My older family members chastise me for “not working more” when I could take advantage of working a full work week “then I would have more money”. As if I didn’t know that, so not helpful. And even my older millennial family members make comments about how “I should be out enjoying my 20’s” and “im too worried about my responsibilities” as if I even have a choice 😭 I’ve been working to support myself since the age of 15 and it’s so sad I’m almost a decade of work in with nothing to show for it- Certainly no savings