Millions of men in their prime working age are leaving the labor force, creating a hole in the ma…
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2023
- Around seven million men in their prime working age neither have jobs nor are looking for one, creating a huge hole in the labor market and costing businesses in male-dominated fields like manufacturing millions of dollars. Tony Dokoupil talks to "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe and the CEO of a manufacturing company about the reasons behind this phenomenon.
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Gotta love how they interview everyone for this piece except men between 25 and 54 who are not working. 😂
They'd have to find a Mother's basement. Men need to go to work!
Funny cause all of the men in this demographic I know actually are working. These employers are asking men to work 10hr days 6 days a week for b.s pay , reduce PTO to the absolute minimum if any and work under sub par work conditions. All to help the company grow their bottom line another 2% every year and if done successfully the hard working employee is rewarded a 50cent raise and a pizza party......this is the real reason make no mistake.
@@edgarcastro4421 That's why people need to always be on the look out for better opportunities. As they say "stagnant wages are for stagnant people".
@@Andrew-3445 yes, then they would find the truth that they wouldn't want to air. those idols of yours still kneeling for the flag?
@@ns7353 My idols are people who work and create. Way too many comments on these videos are anti work. Those people will never have anything though. They will be penniless until they take responsibility. I have no sympathy for them. Dave Ramsey called them "a bunch of wussies".
They made a whole segment about the wave of men leaving the workforce and they couldn't even find a single one to interview. Top notch reporting right there.
They're paid to suppress the truth of the situation. Shills for the status quo and the establishment so as to not jeopardize their precious station in life. That's why the owner class never sides with the workers.
I've seen so many of these types of segments and NOT ONE has taken the time to listen to those they so blindly stereotype and dehumanize.
Exactly
They've afraid to actually talk to anyone with a different perspective.
@@trapaneezus It would shatter their fragile sensibilities if they have to come to terms with the fact that the fault doesn't lie within the individual, but the system at large.
The reason why they can't find a single one to interview is because they are all dead or disabled due to something forced upon them in 2020 to 2022. Compare excess deaths and disabilities to the numbers missing from the job market. You then have the answer.
Men who worked hard used to be rewarded with a home, wife and a family. Now we get none of those things. Why would I work for a society who’s robbed me of the American dream.
Exactly correct.
Rewarded by who?
@@OO9O9 by the society they built and maintained
@@enceladus2263 did know soctiety reward these things? Where can I apply?
This nation wouldn’t been built by law abiding citizens who are mostly middle class. Now that the middle class is dead, this nation is starting to decline.
Men are checking out of work, relationships, and society in general.... is it really that surprising that when you degrade someone long enough, they finally check out
You wise up.
Incel
It's not degrading of them. It's the lack of reward. Pay hasn't raised for single men since 1970's. You can't raise a family on $30/hour, much less buy a house/car, etc.
@@klaumbazswampdorf1764The male bashing on the media nowadays is so appalling.
@@vervetech9395Male bashing? There’s FAR more women bashing from incels online today. Every relationship coach, podcast bro, culture/gaming channel seems to bash women non stop and blame us for everything.
This is MISINFORMATION. They didn't ask: "What is your hourly pay rate? Do you offer Health Insurance? What are the RENTS in the area? What's the CRIME rate in this area?" I lived in the Philly area for 30 years. The wages are TERRIBLE...and the rents are HIGH. Many are struggling to survive on $15 per hour - or LESS.
But the CBS journalist, who makes a GREAT salary, somehow neglected to ask the MAIN questions! We're being abused, economically, then LIED TO by the Media - then told that men are LAZY! Unbelievable! Additionally, older people, who apply for work, are discriminated against. Why? Their HEALTH CARE costs more. So employers higher YOUNGER people - even if they are less qualified. NO ONE EVER addresses that...but it's true.
Absolutely
This is all planned by the Democrats as to get the illegals in these jobs
And they love to throughout "on average $30/Hr" as if that means anything if you are not comparing the rate to the cost of living. I do not know how some are making ends meet. You cannot raise a family on 30/HR in big cities. I honestly believe 30/HR is the bare minimum you need as a single person if you want to get ahead.
@@rosebud0391 I guess so... But to someone like me making $70 a day, $30 an hour seems Jaw dropping. Before my current job, I was making $8 an hour. I know it depends on where you live, but even getting benefits right now sounds nice.
So true! They didn’t even interview these supposed lazy people. This is low quality journalism.
My husband is in his prime working years and has applied to hundreds of jobs without any offers. He's qualified, he's skilled, he has experience but at 50+ he seems to be ignored. It's infuriating and quite frankly depressing. Most of the corporations are lying. They don't really want to hire. They make it look like they want to hire but prefer to make one employee do the work of three for the pay of one.
Age discrimination is real.
50+is not a prime working age
The ones pushing older people to retire at 70, are the same ones who won't hire workers who are 50 years or older
Happening to a lot of men there is a study saying a lot of middle aged men have dropped out of the work force but it's not that it because there not getting called back for jobs the computer algorithms are picking the people they think are best but who are those people because there not middle aged men
Yes Mamm
This makes me so sick. It's like they're blaming people for not wanting to work for slavery wages
Read my coment to enceladus2263,it's simple.
I can tell you as a college graduate in "Prime working age" corporations aren't hiring like they say they are.
exactly.
Yea, took my parents a while to finally understand once they monitored my applications and resume (after having doubt). But 5 months later I still can't get a job. Sure would like to know where this shortage is
This is such bull, I spent my entire 20s trying to get an apprenticeship in the labor industry, hundreds of applications and never even got call backs, when I finally got into a contracting job(which was the only thing I could get into) they lowballed us and paid us basically minimum wage until the company went under, after that I got a job working from home that paid more than double what I was making as a contractor. These companies abused their workers and underpaid them for decades and now they're all in shock that no one wants to work for them, hah
I know what your saying. Here in my area these types of jobs seem to be very competitive and no one has been willing to hire me. Back around 2007 - 2009 when I was looking for a job it was the same thing. I'm now 37 with 15 years in the logging industry, both running equipment and plenty of labor experience in the woods, but no real experience to speak of outside the logging industry. I don't know if they think I'm too old or I don't have enough experience, but these types of employers shown in this video pass me up time after time.
I'm desperately trying to find something close to home because logging involves long commutes, and after years of that I can barely deal with it anymore, I have no time to do anything except work, commute and go to bed. My personal situation is complicated and makes my commutes even longer than normal.
They still want skilled labor for minimum wage. Let's HV a national labor strike
@@darrellrichards2265 Yeah I think the people everywhere ought to get together and support something like that for sure! I couldn't believe the 2020 protests, I was thinking if all these people wanna protest about something, why not protest about something more important? And like REALLY press the issue? The rioting and looting was completely unacceptable.
Exactly. I would say that a change in location may be a better option that's what I found.
True I work for a trucking company started the driver off making 23% of gross, no rise in percentage just want you to run harder to make more money ..work force ran by some greedy people
Gotta love people working in television and management explaining why people don’t want to work harder in harder less glamorous jobs than they do.
Exactly.
U cooking bro
I like the way he gave all those things the right would say but only one thing the left would say about why men aren't working. 😏
The bias is real...
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They want you to work to hard. Then go home and collapse rest. Spend too much because you have no time, fast food and convenience. The money you make is wasted even if it is good money. I would rather live by the river drinking a beer in a tent. Or a shelter. Never can buy a home. Cars now cost too much. Why try?
People are finally starting to catch on to the fact that this whole "labor shortage" is manufactured. I've applied to tons of jobs after moving recently, and getting a response is one in twenty, it feels like, let alone an actual interview. These companies have realized that they can still operate under staffed and pay one person to do the jobs of 2 or 3.
I do not believe that America has a labor shortage. I believe that America is facing a much greater crisis. about 4 to 5 months ago I was medically discharged from the army I was in for just under 6 months and within that period of time the job market has taken an absolute nosedive. before I joined it was easy to get a job were they high paying no but work was work and fake listings were far and in between but now that I'm out I cant find work not even part time in fast food. Also, after just 6 months the job market has been filled to the brim with fake jobs from places that are not actually hiring making it extremely difficult to find places that are. Here is an example yesterday I walked into a taco bell to check up on my application. i had checked in on this same location on 2 different occasions prior to this one. i asked for the hiring manager she came to me and asked what I wanted. I asked if my application had been reviewed yet and she looked me in the eye and said she wasn't hiring. thing is tho directly outside this taco bell was 5 to 6 big signs with the words NOW HIRING on them. then to top it all off they are only one of the many other companies doing the exact same thing!
So is America going thru a labor shortage? Short answer no. What is happening in America is much more sinister and way scarier then a few people getting fed with their jobs. The truth is America is being manipulated by those in power.
exactly. There is a whole industry based around fake job leads and listings as well. I believe most jobs go overseas or to immigrants they can treat as slaves.
A lot of job postings are fake.. they use them to gather data on the job market, research purposes, keep a list of people IF a job opens... it's deceitful and wastes a lot of people's time but apparently legal to falsely advertise a job opening.
The "skeleton crew" phenomenon is definitely happening, it's widespread, and it's fueled by nothing but **greed**.
Yep this is all manufactured by the powers at be for nefarious purpose.
Working hard used to mean getting ahead. We also worked hard for the good women in our lives. Both are gone now so why work yourself to death if it's for nothing 🤷
Facts
I don’t understand how this is related to women. You should work first for survival then independence then to have a comfortable life. Where are women in the equations?
More men are in some kind of financial debt more than ever before. Can't even get a job that pays off the debt. LOL
Since you asked, I'll give an opinion. Most women are only interested in their financial equivalent or higher, not the guy with the hammer and shovel, working outdoors or in a machine. Since more and more women have reached white collar financial success, that leaves more and more "regular Joe" males unable to compete with the doctors, lawyers, brokers, and accountants for attractive females. @@aminandiaye8959
@diaye8959 Women are the main driving factor for men to get ahead in life. Especially when these men are in their prime years. Why do you think young guys want a car when the are old enough to drive ? It's to improve their chances of picking up girls.
Women nowadays all want guys that can afford a house and provide a luxury lifestyle for them which is something that's not possible with your average factory job. Chances are that the female boss in this video would never date a guy that makes equal money to the people that work beneath her.
Talk to the workers, not the employers. They will tell you the truth. Just make sure you blur their face
Hello ❤
Agree. Real investigative reporters would have talked to line workers anonymously. Not just a fluff piece with suppositions.
It’s a propaganda piece for capitalist. Who own the media.
They won't talk to the workers because this is actually a propaganda piece to get people okay with the illegal immigration invasion
For real. This video looks like a propaganda piece paid for by CEOs.
Guess what CEOs, the laws of supply and demand apply to labor too, no matter how much you don't want them too. Have empty positions? Offer more money and they problem will go away. People don't have the *exact* skill set you were looking for? Train them. There was a position for a welder open and one of the comments under it was "I made that much 25 years ago with 5 years LESS experience than the posting wants. No wonder it's an open job."
Most people are sick of killing themselves for scraps while companies make millions in profits
EXACTLY. Why be slaves making money to line the CEO's pocket! The CEO is the single biggest dead weight, seriously!
jed is getting a write-up for insubordination
So instead of killing themselves for scraps, they quit and make....zero scraps? I'm not following. Where's the money coming from to pay all of their bills if they're not working for these alleged "scraps" anymore? Something is off.
@@mlh5434 downsizing life, getting a housing voucher, food stamps, relying on the government, using the internet to make money instead.
@@SozINh I agree that that's it. I was being a little sarcastic. But what we need to hear more from politicians is what are they going to start doing to cut these benefits? One can listen to Biden's entire state of the union address this past week and there's zero mention of the drastic cuts we ought to make to welfare so that the incentive to work is restored.
As a former laborer of many industries from welding and mechanics to hvac, to construction and even tree trimming from power lines, I realized that one employer was charging other corporations $200 per hour for my labor and skill while I was barely making a living wage. Over the years I paid the ultimate price as now I have physical and health issues from asthma to chronic arthritis in my back with zero cartilage remaining between my vertebrae. I live with constant daily pain that requires a daily steroid just to minimize inflammation. I can no longer keep up with my children or live a fulfilling life and I am only in my early 40's....all to make someone else more rich while we are taken advantage of and left struggling to provide generational wealth for our families. I feel many men are realizing this and are fed up. Don't get it wrong though....... I am not sitting around watching tv or playing games living off of the system......in 2021, I enrolled myself back into college to get retrained for a more suitable skill for my physical issues and I am looking forward to getting back to work again, but I am done with making less than desirable wages or wages that just meet the cost of living requirements that keep me trapped in the revolving door of the middle class. In the field of Cybersecurity, I pray that I will not have that issue for a long time.
Same story except I am 35 and went back to school for software engineering. Graduated top of my class this week. Was a heavy equipment mechanic for over a decade.
Damn man..... thanks for sharing, that was really a good read and uplifting. I had a construction job work me until I started developing an alignment in my hands, then fired me after I refused to keep doing that particular work that was negatively impacting my health. That was many years ago and now I've been in IT for some time. Definitely a better choice and easier physically, I wish you the best of luck on your journey friend
Lol as a woman, I sympathize with you. My man want me to stay at home but we legit cannot afford it. I worked at the post office for 5 years because it was good money but man the stress it puts on my body. I’m currently enrolled in my masters do engineering! I don’t see how man can work hard labor jobs for decades (Ik you all are built differently) but still
Marijuana work better than steroids, fasting, yoga, and meditation, really works, brings you peace, and more.
Time to change paradigms.
Working at a computer is tougher on the back than people think. Mostly because being sedentary exacerbates health problems through loss of fitness. The body is designed to move a lot and most jobs people spend all day at requires people to not move much. And when our body stops moving it starts developing diseases and dying. The jobs that require movement often require it in way of unnatural repetitive movements such as constantly bending over which leads imbalances. The reality is civilized society is bad for the human body and its questionable whether its even good for our minds. Humans are supposed to running around chasing animals, fighting, struggling to survive just like every other animal. By becoming advanced with our brain capabilities all we have really done is make things more and more foreign to our nature.
its a mystery why men in their prime dont want to work??? how about the fact that it costs so much more to have a family yet the jobs pay you so little. You have to put in 90 hours a week just to get by and then have to beg for a raise. We are sick of it. You dont want to pay us? Fine. Do the job yourself.
Been a contractor for thirty years, manual labor, own my business, never had employees, it's very hard work. I regret giving up some of my prime years just to participate in this economic structure. Men are getting tired of all work and no play, I know I am.
well said
I retired at 62 after spending the majority of my working life working manually outside in all weather conditions. I'm not sure if young people want to work hard in harsh conditions (hot and humid, cold and icy or rain). There are very few days in a year that are perfect.
I empathize.
You're tired of being exploited, and that is perfectly understandable.
Exactly
I don't blame people for sitting out. I have 2 college degrees, work +40hrs a week and can't afford to move out my parents house. Lord knows my employer gets more out of me than I do out of them. So sick of these rich media figures blaming people for not working terrible jobs that would only let you live paycheck to paycheck with roommates.
Yes!
I don’t have a college degree, but have a good paying job. My wife complains that I earn too much money given my education level, while she earns less with an expensive college degree. I tell her that intelligence cannot be guaranteed by a damn piece of paper.
But what's the alternative? Not having any income at all? I mean, it's obvious that people are opting for more leisure time -- this is a natural effect of economic growth -- but how else are they surviving? Is it government handouts? Independent ventures?
@@starventure You think a person's salary denotes their intelligence? Just trying to find where intelligence comes into play here.
@@starventure tell her, that if she earned more, she'd not even look in your way
How dare they say that men in their prime are choosing not to work. It is the employers who pay low wages, have you work more than one position, cut corners in trainings and safety measures and don't provide quality benefits. Treatment is poor and morale is low.
Yea, my brother and father work for a small business that my uncle runs, and the morale even in a family setting (which was fine for 15~ years) has hit such a low that things are starting to fall apart. Even small business managers and financial managers are acting as if they are in a corporate setting, because all trainings available now teach you the corporate style; that along side the growing financial concerns of the modern era compound to destroying employee morale.
It's not a man problem.
It's a corporate greed problem
Bingo
The employers created this problem, the workers didn’t. No one’s buying it.
From age 16-21, I struggled to find employment, and so did my peers. That was a major factor in my decision to join the military. Years later, honorable discharge in hand along with certifications… I dealt with worse employment opportunities than I did before I left!! It was infuriating and confusing.
You want workers? Train them.
You want to keep workers? Give them benefits and treat them right. But step one is opening the door
Have these corporations tried offering to pay $100K salary with benefits?
Bet they'd fill the job instantly.
Cheap corporations that layoff employees for a profit and no pensions. No reason to work .
Bro these companies are lying through their teeth. Pay me $35 dollars and I'll work wtf? I never even get responses back
@M L thank you, I have fought through the struggle and am now succeeding as a city firefighter. As I look back, I regret not applying for a nearby Burger King before they shut down. Underemployment is better than absolutely nothing, and pride can interfere with that understanding
Exactly!
At 40 with a degree in chemistry and physics I couldn’t even get an interview with hundreds of resumes sent out so I eventually had to become self-employed until I retired so much for the labor shortage
What do you do for a living?
The labor shortage is a lie.
@@richardwildlife88-wj6klLabour shortage only for minimum wage work
This is the equalivanet of saying "millions of cows are leaving the plantation". We really are livestock to rich people. No wonder why they make it illegal to sleep in your car
Bingo. Rich people always trying to make it harder for the working class. If they actually had laws that made sense, we might actually thrive, and they can't have thriving workers. Only workers who stick to company policy. With modern car alarms, a person should be able to have more fair warning for someone intruding on their sleep, than most homes.
Like what if you could actually make your car livable for those who don't have a lot of money. Like have a smoke detector, CO2 detector, and any other small cost things to make a car a healthy sleeping arrangement. The rich would flip if we allowed something like that.
The rich would love it, less competition buying up houses
I'm in this demographic and I'm calling BS on this "nobody wants to work" crap. It should be noted that these are mostly manufacturing and skilled labor jobs - exactly the kinds of jobs they steered us away from since the 60s in an effort to force us to transition to the college educated, digital future. Men in labor jobs were constantly being told these kinds of jobs would be obsolete because they would soon be replaced by computers or robots. "Better to have a solid college degree and move to "safe" corporate America" they said. They closed down most of all the trade schools and offered few options except corporate related , higher education options. You couldn't get a good job or a promotion without a college education. Consequently, generations of men, especially younger men, have moved on from labor related, manufacturing and trade fields. How many plumbers, electricians or brick layers or factory men have you met lately that are working in those "dirty jobs"?
These companies are busy complaining when they should be advertising and offering training. What kind of investments have they made in making sure they even attract employees? Do they offer any incentives to grow and build with the company? They want to capture all the worker bees and then want to claim all the honey for themselves.
To postulate that 7 million men are lazy and sitting on their butts is utter bulls--- and wholly misinformed. (There ain't that much welfare or "rich uncles" available to support such a situation.) Young men used to be forced to take labor jobs because that's what was mostly available. There are so many more off-the-radar and non-traditional opportunities available now, especially online (which is how I work, in my own business), so now there is heavy competition for workers. Younger people are creating their own new jobs and job categories and are not chasing money and lifestyle as a sign of success or the traditional "American Dream". Companies like these are so used to "fishing in a barrel' for workers and now that the barrel is dried up, they are complaining. In reality, they are reaping what they sowed: nothing. It's like my Grandpa used to say, "They should get off their butts and get out there and hustle for a change!"
Its so obvious when he says @ 0:14 that unemployment is at a 3% near record low, but then goes into how men in their prime are not working and being lazy ......WHAT?!! if that was the case wouldnt the unemployment rate be so much higher?
@@yvettemontalvo7991 Exactly! And not one "journalist" to bring that up!
The unemployment number is people who are looking for work (not retired, students etc. for example).
BINGO! I fell for this kind of scam..Today, BLS has the occupation I was interested in at a -5 % growth.
@@soniaalvarado5372 I’d like to add disabled. Physical jobs can take quite a toll on the human body. I’m in my mid-40s and already have chronic (sometimes excruciating) back pain from several jobs that involved lifting and moving heavy objects.
I can attest that too many companies skirt OSHA (and state work safety agency) guidelines/standards/regulations. In orientation they pay lip service to workplace safety but in practice it’s about pushing productivity past healthy limits so that supervisors/managers can make bonuses while workers routinely get injured on the job. Witnessed this and experienced it firsthand.
Sucks to work 60hrs a week and still have to stress about bills
Then having your wife all of a sudden wants a divorce ( courts take all you have) and tosses you like a piece of trash to die in the gutter.
For real the people living full time on welfare be doing better than some of us working full time.
You have to apply yourself.
"You equip yourself with the set of skills that people are willing to pay for." - Thomas Sowell
@@mb32174 We are living through the end of that reality. You have a skill? So does some mexican who will accept $11/hr. You want a living wage? Well a living wage in india is about 1/5 the cost of a living wage in America, so companies just start hiring over their instead. Wake up
@@mb32174 Working 60 hrs a week isn't applying yourself? I love it when well-to-do people make empty blanket statements like this to crap on the blue collar working class.
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The market is volatile at this time, hence i will suggest you get yourself a financial-advisor that can provide you with entry and exit points on the shares/ETF you focus on.
I agree, before the pandemic got real serious, I used to handle all my investment and I was pretty good at it, fast forward to post-pandemic and my-portfolio is steady in the red with profit rate down to the lowest, that's when I touched-base with a coach I saw featured on business week, who restructured my portfolio and over the last couple years, I've made over $850k from initially $210K
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I know a local company that placed a worker over 60 in a job that would be difficult for a 25 year old. The supervisor said, "You're mine now." They clearly wanted to push him out bc of his age. And they did. The company displayed a callous attitude toward his experience, good work ethic, and honest questions about this unwanted placement. I hope such age-ism goes publicly and privately punished. Corporations do not deserve the same rights as living, breathing people, since they never will need to suffer the human condition. "Just go get another job," is a response that is ignorant, willfully blind, callous, cruel, and inhumane, just like the arrogance of the board of directors.
Good comment.
I have four college degrees, I am employed, barely making endsmeat. Some free advice for you companies, if you want the work force, pay them. If you can't find them, train them. If you want better people, promote them. It's not the work force it's you.
This is where the illegals come in at
Facts and the only prize for working hard and being devoted is to be cut first when jobs go or more work and same pay
wow four? i stopped halfway while getting my masters and switch to the tech industry. no point in paying thousands of dollars for a piece of paper. nothing you cant learn on your own unless you're in a specialized field.
What degrees do u have that still have u at such a disadvantage? If you don't mind me asking
4 degrees? Are any of them in a skilled domain? You could actually set up your own independent firm and be an employer of labour rather than an employee.
People aren’t lazy, but they definitely aren’t dumb.
Who wants to over work themselves for low pay. If these jobs were so great the would provide enough pay for a family of 4 to live comfortably off of one income. If more companies started investing in their employees and paying them well, had good benefits they would have people fighting to work there.
The problem is not lazy men. It’s companies not appreciating good workers and creating a strong workforce.
The problem is GREED 👏
Corporate companies treat employees like trash , not reliable for work and cut jobs for a profit. No pensions either. Better off working for the state . Corrections sits around watching old prisoners for 20 years then retires at 50 with great pension and heath care all supported by the tax payers.
Yes greed and getting worse every year.
Agreed.
We aint lazy, but definitely aint dumb either!
True
Let me Add something here, the reason there is such huge unemployment rate among men is because… trying to Qualify, Interviewed, Selected and Getting hired into a job is a Long process in US. Also if one looks at growing economies like China or Dubai… you would find out that getting trained, selected and hired takes the shortest amount of time. In other words, getting hired, on the job training and get going is the shortest and easiest path men on those economies takes… so very low down time, low stress, less stringent laws and requirements. Good work ethic and less politics in workplace where boss doesn’t haunt you everyday.
Pay $70,000 a year and watch them go back to work. It’s not worth going to work for $23 an hour …
This is hard to believe. I’ve applied to over 125 jobs since January. I have a BA and am halfway through an MS in tech. No criminal record, decent work history, and despite fielding over a dozen interviews I haven’t received a single offer. Every job I apply to already has dozens if not hundreds of applicants.
Yup. I apply for jobs all the time. It seems like you need a referral or to know someone personally to at least get an interview
@@RonCecchetti Yea, been looking for work since July, and still unemployed. About ready to blow my brains out at this point. Savings gone and state benefits ending... I don't get how things can keep going like this for long
I retired early because I was being paid for one job, but doing two other jobs that were higher paid positions. They use you and then spit you out. Stand your ground workers!
Did you invest well? I've never had any government benefits other than free secondary education. I have no idea how people survive.
Hello
Yep. Some people are just getting tired of being overly utilized. The most work falls in the hands of the hardest working people. That wouldn’t be a big problem if the hardest workers were paid as such.
@@JulianKazmier-vo3fn I'm not sure what you are implying..... Secondary education ends at 18 in USA. If you want free or very inexpensive college, there are options you should seek them out.
Wages are the issue. People aren't lazy, theyd just rather go broke not working than go broke working 40 hours a week and STILL not cover basic needs
Broke doing stuff you enjoy is infinitely better than broke doing something you hate.
Sometimes also they pay a lot but they work you like a dog so nobody wants it
At university I had a class in Industrial Psychology, one of the principles of industrial psychology is that incentives are very important for production, the clearer and more direct the relationship between work and reward, the greater the productivity, the problem of many jobs is that there is no relationship between work and reward.
On one occasion they did an experiment, a group of port dockers were hired to transport sacks from one warehouse to another, they had to carry the sacks and walk almost a mile to get to the other warehouse, they were paid by the hour, days later The experience was repeated, but this time they were told that they would be paid per bag transported, as if by magic the estivators got wheelbarrows or carts to transport several bags at the same time, they had not done it the first time because if they had done it they would have finished in less time, which meant less money.
@Tracchofyre This system has been used in many companies throughout history, for example, the premiums paid to coal miners according to the amount of coal they extract, was widely used during World War II in the United States, most of it of the military material contractors established profit sharing systems to increase productivity and it worked amazingly, it was abandoned after the end of the war because then the economic situation changed, the government no longer demanded a rapid production of war material and contractors began to compete with each other to produce goods for civil society.
I quit my job as a IT due to stress. I moved to St Maarten as a bartender and loved it. I was free and happy. 2 years later, companies are calling me back to work due to high labor shortage. I guess I'm not the only guy quitting the 9 to 5.
The woman says the guys not working is “unattractive.” She seemed to miss the part about women not even considering to swipe right on guys with certain jobs. Plenty of guys aren’t going to get even first dates if they had those jobs, or better jobs. There are plenty of segments and research of men not dating either because it’s too much hassle and women flock to very few men, including married ones. Guys would rather just not date and not put up with all the bs. If a guy works and isn’t 6’2, many women would ignore him, among other superficial criteria. Seems better to stay at home. Besides, you can’t meet women at work and if you do, it’s sexual harassment. And the grand prize of meeting the love of your life is divorce in a few years and she gets half your stuff, or more. No thanks.
There is no point in working hard for a family when we can't start one ourselves. Better to work and earn what you need
If you cheat or abuse her- then yeah.
I noticed that the female employer in this story said that her lack of 15 employees was costing her company an additional $5 million in lost revenue. That comes out to $333,333 per employee. What proportion of that third of a million per employee is the company paying to the workers? The crickets are deafening.
Duuuuuuuuddee omg youre so right!!!! Lol This proves that companies can pay a living competitive wage but they don't fckn do it!!!!!!!
@@sid2131 Right. They are willing to lose an additional third of a million dollars a year per employee simply because they refuse to pay their workers a living wage. Screwing employees is like a religion in America. I know a guy who owned a profitable machine shop that had more business than he could handle and he went out of business because he said: "I'll be damned if I was going to pay them the kind of wages they wanted." How crazy is that?
A true journalist would've asked that question.
Yes, if you run the numbers she could increase the pay of the existing 30 employees, increase the offer to new employees, and still make a large profit. IF there really is $5 million being left on the table. She sounds like a terrible businesswomen.
Bu don't forget, it costs FAR more to employ a person than their wage.
@@borisjankovici662 That's true. Even if you double the wage costs to account for all benefits and extra expenses that $333,333 of extra income covers a LOT of wages and benefits with HUGE profits left over. Many U.S. employers are addicted to paying low wages and refuse to change.
There is no labor shortage, only a pay shortage. I am retired marine engineer (means I can fix anything), I have an undergraduate degree in math, and two masters in science. Employers should be knocking down my door, they are not.
most employers dont care if ur a veteran. some thinks its worse cause they gotta deal with our ptsd and medical appointments. the concept that veterans will get treated better in work force is delusional
You can fix anything? Thats so cool man :) :)
@@wakeyourazzup He said marine, not “the Marines”.
@@wakeyourazzup single mothers get that and more my friend i am just one man that believes in God and Jesus i will never forget you even though i dont know you i speak each week each year all the time to myself i shout often out loud angry that our veterans are being done this way i know people find me crazy but God does not
Yep, they won’t tell you the 200 applications they ignored because the person was either too young or too old, too inexperienced or had too much experience. You can’t be inexperienced but you also can’t be too experienced. They want a 30 year old man with 20 years of experience that has started 5 businesses. It’s insane.
They never talk about the real problem. People are tired of working for narcissists and working for other people's products for less. Unless we start creating equal incentive and accountability at work, then this WILL NOT GET BETTER. There are a few corporations controlling everything and none of us want to live in that economy
If your employees aren't showing up, then you're not paying a marketable wage, lady. Geeze. What a clever twist this is. Blame the worker? No. Blame the Pilfering owner class.
Working what they call it a "normal" job here on Florida pays $15/$16/h. Rent for a one bedroom apartment is close to $2000 a month. The numbers just don't add up, and that's probably the reason many people gave up on the idea of working and building something. It's just impossible nowadays.
It's better to rent rooms much cheaper
@Dina Tv yes, but people don't want to be sharing space. The minimum someone who's working full-time deserves is a roof of their head.
Exactly. I literally lose money when I work. 😂
I’ll just stay with mom forever I guess. Gotta love late stage capitalism.
@@angelgjr1999 Wow, you all haven't read much history have you? A lot of whining going on.
@@jfrankerickson8993 You believe the lies those books tell you.
Another thing to consider is the damage that these jobs do to your body. You're giving up much more than 40 hours a week. You may start as an able-bodied man, but you rarely end up that way. You can be let go at any point for any reason and then be forced to limp into job interviews at 40 or 50 while competing with 20 year olds.
Yes! And these jobs rarely pay good benefits. They don't set you up for retirement, either. So when your body is broken, you'll be living in a ditch somewhere.
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lol , I feel like I am at the Fertilizer Plant Stage of life , in Uptin Sinclairs "The Jungle"
Ain't that the truth.
@@TimErwin yup they got rid of pensions for the ponzi scheme that is 401ks and if they even offer decent Healthcare it takes half your pay and they hardly cover anything and fight everything.
This is what happens when you are not allowed to progress. This is what happens when you are treated like replaceable commodities.
As soon as factory wages hit $30/hr the factory moves.
Maybe these corporations should start paying these workers a wage commensurate with the revenue they generate, rather than exploiting the essential workers so that the upper management and shareholders can live like gods. The biggest difference between America now and America when it was "great" is the level of income inequality.
When i worked in retail as a supervisor i got paid the exact same(and sometimes less) than the people i supervised. I also had to sometimes do the stockers job, do customer service desk when they went for breaks, manage a safe and get cashiers money for drops, scan out defective goods which was the managers job. When i asked for a 3% raise, which was only 25 cents and owed to me, they just laughed in my face. Glad I learned early that there is no point working hard if you dont have connections to leverage.
Go find another fing job!
Tbh, many manufacturing & skilled trades jobs are union-represented, at least if you're in a union-friendly State. Certainly at a higher rate than in tech or admin jobs. They also offer paid apprenticeships, and/or on-the-job training, again in contrast to tech, where you have to pay for school or self-training (or bootcamps, most of which are scams).
Amen
100% Spot On.
A lot of employees will post ghost positions just to see what the labor pool looks like incase they need to hire someone quickly or to determine what they want to pay.
Mhm. Bingo !
I was very offended by all this. This is exactly how the rich and growing up privileged look at the poor and not privileged.
Yeah ending the whole segment with "if you don't have a job you won't be having sex"
@@Sannspoof guys in your generation aren’t having any sex anyway.. you’re either living in your parent’s basement afraid of an actual commitment and sexual relationship or your trans.
100% Agree!!!!
This is not news! This is corporate propaganda. Wake up everyone! I'd say more, but UA-cam might not allow it. Turn off this shill.
@@Cwgrlup men aren’t afraid you dipsh!t we just aren’t dealing with womens bullsh!t anymore. Or the fact that they all think they deserve a 6’4 millionaire that saves orphans on the weekends and rubs her feet every night while she doesn’t nothing. Gtfoh
Could have fooled me. I've applied for hundreds of jobs since earning my MBA and never heard back.
I hear you. My girlfriend and sister get half a dozen of call backs every day. I’m well educated and been at the same job 15 years… haven’t received a meaningful raise or promotion in that time so I’ve been searching. I’ve only received one call back for hundreds of jobs applied too.
@@user-qx2ec7oe9p yep, I know many others like us too. I'm not buying this labor shortage business.
I am a 47 year old lifelong aluminum factory laborer and am tired of Mike Rowe and his babble. An older gentleman on a youtube comment summed it up best. He said: " Back in 1979 I had a buddy who laid track for Union Pacific and he made 12 Dollars an hour! You could buy a new car back then for 3 thousand. Fast forward 43 years later , that job pays 18 or 19 an hour while a new car is around 30 thousand. Figure it out." Nail on the head!
Exactly. $3,000 in 1979 is about $13k today. The prices went through the roof and wage inflation hasn't kept up at all. Not even close.
@@roccoz2231 100 % on the money.
Yup!!! Nicely put!!!
They wanted to pay less, cut vacation and sick leave, demand more productivity for the same wage "to be competitive". I worked as a Union teacher, our fine contract stipulated that we must have a desk and a chair! Mine was 60 years old I had to repair it myself. My sister saw my wobbly old desk chair and bought me a real office chair. Be careful what you wish for you just might get it.
Now society tells men there losers for working labor jobs make it make sense..women will literally not even look your way or give you a chance and shame you
I worked in a plastics factory in South Carolina.They were fast pace, high stress jobs .We were often forced to work 12 hours a day and 7 days a week or get fired.Also, people got fired for the slightest reason, such as being late or out sick too much or dozens of other minor infractions.The stress drove many to quit.The reporters sitting in their comfy chairs and pretty clothes missed this side of the story. Also ,the pay was good but benefits such as health care ,etc. were constantly being cut. The company owned you.
What is weird to me is how Mike Rowe stumbles around this and doesn't present these issues after being in the middle of it. Not that he would ever work the conditions you described, but it's like he thinks 40k to 70k is a good paying job. I'm mean, it's not bad, but people want to aim for at least 80k I think.
@@FluxNomad678 Mike won’t take about labor rights issues or unions.
@@FluxNomad678 Mike is a hardcore grifter.
Forced to work 12 hours a day / 7 days a week is utterly illegal. And no one took this to State or Federal labor regulators? I call BS.
and after 20 years the plastic gives you cancer
Why should you work when the pay is so low you can't afford a house and the bank is charging more for people who are poor simply because their jobs have been pulled overseas
Even outside the US, in countries where they moved those jobs, things aren't any better. Pay is still very low, with high quotas and terrible working conditions.
Most of us CANT FUCKINGFIND ANY JOBS.
not an employee shortage... a shortage of well-paying and GOOD jobs
Yes. A shortage of good employers!
@@jopainting1668 employers want male wage slaves. That's it.
No, it's a surplus of people in other countries happy to work for less (plus illegals here working for less, which drives down wages too.)
What they won’t tell you is that they only want “prime age” working men with 5+ years of experience. I can guarantee you there’s probably dozens of applications from young men looking to enter the workforce or those who want to begin a new field that completely got glossed over. I can’t blame these men, after hundreds and hundreds of rejections it takes a hit at your confidence and begins to feel pointless.
I do not believe that America has a labor shortage. I believe that America is facing a much greater crisis. about 4 to 5 months ago I was medically discharged from the army I was in for just under 6 months and within that period of time the job market has taken an absolute nosedive. before I joined it was easy to get a job were they high paying no but work was work and fake listings were far and in between but now that I'm out I cant find work not even part time in fast food. Also, after just 6 months the job market has been filled to the brim with fake jobs from places that are not actually hiring making it extremely difficult to find places that are. Here is an example yesterday I walked into a taco bell to check up on my application. i had checked in on this same location on 2 different occasions prior to this one. i asked for the hiring manager she came to me and asked what I wanted. I asked if my application had been reviewed yet and she looked me in the eye and said she wasn't hiring. thing is tho directly outside this taco bell was 5 to 6 big signs with the words NOW HIRING on them. then to top it all off they are only one of the many other companies doing the exact same thing!
So is America going thru a labor shortage? Short answer no. What is happening in America is much more sinister and way scarier then a few people getting fed with their jobs. The truth is America is being manipulated by those in power.
They don’t want anybody. I’m in my 50s and they don’t want me either. They want desperate, experienced people who can take low pay.
@@thegodhoward8037 You hit the nail on the head. Its all fake listings. I'm experiencing the same thing, and there seems to be a whole fraudulent industry based around providing fake job listings and sending out spam. The real jobs are going overseas or to immigrants they can treat as slaves. They don't even look at anybody else. I did not vote for Trump but I sure can understand why people did. The problem and the lies are real.
I don't know where I'm gonna be in two years because of this
@@thegodhoward8037sorry but you have to be a certain ethnicity to work at taco
The problem now is men would rather find ways to make alot of money working for themselves rather than working many hours barely making it while making alot of money for someone else. The problem for employers that is!
In 2023, the quickest way to go broke, is to work a regular, full-time job. The cost of living has risen to the point, that a regular job will not even afford you basic necessities.
Biggest problem is poor management. I've worked for companies with high turnovers due to a terrible manager that never gets fired.
Corporate companies don’t care about employees, no pensions.
I've been in my last job for 20 years but had to quit because of a new manager who wouldn't let me take vacation even one day. It's like pulling teeth & you have to justify it. They say you get benefit of earned vacation but wouldn't let you use it!
Biggest problem is rampant capitalism.
A lot of people want to be their own boss these days. They don’t want to get pennies while making their bosses millionaires
Bam! Spot on!
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Yeah. But if you're failing at being your own boss, maybe it ain't for you.🙄
Millionaires? Try Billionaires.
If you fail at first, you try something else. Most self-employed people have failed before getting the hang of it.
their is no shortage of skilled workers people are just tired of hearing hard work pays off to live in poverty forever
I recently worked a temp job at a factory printing food packaging. Half of the production lines were down because there weren't enough employees but all of the mid-level management supervisor safety coordinators and others were still there and had been there for years. There was literally one guy whose job it was to go around and take pictures of trash cans to see if people were throwing away gum wrappers or any other band materials but half of the prices were down so he was taking pictures of empty trash cans. There was also a floor manager that I saw watching me for hours who could have easily done what I was doing. If all of the supervisors were working the floor all of the presses would be operational right now for no extra cost.
That’s insane.. middle management types are thriving while the working man is treated as disposable.
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Strange times we’re living in
I laughed at this story almost as much as I did at the "journalism" about "quiet quitting" 😂
My company no longer begs employees to come back to the office, and also acted like they don't care about the quiet quitters and their endless BS ... - but suddenly LAYOFFS all of them, and employ people who really wants to "work"!
The facts are if you not making 30dollars an hour or more in 2023 you are poor not middle class but poor that's what inflation has done to Americans people making 18dollars an hour are buying ebt from people just to afford food
@@yannip2083 a lawfirm sued a former employee for quiet quiting already this year. They're probably doing it in hopes of getting caseload in their favor. We'll see what happens.
@@Skatingnow don't forget the higher they raise those state minimums the higher the cost of living and taxes. The media is surprised that higher wages hasn't cured workers discontent with the working class economy earning less than 40k.
@@conlawmeateater8792 Interesting! Which law firm?
For me I can only say it doesn’t seem like a good idea to put my time & energy into a company that at any time could let me go. I watched too many people I love give their all to an org that just left them in the dust the moment they got sick or there was a change in management. These guys missed the mark on this report. There’s more going on here than the “lazy man” narrative they’re pushing.
Thats ANY job. Go back to work!
These people are being pushed out for the illegal aliens to move in
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@@jasonscott4366 No, that's how jobs are NOW. There used to be rewards for loyalty. Now, you're exploited for it.
Good on these young men for being smart enough to avoid these horrible companies.
That’s why people job hop. There’s no rewards for being loyal. The best way to get a pay raise is to move around.
The wages aren't worth it, the wages aren't worth it. The wages aren't worth it the wages aren't worth it
"Not pay, but perception" is why many men aren't taking these jobs?! I think not. $30-35 an hour for back-breaking work that destroys the body in a few years is an insult and inhumane. Pay $50-55 to start with proper training, then I think you'll find a long line of interested, high-potential applicants.
So the lady mentioned $5 million lost because of 15 employees. The problem is that those 15 employees would only get a very tiny fraction of that $5 million. If they’re lucky. CEOs keep making millions and workers still aren’t making what they should. 30 bucks an hour is not enough in 2023. 🤷♂️
Exactly and people know robotics are going to replace many of these jobs anyway. And not once did he interview any of these men in this demographic he speaks of.
I’m the lady that said $5m. Clarifying point, I’ve turned down $5m because I’m at capacity. 15 people would bump my top line revenue up, but I have to pay for them, materials, building, electricity, taxes. I don’t pocket $5m. The net gets reinvested into the company. We are an American manufacturer that pays a livable wage with benefits. Other companies send their work overseas to get done for pennies on the dollar.
@@KarlaTrotman A livable wage with benefits sounds good to me!
The illegals will work for pennies on the dollar
It's this sense of entitlement from Americans who've withdrawn from the labor force, that rankles employers, like that one in Philadelphia. American men, especially, often times barely possess any of the needed job skills, if at all, for the job, yet complain the most that they're not paid like Kanye up front. I have met a lot of immigrants from China, Vietnam, and India just to name a few, who have overcome worse obstacles than American-borns-- the language barrier, for one, and being impoverished, for another. Immigrants have this strong work ethic, and don't have time to smoke marijuana all day like their American counterparts. Immigrants sacrifice by taking crappy jobs initially, but over time, upgrade their skills on their own, proving their worth to employers, and reap the rewards down the road.
How much does the job pay? What kind of health insurance is provided? Do these corporations provide training? Is there any kind of matching 401k? The devil is in the details. Oh, but if you don't take our low paying dangerous job with crappy benefits, you're lazy!
I wonder if any of this has to do with the fact that in the boomer generation you could walk into a place with 0 training and get a high paying job that would train you on the site, now to do literally anything you need some kind of BS degree that won't even slightly relate.
@@samtam666Yep, let the population borrow money (go into debt) to bet on a skillset that might never get used, pouring money into the lucrative "education" market.
The business leaders today went to schools which values shareholder value above all else. Training cost money, so cut it out. People cost money so fire as many as possible.
The ideal job candidate is the immigrant who's happy not to be in a poor country. They will work for the least amount of money. Hire them. Increase immigration to benefit from cheap labor. What about the natives? Natives should look at leaving the US.
As a dem we want the illegals to have the jobs
Nailed it
Exactly.
Female hypergamy is a huge contributing issue as well. Women now make as much as men but won't date a man in a manufacturing job who makes less than they do. Until women accept men with lower paying jobs, women will overwork themselves while caring for their 40year old sons who will grow up to become the types of men they won't date.
89% of school teachers are women. 90% of gender scholarships are reserved for women. Vast majority of divorces still unfairly award custody and payment in favor of women... We've created a world where women now have the advantage from birth, yet they won't date a disadvantaged man.
Why is this relevant? Men without families or women, have no purpose. Nothing is more dangerous than a society of men without purpose.
Absolutely I agree. Also, I'm an older Millenial born in the '80s. Lot's of Gen X and Millenials grew up in single mother households. It touches on what you said about women divorcing. They initiate 80% of divorces. There's millions & millions of generations raised with a single mother and no father.
Most women don’t stay if they are cheated on or abused. Men will cheat/ abuse but they won’t file for divorce. They expect women just to stay in bad situations.
Pay a livable wage and this problem goes away
What Mike Rowe doesn't talk about is how for the past 50+ years, the US has exported manufacturing jobs and provided ZERO incentive for young Americans to go into the trades. Factory after factory was shut down. Construction workers were getting laid-off en masse whenever their was a recession. This caused a culture where families do not encourage their kids to go into the trades - and for damn good reason - for the past 50 years, trade jobs have been an insecure career path. You have no right to blame "screens" and laziness of young people.
No, not even close. I’m a master electrician. I can’t get apprentices to start at 25 an hour. The younger people want to sit in offices, they want to be boss man, and they damn sure don’t want to sweat.
I don’t complain too much. I don’t get out of bed for under a 100 an hour anymore. I’m the “young” guy still and 8m nearing 40. In about ten years, the glut of electricians that are 55, 60 years old will be gone. And you’ll all be paying astronomic costs for power and wait days for the linemen to come.
Somebody has to turn the wrench, no matter how good the wrench is, someone has to turn it.
That happened in my country Venezuela, in the 70s President Rafael Caldera closed the technical schools that had been very successful in reforming the educational system, his reforms were terrible and disastrous, 20 or 30 years later there was a shortage of electricians, turners, mechanics and qualified personnel, before the reforms, those who graduated from high school in one of these schools could do all kinds of electrical work, use a horizontal lathe, weld metal parts and repair a car.
@@zarach9459 Correct. Trade work is t just learning a certain trade, but how to work in general.
@@TheSpicyLeg Being an electrician sounds boring. And 25 an hour isn’t much at all. That would be considered minimum wage if it kept up with inflation.
He also seems to think poorly of helping individuals but heaven forbid we take away those corporate subsidies and bailouts!! You’re allowed to fail, but if they fail you pay for it.
The problem is they want people to work with years of experience instead of taking the time to hire and train. So I call BS I see it everyday! Let’s not forget child care in this country
Exactly! It's not PERCEPTION, but the ability to train people to learn new skills.
The illegals will get the childcare jobs
@@Chad-nf6xq Florida already trying to recruit teachers from South America. But can’t train our people!
Exactly I went to a trade school & could never find a job cause they wanted someone with working experience. I could never get my foot in the door & it went to waste.
@@shaymalchione809 keep trying. Don't give up. Don't get down. You gottta be relentless. Nobody said it was easy. Just get it in your head that you won't fail. And you won't.
Life is too short to waste working. Be free, live your life, and die happy. The best things in life are either free or very cheap. You can work a couple of hours a week self employed and get by just fine. Who on earth would want to bring children into this sick, decaying world at this point. I don't blame anyone for laying flat and fighting against the system. Good on them.
Uh... if you don't work then you die.
Unless you are just mooching off of someone else to survive, and I would say that invalidates your very sentiment in the most disgusting of ways.
So to take a stand against working due to unfair conditions and pay, means you have to rely on others who will deal with it. Explain to me how that is some kind of moral high ground?
Funny how underpaid wages isn’t meant at all. Making men want to find ways to make money independently without ruining our bodies permanently, especially while a high number of our female peers can live off of something like onlyfans without breaking a sweat
I’m a 49 year old man. I’ve been working since I was 14. A lot of us are just exhausted & need a break.
Same here. Been working all my life. Every year employers get more and more greedy. You end up having to do the job of 3 people with no extra pay. Nobody in their right mind wants to be treated that way.
Yup. I knew when I left the work force, i knew one of yall will give in or work a two or three man job for a very, very long time or for the remainder of your life and I wasn't about to be that guy. So I just up and left.
u earned it bro. Thanks for the roads built with your taxes!
A 'BREAK' you get one of those when you RETIRE. My husband and I have not had one of those in 30 years of work? What makes you feel entitled to have one? You are only hurting yourself and your family.
@@sharonneth4231 I am entitled to the life I want. I don’t have any children. Sounds like you & your husband need a “BREAK!”
It took me 6 months to find a good paying job. And of the 3 years I lived in Portland, this was my first in-state job within my career. I don’t know where they’re getting their info from. But I would’ve gladly worked a $35/hr job that gave me 40 hours per week. Sadly, I only found jobs paying half that needed help with part-time hours. And after income tax? I’m barely earning enough for food, health insurance and gas for the month. And that’s why there’s a shortage of workers. Agree with everyone’s comments here.
As a dem we want illegals to get these jobs
That's a Portland problem. Highest taxes in the country, low wages and high cost of living
Corporations want slaves. Most businesses pay enough for employees to get to and from work. That's it.
Exactly and thank you.
You forgot to mention that most only hire Temps. They want to get the highest skill out of you to the point where you could be taking up the slack from the engineers responsibility and pay the minimum. Also since 911 manufacturing has had a lot of lack of jobs and because of this you have the current generation with no skills in this.
How about the job post that says entry level 15+ years experience required. Masters degree preferred. Starting salary $12
Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!
When I graduated high school in 1999, all the manufacturing jobs in Maine were gone or going away. The wood mills were moved to Canada, the shoe factories and others to China and Mexico. Yeah the jobs are coming back due to deglobalization and baby boomers retiring and the need for new supply chains but the last two decades manufacturing wasn't there. When America deindustrialized in the 80s nobody cared about the shattered communities and the legacy costs of the New poverty, but now there is a lack of workers for business they now care. 😕 grrr
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GREAT POINT
So true!♥️
Ever heard of Jack Welch? He was the CEO of General Electric in the 1980s and 90s. He was the one who told corporations they should move their factories to China and other communist countries. Besides dirt cheap labor, those countries have no unions, no pollution laws, no safety laws, and probably no child labor laws. What more could a wall streeter or CEO want?
@dfirth224 I remember my dad worked at biw, he was always trying to squeeze the unions.
People are fed up with decades of abuse from these greedy corrupt corporations and are just leaving the traditional workforce altogether because we have no choice. If you want any chance at retirement you have to leave the traditional workforce
This is what a lot of people are starting to realize. Most jobs have horrible (or no) benefits and pay you so little that you're always going to live paycheck-to-paycheck. Who is going to work for a company just to be poor all their life?
1.5 jobs for every 1 worker is bs. Employers want 20 years of experience for something that has been out for only 2 years.
very typical for CEOs to gaslight. they know the more people they can get into this type of job the less they have to pay. If you pay them well they will come.
Okay thanks Bob the builder for lecturing us on why we need to work ourselves to death for no change in upward mobility.
He is a right-wing tool. Fix News robot.
Hope it's not Bob the builder that worked for BEAZER! COULDN'T BUILD S____!
The problem is the pay. Motivation comes from excitement. You have to make prospective employees excited enough to want to come to work.
The illegals don't need much pay. They just need a job
This is true. Bonuses / share in profits make me excited to o come to work.
@@mollygiovanna1095 This is so true. No company wants to invest in grooming new employees. I remember 30 years ago when I started in the construction industry, no one wanted to hire anybody with out experience. What I know is not that employer taught me but what I have learned from reading books and doing jobs for people. It's been trial and error. If I messed up something, I would fix at my own expense to save the relationship. I've also learned alot from working on my rental properties and You Tube. The knowledge is out there but don't expect an employer to want to spend too much time on your behalf.
Dam that was missing piece if the puzzle
It’s not their burden to make life exciting for lazy putz guys
He only works them for one day 😂😂😂😂😂
Its so nice to see men are looking after themselves. Quitting the soul crushing 9-5 job and dropping out of society is the best thing they could of done for themselves.
Men should work part time, they should take tempoary and seasonal jobs, they should stop worrying about the future and live for the moment.
I don’t really believe that is the greatest idea but men should focus on becoming entrepreneurs and business owners and not work a 9 to 5 for the rest of their lives.
@@Bwilli1990 Been there done that. Not worth it. No job=free foodstamps, medicaid, dental etc
@@Bwilli1990You sound like a red pill guru, not every man can become an entrepreneur. You should look for solutions for the average guy...
@@jasonjon so you want handouts?
@@geraldleuven169 in the past before there were business that produced jobs most people had to find a way to make their own living and with artificial intelligence coming online(not the internet) you will probably have to learn how to take care yourself people who are the most self reliant do the most well in life.
Part of the problem is that Companies DO NOT TRAIN their employees anymore. They expect employees to KNOW EVERYTHING from jump and do not develop anyone anymore, beyond meaningless PowerPoint presentations or on-line training. Also, most companies have no qualm shipping jobs abroad and leaving their employees on the sidelines…
This is so true it has to do with that corporation crap like CrapDonalds and Taco Bell all of them are quite similar in their stupid structures yet people continue to support those stupid companies.
this sounds like my current boss im quitting on this week he hires the wrong people and promotes them while starving me to the point i made up a lie just to have one day to figure my life out its a lot to ask of one man who aged out of foster care
@@user-cv7uh2ec2y I'm sorry your upbringing was rough and felt unsupported, but you'll be stuck in a downward spiral if you don't move past your victim mentality.
If they go overseas thrn make sure we bohcott them, and make them pay us or as the saying goes, you reap what you sow! You get what hou pay for!
So, you thought getting a celebrity to come on national tv and call 7 million men lazy and entitled was a good way to boost your company's workforce? Let me know when all those new job applications start rolling in. SMH
Yeah all they succeeded in doing was made me cease to respect the guy. Rich uncle? This sounds so similar to welfare queen rhetoric in the 80s. They’re not working YOUR job because you’re paying nothing and not accounting for no rise in wages. I have FOUR jobs right now. I’m tired and don’t need a smug reporter and television host telling me I’m lazy and don’t want poverty wages. They’re all that is available
Let's not forget about the biggest risk men face in most of the workplaces these days: false accusations.
I dobt that comes into much play at ditch digging jobs . And let's face it, these are the jobs that employers want filled.
This is what they are really complaining about here.
I am absolutely not sexually aggressive. Painfully shy. Twice I've been accused of sexual harassment for something i said that was misconstrued by a female coworker. "It's not what you meant that matters, it's how she took it to mean."
Physical jobs are a dubious proposition since most companies aren't paying pensions anymore. There is only so much daily physical labor any individual body can suffer before it starts to break down. If you want work horses you have to pay them even after they go lame. Unlike horses you can't send men to the glue factory once their productive life is over.
Supply and Demand applies to employees too.
If potential customers weren’t buying your product, what would you do? Make the product better.
You can always make a job better - pay more, improve working conditions, etc etc. Entrepreneurs must take responsibility for every aspect of their business
You would think this would be common sense.
Including the prospect that their business may not even have the right to operate because the business idea is incapable of a sustainable and flourishing revenue
@@betawolfhd you can have a strong demand with a weak supply. What you're suggesting is that the customers don't deserve the product either?
@Jon Jeskie you can also have a weak business idea. Just cause you had a thought don't mean everyone else is beneath you. No one deserves the product I'd the product can't sustain he business. Typically. You short sited toad the employees outside management make minimum wage because the business is ran with such little care. These businesses would pay less if it wasn't a law. So, therefore, just because business exists doesn't mean it has the right to do so.
Indeed. That's the other side of the "entitlement" coin. Businesses feel entitled to a glut in the labor market that will drive down labor costs, and they expect government policy to provide it. It's interesting that when the woman at the circuit board factory gives her answer to why people aren't pounding on her door asking for the jobs she has available, he never follows up with, "Are you willing to provide those things?" To her credit, her company is later mentioned as providing training for new employees, though it's in the context of an observation that such training is not generally available despite "skills mismatch" being a leading cause of the issue being discussed.
Has it not occurred to anyone that, for many Americans, work sucks?
Excessive hours, excessive stress, soul-destroying workplace culture.
“Soul destroying” that it is.
Excessive firings and lay offs.
Also working in menial and meaningless job positions doing the same crap over and over again.
Plus the possibility of being Divorced Raped if you are male with the court system we have in America. And now many young males are seeing that illegal immigrants can come into this country through our open borders and can collect free medical and housing so they are saying....I don't want to work and support them. So many young men are going MIGTOW AND Never having a wife or children. and living within thier means and being frugal.
I'm sick of hearing this argument. Employers are the problem. Good luck finding a job or career that pays a living wage and gives them opportunities. We have a society of a few who have so much money (tens of billions and HUNDREDS of billions of dollars) and companies worth that much or more while the average worker can barely pay the bills.
Might have to do with the fact that 60 % of young men in the US are single and apparently not evne trying to get dates and a girfriend or a wife. And, a woman in his life has always been one of the greatest incentives for a man to go out and achieve. Without that incentive it doesn't come as a surprise that a considerable number of men is not very motivated.
A lot of corporate America has treated workers so badly for so long, that I think a lot of people are burned out.
Also corporate America has mainly forgot how to treat people well.
My dad was a forklift driver and when my mom went in to labor, dad's work was called, they did not tell him till his shift was over, and my brother was already born.
100%
What's the pay? What are the job requirements? How many of these examples are requiring a bachelor's degree for starting level positions paying less than $15 per hour? We don't know because they didn't ask. It's almost like this is actually propaganda.
I also believe this is a big part of the reason.
You think corporate murica ever knew how to treat workers well?
@@abeedhal6519, if you look at the 1950s and 1960s then yes. The 50s started out with a labor shortage like now, those that didn't learn didn't survive. Over 33 percent of jobs were union. Companies like what my dad worked for that were non-union paid better than union wages and offered better benefits to not be union. The 1970s and 1980s brought about the beginning of the end to this. The labor shortage is back and unfortunately the 1960s was over 50 years ago. The lessons will have to be learned again.
That's why your number for them to call should be your cell. I'd wanna quit on the spot if they did that to me and I missed my son's birth. They'd certainly get some words from me at minimum.
Ask those companies how many applications are they sitting on and not hiring from because they're waiting for some magical perfect employee that doesn't exist to come to them looking for a job...
Exactly. Every job gets dozens of applicants first day
They are waiting for the illegals from the government to process
that would have been a great question. I imagine there is some bare minimum qualifications they need and then explore why some candidates were rejected. But even then, there is no excuse for 7 million people to stay at home on XBox for 6 hours a day. At least do fast food or something productive for yourself and society while you search for that dream job.
@@mikehutchings4488 I highly doubt 7 Million people are, how would they know unless the polled people and 7 Million said they're doing that? It's preposterous.
@@dominoep I thought they did just that. How else do they come up with the stat that those 7 million, spend on average, 6 1/2 hours a day watching TV or playing video games. Most likely polled about a thousand of them randomly which would give you about 85% accuracy on that stat.
I dipped out when I learned I could work for 50 hrs a week and still not afford a house and live while the boss makes record profits..
U right it's a waist of time the only way people move up if they have connections or have rich parents
I've applied to hundreds of manufacturing jobs through the black hole job lottery websites and all I get is rejection notices. I have an associate's degree and years of electronics manufacturing experience. Guess they're waiting for the Chinese and Indians to get here!
Given the lack of oversight, I wonder if many of these job ad sites are scams that are just collecting people’s information.
Yeah because we don't wanna work 7 damn days a week for the government to take half our check and send it to Ukraine
FACTS
Issue I'm finding is employers have very high expectations for entry level jobs and are not willing to train.
I concur! The jobs are available but the requirements are ridiculous to meet. This is why the positions aren’t being filled. Companies are expecting entry level workers to have a masters degree 🤦🏾♀️ or 8 years experience. It’s nonsense. What happened to training folks. Companies don’t want to train or hire people without experience and this is the why they don’t have enough employees.
The boss will also tell everyone that if they won't work hard enough he has several people a day begging to be hired.
I'm reading the comments people fail to realize that Generation Z and so on have no have no interest in doing anything that requires any type of physical type labor even if it were a job to pay 30 plus dollars an hour which translates to $60,000 a year or more... when I separated from the Air Force a few years ago I talked to a recruiter that told me none of today's generation so-to-speak wanted anything to do with any type of Hands-On type labor / occupations she said all they wanted to do was be in a type of job where they would be indoors all day at a computer terminal drinking red bulls and chilling out
I was able bodied. I was college educated. I was highly skilled. I was fired. I said to myself, never again will I put myself in the position to have a company have complete control over whether my family has a roof over their head and food in their stomach. It’s the most humiliating and embarrassing feeling not being able to provide for your family. Now, Im an independent insurance agent. On a bad day, I make around $1,200. On a good day, I make around $3,500. All while working under 40 hours a week. It’s not that we’re not in the workforce, it’s that we’re not in the traditional workforce.
"It's not that we're not in the workforce, it's that we're not in the traditional workforce."
BINGO! Give this man the mic, please!
Agree! Young men know they can get the same or more money online doing easier/less work. Whether that's from winning online poker or other video games, getting sponsors as an 'influencer', selling artwork, etc., or selling online courses. There's also the gig economy: Uber, Grubhub, etc. There's also the FIRE movement which has tech bros are retiring at 40 or earlier. Guys leave the military with a pension and can freelance at around age 40. There are LOTS of legal ways to make a living nowadays.
@BMase Being an independent insurance agent sounds great! How do you find most of your clients? Online marketing or word of mouth?
You don't count in these numbers. I assume you pay taxes? Then you count as employed.
You nailed it on the head. The day I was fired and had my 3rd baby on the way ,was one of the lowest points in my life. I had never felt that overwhelming feeling before. I said never again will someone have the power to strip me from feeding my family like that again
This is precisely why I'm grateful to have spent my 20's eschewing relationships, university, getting my own home or car, and living out my dreams traveling. I haven't traveled as many places as I'd like, but I'm grateful that I didn't waste my youth buying into this b******* idea that because I'm a certain age, my life has to be a certain way. I have all of my life to be married and to worry about having a home or a car, but I only have so many years where I will have the energy and freedom to truly do what I want.
Cool! May I ask how you were able to do what you wanted? I want to live my single life happy as well
*jobs all pay $14 an hour while rent is $1800 for a 1bdrm 1 bath*
why does nobody want to work anymore?!?!?!