Didn't people also work 3x harder and longer hours then? Not this whole idea of 40 hours work week...only in America. The rest of the world doesn't operate on 40 hours work week. But I agree that the main problem is government spending and tax. Tax is so out of control now...
Companies have discovered that they can still function despite being short staffed. No one wants to be doing the job of two people. People are getting burnt out.
When I started at the bank we had 11 employees at all times and were very busy. When I left we were even busier with the Austin growth and had 4-5 employees. Not to mention we had to start taking 30 minute lunches when we used to do an hour. Not saying this for a pity party just an example of the ghost crews.
Greed will destroy them. Be ready - if you have lived with nothing- you will survive with nothing- the guy jumping off the 32 story in 1932 will repeat itself. He didn't live in a life experiencing being poor.
Not to mention the corruption of ones soul when actually pursuing to do good. Represented well in the show Ozark (in my opinion). I believe you are right in many ways. Of course their are those still intending to do good in leadership roles, and I do believe their is and will always be hope for good to prevail. Thank you for reaching out!
I am 53 and retired at 50. 1 thing I did do to retire early was to get out of the 401K and IRA programs. Bought rental real-estate and I am now a Limited Partner in about 1500+ units from collabrative efforts in the fund my estate planner has me invested in. I do not work.
I only contribute 5% to get full company match, that’s it. The 401K plan is designed for you to work until you are about dead. Also, the government does not have their hands on it yet either.
My wife and I live off of our 401K. We don't work. I recommend highly to everyone to build your 401K or Roth IRA's as an alternate revenue stream in retirement to your Social Security. An observation on 401K's is when it gets over 300K it starts to accelerate. When you get over 500K it can really accelerate as the stock market grows.
Personally, I've stuck with Vivian Jean Wilhelm and her performance has been consistently impressive. You can confirm her basic info on the internet, she's quite known in her field with over 15yrs of experience.
My late father born in 1940 had a 10th grade education and worked as a maintenance man all his life. My mom stayed home. Money was tight but we still made it. And he got a pension and medical. Those days are gone!!!!!
I believe what many of us are struggling with is simply the fact our dollar is worth nothing anymore. Not to mention the loss of a pension. Thank you for sharing this with us!
Avg house price in 1950 in Oregon was 10,000 dollars. People earning 1000 dollars a year can easily save enough within a decade to buy a house for themselves, or build it slowly. None of it is present today. People still earning in thousands and house prices are in millions.
It’s not that people don’t want to work anymore, it’s that they don’t want to work for the pitiful wages being offered and have most of those wages stolen in taxes.
@@brianmeegan6384 Agree....... 34 years now I've been a DBA, great on the taxes, freedom from corporate BS, do your own thing.......more or less, but totally BS on the state level (NYS don't like us) but moving out of this red state now.
I worked 23 years for a great company full of great people doing a great thing… and then the CEO retired. The new leadership came in “cutting and gutting “and got rid of everybody that was tenured and/or expensive. Now the place is a complete cluster and nobody’s happy, but the stock value is up. i’m sure the new CEO, who even fired his own right hand man to replace him with someone cheaper, is happy. And that’s how it works in America now.
I live in UK and work for one company almost 10 years. When I started working it was a great place to work, good wage, good quality of life at workplace. The owner of the company(who was a son of a man that established this fine company) was about to retire. Since he had no heir to pass it to, he decided to hire a new CEO to increase the value of the company in order to sell it. And that's when the place turned into a hellhole. Best folk have been sacked or left the company on their own initiative. We're heavily understaffed. QoL went downhill bad, our sick pay is almost worth nothing, we're short on equipment as well. The only reason I still cling to that place is higher than usual overtime and convenient night shift hours. Once that changes, I'm out. Heh, funny, the place used to be top four in the whole city area.
I understand what he's saying. I sold my soul to my industry. 3 years ago, I burned myself out. I went to bosses and asked to get my hours changed. A company I worked for 27 years. They told me no. And if I had a problem, I could find another job. So I spent the next 6 months cutting my lifestyle down, too, what I needed to survive. And I did it. I walked away, and it's been 3 years. At my last doctor's appointment, he took off my blood pressure and told me. I'm healthy, then I've been in the past 15 years. And im over 50. I'm happy. I changed my whole life. Everything I was doing was slowly killing me. Now I have way more time for my garden. And my family. And some friends, of course, those friends that we're friends because of what I did for them left. Now I know who my real friends are. I recommend anyone to revaluate the life you are living. There's no reason to stress over negative things in life. That darkness will always be there. Break free from the darkness. It's so much better. Things don't Devine you as a person.
I did the same thing, i lowered my cost of living and as soon as i got out of debt i quit my job and never worked again. I just wish i did it many years ago, but it is great not to have a boss and to wake up when i want and do what i want, Congrats!!!
@davidmende4438 I was a hard worker, and I made some smart investments. But I do go without certain luxuries. Some people might not be too live without. I'm good with it.
@@davidmende4438 not in a million years i had to wait right until my 65 to retire, the company got their pound of flesh and yes my retirement is awesome!!!
When I was a boy, in the early 1970s, our family lived in the suburbs. Almost without exception, every Dad in the neighborhood went to work in the morning, and almost every Mom was home with the kids (except one lady, who was a schoolteacher). All the kids played together in the neighborhoods yards, street, and various driveway basketball hoops. We knew every one of our neighbors and we even had neighborhood cookouts and events for holidays like the Fourth of July and Christmas. I didn't realize, at the time, how good I had it. One year, one of the Dads in our neighborhood was laid off. The adults spoke of it in hushed tones, as if he had died, and he became so depressed that even the neighborhood kids knew about it. I mention this because it was something that had never happened before. It was both frightening and confusing: how could you be doing your job one day, performing well, doing everything asked of you (if not more)... and then the next day, be told you no longer work at the company? It defied all understanding. Worse: what if it wasn't just one unlucky individual? If anyone could lose their job at anytime, for literally any reason or no reason... how does anyone build a future? When it became clear that corporations had no loyalty to or concern for their employees--when employees were no longer valued, but considered a "cost" to be reduced--that's when employees (rightly) stopped caring about the companies they worked for. They showed up only to collect a paycheck--nothing more, nothing less. The kids today call it "quiet quitting," I believe--and it's the rational reaction to being disposable.
I'm 77 this year. You must have lived in upper middle class America as a child. I recall that most moms worked too. Grandma took care of kids. Dad had 3 jobs to make ends meet!
I got all my promotions because I had already been doing the work. Sometimes it took longer to get recognition that I expected, but hard work creates your own good luck.
“our family lived in the suburbs. Almost without exception, every Dad in the neighborhood went to work in the morning, and almost every Mom was home with the kids” I’m glad you realise that was a unique moment in extremely few countries. Even in your country, it was a bubble of time when privilege dipped down a class or two, to a new class of people - many of whom were production workers behind desks - producing clerical and admin traffic & records - whose only necessary qualifications were literacy and an average IQ. Maybe also numeracy. A lot of people from families with the background you describe, they seem to not realise how exceptional it all was. They still see it as a norm, even a right. I think this belief of a loss of entitlement is the source of reactionary boomer politics and millennial angst.
@@eh1702 I think so too. The higher middle class of the 50’s was NOT the norm. It was because of the consumerism after the war and moving from swords to plowshares. All the economic energy shifted to "modern living". Most every household bought the new appliances, tv's, cars.
I don't mind working. I'm tired of corrupt management and terrible coworkers. I don't really want to work for a corporation that has useless HR department that does nothing for employees anymore either.
HR is there to take care of management needs and to protect the company from liability. As an employee, HR is not your friend. If you want someone to be in your corner, you should organize.
I stumbled upon this presentation. I lost a good job in NYC because I took the moral high ground. 4 years later, we are still hurting financially. However, I was able to teach my older children that morals matter. Keep moving forward
The lesson I suspect was priceless. I’m sorry to hear about the financial situation and hope that it begins to lessen here soon. I appreciate you sharing a bit of your life with us! I wish you all the best🤍
I left my job as an auditor . The rich are criminals and the politicians protect because of political donations. I am happier driving trucks. At least what I do has a purpose
I do not in any way want to belittle your stance. I don't know what the specific issue you were dealing with was, so I can't fully agree with it without knowing. I agree that standing up for ourselves is one of the few ways to hold onto any individuality we might have left in this crazy conforming world. . However, I think it's an important point to make that you financially struggling is a form of "societal punishment" for your behavior. Put simply morality and individuality is not rewarded in modern society. And most living creatures on earth are quite simple. If behavior is rewarded, it is repeated. If it is punished, it is avoided. This is one of the many ways they control the masses.
@@anthonyfaiell3263I was pushed out of a high-level job for testifying on behalf of a specific woman who had suffered a specific and serious loss because of a specific incident-a termination based on a combo of age, sex and looks, in my presence. I spent the rest of my life listening to millionaire women executives use “victimhood” they never experienced to lecture me as they elbowed in front of me to snag every opportunity. Today there is no pride, no self respect, no ethics, at any level of any organization. Me me me me me.
you did the right thing. those who follow the path of good, those are the people i will fight for. i will make sure your good deeds do not go unrewarded
No actually they bought up the public education system in America back in the 1960s. And ever since then our people have been labeled as human resources only to be exploited. So know you're like 60 years behind they told you that you were a useless human resource only here to be exploited back in the 1960s
"What I have found is that as 1 employee you work the job of 3 but get paid the salary of .5."-- Yet you keep doing it. If you let yourself be exploited, then people are going to exploit you. Im sure you will make excuses as to why you cant quit and better your situation, because being a victim is infinitely easier than standing up for yourself.
Yep. I used to work a night shift. I was alone all night and had to spend the entire time working frantically just to get everything done before I left in the morning....if I wasn't done on time I was expected to stay till I was done....but no pay. I was the nurse, technician, cleaner, launderer, dog walker, everything. It was horrible.
I’ve lost loyalty to my government. I couldn’t imagine risking my life in a war for people who’d outsource my job if it put a penny in their pocket. We aren’t buds any longer. Loyalty is a two way street.
Sad thing is, has it ever been about loyalty to our union? (As if we could be united?). Hasn't it always been about who is putting what buck in whose pocket? War creates billions for people who love to feel and behave as entitled!
@@ottoandersson2216 Which I guess is way they're letting in all the immigrants, they think that they'll be the cannon fodder for the rich now, because American kids have finally caught on to the grift.
Why you ever worshiped the mafia gov't is beyond me. Do you not know that we are slaves to them & they control us? Do you not know that the evils control them & use them as a weapon to control the slaves? That's why yo know that every mafia gov't worldwide who participated in the scamdemic was paid off. Same with the whitecoats It sounds like you like being a slave. Risking your life in a war for the evils? Do you actually think that any war is an organic one? If you want to learn the Truth about what's going on, go to my non YT video platform. YT deletes the Truth. In fact, I watched a fairly good video last night on a new term I've never heard of before which will destroy capitalism. We are almost 100% communist now. I'll try to upload that soon. You can't find a job & I can't find freelancers. The evils are stopping us from connecting. Again, total destruction of life on earth.
The house my dad bought was just. $ 3,000. It was 2 years wages. Today it's worth $1,000,000 + 20 years wages. Tomorrow a billion. Work for what... a chain of debt one can never be released from.
I left a good tech job with a fortune 500 & went back to cleaning houses. My job satisfaction increased immensely. Stress level lowered. 30 hours a week was all i needed to keep fed, keep bills paid, & do things. And i got exercise.
Here in the Netherlands during the 80ties, no one I knew had a executive position. Not family, friends or neighbors. In those days, nearly any job payed enough to buy a decent home, support your family with a single income, go on vacation to France, buy everything the kids needed, and drive a reliable Volvo (240) that could literally drive you 4 times to the moon and back. These men were no CEO's. They were mailmen. Security guards. Elementary teachers. Mechanics, etc. When our country joined the EU, and our currency changed to the Euro, that's when everything changed. These days only 3% of people, with a middle income of 3.4k a month = university degree, can buy a home on their own. If you wish to live, both parents need to work and the costs are so high, most people I know these days cannot save anything. People work, simply to exist. 3% pay increase a year. That's it. That old mentality of: If you work hard, you can improve your life
Belgium here. Hi there, neighbour to the North. Wouldn't know if the introduction of the Euro changed much, as I've only joined the workforce in the mid 2000's. But my granddad bought a farm off his wages as a coal miner and later factory worker, while grandma stayed at home, took care of the animals and worked the field. And together they raised 7 children. Try to do that off a single worker's income these days. And if you look at the lower wage jobs, it's quite understandable that a lot of people would rather collect unemployment than go work those jobs. Who wants to give up 38h of their free time (not including commute time) to earn maybe €200 more a month? And that is IF they earn more at all, because for some people what little extra they make is eaten up by the extra costs associated with working: gas and car maintenance, or bus/train fare, ... And if you got kids and need to pay for daycare, you may even be losing hundreds of euros a month for the privilege of being bored in somebody elses building, instead of your own house. Yikes!
It appears to be a global problem, not specific to any developed country. Your description of the Netherlands echos the US. My cousin in Norway describes the same situation. It seems that at the very least, housing is manipulated through financial institutions through breaking up & profiting from mortgages. Very opaque & impossible for average workers to understand.
Hello neighbors of the world, USA Guy here ... about to hit 35 years in the workforce in a few weeks ... I used to smile, even if I didn't like the Job, I had money, a decent car, rent and child care paid and yes I used to take a vacation sometimes 2 a year ... I went out and had Fun Adventures. Well ... I haven't had a vacation since 2017 ... I survived the 2007/2008 mortgage meltdown almost hitting homeless, I then worked hard and got new jobs and had a good run. I call this ... post covid world. Ya see now, I fear homelessness again ... I have so much stress trying to keep everything together that I'm falling apart. I work 7days a week a very mentally and physically stressful Jobs ( 3 of them) 9 to 11 shifts a week ... I joke withbco workers I'll have time off work after a heart attack. But fear ... it's no Joke ... seeing this coming I made a leap and took a Risk with the wrong people at the wrong time and place and lost Everything. So now ... I want to try something else ... but sadly, I don't wven have enough money to run away ... cause if I did. I would !
Hoi, hoi Nederland. Noorwegen hier. I've lived and worked in the Netherlands. I've got a master's degree from the University (six years + three years og highschool before that). Meaning I lost income for nine years before entering the work force with a big study loan. Sacreficed all for my work - health, family, relationships. Only to see the bosses being changed all the time, and never receiving a wage increase for what I did for the previous boss. I've worked for over 20 years now, and on my 8th boss (seven of these bosses were female and had to be replaced beause they were incompetent). Approaching 50 years of age, and still can't afford buying my own apartment in Oslo because the prices are so high. My realwage (wage adjusted for inflation) is not much higher than 10 years ago. Poleticians ruined the economy with too low interest rates for too long, rescue packages for "too big too fail" and stimulus during Corona. Also, I think immigration is expensive (half the city are new citizens living of welfare from the taxes I pay and get free housing pushing up the real estate market).
I too worked in banking. I felt my soul being sucked dry because I would see how I was enriching the bank and putting people into more debt. My raise one year was 5 cents an hour. At 49, I went back to school and now I work at a job where I feel like I do help people. It’s not perfect but I can look at myself in the mirror.
Back in 1971, I made $2.65/hr., was able to finance a new car, have a nice apartment, and still save a little. It was in retail, and we had full medical, life insurance, and a defined pension plan, I'm not joking!
In the late 80's I made 10bux an hr as a budding chef. I was able to rent a nice apartment, a decent car, food and bills paid and had enough to go out from time to time.. Full medical, dental and free meals.. Good luck with that today..
If you make less than $80K annual (adjust for your specific zipcode), you are basically just above poverty. How many people are making $80K+? Its not most people. Most people are making $30-50K and are dirt poor.
Exactly i think part of the issue is we have a very small number of people making billions and when they try to calculate the average annual salaries of people they need to cut out the top 1% first.
@@tomast9034 Yes, and relevance is a nice thing as well. Many other places in the world things dont cost as much or are provided by the government (sure taxes are higher though). One issue with our economy is we moved all manufacturing over seas.
I’ve worked in banking for 41 yrs. Full time. I’m done! I just don’t want to do this anymore. I’m tired of working shorthanded and having to constantly train new staff. Your comment about an 11cent per hour raise is absolutely true.
And if you make over a certain amount, you are taxed at 40%. Who wants to work terrible job, terrible hours, not have a life? You are better off starting a small business, work your own hours, live your life and have some tax deductions.
I quit my job as a data analyst last April, it's been 12 months. I quit because they called me to the office even though I'd been fully remote for three years. I told them I received 10/10 reviews from 3 different managers I worked with. They didn't care. They wanted me in the office so they could control my time and optimize my work flows to produce even more! That's the truth! I quit because I didn't want to be exploited tbh. I was already doing the job of three people.
The next person will be trained to do the job of 4 people for 2 dollars less per hour. They just want to fill the seat they don't care if your good or stay
I literally just quit a job where they tried to do the same. They simply changed the job requirement and said the job now requires me to be in the office. I said no, unless they can show me an area where I am failing to do my job properly they could not, required me to do it anyway and then just fired me without cause bc FL is a Right to Fire state. They also stole my last two weeks pay, they use a payroll company and the payroll company said they simply didn't receive the payment for pay. So they actually fired me two weeks before they fired me and let me work two weeks for free before turning off all my employee software and logins. They'll get away with it too because the job protections in FL are nonexistent.
@@hexadecimal5236 Sorry to hear about your plight. You can do what I did and have the Wage and Earnings division of the US Dept. of Labor sue for the unpaid wages. FL has some particular problems but what you described is nationwide due to at-will employment. At-will employment means that an employer can fire an employee for any reason (if it's not illegal), or no reason, with no warning, and without having to establish just cause. About 74% of U.S. workers are considered at-will employees.
@@timothysaye5535 oh yeah " be your own boss, work as hard as you want, or as easy as you want" . . . . . 🙄keeping your new business going you need to work harder and the work will not be easy . . .. WTF are you even talking about ? you clearly are not your own BOSS 😒
@@pinesandtraplines True, but your average employee is actually much worse off than ten years ago in terms of purchasing power and disposable income. Especially these last four years under that muppet in the White House who has been doing his level best to drive up inflation and give money away overseas.
Because of the very things you are talking about, I discovered your channel. My story is too long to write here, but I am a 70 year old nurse who was the target of a "silent firing" coup. That didn't work as I refused to quit, but then I was injured on the job, and now I am unable to work. Workmans' comp is stalling and dragging their feet, and so now I have to depend on $2250/month in social security to pay rent, phone, insurance, food, gas, and utilities. I had to let You Tube Premium go, and because of this, I wasn't receiving the things on my usual preferences. And that is how I discovered this video, and I am glad I did.
It couldn’t be that we allowed our entire economy to be artificially shutdown for 2 years, for what was essentially the flu. Can’t be that both political parties prioritize Israel and Ukraine over us, and send hundreds of billions of dollars to them every couple of months without opposition. Nah, it’s those CEOs. That’s a real Boomer take.
It's government intervention that cause all the problem. It's not corporate greed. This is the leftists excuse to tax and spend. We pay for this insanity.
my parents got married in 53 had ONE income and house a car and a baby. I the 60's had ONE income, bought a bigger house, 2 more cars, 3 more babies, did a total house renovation inside and out.... ALL ON DADS PAYCHECK... in the 70's mom had to get a job, everything slowly started going South, 30 years later they died poor in 2000/2006 still working at 72 yrs old! Their 4 children born btw 1953-1963 have done worse than them so far.
As someone looking for work for 6 months , several hundred applications, and getting very few contacts despite years of experience, this idea nobody wants to work is bs. The correct phrase should be that nobody wants to hire. We need to stop caring about these too big to fail corporations. Let them fail. Instead of bailing out the company, bail out the workers who worked for the company that failed to properly manage its own business. Let the company collapse while investing back into the people who want to work. Allow competition to grow.
So, I'll keep talking whether people want to listen or not. You are in the middle of the tearing down of the entire world. This was all pre-planned, just like every other collapse & war. What's the difference between this one & all the others? This one is the last battle. The killing off of the entire worlds' population, save maybe around 1 B. The evils did this on purpose & it had NOTHING to do with the fake V which was all a scam. I stopped watching his video when he insinuated that was the reason & as for them printing money, who do you think prints the money & controls the fiats worldwide & the value of EVERYTHING? The same evils. If you want to learn the Truth about what's going on, go to my non YT video platform. YT deletes the Truth. In fact, I watched a fairly good video last night on a new term I've never heard of before which will destroy capitalism. We are almost 100% communist now. I'll try to upload that soon. You can't find a job & I can't find freelancers. The evils are stopping us from connecting. Again, total destruction of life on earth.
I have hired 7 ppl, since nov(small service company) start at 20hr.. they don't want to learn... I'm tired of throwing away money, waiting for employees to sue me and then getting audited from the gov. You should just be a content creator on ytube like the ppl I've hired say they want to do... when no one is manning the sewage pumps, and the sh¹t starts coming coming up thru your toilets then we might get something done
I’ve walked off lots of jobs because I was asked or expected to do something wrong, unethical or illegal. I’ve only had one long term job that didn’t ask me to compromise my morals.
we love it when the company transfers in new dept heads who condescendingly treat 5,10,20 yr veteran seasoned team members as if it's *their* first day on the job, even though it's the other way around, the new supervisor can't find the bathroom... the company hopelessly obliviously clueless, continues to rotate mid-mgmt supv's in an effort to figure out why one after another workers silently give notices of resignation.. they company actually thinks the last employee left disgruntled over scarce & expensive parking issues, exclusively...sure. ....talk about "the gangster who couldn't shoot straight"... it helps when one's eyes are OPEN.....
exactly, sin, evil, the devils influence on society and that destroys mans Souls to fall into Satsns hand whose end is destruction..Society rejects God..and wonders why society collapses...You see it everywhere..Christians, conservatives freedom is criminalized...Everything is based on deception, evil, hatred, pride, corruption..."Society thinks we dont need God! We can create something better without God"
I have a friend who is coming up on 30, and I can feel his frustration. He works a service job and he feels he cannot do anything right to satisfy his employer. Years ago, a friend of mine worked in a financial institution. There were 5 people in his department. It was cut to three. Then, two left, and he was fired for not being able to "keep up" (with the workload of 5 people).
Here’s are my surface level thoughts: roots are gone, love within local communities has been obliterated, work has no larger purpose anymore, jobs demand too much of people, greed in corporate world is pervasive, customers are mean, nasty, and without the manners of the past, and consumerism and materialism have ravaged society. Other than these things, people love their jobs.
Yes media has us judging by unrealistic or bad values look at your peers the battle seems more bearable. Yes it is a battle these days don’t get fooled when you vote think about the direction you want world to go.
Damon, I am 69 years old, and I agree with everything you said here. EVERYTHING. I have failed badly in this system because of the very reasons you quit your job. I respect you, greatly.
My wife worked at a major corporate retailer that boasted about their paying a "living wage". What they didn't advertise that they then expected one employee to do what 2-3 others used to do.
PLUS Corp's paying LOW enough wages, that their employee's qualify for SNAP, etc.. purposely using government funds, to effectively almost support that company's purposeful policies.. think WALMART here in Oregon & other states?
And it doesn’t make anything better when corporations let you know you’re replaceable, and you’re watching your colleagues (who have worked hard and have been loyal) get laid off so they can send the job overseas (despite record profits).
That’s why we need unions to take the additional profits in increased wages and benefits. If you earn your company enough money, they’ll use it to “invest” in a new, cheaper workforce
Groowing up in the 80s my father worked in a grocery warehouse and my mother worked in manufacturing. We had a nice home, cars, and a boat. We had money to take weekend trips to the lake and annual vacation trips. We were living a version of the American dream. 40 years later and i see that dream difficult to impossible for a large percentage of Americans. The insiparation to work leaves when all of your income goes into surviving. The goals for the working class have shifted in my life from living a comfortable life with disposable emincome for enjoying life to the goal of simply paying for shelter and food.
When discussing inflation, one must understand that it is "cumulative". So, since we left the gold Standard in 1971 and the government could just print money with no limit, the value of the dollar continuously decreased. So, the things you buy haven't gotten more expensive ... The value of the currency has been drastically devalued.
It is also based on supply and demand. Our current leadership has destroyed energy supply. I've been screaming this for 20 years, but nope, got to stop the coal business because of "global warming" or whatever nonsense name they are calling it now.
In 1971, Pandora's Box was opened. Government & central bankers could steal the wealth of the people without them even realizing it. This has had a massive effect, making the rich richer, and the middle class poorer, and not one person in a thousand understands why.
Yes, the cost of practically all goods has gone down drastically due to productivity gains (if we measure the value of something based on man hours put into making it), but the prices have gone way up because the value of money has dropped so much.
Corporate greed, government corruption, and stock market is number one problem. The government needs to stop bailing corporations out. Also, people do not live on nothing. When the money runs out, no government assistance, parents money, inheritance is gone, no more credit left, etc., people will need to work and they will.
Actually, the way the system is set up single mothers in my state can make 60k+ per year if they do NOT WORK more than a few hrs a week at under $10/hr A fully trained welder is lucky to pull that after taxes
You have integrity young man. Well done. My husband and I worked when integrity and work ethics meant something. But as the years went by , the work environment changed. And continued to change. Drastically. Businesses consider integrity to a detriment. They consider work ethics useless, because they will drag out of you what they need anyway. You’re on the right track. Don’t let the world eat your soul. You are, indeed, a gleam of light.
Check out Occupy Wall Street, the Panama Papers, and the countless folks exposing corporate sociopathy. People know, they just feel like they have no recourse.
Red Flags: "We are like a family here" . Also being hired to do a relatively simple (low paying) desk job & they spend a lot of time having meetings & asking about your personal life in those meetings. It is none of your business if I am married, what I like to do on the weekends, do I have kids or cats or dogs. I am there to do a desk job, let me do it!! I also do not need or want to share with a company where I want to be in 5 years!! Just let me do the job you hired me to do!! So tired of the game's companies play.
Yeah, lots of personal questions, what I do is just lie. I tell some I'm straight, others I'm gay, others I'm asexual, or Trans, or a furry, any question anyone asks I make up a different story, I even tell different people different names, every story has the same outcome but different details as to how it happened. No one knows the Truth and they never will.
Depends on the context, really. I don't see anything wrong with getting to know your colleagues. Yes, we're there to do a job, but we're also social animals, we suffer in isolation. Yes, even us introverts need _some_ form of social contact, albeit less than your average person. These are the people you spend most of your day with. Do you really want to spend the majority of your life being the anti-social loner in a group of strangers? It's different if it's your boss, or other management, and you notice their interest is insincere, in order to present themselves as likeable. Or as a deceptive way to glean some information, like they're asking these sorts of questions to profile you. And that "where do you see yourself in 5 years" question is the silliest thing ever. It might have made sense once, when people would have entire careers at a single employer. And even then, the only acceptable answer is something that demonstrates your ambition, while not threatening the position of the person who asks (so "in your chair" is out of the question, even if it's true). And what if I don't have ambitions beyond what I currently do, and do well? Or what if I like change, and have no clue what I'll be interested in 5 years from now? What am I? Russia, with their 5 year plans? So far I've had just one single job where I spent more than 5 years with the same company. So who cares where I see myself 5 years down the line? Odds are I will be elsewhere by then.
Precisely because people change jobs quickly is the reason the 5 yr question is asked. It’s expensive to find, hire & train a new employee. This question, if answered honestly, along with your employment history tells an employer your intention to remain long term IF the employer provides the income, benefits, hours & opportunities promised, and if the employee is motivated to learn and grow with the company. If you’re going to be looking elsewhere immediately and lying at the interview you’re not worth an employers time or money. Maybe instead of demeaning the employer who provide your income you should look in the mirror.
Best video I watched,use of words like “freaking travesty “ summarizes the current situation. Please make this video go viral, everyone should try to make an attempt to understand their current situation.
Weak leadership, poor innovation, and general apathy is what I see in corporate America. I was in banking for 12 years and now 10 years on the brokerage side of things. Zero incentive, and meaningless work. You hit the nail right on the head. Like a hamster on a wheel going nowhere fast. The real question we should all be asking ourselves is, how do we fix it? We've identified the problem, we need solutions.
That ruling that a corporation's primary responsibility is towards their shareholders rather than their employees is probably one of the most socially disasterous things ever decided in a court of law in the history of common law.
When our mother raised us boys in the 70s, she always told us how dangerous life will become when companies make more money than the government. And here we are.
@@jmanke6057 not to mention, the deliberate method of scaling down the quality and service life of seemingly every product currently made. Built to fail, to ensure future customers 🤦🏼♂️
People do want to work. But not where they're overworked, underpaid, unappreciated, and disrespected. The people whinging that people " don't want to work " are the ones sat behind a desk raking in the profits, paying the employees a pittance, and scratching their heads as to why the employees do the bare minimum.
Or if not the high up desk sitters they are just little parrots parroting what the higher ups are saying (nobody wants work bawk! Nobody wants to work!)
I’m 55 and this is my last job. I’ll retire at 60 if I’m not let go before. I have no interest in working anymore as the government just want to take it in retirement.
This. Precisely. People are realizing that they're busting the asses, foresaking their friends, family, and those who matter most them, all to make some rich asshole slightly richer in exchange for some of his table scraps.
Im ok with that arangement if the CEO actually adds vaule. It's when they make tens of millions of dollars and drive the enitre orgainzation into the ground that I get offended.
@@thewallstreetjournal5675 Working for another person, in general, isn't a bad thing. What makes it bad is the perceived status and air of authority that people, both employee and employer, feel comes along with such an arrangement. It should be seen as a trade between equals: your money for my labor. Instead people view their employers as their de facto rulers and so they are willing to make all kinds of sacrifices they shouldn't, rationally, be obliged to make; e.g. neglecting one's friends, family, and mental health all to get some fucking report in before some arbitrary date.
My boss showed up at the job site one day driving this really nice brand new truck. All the bells and whistles. It was a beautiful truck and I said "Wow... nice ride" and said to me "If you come in early every morning and work long hours and just work really really hard... next year I will be able to buy another one"
@@24goodbuddy absolutely and that's something I've always lived by. A person can't get ahead working at just a job. You save and then make your money work for you in one way or another. Make your own business and buy your own new truck.
@@LinuxKnuckleHeadmake your own business. Too bad govt and insurance companies have seen to that. Established business using their "free speech" to buy a business environment that crushes competition before their doors even open. F this system. Quit working and bankrupt it.
I’m a nurse in a nursing home. before,the administrators and all the higher ups actually cared about us, ensured we were properly staffed and we had fun while doing our job. I would get little raises here and there, no I wasn’t being paid as much as other nurses but we enjoyed our job, our residents got good to great level of care and we had the materials to do a good job. The business was bought by Bane and it’s been all down hill. We are always understaffed, they accept residents that have prior problems at other places, we don’t get raises (yes even after we ask they always have an excuse), more residents while being understaffed, only being talked too and being pointed out short comings and I’m like why even bother anymore…I’m quitting this year and I shoulda quit earlier
Once I left the SNFs, I got a job in a Kaiser Permanente oncology clinic. The benefits were better, hours are reasonable, but pay was kinda the same. Nursing homes suck. I really feel for those that end up in one, even the staff. I would rather die than being fully dependent on a SNF. Good luck. 👽✌️
It’s not the administration that caused issues, it’s higher overhead costs for hospitals and healthcare as a whole. Healthcare administrators such as myself has a seriously difficult time managing costs. You know what the problem is; it is in fact employee wages that has driven up costs.
That's very very sad to hear. The poor elderly people. I feel bad for you too: you who by the sounds of it has a very good work ethos and correctly treats your job as a vocation.
I work parttime(by my choice), for a company of 8 employees and the owner. He thanks us everyday for working for him. Find youeself a job in a small company and enjoy your job. Big companies are not worth the paper they are printed on any more.
I work for a small family owned business although it is better is some regards it also has it downsides. The nepotism is ridiculous and pay will always be lacking because they will claim they cant afford it. Husband and wife run the company I work for and the wife is a joke that pretends to own and run the business but has ZERO clue how to do anything. I am looking for a bigger better company, im done with small family owned
My dad said the same thing about 40 years ago. I didn't listen to him then (who listens to their dad?). He said that the emphasis on the quarterly earnings of companies to the exclusion of everything else was going to destroy business in America. No company would do R and D anymore because, even though they would make money for the company in the future. they were not producing a profit in this quarter. I was laid off from a company even though I was told that I was an excellent worker, because the company needed to downsize because they were concerned about the stock price after the upcoming quarterly report.
thats right, corporations have no loyalty to customers or employees only to stock holders because most companies are fake. most office jobs are made up to employ the masses so there are no riots or revolts, they produce nothing and do nothing but make fake busy work for stupid people that went to college. 200 years ago those same people would have been beggars and thieves, now they sit at a computer all day drinking coffee and talk about how important they are to the country.
Well isn't that kind of true by definition. If you prioritize profit over everything else it will destroy whatever company that is doing that. For the simple fact that "profit" is prioritized over long term survival.
Labor prices are up, and corporate America wants to pay thirty-years-ago wages. They want me to come begging for a job at any pay rate, and I am not showing up.
@@thedukeofdeathpt6262 Hes not wrong though. Only so many people can mooch off the rest of us before the whole thing collapses. But then maybe we do need the whole thing to collapse. I'd likely die though with my health issues.
I worked for Hewlett Packard from 1979 to 2009, and from 1979 to around 1999 we loved working for HP as we were a group of people inventing and making the world a better place, then starting in 1999 the following CEOs ruined the work environment with their bean counter mentality. No one cared anymore, it was just a job now, this was tough to finally accept. MBA training is wrong but when you have never worked your way up the company ladder you do whatever crazy MBA theory fad is most popular for CEOs at the time. Then add in the unrealistic and bad management expectations coming from the stock analysis and you have deteriorating companies only looking for the next quarter's results and not long-term results.
@jwalkerC21 Same thing happened to Boeing. It was a great engineering company until the MBAs took over. They moved HQ from Seattle to Chicago, then to Crystal CIty, VA where they were closer to the politicians. They had the 737MAX blow up in their faces and their space capsule is not stuck to the ISS awaiting rescue. The bean counters still think they can salvage the company, but their track record is dismal. Many big companies have been ruined this way. It's proven by history. Same with the USA country. It's going socialist where many don't work, a few do.
Academia was better before they began hiring administrators. And remember that Clinton signed NAFTA which increased competition and caused lots of outsourcing to other countries, where the cost of production decreased providing an increase in profits to board of directors. They sell it back to us and we are happy that prices are lower as consumers. In addition our greedy government keeps taxing companies so high.
Great video! I was a public school teacher for 29 years, and the last few were pretty unpleasant. In the end I was teaching 6 classes as compared to 4 for most of my career. We had less time to plan, and fewer resources for students. The district wanted to appease parents and taxpayers in the short-term, instead of making difficult choices that would result in a better education and preparation for the students. So, I retired as early as I could - being frugal helped that! Now I teach part-time at a private school. It pays a lot less, but I believe in the way both students and teachers are treated and how the students are prepared for their future. So, there is hope! I’m still a huge supporter of public education, but not a fan of where things are right now.
Thank you young man! You took the time to research the history of WHY things are the way they are! I’m old (63) and you hit the nail on the head! It’s so sad that employees don’t matter! You are the young person we need in the world!
I'm over 60. You are one of the very few young people who see what is really happening. The tide is rising, but the potential result is uncertain. Raising political awareness in the young is paramount to the chance to save their world.
I couldn't imagine spending all that time and money in college only to realize I'd been lied to. No real work experience and taking an entry level job to start my career. I would give up too.
I regret going to college and getting that bachelors degree in urban and regional planning. I hated the planning profession when I did work in it for a year or so. It is a poor paying profession for the most part. But back in my late teens and 20s my passion was solving urban problems and helping in making better communities. It was interesting as a major but horrible as a form of professional employment.
That's what people get for being so gullible and lazy. They'd rather get student loans and chill for 3-4 years. Either get a degree or wash ouit, who cares. The colleges don't, because at the end of those 3-4 yeras, they've got their money and laughing all the way to the football field.l
@@jasoncarter4343 I got him a job at Raytheon when he was 18. Since then he's been offered jobs at Lockheed Martin and he decided to go to Honeywell. He started with their space division and now he audits engineering changes for all divisions.. He mostly works from his home now.
Section 8:08 doesn’t make sense. What also doesn’t make sense is that where I live, there seem to be more people spending at retail stores and restaurants. No matter where I go in Florida, from Miami to Jacksonville, retail stores-from grocery stores to home improvement stores-and restaurants are packed with people spending. Yet, prices are higher, many people don’t have regular jobs, and they are still spending. When was the last time you went to a restaurant? Did you notice the long waiting lines to get a seat? It doesn’t make sense. Section 13:23 mentions that rents are up 85%. True! But I haven’t seen an empty apartment. In fact, in Florida, more apartments are being built and filled as soon as construction is completed. Renting a one-bedroom apartment anywhere in Florida costs between $2,500 and $4,000 a month, and none are vacant. It doesn’t make sense how people can afford it if we’re in a recession. Anytime in economics history, this is the only time no one has an answer -doesn’t make sense for the first time.😎
If you're working just to pay bills and unable to save money, you are in reality working for nothing. What blew my mind is that a $100,000 year salary today can not cut it in todays economy. Most people are hurting and struggling to survive. I realize this when I seen a man pay $81.00 for one plastic bag of groceries . My mother paid $30-$40 for a full shopping cart of groceries when I was a teenager. Remember the 50cents bag of wise potatoe chips not to long ago ? They are now $2.50 and up. My mom was able to buy 3 cans of Campbell's soup for $1.00 . Now they are $3.00 each. Something has to blow to correct it. Lets hope it wont be public's sanity.
Absolutely, just 4 years ago I could’ve bought a house with the salary I was making. Instead I had to send more documents than I could believe were needed just to get an apartment with how expensive things have gotten
just eat pasta cheap as hell and honestly dont think living america is a substantial future for me I'm going to save alot money and get a france degree to live in france. Tired of working like a slave with few benefits and more stress.
Depends on where you live. I bought $130 in groceries today. It was about 5 plastic bags. I buy organic soups for under $4 a can. It sounds like you live in an expensive area.
This comment right here. This speaks to every commentor on here crying about a bad workplace or a low wage. People are quick to complain about how abusive their workplace is or how little they think they are being paid, but they tend to conveniently forget about what they ever brought to the table as an employee. How much did they actually do on the job? Did they do the bare minimum? Did they come in a little late or leave a little early, while making for damn sure that they soaked up every second of every lunch break? I've been around awhile now. I've seen how many people treat their work. I don't have much sympathy for these people who cry out for "living wages" or a work place that isn't abusive. I think most of them just don't know what they're talking about. Not to mention, most of these people proudly vote democrat which facilitates the inflation that we're currently experiencing.
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@@RandomPerson-i5p I know what ghost jobs are very well. In fact, I know that companies get ghosted by prospective employees, i.e. the shoe is on the opposite foot! Now why would that be just the opposite of what "you guys" are complaining about? The reason is because "you guys" aren't worth a crap, that's why! You belong to a generation of derelicts that are being left behind by people who do want to work for a living and contribute to the company's ability to compete. That's why YOU are the one who's out of touch. COntinue thinking like you do, and I'll see you on the streets panhandling.
As a retired social studies person this blog is spot on. Another important factor, working an economically producing men are also deincentivised by family court an the guarantee of absolute personal destruction. Everything he ever worked for forever hope to have including his retirement will be stolen. He will be forced to to pay insane amounts of government court support or be dragged off in handcuffs. He's only self-defense is to reduce the payments by not working at all for anything more than enough to eat. Thus the backbone of the nation is The working Man is ripped out.
Family courts have very little room for compassion and creativity. Talk to the legislator. And do not suppose you don't have to support your offspring if their mom is not sweet. I gave back my alimony every month for a year when my ex was not employed. I knew he'd use it on our son's well being. Now he is at work, I am on pension and he helps me out with the heaviest house hold work. Our son is 21 and he has seen we love him and do not hate each other.
@@bettyhappschatt3467- The courts may have their hands tied but that doesn’t make it easier on divorced men. Some of them will power on through the hard times, but for the vast majority it’s akin to a prison sentence, regardless of any actual guilt.
When will people learn to read Robert Greene, Eric Berne, Ayn Rand, Norman Angell, William D. Lutz, Theodore L Dorpat. Once you understand you are a slave that cant go anywhere, you learn to be a criminal and my god how amazing it is in a democrat state. I dont work and make more money than pretty much all my friends at 27. Im the only home owner as i got a girl pegs and state gave me section 8 so i dont even need to worry about paying for it. State wont come after me as im on disability so they cant garnish me or force me to work legally. I ignored getting a highschool degree just as a added touch to the bureaucracy. Sure some call me stupid, but I have more books on my shelves than Gen Z has subscribed to youtubers. and for young men out there, READ Esther Vilar's books, ALL of THEM
@@bettyhappschatt3467 well isn't that sweet you sort of played nice. Not really it still cost him. Millstone around his neck. Show our son that we love him BS. A sick and twisted way of showing love. Love is your faithful loyal and cooperative to your spouse and obey your husband all the days of your life. .
You can't care too much anymore in America, gotta do you as best you can, nobody cares about doing the right thing, especially our government. It's sad, but true.
Very true. Do your best and be happy with the successes you do achieve, no matter how small. Our house is a fixer upper, but we have a house. Our yard is large and takes a lot to manage, but we can sit outside and enjoy the nice weather. We don't make as much money as we'd like, but we don't have to make tough decisions on our needs. We also WFH, so we don't spend money to commute to work and we have that commuting time back to do what we want like exercise, house chores, or just to relax. It's all about perspective sometimes. Our life isn't grand, but we have so much to be thankful for.
Our present situation was by design. Intentional. Created bit by bit, drop by drop, over the last sixty years, as to go imperceptibly unnoticed, until basically we were all trapped and ensnared in it! Like the powers that be wanted it!
Everyone would need to have a median income of 174k, to survive in today's economy. Not even thrive, just survive. Less than that, and one is in everyday survival mode and everything is struggle, one minor disaster away from ruin. This is all by design. People are waking up to the reality of corporatocracy and government greed combined with criminal political ineptitude and traitorous agendas, and we're refusing to participate any longer. When the consideration of your labor is stolen, a number of times over, then labor is the only power dynamic that we hold in the equation. Withhold your labor, you cannot be stolen from, either by income earned or by goods/services consumed/taxed. Only to buy products/services that are faulty/obsolete by design. Its the only 'legal' way to boycott taxes, which are unlawful, to begin with, nor do we feel any representation, by. No taxation without representation, is the whole reason this country was founded, to begin with. Only to have those forced taxes put into 'benefit' programs, to steal from as well, with no entitlements of recovery. It is LITERAL THEFT. A RICO racketeering scheme conspired upon by government alphabet agencies to swindle people out of their hard-earned labor compensation. People are also refusing to consume as much because the item that you purchase/own, is also taxed a number of times over, and we understand that if you have to keep paying a tax to have it, that you don't really ever own it, because unpaid taxes results in the confiscation of your property. Why bother? Again, this is deliberate. Remember THEIR motto: "You will own nothing and you will be happy.". So, THEY want us to only be able to afford (by social score) to live in 15 minute cities, where we don't actually own anything, but rent everything and continue to pay taxes on the items that we don't even own, whilst also being taxed for the air we breathe. I'm happy to see people wake up to the futile reality of big government and spending, corporate greed and taxing the working class into debtor prison. Oh, yeah...you can best bet that THEY're already in full swing on bringing those back. Just look at the 'for profit' prison system. All based on a fiat currency system, that THEY want to fully incorporate into a digital system, so that THEY can yank the rug out from under you, or digitally 'ghost' you whenever you don't comport to THEIR liking. So that THEY have ultimate control and complete oversight over your 'wealth', or, lack thereof. Remember, THEY think that we're all just a bunch of "Useless Eaters" and "Useful Idiots", incapable of thinking for ourselves, being just sheep, and all. Wake up, if you haven't already. What we are seeing is the realization of people who honestly ask themselves, "Why should I work my entire life, to the detriment of life and limb/disability, only to have nothing to show for it? If I'm going to have to live as a pauper, I'd rather expend my energies on surviving, instead of working for someone else's benefit until I collapse. I trust in The Lord to provide. I do not trust the corporation of American government.". THEY want us sick, tired, debilitated, disabled and/or dead. If you work your entire life to pay into a system that is designed to work you until you succumb to your body dying off early, with no expectation of return, then who stands to profit? DO NOT BE A SLAVE. DO NOT COMPLY. DO NOT FORFEIT YOUR RIGHTS. DO NOT GIVE UP and DO NOT GIVE IN. STAND UP. FIGHT BACK. BE PREPARED. May God Bless and Save America
The wage difference between CEO's and the employees is ridiculous. It wasn't that way before. When a company was losing money the first person to take a cut was the top executives. Now they take pay cuts from the people who work hard to keep the company going. Now, CEO's receive golden parachutes, pay raises that could help the lower paid worker and stock options no matter how badly the company is doing.
Employers started Not to show interest in Employee retention, Hired & fired on the drop of the hat. Hence - employees could not rely on steady work and skipped from one employ to another. Morale, Pride and Professionalism went out the window I am a Boomer. The change I have seen is awful. Wow.
As a Boomer here..........Yes, seen that for years, also the A-hole bosses that couldn't keep help........but also as a tradesman, can tell you how many ppl showed up and BS there way in and couldn't do walk after all the talk.
@@bobwild9995 Another Boomer here, I have seen that same thing and recently my own son lived/witnessed it as well. He worked a new position employed by a major city, and as a result met the public every day dealing with massive regulations and details, as well as presenting himself as a professional advocate and problem solver. In only a few months, his performance gave him an opportunity for a major promotion. The other candidate was a fast-talking, BS-spouting character from California with an impressive résumé. My son was instructed to explain the procedures and policies to the newcomer which he did diligently for about a month. The newcomer refused to learn the new ropes and continued to BS his way along until it was time for the overall boss to decide whom to promote. The newcomer then started skipping days at work, so my son did receive the promotion. If you work diligently and do the right thing you WILL eventually come out on top. In the meantime, just like the UA-cam narrator said, take pride and gain satisfaction in doing a job well and in the long run things will work out.
Here in Australia, the problem is accommodation - that's the demon turning perfectly good living wages into third world poverty conditions in this country. Because the areas where the jobs are, accommodation is so expensive no one wants those jobs, OBVIOUSLY not. Only immigrants are stupid enough to work hard all day and then hand 70% of their pitiful wages left after tax to a landlord or mortgage company. But some people make it work by stacking 10 families into a 2 bedroom apartment... this is what we have sunk too because of the unquenchable greed of landlords which just keeps rolling on day by day while the government plays Nero's fiddle.
In my town, working full time is stupid. You have to work to get the benefits. BUT only part time. Thresholds determine the amount of assistance you get. Rent Assistance, free dental, free medical, food stamps, free transportation around town, are determined by income. If you work 2 hours more per week, you can lose these benefits. If you work at higher wage or more hours you can lose money. In other words, you can make more money not working than by working. WEF: You will own nothing and be happy. It is planned.
Companies do not know how to hire anymore. "Go online" they say (a polite way of saying "talk to the hand, go away"). So you go online. You now get to come up with yet one more inscrutable, 'unique' password, another login name, give them all your data, while you deal with competing AI HR bots that contradict each other, and only communicate with you via robot texts and 'do not reply' emails -- with no human involved in the entire dehumanizing process. Think about it -- if they don't even want to talk to you in person, and treat you like a throwaway app, why would you want to work there?
My friend experienced this phenomenon in 2008 when she applied for numerous jobs to no avail. A counselor told her that your resume is subject to review by a robot looking for certain predetermined key words pertaining to that company and if they’re not in the resume, your application is trashed. Problem is that no one knows exactly what these key phrases are.
Age 71, CPA with MBA in economics. Work in both corporate world and public CPA practice. For me, the corporate world was like nice communism, no murders, no mass starvation. It was a good presentation, like a college essay. But we live in different times, like no other in the history of this nation. Print money like it grows on trees. Brics, control 50% of the world oil supply and 35% of the world GNP, and the group is only a year old, 20 more nations want to join. Since WWII America the world currency, but that is ending, and that ending means hyperinflation, like 24 to 50% a year on food, maybe fuel. The nation is divided in half - mass brainwashed psychosis and the other half not far behind. Watch tv, read a newspaper, you are part of the problem, been 35 years for me to NOT. Young bud, the American Empire is ending, and looks like it may be in high gear. When people catch on to the hyperinflation of food, they will hoard, causing man made shortages. This is here to stay, it cannot be cured, except by very hard times, by pain, lots of pain. And this does not even include city grids going down, water supply bombed. It has already started, it is not going away. Buy a pressure canner, 8 quart size, go to work, put back 100 quarts, more if you have a family. Put back dried peas and beans, lots of it. Good luck to you kidos, you are going to need it.
Not like there is a law that says we have to work. Which means I can spend the rest of my days on my land, growing, hunting and fishing for my food. Using renewable energy technology to provide me with the energy I need. Collect / harvest rainwater. Use my homes gray water to help water my garden. Open season on Feral hogs 24/7/365 means free bacon. So, I have no need to work. My VA disability is enough for me and sometimes I repair phones/ computers for others. Mostly because I just like doing that type of thing, its not really work at least not for me. And for all practical purposes I am debt free. So why would I want to work for some greedy selfish corporation when I already put in 24 years in the Army? I have earn my little piece of heaven right here so I do not have to ever work again unless I choose to. Which I won't. LOL
@@leeames9063 Good for you everybodies situation is different. Someone has to work though otherwise your Disability Check and Army Retirement would Stop coming. I hear what you're saying though.
Army retirement is a whole different animal. I'm glad you have that. You earned it. Having land doesn't mean you own that land. You mearly rent it from the Gov. They set the taxes and when you can't afford those they kick you off. Or delete you.
My experience has been working with executive teams that just don't care about their employees and barely care about their customers either these days-THAT is what doesn't make sense any more.
moved to the US two years ago, I noticed that the mindset around work and life here often feels off. Many people seem to focus on making quick money and spending it on luxury, like yachts, without caring about creating real value. When I started working, I tried to share my thoughts about wanting to bring value and make a difference. To my surprise, people reacted like I was strange, almost as if I was being foolish for thinking work should be about more than just a paycheck. It felt like the general attitude was, "Who cares? Just get paid and enjoy life." But for me, joy comes from meaningful work and creating something of value, not just wasting resources. The real reason no one wants to work anymore seems to be that people don’t see the purpose beyond making money-they’ve lost the connection to the idea that real fulfillment comes from contributing something worthwhile.
Seems like show me your money startedbin the 70's Most of the gredy ceo types came up in the 60's and 70's So excuse me while i once again roll my eyes at this continuous lie thats told about former generations being the greates.... We have to clean up that generations messes daily!
@@poormansrepublic7823 these generations are living on what those generations created,if it weren't for them you wouldn't have computer's and tech that this generation is so enthralled with, everything you have they made and built,and these generations are not building anything worthwhile, they have become leaches on society and think they are doing anything worthwhile is a travesty
No, universities are so expensive now because they're milking the feds for every nickel of student loans that are brought in. Most students are in worthless degree programs, but they don't care. As long as they come in with $25K a year or more, they'll extract every penny out of them. I know because I see it being doen all the time at our major university.
Guaranteed student loans allowed universities to pump up rates. In 1988-89, I paid for 2 years of undergrad by delivering pizza. I took out loans later but probably could have done all 4 years paying as I went. They made the loans easy to get and I got lazy.
I've been in the corporate world for 34 years. Nowadays, corporate executives are doing things to their own companies that once would have been considered "corporate raiding". it's a matter of "what you can get away with", without actually going to jail.
I just left my industry of 15 years... What you described was exactly my experience... and I couldn't justify it to myself... The litmus test I had used to justify my work for so long... didn't make sense anymore. The environment changed; not me. I still wanted to kill it... But, the circumstances made an environment that was stacked against my success in a way I had never experienced or heard of in my industry. It was no longer worth it, and I couldn't lie to myself or the people I worked with.
Corporations are gruesome monsters. They do not pay enough. Some employees are also gruesome monsters. HR gives a crap of the employees and HR is not the workers friend but the CEO's friend. There are corporations they work and treat employees like slaves. Also to punch in and out of the clock is evil combined with 6 points and you are fired. Corporations go and do your shit work yourself. Corporation owners have an attitute like Demons. Nothing has changed for the worker class only the methods have chanced to exploit the human worker. CEO's are King and Queens, Security Officers are Soldiers Knights, and workers are peasants until they rebelled and brought the bourgeoisie under the Guilliotine. To study should be free at any University. Each University should have A-Grade Status. No way to buy a house. No way to pay of student loan debt. You can all go to Kingdom Come. 🎉🎉🎉
Really glad you mentioned the HR nightmare. When I left my job how difficult they made my exit process made it very clear they did not actually care why/ the reasons I was leaving. Just hoped I would stop responding at some point.
If what you say is true, then work for the company but steer clear of HR. Why would HR work for YOU when they're hired and paid by the company? ANd this is America. If you don't like your work environment nad situation, don't let the door hit you in the ass.
There was a guy who ran his own business and he paid his employees over and above the regular they could expect. They all loved working for him, he was a great guy, and the business was a great place to work. Then there was a down-turn. The business when bust, and so the owner lost his business, his car, his house, and his wife. Not one of the overpaid employees put their hands in their pockets to help save the business. They all just skulked off and got lower paying jobs with regular businesses. Gee. I can't imagine why business owners favor their business and themselves over their employees...
I got very lucky... my hobby turned into my career. Starting programming computers around 12 years old. Now a software engineer for 20 years professionally. Still love it! Work at home 99% of the time and pays really well.
I've been a software engineer for over 5 years and this video is relevant to this industry as well. I actually like the subject matter of my job a lot, love solving technical problems, etc. It's all the business majors and private equity greed that's gutting the tech industry that's making the experience worse. They are still doing mass layoffs, and have been for 2 years now.
It's easy to blame corporations, but people just don't want to work. I hire laborers for $20/hour to install flooring. It's physical work, but not too hard. Hell, my boys helped me when they were in elementary school. I've had dozens of folks just not show up. Even staffing services can't get people to show up. People say they're coming to work, but never show up.
13:00 You should add here two more important, possibly the most important factors, and they are 1) the absolute disdain for the average American on display by, and 2) the incompetence and/or corruption of every institution we rely on. Corporations, banking and financial services, sports and entertainment, tech, and of course government, they all dropped any pretense of respect for their customers/citizens or fear of being seen as the politically biased, elite, unqualified dictators they are. It is very difficult to justify working to support systems that openly mock and demean you and the lives of the people you love, who subvert and abuse our Rights, and whose motivations are so obviously detrimental to a free and open society as a whole. Support that which supports you.
Right on. Paying $1,000 to see live Concerts and Sports venues while the system in return don’t gives you a cent back. Were brainwashed to hero worship, celebrity worship ( D Trump, Reagan was a celeb), while we get an 11 cent raise, 🎉😂
Sadly that's often true. Al tough co-workers can be fun too. Some of my worst experience doing unskilled work is that some of the co-workers were real human trash.
Men don't have women anymore. Women used to be our biggest inspiration and motivation to get out of bed each morning. But women don't even seem to care about marrying or having children anymore. And the few that do, still expect a man to be able to provide a certain lifestyle.
"Forget your slave job. Open an Etsy shop and be your own boss." That's what the little voice inside my head told me, and now I have an Etsy shop that earns about $500,000 per year. What do we make? CUSHIONS! Freakin' cushions. My sister owned a fabric store so I had access to a sewing machine and fabric. I eventually taught myself to sew, bought a used machine and worked from my apartment. After a few years I expanded into a small warehouse and now I have employees, and I own my own home. WTF? I didn't see any of this coming but it feels GREAT to be free from the endless grind of countless slave jobs.
hopefully that can be me one day. threw myself really hard into freelance artwork after straight up a whole year of applying to jobs just to get rejected -- finally said "fine, I could be working for myself anyway and at least making SOMETHING instead of nothing"
Thank you. Everybody here is whining that they want free sh*t to augment their worthless job that they didn't train for. I"m glad your work ethic and quick mind put you in your position.
Well done Damon what a great video you made demonstrating this topic which we should be talking about more and more. You don't seem any videos like this that actually sensibly talk about historical data and more importantly see it backed up in the comments below by workers there have been in the workforce long enough to see these changes you're talking about. The increasing inhumanity and greed is just unfathomable. The systematic and deliberate dismantling of workers rights and protections over the last 40/50 years, the loss of collective bargaining, increasing wealth inequality from the from Lower and middle-income societies to the wealthy. The setting up of debt on our students the youngest in society. The massive increase in privatization of all public assets and processes to consultancies is left out governments in a control and knowledge void favoring the private sector. The increase in inflation, living costs and housing prices caused by a system created in most part in the last 50 years that favors the richest 5% of the population, You could go on and on and people would just say you sound like a whinger. But either way you look at it the game has been taken away from us as workers. The people. The Right's Damon was speaking about the people used to have so there was some humanity in the way we dealt with each other within the capitalist system has been torn down. And done so by a very few in our population driven by some uncontrollable motivation to collect more clamshells in the back of a cave then they can actually spend in a lifetime while allowing others in a little cave to be in a permanent state of stress. It's not just immoral as this video proves it's just a shifting premise over the decades but it is actually inhuman. I like seeing the comments below of how people lived in the seventies and eighties and how things have changed today in their basic life comforts. And I can see they agree that financial stress and the unobtainable ability to grow comfortably is leading to a complete apathy can lead people to believe that we don't want to work but it's completely untrue. We've been doing so for thousands of years it's just that the game has changed now. And it's now so far out of our reach and control it feels as it's almost impossible to wrestle back. Let's hope the wealthy few amongst us see this before they drive us into Oblivion. Though it's not all in vain as we do have some societies on Earth that we can model ourselves from humanely. Denmark and some of the Nordic countries seem to have wrestled some of that back from the fat cats and the peoples polls year after year seem to be reflecting that in their living contentment. I'm an Aussie and I've seen things change big time. So I agree with Damon at the expense of these guys Greeley snuggling up as many clams as I possibly can don't let them kick the can down the road. As our forebears did over 100 to 150 years ago in the industrial revolution, readjust this rampant form of dictatorial capitalism so there is more wealth and leaving satisfaction equality. It has been done before so it is doable.
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Nobody wants to work 40 hours a week for 40 years and never be able to buy a home or retire.
Didn't people also work 3x harder and longer hours then? Not this whole idea of 40 hours work week...only in America. The rest of the world doesn't operate on 40 hours work week.
But I agree that the main problem is government spending and tax. Tax is so out of control now...
Is really their agenda! You’ll have nothing, but you’ll be happy. Gates, zucker, bezzos, etc… they always want more!
No they realized that 1 person can do more than I position with in the company!!!!
all set by baby boomers who are doing great since Regan and the only people they hire or promote are their family members.
I have to work at least 60 hours week to get at least 1.000, last week I put around 80. with 40 I would be homeless.
Companies have discovered that they can still function despite being short staffed. No one wants to be doing the job of two people. People are getting burnt out.
When I started at the bank we had 11 employees at all times and were very busy. When I left we were even busier with the Austin growth and had 4-5 employees. Not to mention we had to start taking 30 minute lunches when we used to do an hour. Not saying this for a pity party just an example of the ghost crews.
@@DamonCassidyWorked in health care for quite a few years and it was brutal! No one that left was ever replaced…
Execs got their bonuses though…
Just a 2 people job?
I think we are supposed to be ai clones now. Thats how crazy the world has got
Greed will destroy them. Be ready - if you have lived with nothing- you will survive with nothing- the guy jumping off the 32 story in 1932 will repeat itself. He didn't live in a life experiencing being poor.
If every employee started working to rule, companies would suffer enough to get more staff.
The problem is we are run by everyone who has sold their soul. The good guy loses every time
Not to mention the corruption of ones soul when actually pursuing to do good. Represented well in the show Ozark (in my opinion). I believe you are right in many ways. Of course their are those still intending to do good in leadership roles, and I do believe their is and will always be hope for good to prevail. Thank you for reaching out!
Not every time.
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Its paper.
Its the unimaginable taxation to take everything from you and give nothing in return.
I am 53 and retired at 50. 1 thing I did do to retire early was to get out of the 401K and IRA programs. Bought rental real-estate and I am now a Limited Partner in about 1500+ units from collabrative efforts in the fund my estate planner has me invested in. I do not work.
I only contribute 5% to get full company match, that’s it. The 401K plan is designed for you to work until you are about dead. Also, the government does not have their hands on it yet either.
My wife and I live off of our 401K. We don't work. I recommend highly to everyone to build your 401K or Roth IRA's as an alternate revenue stream in retirement to your Social Security. An observation on 401K's is when it gets over 300K it starts to accelerate. When you get over 500K it can really accelerate as the stock market grows.
If I may ask, as in withdrew all of the money from the 401K and IRA programs? If so, what was your strategy behind that decision? Thank you.
Personally, I've stuck with Vivian Jean Wilhelm and her performance has been consistently impressive. You can confirm her basic info on the internet, she's quite known in her field with over 15yrs of experience.
I just looked her up on the web and I would say she really has an impressive background in investing. I will write her an email shortly.
My late father born in 1940 had a 10th grade education and worked as a maintenance man all his life. My mom stayed home. Money was tight but we still made it. And he got a pension and medical. Those days are gone!!!!!
I believe what many of us are struggling with is simply the fact our dollar is worth nothing anymore. Not to mention the loss of a pension. Thank you for sharing this with us!
I have 2 master degrees and several certifications, no pension no medical and little savings.. good times
@@HeadStronger-HS 2 masters degrees in what??
And how old are you?
Avg house price in 1950 in Oregon was 10,000 dollars. People earning 1000 dollars a year can easily save enough within a decade to buy a house for themselves, or build it slowly. None of it is present today.
People still earning in thousands and house prices are in millions.
@@HeadStronger-HS why do you need 2 degrees ? are you confused ? changing careers ? complete fake
It’s not that people don’t want to work anymore, it’s that they don’t want to work for the pitiful wages being offered and have most of those wages stolen in taxes.
Then open your own business.
@@brianmeegan6384 Agree....... 34 years now I've been a DBA, great on the taxes, freedom from corporate BS, do your own thing.......more or less, but totally BS on the state level (NYS don't like us) but moving out of this red state now.
@@brianmeegan6384those cost money. lots of people don't have that
@brianmeegan6384 BS. Big government and corporations doesn't want small business to succeed. Some states are anti small business
@@travisadams4470- Some, or all? There are always roadblocks in life. Figure out how to get around them or take a better route.
I worked 23 years for a great company full of great people doing a great thing… and then the CEO retired. The new leadership came in “cutting and gutting “and got rid of everybody that was tenured and/or expensive. Now the place is a complete cluster and nobody’s happy, but the stock value is up.
i’m sure the new CEO, who even fired his own right hand man to replace him with someone cheaper, is happy. And that’s how it works in America now.
I am sorry you had to experience that. Makes me sick thinking about. I appreciate you sharing this with us!
Give them the loyalty they deserve.
I live in UK and work for one company almost 10 years. When I started working it was a great place to work, good wage, good quality of life at workplace. The owner of the company(who was a son of a man that established this fine company) was about to retire. Since he had no heir to pass it to, he decided to hire a new CEO to increase the value of the company in order to sell it. And that's when the place turned into a hellhole. Best folk have been sacked or left the company on their own initiative. We're heavily understaffed. QoL went downhill bad, our sick pay is almost worth nothing, we're short on equipment as well. The only reason I still cling to that place is higher than usual overtime and convenient night shift hours. Once that changes, I'm out. Heh, funny, the place used to be top four in the whole city area.
True the stockholder syndrome:).?
I had a dog like that
I understand what he's saying. I sold my soul to my industry. 3 years ago, I burned myself out. I went to bosses and asked to get my hours changed. A company I worked for 27 years. They told me no. And if I had a problem, I could find another job. So I spent the next 6 months cutting my lifestyle down, too, what I needed to survive. And I did it. I walked away, and it's been 3 years. At my last doctor's appointment, he took off my blood pressure and told me. I'm healthy, then I've been in the past 15 years. And im over 50. I'm happy. I changed my whole life. Everything I was doing was slowly killing me. Now I have way more time for my garden. And my family. And some friends, of course, those friends that we're friends because of what I did for them left. Now I know who my real friends are. I recommend anyone to revaluate the life you are living. There's no reason to stress over negative things in life. That darkness will always be there. Break free from the darkness. It's so much better. Things don't Devine you as a person.
@@Spammflavor You’re a WIMP!!!! And 27 years aint SQUAT!!!
I did the same thing, i lowered my cost of living and as soon as i got out of debt i quit my job and never worked again. I just wish i did it many years ago, but it is great not to have a boss and to wake up when i want and do what i want, Congrats!!!
Your bosses paid you enough to retire early.
Send them a fruit basket.
@davidmende4438 I was a hard worker, and I made some smart investments. But I do go without certain luxuries. Some people might not be too live without. I'm good with it.
@@davidmende4438 not in a million years i had to wait right until my 65 to retire, the company got their pound of flesh and yes my retirement is awesome!!!
When I was a boy, in the early 1970s, our family lived in the suburbs. Almost without exception, every Dad in the neighborhood went to work in the morning, and almost every Mom was home with the kids (except one lady, who was a schoolteacher). All the kids played together in the neighborhoods yards, street, and various driveway basketball hoops. We knew every one of our neighbors and we even had neighborhood cookouts and events for holidays like the Fourth of July and Christmas. I didn't realize, at the time, how good I had it.
One year, one of the Dads in our neighborhood was laid off. The adults spoke of it in hushed tones, as if he had died, and he became so depressed that even the neighborhood kids knew about it. I mention this because it was something that had never happened before. It was both frightening and confusing: how could you be doing your job one day, performing well, doing everything asked of you (if not more)... and then the next day, be told you no longer work at the company? It defied all understanding. Worse: what if it wasn't just one unlucky individual? If anyone could lose their job at anytime, for literally any reason or no reason... how does anyone build a future?
When it became clear that corporations had no loyalty to or concern for their employees--when employees were no longer valued, but considered a "cost" to be reduced--that's when employees (rightly) stopped caring about the companies they worked for. They showed up only to collect a paycheck--nothing more, nothing less. The kids today call it "quiet quitting," I believe--and it's the rational reaction to being disposable.
I'm 77 this year. You must have lived in upper middle class America as a child. I recall that most moms worked too. Grandma took care of kids. Dad had 3 jobs to make ends meet!
I got all my promotions because I had already been doing the work. Sometimes it took longer to get recognition that I expected, but hard work creates your own good luck.
I am believing that "quiet quitting" was invented by employers just as an excuse to keep wages low. This is the age of profit first for them.
“our family lived in the suburbs. Almost without exception, every Dad in the neighborhood went to work in the morning, and almost every Mom was home with the kids” I’m glad you realise that was a unique moment in extremely few countries. Even in your country, it was a bubble of time when privilege dipped down a class or two, to a new class of people - many of whom were production workers behind desks - producing clerical and admin traffic & records - whose only necessary qualifications were literacy and an average IQ. Maybe also numeracy.
A lot of people from families with the background you describe, they seem to not realise how exceptional it all was. They still see it as a norm, even a right. I think this belief of a loss of entitlement is the source of reactionary boomer politics and millennial angst.
@@eh1702 I think so too. The higher middle class of the 50’s was NOT the norm. It was because of the consumerism after the war and moving from swords to plowshares. All the economic energy shifted to "modern living". Most every household bought the new appliances, tv's, cars.
I don't mind working. I'm tired of corrupt management and terrible coworkers. I don't really want to work for a corporation that has useless HR department that does nothing for employees anymore either.
Same. There should be no BS in between just do your job and that’s enough.
Absolutely! So glad you mentioned the hr department as well!
Was the Humans are a Resource department ever supposed to do anything for the employees?
Hr is not there for you you need a union
HR is there to take care of management needs and to protect the company from liability. As an employee, HR is not your friend. If you want someone to be in your corner, you should organize.
I stumbled upon this presentation. I lost a good job in NYC because I took the moral high ground. 4 years later, we are still hurting financially. However, I was able to teach my older children that morals matter. Keep moving forward
The lesson I suspect was priceless. I’m sorry to hear about the financial situation and hope that it begins to lessen here soon. I appreciate you sharing a bit of your life with us! I wish you all the best🤍
I left my job as an auditor . The rich are criminals and the politicians protect because of political donations. I am happier driving trucks. At least what I do has a purpose
I do not in any way want to belittle your stance. I don't know what the specific issue you were dealing with was, so I can't fully agree with it without knowing. I agree that standing up for ourselves is one of the few ways to hold onto any individuality we might have left in this crazy conforming world.
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However, I think it's an important point to make that you financially struggling is a form of "societal punishment" for your behavior. Put simply morality and individuality is not rewarded in modern society. And most living creatures on earth are quite simple. If behavior is rewarded, it is repeated. If it is punished, it is avoided. This is one of the many ways they control the masses.
@@anthonyfaiell3263I was pushed out of a high-level job for testifying on behalf of a specific woman who had suffered a specific and serious loss because of a specific incident-a termination based on a combo of age, sex and looks, in my presence. I spent the rest of my life listening to millionaire women executives use “victimhood” they never experienced to lecture me as they elbowed in front of me to snag every opportunity. Today there is no pride, no self respect, no ethics, at any level of any organization. Me me me me me.
you did the right thing. those who follow the path of good, those are the people i will fight for. i will make sure your good deeds do not go unrewarded
When meeting your basic survival needs has become unaffordable, work becomes distasteful.
In 2020, corporations showed the workers their true colors
They already did that back over 130 tears ago during the Gilded era.
No actually they bought up the public education system in America back in the 1960s. And ever since then our people have been labeled as human resources only to be exploited. So know you're like 60 years behind they told you that you were a useless human resource only here to be exploited back in the 1960s
They always did, most people just have a crab bucket mentality. So they always focus on pushing others down instead of uniting to make it better.
@@KK-sv7pc 2008 was mine.
They did that when they pushed to change the laws in 1989, to get the H1B worker you were forced to train before they laid you off.
What I have found is that as 1 employee you work the job of 3 but get paid the salary of .5.
More like 4 but money doesn’t seem to have same value as everything cost more
Truth
Cool if you meant x5 not as god if meant .5 like 1/2?
"What I have found is that as 1 employee you work the job of 3 but get paid the salary of .5."--
Yet you keep doing it. If you let yourself be exploited, then people are going to exploit you. Im sure you will make excuses as to why you cant quit and better your situation, because being a victim is infinitely easier than standing up for yourself.
Yep. I used to work a night shift. I was alone all night and had to spend the entire time working frantically just to get everything done before I left in the morning....if I wasn't done on time I was expected to stay till I was done....but no pay. I was the nurse, technician, cleaner, launderer, dog walker, everything. It was horrible.
I’ve lost loyalty to my government. I couldn’t imagine risking my life in a war for people who’d outsource my job if it put a penny in their pocket. We aren’t buds any longer. Loyalty is a two way street.
Sad thing is, has it ever been about loyalty to our union? (As if we could be united?). Hasn't it always been about who is putting what buck in whose pocket? War creates billions for people who love to feel and behave as entitled!
Come on bud, Israel and Ukraine need you to enlist
@@ottoandersson2216 Which I guess is way they're letting in all the immigrants, they think that they'll be the cannon fodder for the rich now, because American kids have finally caught on to the grift.
No problem...since the Counterfeit Billionaire run "government" NEVER EVER had ANY Loyalty to you or anyone else but their own Pockets. Fact.
Why you ever worshiped the mafia gov't is beyond me. Do you not know that we are slaves to them & they control us?
Do you not know that the evils control them & use them as a weapon to control the slaves? That's why yo know that every mafia gov't worldwide who participated in the scamdemic was paid off. Same with the whitecoats
It sounds like you like being a slave.
Risking your life in a war for the evils? Do you actually think that any war is an organic one?
If you want to learn the Truth about what's going on, go to my non YT video platform. YT deletes the Truth.
In fact, I watched a fairly good video last night on a new term I've never heard of before which will destroy capitalism. We are almost 100% communist now.
I'll try to upload that soon.
You can't find a job & I can't find freelancers. The evils are stopping us from connecting. Again, total destruction of life on earth.
The house my dad bought was just. $ 3,000. It was 2 years wages. Today it's worth $1,000,000 +
20 years wages. Tomorrow a billion. Work for what... a chain of debt one can never be released from.
My parents paid 125k for their house in 1985. It’s now worth 1.2 million. Back then between the two of them they made less than 60,000 per year.
I left a good tech job with a fortune 500 & went back to cleaning houses. My job satisfaction increased immensely. Stress level lowered. 30 hours a week was all i needed to keep fed, keep bills paid, & do things. And i got exercise.
Good choice! Are you self-employed?
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Need more context to your interesting story.
And, half your income did not go the state or the IRS!
@@abowling5759 retired now. Raising goats & pigs.
Money is fake but your problems are real
Money is fake, but if there is a $100 bill on the sidewalk, someone is going to pick it up.
The global money machine is on a roll to price us right off the map.
@@normbograham Ok weasel, he meant the fictitious value not actual paper.
Fake money is one of the problems.
@@aspensulphate yes sir
Here in the Netherlands during the 80ties, no one I knew had a executive position. Not family, friends or neighbors. In those days, nearly any job payed enough to buy a decent home, support your family with a single income, go on vacation to France, buy everything the kids needed, and drive a reliable Volvo (240) that could literally drive you 4 times to the moon and back. These men were no CEO's. They were mailmen. Security guards. Elementary teachers. Mechanics, etc. When our country joined the EU, and our currency changed to the Euro, that's when everything changed.
These days only 3% of people, with a middle income of 3.4k a month = university degree, can buy a home on their own. If you wish to live, both parents need to work and the costs are so high, most people I know these days cannot save anything. People work, simply to exist. 3% pay increase a year. That's it. That old mentality of: If you work hard, you can improve your life
Well that was the plan with the EU. Now the plan is to turn everyone into slaves.
Belgium here. Hi there, neighbour to the North. Wouldn't know if the introduction of the Euro changed much, as I've only joined the workforce in the mid 2000's. But my granddad bought a farm off his wages as a coal miner and later factory worker, while grandma stayed at home, took care of the animals and worked the field. And together they raised 7 children. Try to do that off a single worker's income these days.
And if you look at the lower wage jobs, it's quite understandable that a lot of people would rather collect unemployment than go work those jobs. Who wants to give up 38h of their free time (not including commute time) to earn maybe €200 more a month? And that is IF they earn more at all, because for some people what little extra they make is eaten up by the extra costs associated with working: gas and car maintenance, or bus/train fare, ... And if you got kids and need to pay for daycare, you may even be losing hundreds of euros a month for the privilege of being bored in somebody elses building, instead of your own house. Yikes!
It appears to be a global problem, not specific to any developed country. Your description of the Netherlands echos the US. My cousin in Norway describes the same situation. It seems that at the very least, housing is manipulated through financial institutions through breaking up & profiting from mortgages. Very opaque & impossible for average workers to understand.
Hello neighbors of the world, USA Guy here ... about to hit 35 years in the workforce in a few weeks ... I used to smile, even if I didn't like the Job, I had money, a decent car, rent and child care paid and yes I used to take a vacation sometimes 2 a year ... I went out and had Fun Adventures. Well ... I haven't had a vacation since 2017 ... I survived the 2007/2008 mortgage meltdown almost hitting homeless, I then worked hard and got new jobs and had a good run. I call this ... post covid world. Ya see now, I fear homelessness again ... I have so much stress trying to keep everything together that I'm falling apart. I work 7days a week a very mentally and physically stressful Jobs ( 3 of them) 9 to 11 shifts a week ... I joke withbco workers I'll have time off work after a heart attack. But fear ... it's no Joke ... seeing this coming I made a leap and took a Risk with the wrong people at the wrong time and place and lost Everything. So now ... I want to try something else ... but sadly, I don't wven have enough money to run away ... cause if I did. I would !
Hoi, hoi Nederland. Noorwegen hier. I've lived and worked in the Netherlands. I've got a master's degree from the University (six years + three years og highschool before that). Meaning I lost income for nine years before entering the work force with a big study loan. Sacreficed all for my work - health, family, relationships. Only to see the bosses being changed all the time, and never receiving a wage increase for what I did for the previous boss. I've worked for over 20 years now, and on my 8th boss (seven of these bosses were female and had to be replaced beause they were incompetent). Approaching 50 years of age, and still can't afford buying my own apartment in Oslo because the prices are so high. My realwage (wage adjusted for inflation) is not much higher than 10 years ago. Poleticians ruined the economy with too low interest rates for too long, rescue packages for "too big too fail" and stimulus during Corona. Also, I think immigration is expensive (half the city are new citizens living of welfare from the taxes I pay and get free housing pushing up the real estate market).
I too worked in banking. I felt my soul being sucked dry because I would see how I was enriching the bank and putting people into more debt. My raise one year was 5 cents an hour. At 49, I went back to school and now I work at a job where I feel like I do help people. It’s not perfect but I can look at myself in the mirror.
Back in 1971, I made $2.65/hr., was able to finance a new car, have a nice apartment, and still save a little. It was in retail, and we had full medical, life insurance, and a defined pension plan, I'm not joking!
I believe you...I remember those days...no chance these days...
In the late 80's I made 10bux an hr as a budding chef. I was able to rent a nice apartment, a decent car, food and bills paid and had enough to go out from time to time.. Full medical, dental and free meals.. Good luck with that today..
You guys are right,,,,guys,,,,you can't do that today with this kind of inflation 😅😅😅
@@johnwelch3016 thanks to “the king of inflation,” at least he acknowledges himself as such. Wants to be a monarch so bad.
I don’t believe you. Those numbers aren’t even reality. 😂😂 that’s just crazy. How was that possible?
If you make less than $80K annual (adjust for your specific zipcode), you are basically just above poverty. How many people are making $80K+? Its not most people.
Most people are making $30-50K and are dirt poor.
I remember Obama telling us that $50,000 a year was middle class wages. I also remember that, before his revision, $100 ,000 was middle class wages.
with those 80k annualy you are still in the 1% of top earners in the world lol ...statistics is nice thing :D
Exactly i think part of the issue is we have a very small number of people making billions and when they try to calculate the average annual salaries of people they need to cut out the top 1% first.
@@tomast9034 Yes, and relevance is a nice thing as well. Many other places in the world things dont cost as much or are provided by the government (sure taxes are higher though). One issue with our economy is we moved all manufacturing over seas.
It’s the wage gap between workers and upper management too. CEOs make millions and workers make very little.
I’ve worked in banking for 41 yrs. Full time. I’m done! I just don’t want to do this anymore. I’m tired of working shorthanded and having to constantly train new staff. Your comment about an 11cent per hour raise is absolutely true.
Banking is a shitty job.. u should do something else...
@@PinoSantilli-hp5qq Yes, poor cement in construction like I did in the first year of my illustrious carrier. You people are so funny.
We want to work, we’re just not going to work for scraps, I’d rather sit at home
And if you make over a certain amount, you are taxed at 40%. Who wants to work terrible job, terrible hours, not have a life? You are better off starting a small business, work your own hours, live your life and have some tax deductions.
I quit my job as a data analyst last April, it's been 12 months. I quit because they called me to the office even though I'd been fully remote for three years. I told them I received 10/10 reviews from 3 different managers I worked with. They didn't care.
They wanted me in the office so they could control my time and optimize my work flows to produce even more! That's the truth! I quit because I didn't want to be exploited tbh. I was already doing the job of three people.
sounds like the right move 100%!
Let me guess, some tyrant/control freak was peter principled into a position over you. Regardless, good move on your part.
The next person will be trained to do the job of 4 people for 2 dollars less per hour. They just want to fill the seat they don't care if your good or stay
I literally just quit a job where they tried to do the same.
They simply changed the job requirement and said the job now requires me to be in the office.
I said no, unless they can show me an area where I am failing to do my job properly they could not, required me to do it anyway and then just fired me without cause bc FL is a Right to Fire state.
They also stole my last two weeks pay, they use a payroll company and the payroll company said they simply didn't receive the payment for pay.
So they actually fired me two weeks before they fired me and let me work two weeks for free before turning off all my employee software and logins.
They'll get away with it too because the job protections in FL are nonexistent.
@@hexadecimal5236 Sorry to hear about your plight. You can do what I did and have the Wage and Earnings division of the US Dept. of Labor sue for the unpaid wages. FL has some particular problems but what you described is nationwide due to at-will employment. At-will employment means that an employer can fire an employee for any reason (if it's not illegal), or no reason, with no warning, and without having to establish just cause. About 74% of U.S. workers are considered at-will employees.
Cost you more money to go to work and stay home. Can you imagine paying $1200 a month just for two kids in daycare!!! WTF!!!
$1,200 would be an incredible cost savings over the reality of the situation.
So no, I can’t imagine that but for entirely different reasons.
no, start your own business, be your own boss, work as hard as you want, or as easy as you want! Corporations will never value their employees, sadly.
@@timothysaye5535employees will never value the corporations sadly 😢
@@timothysaye5535 oh yeah " be your own boss, work as hard as you want, or as easy as you want" . . . . . 🙄keeping your new business going you need to work harder and the work will not be easy . . .. WTF are you even talking about ? you clearly are not your own BOSS 😒
Your wife should be raising them. Day-care is state-controlled.
After 10 years of self employment, I rejoined the workforce to receive one dollar less per hour than I made in 2013, doing the same type of work.
If you were self employed, you didn't hafe to rejoin. You never left.
Why would you do that?
@@WilliamIraWoodIV
Being an employee can offer more stable income. Being self-employed comes with risks.
@@pinesandtraplines True, but your average employee is actually much worse off than ten years ago in terms of purchasing power and disposable income. Especially these last four years under that muppet in the White House who has been doing his level best to drive up inflation and give money away overseas.
@@pinesandtraplines Being employed is the illusion of stability, they can show you the door any time they wish and you have no say.
Because of the very things you are talking about, I discovered your channel. My story is too long to write here, but I am a 70 year old nurse who was the target of a "silent firing" coup. That didn't work as I refused to quit, but then I was injured on the job, and now I am unable to work. Workmans' comp is stalling and dragging their feet, and so now I have to depend on $2250/month in social security to pay rent, phone, insurance, food, gas, and utilities. I had to let You Tube Premium go, and because of this, I wasn't receiving the things on my usual preferences. And that is how I discovered this video, and I am glad I did.
As a Boomer I can tell you that the problem is corporate greed. Period. You should add the fact of how much more the CEO makes now then in the past.
"Geckonomics"
It's called human greed period. People that are rich, want more. People that are poor or middle class, want more.
Exhorbitant executive salaries have been a thing for about 40 years.
It couldn’t be that we allowed our entire economy to be artificially shutdown for 2 years, for what was essentially the flu. Can’t be that both political parties prioritize Israel and Ukraine over us, and send hundreds of billions of dollars to them every couple of months without opposition. Nah, it’s those CEOs. That’s a real Boomer take.
It's government intervention that cause all the problem. It's not corporate greed. This is the leftists excuse to tax and spend. We pay for this insanity.
I applaud you: “money isn’t worth selling my soul.” Well done. Keep going the right way.
my parents got married in 53 had ONE income and house a car and a baby. I the 60's had ONE income, bought a bigger house, 2 more cars, 3 more babies, did a total house renovation inside and out.... ALL ON DADS PAYCHECK... in the 70's mom had to get a job, everything slowly started going South, 30 years later they died poor in 2000/2006 still working at 72 yrs old!
Their 4 children born btw 1953-1963 have done worse than them so far.
As someone looking for work for 6 months , several hundred applications, and getting very few contacts despite years of experience, this idea nobody wants to work is bs. The correct phrase should be that nobody wants to hire. We need to stop caring about these too big to fail corporations. Let them fail. Instead of bailing out the company, bail out the workers who worked for the company that failed to properly manage its own business. Let the company collapse while investing back into the people who want to work. Allow competition to grow.
If you think about it, all the money given to individual workers gets right back into the economy anyway, so it would be a better choice regardless.
Union yes!
Yes! Preach.
So, I'll keep talking whether people want to listen or not.
You are in the middle of the tearing down of the entire world.
This was all pre-planned, just like every other collapse & war.
What's the difference between this one & all the others?
This one is the last battle. The killing off of the entire worlds' population, save maybe around 1 B.
The evils did this on purpose & it had NOTHING to do with the fake V which was all a scam.
I stopped watching his video when he insinuated that was the reason & as for them printing money, who do you think prints the money & controls the fiats worldwide & the value of EVERYTHING?
The same evils.
If you want to learn the Truth about what's going on, go to my non YT video platform. YT deletes the Truth.
In fact, I watched a fairly good video last night on a new term I've never heard of before which will destroy capitalism. We are almost 100% communist now.
I'll try to upload that soon.
You can't find a job & I can't find freelancers. The evils are stopping us from connecting. Again, total destruction of life on earth.
I have hired 7 ppl, since nov(small service company) start at 20hr.. they don't want to learn... I'm tired of throwing away money, waiting for employees to sue me and then getting audited from the gov. You should just be a content creator on ytube like the ppl I've hired say they want to do... when no one is manning the sewage pumps, and the sh¹t starts coming coming up thru your toilets then we might get something done
I’ve walked off lots of jobs because I was asked or expected to do something wrong, unethical or illegal. I’ve only had one long term job that didn’t ask me to compromise my morals.
"The xerox machine broke again, can you go clean up the spilt ink toner" - manager
we love it when the company transfers in new dept heads who condescendingly treat 5,10,20 yr veteran seasoned team members as if it's *their* first day on the job, even though it's the other way around, the new supervisor can't find the bathroom... the company hopelessly obliviously clueless, continues to rotate mid-mgmt supv's in an effort to figure out why one after another workers silently give notices of resignation.. they company actually thinks the last employee left disgruntled over scarce & expensive parking issues, exclusively...sure. ....talk about "the gangster who couldn't shoot straight"... it helps when one's eyes are OPEN.....
exactly, sin, evil, the devils influence on society and that destroys mans Souls to fall into Satsns hand whose end is destruction..Society rejects God..and wonders why society collapses...You see it everywhere..Christians, conservatives freedom is criminalized...Everything is based on deception, evil, hatred, pride, corruption..."Society thinks we dont need God! We can create something better without God"
Hope you got some legal advice and sued
I have a friend who is coming up on 30, and I can feel his frustration. He works a service job and he feels he cannot do anything right to satisfy his employer. Years ago, a friend of mine worked in a financial institution. There were 5 people in his department. It was cut to three. Then, two left, and he was fired for not being able to "keep up" (with the workload of 5 people).
Here’s are my surface level thoughts: roots are gone, love within local communities has been obliterated, work has no larger purpose anymore, jobs demand too much of people, greed in corporate world is pervasive, customers are mean, nasty, and without the manners of the past, and consumerism and materialism have ravaged society. Other than these things, people love their jobs.
You said it.
It is because the nuclear family is dead. No nuclear family means a heartless culture with everyone fighting against each other over uniting.
Oy vey
Yes media has us judging by unrealistic or bad values look at your peers the battle seems more bearable. Yes it is a battle these days don’t get fooled when you vote think about the direction you want world to go.
"Other than these things.... " Lol!!!! ☺
Damon, I am 69 years old, and I agree with everything you said here. EVERYTHING. I have failed badly in this system because of the very reasons you quit your job. I respect you, greatly.
My wife worked at a major corporate retailer that boasted about their paying a "living wage". What they didn't advertise that they then expected one employee to do what 2-3 others used to do.
Yep. And then you work there a few months, they fire more people, and you get their responsibilities too. 😐
PLUS Corp's paying LOW enough wages, that their employee's qualify for SNAP, etc.. purposely using government funds, to effectively almost support that company's purposeful policies.. think WALMART here in Oregon & other states?
@@maxsoregonEXACTLY. Corporate welfare. Govt subsidizing employees, so corporations make more profits.
COUGHHOBBY LOBBYCOUGH
Living wage means just that it just enough to live on.
I've been treated like garbage by every company I've ever worked for.
that's pretty much been my experience too. shit jobs, low pay and treated like dirt.
It only gets worse during a true recession.
The temps at my job and me getting annoyed with the company
Maybe the solution is to run your business. Unfortunately, most people are not in a position to do that.
You should never have that feeling. What have you contributed to these businesses? What have you done to better your boss? It’s not about you,
And it doesn’t make anything better when corporations let you know you’re replaceable, and you’re watching your colleagues (who have worked hard and have been loyal) get laid off so they can send the job overseas (despite record profits).
That’s why we need unions to take the additional profits in increased wages and benefits. If you earn your company enough money, they’ll use it to “invest” in a new, cheaper workforce
Or be replaced with foreign workers if they can't outsource.
Groowing up in the 80s my father worked in a grocery warehouse and my mother worked in manufacturing. We had a nice home, cars, and a boat. We had money to take weekend trips to the lake and annual vacation trips. We were living a version of the American dream. 40 years later and i see that dream difficult to impossible for a large percentage of Americans. The insiparation to work leaves when all of your income goes into surviving. The goals for the working class have shifted in my life from living a comfortable life with disposable emincome for enjoying life to the goal of simply paying for shelter and food.
When discussing inflation, one must understand that it is "cumulative". So, since we left the gold Standard in 1971 and the government could just print money with no limit, the value of the dollar continuously decreased. So, the things you buy haven't gotten more expensive ... The value of the currency has been drastically devalued.
You are absolutely right. I don't believe I articulated that properly. Thank you for mentioning this!
It is also based on supply and demand.
Our current leadership has destroyed energy supply.
I've been screaming this for 20 years, but nope, got to stop the coal business because of "global warming" or whatever nonsense name they are calling it now.
In 1971, Pandora's Box was opened. Government & central bankers could steal the wealth of the people without them even realizing it. This has had a massive effect, making the rich richer, and the middle class poorer, and not one person in a thousand understands why.
Yes, the cost of practically all goods has gone down drastically due to productivity gains (if we measure the value of something based on man hours put into making it), but the prices have gone way up because the value of money has dropped so much.
The value of money has decreased since December 25, 1913.
Corporate greed, government corruption, and stock market is number one problem. The government needs to stop bailing corporations out. Also, people do not live on nothing. When the money runs out, no government assistance, parents money, inheritance is gone, no more credit left, etc., people will need to work and they will.
Actually, the way the system is set up single mothers in my state can make 60k+ per year if they do NOT WORK more than a few hrs a week at under $10/hr
A fully trained welder is lucky to pull that after taxes
@@MDAdams72668 So please...what are you saying....hard work gets you nowhere....I am leaving the US....I raised and born here....leaving!!!
I once told a boss that I grant to him authority over me and I can remove that grant of authority anytime I want, then I quit and walked out the door.
I told a few of my bosses to go fuck themselves.
Hahahahah now that's funny.
You have integrity young man. Well done.
My husband and I worked when integrity and work ethics meant something.
But as the years went by , the work environment changed.
And continued to change. Drastically.
Businesses consider integrity to a detriment.
They consider work ethics useless, because they will drag out of you what they need anyway.
You’re on the right track. Don’t let the world eat your soul.
You are, indeed, a gleam of light.
At the end of the day Americans need to hear this from someone who worked inside the financial system and expose the dark truth
Check out Occupy Wall Street, the Panama Papers, and the countless folks exposing corporate sociopathy. People know, they just feel like they have no recourse.
Red Flags: "We are like a family here" . Also being hired to do a relatively simple (low paying) desk job & they spend a lot of time having meetings & asking about your personal life in those meetings. It is none of your business if I am married, what I like to do on the weekends, do I have kids or cats or dogs. I am there to do a desk job, let me do it!! I also do not need or want to share with a company where I want to be in 5 years!! Just let me do the job you hired me to do!! So tired of the game's companies play.
Oh, yeah! I finally realized that maybe the boss didn't treat his family so good.
Yeah, lots of personal questions, what I do is just lie. I tell some I'm straight, others I'm gay, others I'm asexual, or Trans, or a furry, any question anyone asks I make up a different story, I even tell different people different names, every story has the same outcome but different details as to how it happened.
No one knows the Truth and they never will.
Depends on the context, really. I don't see anything wrong with getting to know your colleagues. Yes, we're there to do a job, but we're also social animals, we suffer in isolation. Yes, even us introverts need _some_ form of social contact, albeit less than your average person. These are the people you spend most of your day with. Do you really want to spend the majority of your life being the anti-social loner in a group of strangers?
It's different if it's your boss, or other management, and you notice their interest is insincere, in order to present themselves as likeable. Or as a deceptive way to glean some information, like they're asking these sorts of questions to profile you.
And that "where do you see yourself in 5 years" question is the silliest thing ever. It might have made sense once, when people would have entire careers at a single employer. And even then, the only acceptable answer is something that demonstrates your ambition, while not threatening the position of the person who asks (so "in your chair" is out of the question, even if it's true). And what if I don't have ambitions beyond what I currently do, and do well? Or what if I like change, and have no clue what I'll be interested in 5 years from now? What am I? Russia, with their 5 year plans? So far I've had just one single job where I spent more than 5 years with the same company. So who cares where I see myself 5 years down the line? Odds are I will be elsewhere by then.
"No clock watchers wanted..." = work overtime and smile
" KPI's" = Better get us so much business or you are gone
Precisely because people change jobs quickly is the reason the 5 yr question is asked. It’s expensive to find, hire & train a new employee. This question, if answered honestly, along with your employment history tells an employer your intention to remain long term IF the employer provides the income, benefits, hours & opportunities promised, and if the employee is motivated to learn and grow with the company. If you’re going to be looking elsewhere immediately and lying at the interview you’re not worth an employers time or money. Maybe instead of demeaning the employer who provide your income you should look in the mirror.
Best video I watched,use of words like “freaking travesty “ summarizes the current situation. Please make this video go viral, everyone should try to make an attempt to understand their current situation.
Weak leadership, poor innovation, and general apathy is what I see in corporate America. I was in banking for 12 years and now 10 years on the brokerage side of things. Zero incentive, and meaningless work. You hit the nail right on the head. Like a hamster on a wheel going nowhere fast. The real question we should all be asking ourselves is, how do we fix it? We've identified the problem, we need solutions.
Guillotines
@@dezbro79 and quality is poor.
That ruling that a corporation's primary responsibility is towards their shareholders rather than their employees is probably one of the most socially disasterous things ever decided in a court of law in the history of common law.
Gone are days of strong company to last years and employees can count on.
When our mother raised us boys in the 70s, she always told us how dangerous life will become when companies make more money than the government. And here we are.
@@jmanke6057 not to mention, the deliberate method of scaling down the quality and service life of seemingly every product currently made. Built to fail, to ensure future customers 🤦🏼♂️
@@imdjc4NOBODY makes more $ than the govt.
Then Reagan removed all caps
People do want to work.
But not where they're overworked, underpaid, unappreciated, and disrespected.
The people whinging that people " don't want to work " are the ones sat behind a desk raking in the profits, paying the employees a pittance, and scratching their heads as to why the employees do the bare minimum.
Or if not the high up desk sitters they are just little parrots parroting what the higher ups are saying (nobody wants work bawk! Nobody wants to work!)
No they don't they are Lazy
I’m 55 and this is my last job. I’ll retire at 60 if I’m not let go before. I have no interest in working anymore as the government just want to take it in retirement.
Ultimately, almost all of us are making someone who already has more money than they should more wealthy.
8:37 through 11 minutes in the timeline - Watching recommended, if you missed it or already forgot.
This. Precisely. People are realizing that they're busting the asses, foresaking their friends, family, and those who matter most them, all to make some rich asshole slightly richer in exchange for some of his table scraps.
Im ok with that arangement if the CEO actually adds vaule. It's when they make tens of millions of dollars and drive the enitre orgainzation into the ground that I get offended.
@@ryang2573mostly it's the politicians getting rich, elections have consequences, you shouldn't complain.
@@thewallstreetjournal5675 Working for another person, in general, isn't a bad thing. What makes it bad is the perceived status and air of authority that people, both employee and employer, feel comes along with such an arrangement. It should be seen as a trade between equals: your money for my labor. Instead people view their employers as their de facto rulers and so they are willing to make all kinds of sacrifices they shouldn't, rationally, be obliged to make; e.g. neglecting one's friends, family, and mental health all to get some fucking report in before some arbitrary date.
I recently quit my career of 32 yrs because I was losing myself and my sanity. It is scary but I am and always will be a survivor.
What's scary, your retiring?
My boss showed up at the job site one day driving this really nice brand new truck. All the bells and whistles. It was a beautiful truck and I said "Wow... nice ride" and said to me "If you come in early every morning and work long hours and just work really really hard... next year I will be able to buy another one"
How is that fair??!?
At least he was honest. Employees carrying the load while employers reap the benefits.
@@24goodbuddy absolutely and that's something I've always lived by. A person can't get ahead working at just a job. You save and then make your money work for you in one way or another. Make your own business and buy your own new truck.
😂yea right. If my grandma were alive i would be 20 years
@@LinuxKnuckleHeadmake your own business. Too bad govt and insurance companies have seen to that. Established business using their "free speech" to buy a business environment that crushes competition before their doors even open. F this system. Quit working and bankrupt it.
I’m a nurse in a nursing home. before,the administrators and all the higher ups actually cared about us, ensured we were properly staffed and we had fun while doing our job. I would get little raises here and there, no I wasn’t being paid as much as other nurses but we enjoyed our job, our residents got good to great level of care and we had the materials to do a good job. The business was bought by Bane and it’s been all down hill. We are always understaffed, they accept residents that have prior problems at other places, we don’t get raises (yes even after we ask they always have an excuse), more residents while being understaffed, only being talked too and being pointed out short comings and I’m like why even bother anymore…I’m quitting this year and I shoulda quit earlier
Once I left the SNFs, I got a job in a Kaiser Permanente oncology clinic. The benefits were better, hours are reasonable, but pay was kinda the same. Nursing homes suck. I really feel for those that end up in one, even the staff. I would rather die than being fully dependent on a SNF.
Good luck. 👽✌️
It’s not the administration that caused issues, it’s higher overhead costs for hospitals and healthcare as a whole. Healthcare administrators such as myself has a seriously difficult time managing costs. You know what the problem is; it is in fact employee wages that has driven up costs.
That's very very sad to hear. The poor elderly people.
I feel bad for you too: you who by the sounds of it has a very good work ethos and correctly treats your job as a vocation.
Imagine how the patients/residents feel…
I work parttime(by my choice), for a company of 8 employees and the owner. He thanks us everyday for working for him. Find youeself a job in a small company and enjoy your job. Big companies are not worth the paper they are printed on any more.
I work for a small family owned business although it is better is some regards it also has it downsides. The nepotism is ridiculous and pay will always be lacking because they will claim they cant afford it. Husband and wife run the company I work for and the wife is a joke that pretends to own and run the business but has ZERO clue how to do anything. I am looking for a bigger better company, im done with small family owned
My dad said the same thing about 40 years ago. I didn't listen to him then (who listens to their dad?). He said that the emphasis on the quarterly earnings of companies to the exclusion of everything else was going to destroy business in America. No company would do R and D anymore because, even though they would make money for the company in the future. they were not producing a profit in this quarter. I was laid off from a company even though I was told that I was an excellent worker, because the company needed to downsize because they were concerned about the stock price after the upcoming quarterly report.
You know the old cliche' - 'Make the Stock Attractive'...
thats right, corporations have no loyalty to customers or employees only to stock holders because most companies are fake. most office jobs are made up to employ the masses so there are no riots or revolts, they produce nothing and do nothing but make fake busy work for stupid people that went to college. 200 years ago those same people would have been beggars and thieves, now they sit at a computer all day drinking coffee and talk about how important they are to the country.
Well isn't that kind of true by definition. If you prioritize profit over everything else it will destroy whatever company that is doing that. For the simple fact that "profit" is prioritized over long term survival.
Like Carlin said. They call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
Labor prices are up, and corporate America wants to pay thirty-years-ago wages. They want me to come begging for a job at any pay rate, and I am not showing up.
They want you to work cheap so the upper management can make a million dollars a year
What are you living on? The taxpayer's money, mom and dad? You can't live on nothing? Do you live on the streets?
@@e79422 Corporate Simp
@@e79422 He can live on welfare supplied by idiotic working chumps who still think they can vote their way out of this.
@@thedukeofdeathpt6262 Hes not wrong though. Only so many people can mooch off the rest of us before the whole thing collapses. But then maybe we do need the whole thing to collapse. I'd likely die though with my health issues.
I worked for Hewlett Packard from 1979 to 2009, and from 1979 to around 1999 we loved working for HP as we were a group of people inventing and making the world a better place, then starting in 1999 the following CEOs ruined the work environment with their bean counter mentality. No one cared anymore, it was just a job now, this was tough to finally accept. MBA training is wrong but when you have never worked your way up the company ladder you do whatever crazy MBA theory fad is most popular for CEOs at the time. Then add in the unrealistic and bad management expectations coming from the stock analysis and you have deteriorating companies only looking for the next quarter's results and not long-term results.
Yep. That's what happens when a company goes from having Engineers running it, to MBAs running it.....or should I say RUINing it....
@jwalkerC21 Same thing happened to Boeing. It was a great engineering company until the MBAs took over. They moved HQ from Seattle to Chicago, then to Crystal CIty, VA where they were closer to the politicians. They had the 737MAX blow up in their faces and their space capsule is not stuck to the ISS awaiting rescue. The bean counters still think they can salvage the company, but their track record is dismal. Many big companies have been ruined this way. It's proven by history. Same with the USA country. It's going socialist where many don't work, a few do.
Academia was better before they began hiring administrators. And remember that Clinton signed NAFTA which increased competition and caused lots of outsourcing to other countries, where the cost of production decreased providing an increase in profits to board of directors. They sell it back to us and we are happy that prices are lower as consumers. In addition our greedy government keeps taxing companies so high.
Great video! I was a public school teacher for 29 years, and the last few were pretty unpleasant. In the end I was teaching 6 classes as compared to 4 for most of my career. We had less time to plan, and fewer resources for students. The district wanted to appease parents and taxpayers in the short-term, instead of making difficult choices that would result in a better education and preparation for the students. So, I retired as early as I could - being frugal helped that! Now I teach part-time at a private school. It pays a lot less, but I believe in the way both students and teachers are treated and how the students are prepared for their future. So, there is hope! I’m still a huge supporter of public education, but not a fan of where things are right now.
Thank you young man! You took the time to research the history of WHY things are the way they are! I’m old (63) and you hit the nail on the head! It’s so sad that employees don’t matter! You are the young person we need in the world!
I'm over 60. You are one of the very few young people who see what is really happening. The tide is rising, but the potential result is uncertain. Raising political awareness in the young is paramount to the chance to save their world.
100%
I couldn't imagine spending all that time and money in college only to realize I'd been lied to. No real work experience and taking an entry level job to start my career. I would give up too.
Absolutely! The cost of college is something that really needs to be addressed
Lied to? If you didnt know a lib arts degree is useless that on you
if i were to choose all ovr again, i will not want college but trade school.
I regret going to college and getting that bachelors degree in urban and regional planning. I hated the planning profession when I did work in it for a year or so. It is a poor paying profession for the most part. But back in my late teens and 20s my passion was solving urban problems and helping in making better communities. It was interesting as a major but horrible as a form of professional employment.
That's what people get for being so gullible and lazy. They'd rather get student loans and chill for 3-4 years. Either get a degree or wash ouit, who cares. The colleges don't, because at the end of those 3-4 yeras, they've got their money and laughing all the way to the football field.l
I home schooled my son. He never went to college. He's 24 now and making over a 110k a year. No student debt.
Incredible! Congratulations to you both
Does he work in a trade?
@@jasoncarter4343 I got him a job at Raytheon when he was 18. Since then he's been offered jobs at Lockheed Martin and he decided to go to Honeywell. He started with their space division and now he audits engineering changes for all divisions.. He mostly works from his home now.
Doing what?
@@stevep756 Auditing engineering designs and changes for a major military contractor.
Section 8:08 doesn’t make sense. What also doesn’t make sense is that where I live, there seem to be more people spending at retail stores and restaurants. No matter where I go in Florida, from Miami to Jacksonville, retail stores-from grocery stores to home improvement stores-and restaurants are packed with people spending. Yet, prices are higher, many people don’t have regular jobs, and they are still spending. When was the last time you went to a restaurant? Did you notice the long waiting lines to get a seat? It doesn’t make sense.
Section 13:23 mentions that rents are up 85%. True! But I haven’t seen an empty apartment. In fact, in Florida, more apartments are being built and filled as soon as construction is completed. Renting a one-bedroom apartment anywhere in Florida costs between $2,500 and $4,000 a month, and none are vacant. It doesn’t make sense how people can afford it if we’re in a recession. Anytime in economics history, this is the only time no one has an answer -doesn’t make sense for the first time.😎
If you're working just to pay bills and unable to save money, you are in reality working for nothing. What blew my mind is that a $100,000 year salary today can not cut it in todays economy. Most people are hurting and struggling to survive. I realize this when I seen a man pay $81.00 for one plastic bag of groceries . My mother paid $30-$40 for a full shopping cart of groceries when I was a teenager. Remember the 50cents bag of wise potatoe chips not to long ago ? They are now $2.50 and up. My mom was able to buy 3 cans of Campbell's soup for $1.00 . Now they are $3.00 each. Something has to blow to correct it. Lets hope it wont be public's sanity.
Absolutely, just 4 years ago I could’ve bought a house with the salary I was making. Instead I had to send more documents than I could believe were needed just to get an apartment with how expensive things have gotten
@@DamonCassidyThis economy is also detrimental to the publics mental and emotional well being also. Something is going to give.
Most definitely! It absolutely has to be discussed. What is happening with teenagers and young adults must be discussed more
just eat pasta cheap as hell and honestly dont think living america is a substantial future for me I'm going to save alot money and get a france degree to live in france. Tired of working like a slave with few benefits and more stress.
Depends on where you live. I bought $130 in groceries today. It was about 5 plastic bags. I buy organic soups for under $4 a can. It sounds like you live in an expensive area.
“No inspiration to work hard”. Very well said.
This comment right here.
This speaks to every commentor on here crying about a bad workplace or a low wage.
People are quick to complain about how abusive their workplace is or how little they think they are being paid, but they tend to conveniently forget about what they ever brought to the table as an employee.
How much did they actually do on the job?
Did they do the bare minimum?
Did they come in a little late or leave a little early, while making for damn sure that they soaked up every second of every lunch break?
I've been around awhile now. I've seen how many people treat their work.
I don't have much sympathy for these people who cry out for "living wages" or a work place that isn't abusive. I think most of them just don't know what they're talking about.
Not to mention, most of these people proudly vote democrat which facilitates the inflation that we're currently experiencing.
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I feel that one of the biggest problems is HS education. A better understanding of the “miracle of compound interest”, the time value of money and how to invest money are all important studies and many more.
Bro I WANT to work, but every goddamn job is a ghost job.
Literally my problem as we speak
@@koyotekola6916 What ? Do you even know what ghost jobs are this has got to the most out of touch response i have ever read
@@RandomPerson-i5p Make your own job. There's plenty of people who need stuff to get done, and you could be the one doing it.
@@RandomPerson-i5p I know what ghost jobs are very well. In fact, I know that companies get ghosted by prospective employees, i.e. the shoe is on the opposite foot! Now why would that be just the opposite of what "you guys" are complaining about? The reason is because "you guys" aren't worth a crap, that's why! You belong to a generation of derelicts that are being left behind by people who do want to work for a living and contribute to the company's ability to compete. That's why YOU are the one who's out of touch. COntinue thinking like you do, and I'll see you on the streets panhandling.
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How refreshing that there is a human left out there with a moral compass
Can I get an amen??? 🌅
Fortunately he was replaceable. --Mgmt.
As a retired social studies person this blog is spot on. Another important factor, working an economically producing men are also deincentivised by family court an the guarantee of absolute personal destruction.
Everything he ever worked for forever hope to have including his retirement will be stolen. He will be forced to to pay insane amounts of government court support or be dragged off in handcuffs. He's only self-defense is to reduce the payments by not working at all for anything more than enough to eat. Thus the backbone of the nation is The working Man is ripped out.
So sad but true.
Family courts have very little room for compassion and creativity. Talk to the legislator. And do not suppose you don't have to support your offspring if their mom is not sweet. I gave back my alimony every month for a year when my ex was not employed. I knew he'd use it on our son's well being. Now he is at work, I am on pension and he helps me out with the heaviest house hold work. Our son is 21 and he has seen we love him and do not hate each other.
@@bettyhappschatt3467- The courts may have their hands tied but that doesn’t make it easier on divorced men. Some of them will power on through the hard times, but for the vast majority it’s akin to a prison sentence, regardless of any actual guilt.
When will people learn to read Robert Greene, Eric Berne, Ayn Rand, Norman Angell, William D. Lutz, Theodore L Dorpat.
Once you understand you are a slave that cant go anywhere, you learn to be a criminal and my god how amazing it is in a democrat state.
I dont work and make more money than pretty much all my friends at 27. Im the only home owner as i got a girl pegs and state gave me section 8 so i dont even need to worry about paying for it.
State wont come after me as im on disability so they cant garnish me or force me to work legally. I ignored getting a highschool degree just as a added touch to the bureaucracy.
Sure some call me stupid, but I have more books on my shelves than Gen Z has subscribed to youtubers.
and for young men out there, READ Esther Vilar's books, ALL of THEM
@@bettyhappschatt3467 well isn't that sweet you sort of played nice. Not really it still cost him. Millstone around his neck. Show our son that we love him BS. A sick and twisted way of showing love. Love is your faithful loyal and cooperative to your spouse and obey your husband all the days of your life. .
Corporations are not living entities!!! .... yet still given same rights and allowed to exist indefinitely, forever. 😒
You can't care too much anymore in America, gotta do you as best you can, nobody cares about doing the right thing, especially our government. It's sad, but true.
Christians do, but we get slammed all the time as being the problem. 🤔
Very true. Do your best and be happy with the successes you do achieve, no matter how small.
Our house is a fixer upper, but we have a house. Our yard is large and takes a lot to manage, but we can sit outside and enjoy the nice weather. We don't make as much money as we'd like, but we don't have to make tough decisions on our needs. We also WFH, so we don't spend money to commute to work and we have that commuting time back to do what we want like exercise, house chores, or just to relax.
It's all about perspective sometimes. Our life isn't grand, but we have so much to be thankful for.
Modern day slavery
@@fight2liv Narrow is the way and very few find it.
What are all the unions doing
30 to 34% interest is USERY! Where is our Senate?
Thank you for not pushing their cards!♥
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the senate is taking what the corporations left for you.
They are stealing money from us like the rest of Congress.
the senate is too busy doing under the table deals and getting RICH, while they could care less about what happens to the people that they work for.
That's 3x the amount God charges in tithes!
Our present situation was by design. Intentional. Created bit by bit, drop by drop, over the last sixty years, as to go imperceptibly unnoticed, until basically we were all trapped and ensnared in it! Like the powers that be wanted it!
Same families have been God-Like wealthy for over 300 years. This isn't democracy, never has been, it is an oligarchy. And you are 100% correct.
Everyone would need to have a median income of 174k, to survive in today's economy. Not even thrive, just survive. Less than that, and one is in everyday survival mode and everything is struggle, one minor disaster away from ruin. This is all by design. People are waking up to the reality of corporatocracy and government greed combined with criminal political ineptitude and traitorous agendas, and we're refusing to participate any longer. When the consideration of your labor is stolen, a number of times over, then labor is the only power dynamic that we hold in the equation. Withhold your labor, you cannot be stolen from, either by income earned or by goods/services consumed/taxed. Only to buy products/services that are faulty/obsolete by design. Its the only 'legal' way to boycott taxes, which are unlawful, to begin with, nor do we feel any representation, by. No taxation without representation, is the whole reason this country was founded, to begin with. Only to have those forced taxes put into 'benefit' programs, to steal from as well, with no entitlements of recovery. It is LITERAL THEFT. A RICO racketeering scheme conspired upon by government alphabet agencies to swindle people out of their hard-earned labor compensation. People are also refusing to consume as much because the item that you purchase/own, is also taxed a number of times over, and we understand that if you have to keep paying a tax to have it, that you don't really ever own it, because unpaid taxes results in the confiscation of your property. Why bother? Again, this is deliberate. Remember THEIR motto: "You will own nothing and you will be happy.". So, THEY want us to only be able to afford (by social score) to live in 15 minute cities, where we don't actually own anything, but rent everything and continue to pay taxes on the items that we don't even own, whilst also being taxed for the air we breathe. I'm happy to see people wake up to the futile reality of big government and spending, corporate greed and taxing the working class into debtor prison. Oh, yeah...you can best bet that THEY're already in full swing on bringing those back. Just look at the 'for profit' prison system. All based on a fiat currency system, that THEY want to fully incorporate into a digital system, so that THEY can yank the rug out from under you, or digitally 'ghost' you whenever you don't comport to THEIR liking. So that THEY have ultimate control and complete oversight over your 'wealth', or, lack thereof. Remember, THEY think that we're all just a bunch of "Useless Eaters" and "Useful Idiots", incapable of thinking for ourselves, being just sheep, and all. Wake up, if you haven't already. What we are seeing is the realization of people who honestly ask themselves, "Why should I work my entire life, to the detriment of life and limb/disability, only to have nothing to show for it? If I'm going to have to live as a pauper, I'd rather expend my energies on surviving, instead of working for someone else's benefit until I collapse. I trust in The Lord to provide. I do not trust the corporation of American government.". THEY want us sick, tired, debilitated, disabled and/or dead. If you work your entire life to pay into a system that is designed to work you until you succumb to your body dying off early, with no expectation of return, then who stands to profit? DO NOT BE A SLAVE. DO NOT COMPLY. DO NOT FORFEIT YOUR RIGHTS. DO NOT GIVE UP and DO NOT GIVE IN. STAND UP. FIGHT BACK. BE PREPARED. May God Bless and Save America
Wisdom !
The wage difference between CEO's and the employees is ridiculous. It wasn't that way before. When a company was losing money the first person to take a cut was the top executives. Now they take pay cuts from the people who work hard to keep the company going. Now, CEO's receive golden parachutes, pay raises that could help the lower paid worker and stock options no matter how badly the company is doing.
Employers started Not to show interest in Employee retention,
Hired & fired on the drop of the hat.
Hence - employees could not rely on steady work and skipped from one employ to another. Morale, Pride and Professionalism went out the window
I am a Boomer. The change I have seen is awful. Wow.
As a Boomer here..........Yes, seen that for years, also the A-hole bosses that couldn't keep help........but also as a tradesman, can tell you how many ppl showed up and BS there way in and couldn't do walk after all the talk.
@@bobwild9995 Another Boomer here, I have seen that same thing and recently my own son lived/witnessed it as well. He worked a new position employed by a major city, and as a result met the public every day dealing with massive regulations and details, as well as presenting himself as a professional advocate and problem solver. In only a few months, his performance gave him an opportunity for a major promotion. The other candidate was a fast-talking, BS-spouting character from California with an impressive résumé. My son was instructed to explain the procedures and policies to the newcomer which he did diligently for about a month. The newcomer refused to learn the new ropes and continued to BS his way along until it was time for the overall boss to decide whom to promote. The newcomer then started skipping days at work, so my son did receive the promotion. If you work diligently and do the right thing you WILL eventually come out on top. In the meantime, just like the UA-cam narrator said, take pride and gain satisfaction in doing a job well and in the long run things will work out.
@@p.d8423 yes, and quality and customer service are gone too. They get away with it because of monopolies and lack of competition.
Add to that the temp industry for real devaluation of the employee.
Here in Australia, the problem is accommodation - that's the demon turning perfectly good living wages into third world poverty conditions in this country.
Because the areas where the jobs are, accommodation is so expensive no one wants those jobs, OBVIOUSLY not. Only immigrants are stupid enough to work hard all day and then hand 70% of their pitiful wages left after tax to a landlord or mortgage company. But some people make it work by stacking 10 families into a 2 bedroom apartment... this is what we have sunk too because of the unquenchable greed of landlords which just keeps rolling on day by day while the government plays Nero's fiddle.
In my town, working full time is stupid. You have to work to get the benefits. BUT only part time. Thresholds determine the amount of assistance you get. Rent Assistance, free dental, free medical, food stamps, free transportation around town, are determined by income. If you work 2 hours more per week, you can lose these benefits. If you work at higher wage or more hours you can lose money. In other words, you can make more money not working than by working. WEF: You will own nothing and be happy. It is planned.
Companies do not know how to hire anymore. "Go online" they say (a polite way of saying "talk to the hand, go away"). So you go online. You now get to come up with yet one more inscrutable, 'unique' password, another login name, give them all your data, while you deal with competing AI HR bots that contradict each other, and only communicate with you via robot texts and 'do not reply' emails -- with no human involved in the entire dehumanizing process. Think about it -- if they don't even want to talk to you in person, and treat you like a throwaway app, why would you want to work there?
My friend experienced this phenomenon in 2008 when she applied for numerous jobs to no avail. A counselor told her that your resume is subject to review by a robot looking for certain predetermined key words pertaining to that company and if they’re not in the resume, your application is trashed. Problem is that no one knows exactly what these key phrases are.
Nailed it. We created a place for kids to mingle, drink, have fun, n b impoverished. Schools waste four+ years of your productivity.
Age 71, CPA with MBA in economics. Work in both corporate world and public CPA practice. For me, the corporate world was like nice communism, no murders, no mass starvation. It was a good presentation, like a college essay. But we live in different times, like no other in the history of this nation. Print money like it grows on trees. Brics, control 50% of the world oil supply and 35% of the world GNP, and the group is only a year old, 20 more nations want to join. Since WWII America the world currency, but that is ending, and that ending means hyperinflation, like 24 to 50% a year on food, maybe fuel. The nation is divided in half - mass brainwashed psychosis and the other half not far behind. Watch tv, read a newspaper, you are part of the problem, been 35 years for me to NOT. Young bud, the American Empire is ending, and looks like it may be in high gear. When people catch on to the hyperinflation of food, they will hoard, causing man made shortages. This is here to stay, it cannot be cured, except by very hard times, by pain, lots of pain. And this does not even include city grids going down, water supply bombed. It has already started, it is not going away. Buy a pressure canner, 8 quart size, go to work, put back 100 quarts, more if you have a family. Put back dried peas and beans, lots of it. Good luck to you kidos, you are going to need it.
A lot of People feel.that Work doesn't Work anymore so they are Starting to consider other forms of Making Money.
yep. you have to.
Not like there is a law that says we have to work. Which means I can spend the rest of my days on my land, growing, hunting and fishing for my food. Using renewable energy technology to provide me with the energy I need. Collect / harvest rainwater. Use my homes gray water to help water my garden. Open season on Feral hogs 24/7/365 means free bacon.
So, I have no need to work. My VA disability is enough for me and sometimes I repair phones/ computers for others. Mostly because I just like doing that type of thing, its not really work at least not for me. And for all practical purposes I am debt free. So why would I want to work for some greedy selfish corporation when I already put in 24 years in the Army? I have earn my little piece of heaven right here so I do not have to ever work again unless I choose to. Which I won't. LOL
@@leeames9063 Good for you everybodies situation is different.
Someone has to work though otherwise your Disability Check and Army Retirement would Stop coming.
I hear what you're saying though.
Army retirement is a whole different animal. I'm glad you have that. You earned it.
Having land doesn't mean you own that land. You mearly rent it from the Gov. They set the taxes and when you can't afford those they kick you off. Or delete you.
I agree. Work really doesn't work anymore.
My experience has been working with executive teams that just don't care about their employees and barely care about their customers either these days-THAT is what doesn't make sense any more.
moved to the US two years ago, I noticed that the mindset around work and life here often feels off. Many people seem to focus on making quick money and spending it on luxury, like yachts, without caring about creating real value. When I started working, I tried to share my thoughts about wanting to bring value and make a difference. To my surprise, people reacted like I was strange, almost as if I was being foolish for thinking work should be about more than just a paycheck. It felt like the general attitude was, "Who cares? Just get paid and enjoy life." But for me, joy comes from meaningful work and creating something of value, not just wasting resources. The real reason no one wants to work anymore seems to be that people don’t see the purpose beyond making money-they’ve lost the connection to the idea that real fulfillment comes from contributing something worthwhile.
In the 1970's most often " show me your heart"...now it's "show me your money and I dont care how you got it"..
Seems like show me your money startedbin the 70's
Most of the gredy ceo types came up in the 60's and 70's
So excuse me while i once again roll my eyes at this continuous lie thats told about former generations being the greates....
We have to clean up that generations messes daily!
Bullshit
And they regretted it because it's a fantasy 😂
@@poormansrepublic7823 these generations are living on what those generations created,if it weren't for them you wouldn't have computer's and tech that this generation is so enthralled with, everything you have they made and built,and these generations are not building anything worthwhile, they have become leaches on society and think they are doing anything worthwhile is a travesty
In the 1970s that was just a bunch of fluff. You think that the people who set up 'Woodstock' didn't make some serious bank? Get real.
University is so expensive now because they need to keep paying for a winning sports team.
And overly-fancy dorm rooms and cafeterias.
No, universities are so expensive now because they're milking the feds for every nickel of student loans that are brought in. Most students are in worthless degree programs, but they don't care. As long as they come in with $25K a year or more, they'll extract every penny out of them. I know because I see it being doen all the time at our major university.
Most universities have investment portfolios which is where most of the money goes too, outside of paying staff
Guaranteed student loans allowed universities to pump up rates. In 1988-89, I paid for 2 years of undergrad by delivering pizza. I took out loans later but probably could have done all 4 years paying as I went. They made the loans easy to get and I got lazy.
@@physchir In 1994, Georgia Southern was only $630 a quarter.
I've been in the corporate world for 34 years. Nowadays, corporate executives are doing things to their own companies that once would have been considered "corporate raiding". it's a matter of "what you can get away with", without actually going to jail.
I just left my industry of 15 years... What you described was exactly my experience... and I couldn't justify it to myself... The litmus test I had used to justify my work for so long... didn't make sense anymore. The environment changed; not me. I still wanted to kill it... But, the circumstances made an environment that was stacked against my success in a way I had never experienced or heard of in my industry. It was no longer worth it, and I couldn't lie to myself or the people I worked with.
Thank you for this. It matters.
Corporations are gruesome monsters. They do not pay enough. Some employees are also gruesome monsters. HR gives a crap of the employees and HR is not the workers friend but the CEO's friend. There are corporations they work and treat employees like slaves. Also to punch in and out of the clock is evil combined with 6 points and you are fired. Corporations go and do your shit work yourself. Corporation owners have an attitute like Demons. Nothing has changed for the worker class only the methods have chanced to exploit the human worker. CEO's are King and Queens, Security Officers are Soldiers Knights, and workers are peasants until they rebelled and brought the bourgeoisie under the Guilliotine. To study should be free at any University. Each University should have A-Grade Status. No way to buy a house. No way to pay of student loan debt. You can all go to Kingdom Come. 🎉🎉🎉
Really glad you mentioned the HR nightmare. When I left my job how difficult they made my exit process made it very clear they did not actually care why/ the reasons I was leaving. Just hoped I would stop responding at some point.
@@DamonCassidy In a nutshell, we're being ushered into open-air slavery.
HR has always been the enemy
If what you say is true, then work for the company but steer clear of HR. Why would HR work for YOU when they're hired and paid by the company? ANd this is America. If you don't like your work environment nad situation, don't let the door hit you in the ass.
There was a guy who ran his own business and he paid his employees over and above the regular they could expect. They all loved working for him, he was a great guy, and the business was a great place to work.
Then there was a down-turn. The business when bust, and so the owner lost his business, his car, his house, and his wife.
Not one of the overpaid employees put their hands in their pockets to help save the business. They all just skulked off and got lower paying jobs with regular businesses.
Gee. I can't imagine why business owners favor their business and themselves over their employees...
I got very lucky... my hobby turned into my career. Starting programming computers around 12 years old. Now a software engineer for 20 years professionally. Still love it! Work at home 99% of the time and pays really well.
I've been a software engineer for over 5 years and this video is relevant to this industry as well. I actually like the subject matter of my job a lot, love solving technical problems, etc. It's all the business majors and private equity greed that's gutting the tech industry that's making the experience worse. They are still doing mass layoffs, and have been for 2 years now.
Be careful bud. Age discrimination is huge in tech.
It's easy to blame corporations, but people just don't want to work. I hire laborers for $20/hour to install flooring. It's physical work, but not too hard. Hell, my boys helped me when they were in elementary school. I've had dozens of folks just not show up. Even staffing services can't get people to show up. People say they're coming to work, but never show up.
13:00 You should add here two more important, possibly the most important factors, and they are 1) the absolute disdain for the average American on display by, and 2) the incompetence and/or corruption of every institution we rely on. Corporations, banking and financial services, sports and entertainment, tech, and of course government, they all dropped any pretense of respect for their customers/citizens or fear of being seen as the politically biased, elite, unqualified dictators they are. It is very difficult to justify working to support systems that openly mock and demean you and the lives of the people you love, who subvert and abuse our Rights, and whose motivations are so obviously detrimental to a free and open society as a whole. Support that which supports you.
Right on. Paying $1,000 to see live Concerts and Sports venues while the system in return don’t gives you a cent back. Were brainwashed to hero worship, celebrity worship ( D Trump, Reagan was a celeb), while we get an 11 cent raise, 🎉😂
God bless you. Refusing to sell your soul shows your integrity and will give you true self respect.
The worst part of working is the co-workers.
Sadly that's often true. Al tough co-workers can be fun too. Some of my worst experience doing unskilled work is that some of the co-workers were real human trash.
The inspiration for working hard should come from the home. We don't have homes any more. Only places to live.
Wow, you’re right! Touching a very important topic here
Men don't have women anymore. Women used to be our biggest inspiration and motivation to get out of bed each morning. But women don't even seem to care about marrying or having children anymore. And the few that do, still expect a man to be able to provide a certain lifestyle.
"Forget your slave job. Open an Etsy shop and be your own boss." That's what the little voice inside my head told me, and now I have an Etsy shop that earns about $500,000 per year. What do we make? CUSHIONS! Freakin' cushions. My sister owned a fabric store so I had access to a sewing machine and fabric. I eventually taught myself to sew, bought a used machine and worked from my apartment. After a few years I expanded into a small warehouse and now I have employees, and I own my own home. WTF? I didn't see any of this coming but it feels GREAT to be free from the endless grind of countless slave jobs.
hopefully that can be me one day. threw myself really hard into freelance artwork after straight up a whole year of applying to jobs just to get rejected -- finally said "fine, I could be working for myself anyway and at least making SOMETHING instead of nothing"
What fee you pay to Etsy?
Thank you. Everybody here is whining that they want free sh*t to augment their worthless job that they didn't train for. I"m glad your work ethic and quick mind put you in your position.
For longevity, I would suggest not taking your business public. At least not in a way that allows shareholders to make decisions.
And the people buying them all have a job.
So clearly having a job actually works.
Well done Damon what a great video you made demonstrating this topic which we should be talking about more and more.
You don't seem any videos like this that actually sensibly talk about historical data and more importantly see it backed up in the comments below by workers there have been in the workforce long enough to see these changes you're talking about.
The increasing inhumanity and greed is just unfathomable.
The systematic and deliberate dismantling of workers rights and protections over the last 40/50 years, the loss of collective bargaining, increasing wealth inequality from the from Lower and middle-income societies to the wealthy. The setting up of debt on our students the youngest in society. The massive increase in privatization of all public assets and processes to consultancies is left out governments in a control and knowledge void favoring the private sector. The increase in inflation, living costs and housing prices caused by a system created in most part in the last 50 years that favors the richest 5% of the population,
You could go on and on and people would just say you sound like a whinger. But either way you look at it the game has been taken away from us as workers. The people. The Right's Damon was speaking about the people used to have so there was some humanity in the way we dealt with each other within the capitalist system has been torn down. And done so by a very few in our population driven by some uncontrollable motivation to collect more clamshells in the back of a cave then they can actually spend in a lifetime while allowing others in a little cave to be in a permanent state of stress. It's not just immoral as this video proves it's just a shifting premise over the decades but it is actually inhuman.
I like seeing the comments below of how people lived in the seventies and eighties and how things have changed today in their basic life comforts. And I can see they agree that financial stress and the unobtainable ability to grow comfortably is leading to a complete apathy can lead people to believe that we don't want to work but it's completely untrue. We've been doing so for thousands of years it's just that the game has changed now. And it's now so far out of our reach and control it feels as it's almost impossible to wrestle back. Let's hope the wealthy few amongst us see this before they drive us into Oblivion. Though it's not all in vain as we do have some societies on Earth that we can model ourselves from humanely. Denmark and some of the Nordic countries seem to have wrestled some of that back from the fat cats and the peoples polls year after year seem to be reflecting that in their living contentment. I'm an Aussie and I've seen things change big time. So I agree with Damon at the expense of these guys Greeley snuggling up as many clams as I possibly can don't let them kick the can down the road. As our forebears did over 100 to 150 years ago in the industrial revolution, readjust this rampant form of dictatorial capitalism so there is more wealth and leaving satisfaction equality. It has been done before so it is doable.