Gen Z and Millennials turn to government jobs to find security amid layoffs
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2024
- The February jobs report says that 275,000 jobs were added to strengthen the jobs market, but layoffs were also the highest for any February since 2009. Gen Z and Millennials are speaking out on how they are looking to acquire government jobs for security.
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The challenge to getting a govt job is waiting for someone to die for a vacancy to open.
Fenti saga helps
We’ve actually been hiring in the NYC courts for the first time in years and only 50% of the positions were filled.
Not anymore. Job performance and conduct is reviewed every 90 days now. You dont see walking cadavers working government jobs as often now. There is a limit to how many years you can work full time.
Frfr did it and never looked back.
Actually, many government employees are RETIRING "en mass" with over 20+ years of service creating job openings at the local, county, state, and federal level. Go to the jobs portal of any government website, and you might be surprised at the amount of job openings available.
This is like a government ad to get more young people in government jobs. Most current gov workers are really old and retiring
Yep it’s called propaganda
That and many of them really can’t find jobs so
Yes they are
@intuitivecthey get retirement benefits lass6401
@@jahmalonbethel1307 I'been a federal empoyee for 30 years. I can retire now but I'm not. I'm 56. Yes, there are some old timers but at my agency there are lot of people who just hit their 40s because of strong recuitment of colleg grads 20s. Find a good government job with promotion potentil is like everything else. It's all about timing.
that is me - I am one of the youngest person in the building - the average age of my city government is like 55. There are more people over 60 than under 30. please come apply gen z
Me too, I work for VA and I’m 31 the youngest person in our working area. It’s like 60 of us btw.
Yes!! half our people in New York retired during Covid and we haven’t been able to fill positions.
I drive a city bus and make nearly 80k w/o OT.
We experience you!
Your overpaid. They need a self driving bus😂
This is a weird framing- Government jobs are targeted for layoffs constantly.
less than the private sector.
@@nunyadambusiness3530 depends on who is in government.
bless your heart @@jessd4048
Bless ur heart.@@jessd4048
The government cares more about people than CEOs. The CEOs only care about The BLUF
We have hired some of them for office and when they find out we are serious about NO personal phones allowed during work or you will be fired after 1 warning. They never come back.
Working for local or state governments is way better than the federal.
yup, way more stable! at the state level there is usually less politics involved when it comes to the budgeting for the different government agencies
Working for a City or County pays the most out of the 3 levels of government. Plus we are in a labor union and we get automatic wage raises based on inflation rates.
Exactly. Avoid the politics. It’s how I stay sane. We actually keep things working. The appointed people tend to come and go
That probably depends where you are.
No, it depends on where you are located. Some states have no money and the pay reflects that. For example, Illinois were paying attorneys $54,000 with several years of experience several years ago when there was a Republican Governor. The federal government pays way more than $54,000. And many city jobs paid more than $54,000.
Post office retired carrier here. Don't do it!
what's up? why not?
Every time I see a carrier, they look miserable 80% of the time
99%@@Help_im_sad
Go take the job and you'll see.@@davidwright873
I used to be a huge supporter of democracy but these days I’m not as sure. “Protect our democracy” is thrown around so much these days but do we really live in a democracy when every politician is corrupt and there’s only two real parties to vote for? We really just live in a duel dictatorship.
You're willfully ignorant if you think the two parties are mirror versions of each other.
@@purplemist7 competition drives positive change in a capitalist democratic society. The competition between Joe and Donald is terrible because there really is no alternatives. Both parties may be different in some aspects but they’re both institutionalized and part of the state stifling competition. Don’t project your ignorance on to me.
@purplemist7 lol. One sure way to tell if someone has been successfully manipulated by their preferred conmen is found in how they deny being targeted for manipulation by their preferred conmen. Congratulations on completing the program.
Rfk Jr
@@purplemist7 he/she didn’t say that
I love my Government Job .
Yes, I worked through Covid. My paycheck did not stop. We may earn less than corporate. But the benefits are awesome. The vacation time, holidays, and step raises. My pension and deferred compensation retirement.
Yes! I do too. Are there more amazing jobs out there? Also yes. But it’s the best decision for me now. I hope more people apply. We need new blood
@@girlwithnoniche7852 I make triple what private sector does in my profession and do less work with much more work life balance. it all depends on the position.
@@royharper2003the agency I work is really paying almost triple when I started. My coworkers are making doctors salaries. To just sit and do absolutely nothing stressful. I understand
I work in healthcare and my health and dental insurance also food is paid for by the hospital. I get paid less but those perks help in not having to think about additional expenses.
I’d rather be paid appropriately and pay for my own food.
If you have a Federal level job and are in the right agency, with good promotion potential those are the way to go.
The benefits are nice, you get time off, and if you cannot live off of close to six figures and above incomes (despite your loans being forgiven possibly through PSLF), you are doing something wrong.
It's about time. I've been a civil servant for the last 28 years. I used to tell all my nieces, nephews, and all their friends to apply after they graduated high school & college. They always looked at me like I had a mutant monkey on my shoulder, lol.. I am doing very well for myself, and I am thankful for my union city job.
@nbcnews The symbol next to the 8% at time 1:56 is incorrect. That is a greater than sign. This < is the less than sign.
I was thinking the same!
I took a civil service job 9 years ago. I wanted to work a 9-5 to have more time for myself. Working in my own was very difficult when you are young trying to start a family. I don’t want to work extra hours or weekends. I want to have a life and spend time with my kid. I took a 40% pay cut. But now I make more and have moved up and I’m fine. And yes, the benefits level it off. Making 10k a month as an entrepreneur sounds great for people selling courses on UA-cam, but in NYC that doesn’t get you much further than a 4k a month govt job after taxes with benefits. Just like the trades, it’s an option and everyone has to make the decision for themselves if it works for them.
Good thing military will still get preference over non military
Now only honorably discharged vets get derived preference when applying for federal government jobs. The parent, spouse or widow can only if the veteran is unable to use it and they meet the requirements. Divorced spouses and children are no longer eligible.
@@Lillith1203 the requirements are nope and No
@@fernyv4368 If you are a spouse of a vet with derived preference, now you: must be a legal US citizen, married or widowed to the vet, you must have the educational requirements to fill the position.
not if they are less qualified, it's just like hiring an unqualified black person to satisy so called Diversity and inclusion which Texas just outlawed.
Smart move. Back in the days, i use to get The Chief paper every week. It was a government/civil service announcement of all available jobs.
Good luck !
I try to convince my nephew to get a civil service job. Even if you leave you will still get credit for it if you come back later. There’s a lot of benefits financially and personally
you must be really old, not there's a website
The younger generation is starting to wake up and realize that job security is one of the most important components in their life. Benefits such as medical and pension are more important than than pursuing the almighty dollar in the private sector and still being laid off anyway. Also at the end of the day or your career you feel like your life has had purpose.
The stability and subsequently the peace of mind it has brought to my life cannot be understated
O god… gets fired from Starbucks decides to the government
Starbucks and Costco only hire college grads now. So might as well.
I worked at the post office as a carrier during the summer. It wasn’t for me (mostly because I was pregnant) but if I was younger & more agile it was a great job
I tell my new grad colleagues to do a 20 year stint in the military....which will absolutely fly by...which it does for everyone....get that little retirement, get another job for 20 more years...40 total....get that money and then retire.....I wish i woulda listened...i did not.....I coulda retired 20 years ago....then found the job im working now....then had that money with SSI which is in three years.....Fat income....fat!!
Plan serving next year in AF don't know about doing that 20 😅 planned staying between 8 to 10 then getting out.
Say it louder for the people in the back! This is ABSOLUTELY the way to go! I know so many people who have taken this route and are truly living the life
This is good and bad.
Getting a government job is a pain in the-
Most jobs may require a background check/Security Clarence and too many Americans can’t pass a check; until someone is dead then you can’t move in or up. At the same time, we are losing people from retirement faster than gaining people so there’s a void in the market, many roles need people. But once you are in you are in.
With federal job positions you have an assessment every 90 days the first year. Poor performance or conduct can get you laid off as well as government shut downs etc. No tenure after a certain time in any longer. You can work 20 years and get laid off or terminated.
@@Lillith1203 total BS
Good for young people, get smarter and work hard for a better future for yourselves. Corporations will only ever try to take advantage of you and profit off your labor for as long as they can get away with, don’t let them do it to you too like they’ve done with older generations.
But toxic as a policymaker.
Getting a gov job is extremely difficult!
I have been working in government for 15 years, make 150k salary and have a Pension, matching 401k and get raises every year! Also I get to retire at 50 and start collecting my Social Security Supplement too!
What do you do, if you don't mind me asking?
@@vivianton they are lying. Their minimum retirement age is probably 56 or 57 which means they will be penalised bigtime if they retire early. I'm a federal employee of 30 years. They are clueless and have probably never worked for the federal government or are just plain lying.
My aunt's a psych nurse civilian she works for the Navy they helped pay off her student loan.
Lol 0:27 public service not going to get laid off... LIE. Tell that to all the government employees in 2009 who were laid off. I have worked in public service for almost 20 years now, and when the economy has a downturn, they have no tax revenue, and layoffs occur.
But they’re being given preference now to be hired back. It’s not perfect
not federal, we always get paid for furloughs, they aren't laid off it is just the government didn't have a budget yet. tell that to all the people that lsot their jobs during Covid or whenever a private company isn't making enough money to make payroll
Proud of the younger generation. It's your government. Do your best and make us proud ❤️
Agreed. I work with some very good people. Shame that some politicians have demonized government workers when they are mostly trying to put food on the table and do their job like everyone else
Why woild i work for an entity that steals
Being labeled Russian over a computer only to watch the next generation step up and offer to serve our government. Priceless 😎 so worth it 🙌
Idk if I'd be ok with my employment status being determined on which president we have that term
I've worked for the the federal government for 30 years and the president has nothing to do with employment status
it's not easy to get a FED job, state is probably easier depending on location. FED jobs are very black and white, applicant is ranked based on education and experience and you actually are assigned a score in the application process and only the top scorers are selected for interviews. but yes FED and state gov jobs are nearly FOREVER jobs.
Yep! I work for the state and have not looked back. Pension, tuition assistance, and good medical benefits.
Teaching jobs are no longer secure. In AUHSD, 253 Math, Science, History, English, and PE teachers got layoff notices. Some of the teachers have been teaching in the district and over 20 years. There are no cuts to any other positions in the school district. No other departments had cuts either.
Not a good sign
Nope
And they keep voting blue. I’m a millennial on that boat
It’s only gonna get worse the younger the government gets
not a good sign that people want job security, health and dental benefits, life insurance, pensions, 401K matching, lots of paid time off and sick leave? What is not a good sign is that you don't see all those things as a good thing.
@@royharper2003
I’ll go slow since this is a month old
Government jobs are paid for by taxpayers. Last month we created 300k jobs and 71k were government jobs. Sooner or later you run out of taxpayers to pay for these jobs
It’s basic common sense logic
Yeah, I was that person once. That didn't work out so well for me when the municipalities budget was wrecked during the Global Financial Crash. It's a false sense of security.
I started at DOJ 25 years ago when I was 20, and it was financially the best decision I have made to date. The stability, salary, and benefits are unmatched. I can retire in 10 more years.
Back to what their parents did. Lol, these kids think they know everything.
No thanks. As a doctor, I don’t have to put up with the poor quality of other employees that they hire.
It's good job security....until the government inevitably shuts down
You get back pay
And that’s federal
@@sp6990 State shutdowns have happened as well
@@KatieAubrie depends where you are. Haven’t been in mine
I’m a teacher and while the pay is not the best. Literally because I know how to work a computer and the internet everyone thinks I’m a god and they give me massive overtime. Lol
A job is ever changing
They need to learn professionalism FIRST. PLEASE!!! Nothing worse than going to a Post Office, and the workers have a nasty attitude.
There will come many things governments do today that will be taken away from them. Government jobs will become risky for this reason.
Interesting story but seems a bit exaggerated. As someone that works a corporate private sector job I can certainly see the appeal of the job stability and strong benefits offered by government jobs.
In my industry there's so much focus on automation and outsourcing and AI will only make things worse. Sometimes it feels like a race to the bottom with companies constantly squeezing employees due to cut cutting
You may not get laid off at the federal level but the government is shutting down constantly and they require essential personnel to work without pay
So far the hours worked do get paid off. The threat comes if a certain small-state anti-government side gains more power and institutes more "business practices" (i.e. unpaid overtime, manager impunity, unrealistic metrics, etc) into the bureaucracy.
sounds like your brain is shutting down constantly.
Govt jobs are best to enjoy life till death with power, prestige,easy money, social respect and supremacy compared to private jobs .
Not to mention, all done with a true servants heart.
Good one 😂😂😂
A lot of that depends on which government jobs you are working
Join the guard
🎉I've been telling people this for years!!!!! I guess Boomers were right in this area
Oh GOD NO 😮
Does it bother anyone else that at 1:59 they say "less than 8% of federal workers are younger than 30" and then they proceed to show the GREATER THAN " > " symbol? #mathproblems
Me as DoS working saturdays and sundays wondering how I ended up in the career thats much more than 9 to 5. Benefits are solid though.
Most of those jobs are not permanent like the USPS hires only temp ppl and the permanent workers only retire when they die so that's the only way in ppl have been there for over 40yrs which is sad that you spent most of your life at work!
Hahahaha now they are working for " the man" . How mamy will last 6 months these Gens have a,questionable ability to even hold a job. They wont want the structure, discipline, the boss ....
That's private sector. Government supervisors actually follow regulations such as allowing workers to take their PTO and not hold it against them in evaluations.
I had a government job in 2023 and left for remote work and more pay. I’m ok w risking
Should’ve gotten a remote government job
I think it is a good idea to recruit far more young people into the federal government, but ONLY if they are genuinely interested in serving on behalf of American citizens. Essentially, when you work for the federal government, your real role, irrespective of your title, is "Public Servant." Always remember that you're in the business of public service, whether you work at the lowest or highest levels of the U.S. government.
TSA is hiring.
Way too late to the party. Very old news. Good luck
police or fire dept is the best way
Good for them. I am against large government, that money has to come from somewhere...guess who pays for them?
The printer
This is good at least they can't say us zoomers don't have any drive to work
Job security 😂 how naive.
How bias to persuade all of them are turning to government jobs.
This is literal government propaganda. Not even joking.
Corporate attitudes to its employees deteriorated the appeal of the "free market" narrative. Going further would only trend us towards the low-tax weak-state libertarian paradise of Subsaharan Africa.
sounds like your brain is a joke
As intended.
Don't go for SSA 😂
Its funny and its a coincidence i was just thinking of joining some sort of government job.
Yup. On that boat. Keep voting blue….
They better hope they the right color
😂
Once all the youngsters flood in pensions will go gonzo and lay offs will uptick. That stuffs for the boomers.
Can’t smoke weed 😢
Good. ❤ Drug addiction is not cute. EVEN IF the drug of choice is marijuana. People can't go one day without smoking a blunt!!
@@VaunXoxhow about 1 blunt a week after 40 hours of work.... no? But booze daily is okay??
Less likely to get laid off. No guarantee
but yte there's a gaurantee to not be laid off in the private sector?
Til the top shutdown every other year and you get furloughed
Which only proliferates voting against the right-wing idealists who keep shutting down operations.
we get paid for furloush and there hasn't been one in about 20 years
I work in GOVERNMENT Health and Human Services Stability and Security it takes 4-5 months to get hired it’s worth the wait in the meantime get a job while you wait that’s what I did good luck I am a Millennial the Benefits raises yearly of at least $1.00 plus performance every year and Anniversary sick aid time and FMLA And Vacation is priceless I’m 5 years in I’m not going anywhere I’m A Clerk IV step 14 pay $2040.00 Biweekly
Government job is parasite
OnlyFans' creator pages continue to Skyrocket because of this. 🤣
Working for that government pension
like that's a bad thing, not to mention all the other benefits
@@royharper2003 not a bad thing. In a way they are smart looking for some sort of retirement security
Proud of younger generations stepping up to the plate, those that have been in these jobs for 30+ years now, are retiring. These are more secure jobs and have better benefits, but, layoffs and suspensions happen more than people think, main reasons, job performance and conduct. These jobs do not come with the tenure now as they did in the past, there are more rules and regulations now. Also, your work record from past employment is taken into consideration. My parents both worked government jobs, SS and VA hospital. We had a solid mid to upper mid class income. My dad with VA 1959-1979, he retired at 20 years as he was a veteran of 2 wars. My mother with SS 1961-1993 left as a disability claims officer.
I thought Gen Z was all about flexibility in jobs and being able to jump from job to job and move from city to city now they want STABILITY?? What's next they will want to start owning homes?? They like renting and not having to be tied down to any location...seems like they are becoming their parents like the Progressive commercials lol!
Flexibility on the employee's terms. Not being forced back into the job market due to another round of stock-inflating corporate layoffs.
Mo Money for the unions 😂😂😂
Join the army
Shoot! I thought they were cuttin' 😂😅
There's a reason veterans look back nostalgically on their time in uniform from under the security blanket of their DD-214.
Infinite money if government keeps printing money until businesses die or is also controlled by government.
doesn't surprise me,this younger generation loves the govvt
The "free market" of now entrenched incumbents provided young Americans no substantial property or lifestyle for them to protect. The government is the only other option since the private sector clearly cannot self-regulate.
That's right, in the end, people can only depends to government
At least it's a government we can steer through votes and public debate. Unlike say a petro-kingdom where your birthright limits your potential, and you're shamming your way through your job once you hit that ceiling.
This is propaganda 😂
This is exactly what we should not be doing. It’s literally a drain on economic resources
Move to china
Once they not bringing enough tax rev. they'll be layoff there as well.
I would hope new migrants get the jobs before mels and gen z. Migrants before rich kids.
Join the military 😊❤
Nah that’s stupid
It’s a temporary fix. Make sure you’re positioned for the next job when the bottom drops out of the government job.
That doesn’t really happen
Federal government moochers
Don’t ever take out social security
Cut government jobs asap
sounds like someone cut the brainflow to your brain
WAIT. I’m currently a 23 year old college student and I had to open a SAM.gov account and register my LLC for government contracts (NOT government job). That’s how broke my family is right now and my family’s benefits are getting cut-which they really can’t afford since all three of them are disabled. I really have no choice but to try to get government contracts as I can’t take on a full time job as a student; I actually am also a loan signing agent but interest rates are too high for people to refinance.
lol..And...only those that are willing to relinquish Rights will be accepted.