Dr. Phil ROASTS Gen Z Career Choices - Is America In Trouble? | Merit Street Media
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Don't miss this Dr. Phil Primetime eye-opening episode! Gen-Z's reluctance towards blue-collar jobs could reshape America's workforce. Tune in as we dive deep into this pressing issue.
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There’s no way you’re living paycheck to paycheck as an electrician unless 1)work is slow or 2)you aren’t taking every job you can. Blue collar workers are vital to our country’s infrastructure and economy.
I work with some Gen Z's, their work ethics would have to be 10 times better, just too stink...the only bright side is that once the Boomers retire, unemployment should go way down...because for every Boomer that retires, they will have to hire 4 Gen Z's to replace them, to do the same job
We will have worker bots then. No need to hire entitled lazy Gen Zs
Teacher here... and I will give you my perspective on things. There is a whole younger generation that is being told they need to feel good and get exactly what they want, at all times, immediately. They are entitled, lack perspective and empathy, and are coddled horribly.
They also believe that they should go through life never having to hear or witness someone having a different opinion from their own. They become emotionally wrecked if they are ever challenged, reprimanded, or given a consequence.
And it's not all their fault. You have parents that are not involved or invested in their children. The solution is to put an ipad infront of their faces from the time they are a baby.
It is so sad.
You said the mouthful that I was going to type. Thank you ! Retired college instructor, now private corporate trainer here.
One of the best summaries I’ve ever read or heard!
I bet these kids never had to do chores at home.
Well said. That aside. Where do they think all the things and amenities they enjoy came about? The car, the house, the tree for the shade, clothes on their backs, etc. Somebody before they were born made sure to leave that legacy. How are they creating a better world for future generations?
@PinkClouds3835 they don't care about the next generation. This younger generation is so focused on what they want and how they need it right now. There is no thought of building a life. They think everything amazing should be given to them because they exist. The look of horror on my middle school students faces when I told them I work multiple jobs to help pay for what my family needs, and our wants, was very telling. They couldn't comprehend that we sacrifice alot, go without, and save for years for things like our children's sports, cars, vacations, and right now even food.
Journeyman Lineman here... I doubt he was an Electrician... The apprentiship to become an Electrician is a 4 year program... My bet is that he may have been an Apprentice Electrician who couldn't cut it! He is not a Journeyman!
I believe you are right on.
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Union Apprentiship or private?
I second your position. I'd also like to add I have kids who live "pay check to check" on high dollar jobs. Despite us teaching them to save and work hard somehow we failed them culturally.
Not all, but our lazier kids bought into their peers lies over our beliefs and training.
Hahaha 🤣😂, the plumber was taking it easy on her...
The lawyer talks about all these specialty degrees being the way to go.
Too many chiefs and not enough braves will never win you a war.
Don't find your passion. Rather find what you're good at and make it into your passion.
Hopefully your good at your passion if your actually passionate about it
Smart!
Having just retired from working in automation. I can tell you that you can earn a good living without a degree. Myself and my three brothers all worked in skilled trades. We all bought and paid for our homes and mostly worked 40 hours a week. Some overtime when needed. These kids don't want to do anything if it can't be done on their phone.
Newsflash: look at home prices today. Something has changed since you woke up from your time capsule
@@WoodyJ98yes it has…people don’t want to give up their door dash, Starbucks, online shopping etc to save for a home is what’s changed!
My kids are 19, 17, and 13. I've been telling them that they have a once-in-two-generations opportunity in skilled trades. People like this lawyer are going to be really bummed when the A/C goes out in his building and he has to wait 3 days for HVAC repair because there aren't enough people to meet the demand.
Or I make him pay me a months worth of his salary to fix. And I will never feel bad for gouging people like him.
Wait until AI takes his job and then he'll be bummed.
Awesome point. These blue collar jobs are practical.
Blue collared jobs are important and no need to put down another job. Both are very important. At this point, there will be no hvac people to repair the a/c because teens are too busy doing tik tok.
Then those jobs should pay handsomely.
I work a 530 am to 430 pm job 5 days a week. I provide for my family. My wife respects me. Honors me for my sacrifice for her. Been doing it for 34 yrs. Goes 40 hrs to 55 hrs a week depending on the lumber market.
Thank you for your hard work and taking care of your wife and family. Respect to you!
I hate this misconception that people think that having a spoiled child hood, with everything given to you by your parents, gives you a better opportunity to live a good life in the future, simply because you didn’t experience anything traumatic. It doesn’t matter how you started in this world, it’s either you become a victim or you actually do something with your life.
The reason why nobody is doing the trades is because they don't pay a living wage. I do commercial HVAC work doing sheet metal. It's hard work in the Arizona heat. You'd think it pays well but it doesn't. Trades are only going to get worse if the Pay doesn't match. On top of that we're pushing everyone to be an entrepreneur like it's a life style that you work 2 hours a month and earn seven figures. It does not work that way.
Thanks for what you do. Know there are people out there like me that appreciate you even if I don’t know the first thing about HVAC. Lol
Unless you’re an OF girl.
They don't want to work hard because throughout their childhood they were never pushed to work hard. Anything they tried, they would get "participation" ribbons so they wouldn't "feel bad.". They were rewarded no matter how hard they tried and learned it didn't matter how they did. Now they've grown up with that mindset thinking they can get whatever they want with no effort. They don't understand they need to "pay their dues."
And which generation was it that raised them? Entitled older generations can't take responsibility either, just like the boomers.
I guess we’re now seeing the long term consequences of this BS
I love how you say "they" so nonchalantly, as if you know personally every single person under 25yo.
You just parrot what conservative media feeds you
It's the hand me a trophy for showing up mentality
@@Pens4Life85 it’s just more common now than ever
We can survive mostly without white collar. Can't live without blue collar. #ranchwife #truckerswife
There needs to be a balance between the 2 worlds. I have a "hybrid" career myself. I work a blue collar job by day, and I do freelance accountant by evening and sometimes weekends
Oh yeah, people who process your paychecks are white collared workers. So you can’t live without white collar. No need to put down another job to prove a point. Both are important.
@@Dynomite611you can still live with nobody doing that job 😂
@@NickPipesComedyyou can live without plumbers too.
Because they're too busy whining about everything
And when Mikey’s pipe burst, AC breaks down, needs a roof replacement, or water damage? Who’s he gonna call? The same people he sneers his nose at. And I wouldn’t feel bad about them (in fact would encourage) gouging him for every single dollar he earned out of his “online business”
I would love to learn any trade job as a hobby for when I need to fix something at home.
Most gen z are the laziest people in the world right now
I agree
@truthseekerjesusfollower6393 we have gen z, millennials, and gen x working my position at my job. The gen x are the worst, right now. Doing nothing and telling everyone how they are doing it wrong. It's really annoying.
Calling them lazy isn't gonna help. I'm Gen X and disagree. We are in different times.
Gen Z. They're soft, weak and lazy. Useless.
@@lorenzrey575 I'm an employer. I know it's not true with all but every gen z I've hired is lazy and can't handle the work. I had to quit hiring them. Sorry if you can't handle the truth
The moral here is that in society, the people DOING THE WORK.....GETTING THE TASK DONE.....should be paid better than anyone sitting behind a computer.
The thing is there is no set wage for online business it’s just like any business you can either go belly up or you can make it work and make a living. There’s nothing wrong with it
No , having a college to dream does not give you a longer life
That's not true
Mikey was particularly offensive. He said he did not want to work 40 to 50 hours per week. Most people do have to work that number of hours. I also did not respect the attorney with the graduate degree. That is not the answer for everyone either . Dr. Phil did a great job with the entire segment
I’m with Mikey
Who wants to work 40-50hrs... No one, but we don't complain when we do.
You do not need a formal institution or piece of paper to learn beneficial things, just a desire to learn.
But it will take work, which we naturally seek to do in the most efficient way.
And that piece of paper will not assure a statistically longer lifespan.
Yeah cause you're so great for not speaking up@@Robert-cu9bm
Wow, how spoiled and entitled, this is why our country is going downhill so rapidly. Both of those guests are completely pathetically lazy its not funny
Kick generation Z out of the parents homes or to say the lease make them pay there parents rent by making them work
“All in a DAZE work” (The decline and fall of the American work ethic)
Gen Z
Have no idea.
When rent, taxes and groceries eat up all your paycheck, there is no point to going above and beyond.
@@WoodyJ98enjoy being home!
I really liked the Trump interview.. i hope to see more political video's.. i think dr Phil is an important asset to getting the right news these days
Thats concerning.
One thing I have learned in 59 years , 4 kids , 8 grand kids , if you are not willing to clean someone else "s toilet , you probably don"t clean your own , most people are home lazy from what I have seen , living is work and sometimes very difficult work .
Aside from maids and plumbers, who would actually clean someone else’s toilet? It’s the maids and plumber’s job, so of course they do, but who would actually want to handle someone else’s 💩 if they’re not being paid to do it?
@@johnmartin4641anyone willing to do what it takes to live! You missed the point of the OP.
Nobody is going to fill those trade jobs unless they pay more. When plumbers make as much as lawyers you’ll have no problem finding plumbers.
To me plumbers are more important then lawyers. Try living without running water.
They don't want to train apprenticeship, and they just abuse you while your there.
@@waynejohanson1083yup
This. This is what people should be saying
Immigrants will do those jobs. For less 💰
A lot of it is mental. It takes a long time to understand what it takes
Those jobs are beneath Gen Z’s dignity.
He who is slothful in his work is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.”
amen!🎯
20% of the working labour force is happy with their chosen job or profession.
If these trades are in such "high demand," then why isn't the pay good?
It is!!
Poor poor poppets…. Can’t blame them for not wanting to ‘work hard’ - but guess what: life costs and if you want to live you have to fund it - unless you’re filthy rich and coast on your family’s coat tails. Maturity isn’t about self-service!
What is disingenuous is giving a girl a position that even in the past would be a traditionally male role, and still is. In reality, she would be working front desk, etc. My aunt is a boomer and she did nursing, worked front desk, etc. She didn't do plumbing for Pete's sake.
I wanna know what this kid actually does for a living. An "online business?". What business? I heard nothing about what he has to offer
Sounds like he just wants to be a digital nomad
Probably an influencer. Some of them make more than lawyers.
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As long as the government offers an easier way out, free stuff you will always have bums
Both of these guys the lawyer and the novice electrician, must not be very good at their jobs. I am a Handyman and I make $200-$300 an hour and work 30-35 hours a week. And I build stuff. Don’t make instagrams. Build things people use daily!
What do you net out of that? And where is someone paying a handyman $200 an hour that's absurd
Because there lazy and want to live off another persons hard work
Many young people want a college degree in an easy fun job that is very rewarding and the problem with that is that 71 million millennials and 30 million 21 to 28 year old Gen Zer's also want those things
It’s called “work” for a reason, it’s not intended to be fun! You’re doing it to “earn” your pay. You’re not entitled to anything, you must earn it
Not all Gen Z is lazy. I know plenty of them that work very hard and get nowhere but yet they keep showing up and they keep trying. They deserve our respect and they deserve credit for this. Please don't paint gen Z with a broad brush like that, it's ignorant and it's wrong. There are lazy slobs of every generation, let's not forget that.
Parents did everything for their kids growing up instead of making them do things for themselves
Exactly, the entitlement on that girl.
And now they have become dependent. And now they will want the government to take care of them.
Generally speaking, the wealthier the parents are, the more they do for their children, and their children are 8X more likely to succeed. And it makes sense because it means less expenses for the children. It’s math.
Work from home caused this
I have that minor issue myself, but that's mainly because I have a main job that sometimes whips me. By the time I get home there are times I just wanna crash.
Fing right. Lazy children because of parents.
To a degree, I think you’re right. 2020 upended everything in such a way I don’t think it’ll be what it was.
I like the quote, sometimes you need to do. In fact I totally agree with this, these days now, young adult doesn’t understand the work ethic and hard working, you need to do to progress up the ladder of success. In England, I work for nhs hospital and I shift work which involves night and day. I enjoy my work. I know there always sacrifices myself not spending time with daughter, I like to. I do approximately spend 1 or 2 times a week as me and her mum was separated few years now. However remain friend and communicate well. I have admit always question regarding spending with my daughter. The reason I work my hardest within the job because i am doing it for my daughter, so she can do something fun and love to do . Obviously passionate for the job. I do 5 or 6 days including overtime shift. I work really hard for . My mindset is, keep your head down and do the work, I don’t care about others doing and thinking . My priorities in job are my patients, my first priority always be my daughter as well
I am trying day this, I don’t think most of young adult I have seen, are not willing to work hard and effort as I do, with their mindset- they couldn’t survive for a week in hospital. They just give up too quickly. I do understand about the living of cost and today world is so expensive and cruel especially with their mental health. I get that. I do have empathetic toward them as well. I am not saying all young adult are like that and they not all bad. I think we need teach them work ethic and good member of society. I teach my daughter with work ethic like cleaning the house with me and basic chores which she love it. It like most fun thing . She has done! I do give some reward for that. My advice is that, if you want to have something, you have to work hard for it.
These little boys are sad..
World isn't a fare place folks. Whatever God wants you to do in our short time here, he will put in front of us.
Looks at paycheck looks at housing prices. I wouldn't be motivated to work hard either.
It's called putting yourself in the asset column
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What if all the gen-zers held the same opinion as that young man? then who's gonna fix the toilet in the future? AI? Google?....will they have to Google "how to get my poop down the pipe". this topic is really eye opening as labour shortages are often fixed with immigrants. social media truly is a time consumer and keeps many in comfort zones
Try to go through a trade skill program while working a full time job. It can't be done. The trade school programs are 8 hours per day, 5 days per week for 1 year. Your regular job would be another 8 per day, not even considering travel time and preparation. Our society does not facilitate education and training for working adults that want to take a step up in life. It's a fundamentally flawed society that heavily punishes not being in the right place at the right time.
Gen z = gen zero.
Good luck marrying rich… 😂
Me me me me.....most Gen Z mentality....
They are just waking up to the fact that most have a job they do not like that eats up a lot of their waking hours, that people are spending less time with families and it just keeps getting worse for them, and they are putting their foot down before we end up living in a truly dystopian world if we keep following the old way of things. Replace me me me me with life life life life, then you will be onto something. Also that guy preaching about the whole poor people in other countries having it worse was being annoyingly self righteous.
@@spiritanimal7516 True, but society itself is owed a lot. We need much better laws to protect people from bullying and manipulation at schools and work. CPS and other jobs need to have strict hiring processes to only get the best of the best who actually and truly care about their jobs and know what they are doing. Any jobs that are dealing with the important aspects of peoples future and health need to have really strict hiring processes to make sure that bad apples get weeded out, and that if any slip through and get caught that they are severely prosecuted, and that includes bosses, managers, CEOs and the works.
How is it any different than boomers though? The 70's was literally called "The Me Decade" because of how outrageously self-absorbed and entitled people were. The Gen Zers don't want to work because they saw their families work hard for companies only to end up with nothing. The hippies were just lazy. They grew up in the era where company loyalty meant something and hard work actually paid off.
You say that then complain about how bad society is can't have it both ways. I hate working my as off too but you'll realize eventually it's either that or a very fkd future for you and your future family
@@314rappin that is when people come together and fight for change.
Oh no a 40-50 hour week!?!?!?
What happens when there is no one to fix his plumping or he has to pay twice the amount because he cant get anyone
The plumbers need to be paid more
I completely understand the importance of working hard and a good work at it, but at the same time, I also understand the importance of having time to yourself in order to relax and recuperate after working so hard.
Both of those aspects have to coincide one another somehow.
Truck driver is no longer 100,000 a year
I've been in construction for 30 years, and the 90s was the last time I wasn't paycheck to paycheck. I would never recommend it to a young person if there is a less physically destructive option.
More to the point, a 1000 sf tile job pays roughly the same as it did 20 years ago.
If you are living Pay Check to Pay Check then you got what you VOTED FOR !!!! So i do not want to here any BITICHIN
Hear
Because they were raised by hover mom's and simp dads
It's always rich to hear older people criticize the laziness of today's youth. Was there any era more anti-work than the hippies??
That is wrong. They grew up or at least most of them did.
@@evelyngoodshot-segovia4978they also had cheap houses and could afford cars.
And when is the last time Dr. Phil actually got his hands dirty I've been working in the trades almost my entire adult life. Sorry but I don't wanna hear some multi millionaire lecture about a hard days work when he hasn't seen one in close to 30 years
Look find something that has demand and do it. Earn your living.
Young people dont realize we didnt make the rules , GOD DID !!!
But they don't believe in God.
God has nothing to do with this life in America is not easy it was never meant to be easy you want eazy good luck I wish you the best however life is never easy end of story!
@@RichardDombakly it's God's country
@@willardmeese6222Are you sure about that?
I see both sides, but I’m also a residential electrician & pay isn’t the best & im in NYC. Trade jobs need to pay more honestly.
LAZY + ENTITLED
I'm now disabled ♿ and in a wheelchair, however, I'd love to work if I had a ramp for my van and an electric scooter to help me get around productively. Also, all Employer's need to have ADA Access outside and inside their buildings.
I've worked since high school, love working and at 59, praying everyday for God to let me work again.
I had to take disability retirement. Saddest day. Worse even than my illness news. I would love to work now. And could for few hours a day. If given a chance. So far, no chances out there. Work is a blessing.
This kid is a spoiled brat. He wants things for nothing.
If you’re uneducated and jealous just say it 🤷♂️
No one ever had it better. It wasn't harder before. You are not more virtuous. You didn't have a higher standard. People today are the same as they have always been. The fallacy of the innocent past causes one to see themselves in the best possible light ignoring the fact that they were harboring the darkest evil in the depths of their heart. You can never know what evil lurks inside someone. The greatest corruption exists at the highest level of wealth and responsibility. The most honest and trustworthy people are at the bottom of society.
I agree. Gen. Z. Me me me was was waaaaaaaa waa
Bus tables at 21 & customer told me "you are too pretty to work here". I was wearing a mini mouse outfit thinking I wanted a business degree in hotel & restaurant. Then after I graduated with a textiles degree working in Sheet department at 23 my date insulted my low end job.
I mean, even the North Bay Ontario I have Recently joined a Facebook group that is created for people that want to get jobs and the reason you never see anybody going in to a store and getting hired or saying I heard you need help and I’m looking for a You don’t hear about that too much
Because they’re all on the Internet asking for a job you know like one person said one person was looking for a job on this particular Facebook group and He/She was basically saying I would take anything, It doesn’t matter what kind of job I get I will take anything
Canada is soon gunna need people like me a high-school graduate who has a massive farming back ground everywhere is gunna need people like me eventually cause even we know how to put the collage people in there place. Not saying we're better but a piece of paper no way can say how long someone can live also people need to know actual survival
Get 1 or 2 more jobs jr. It's called ambition, to get ahead. Try it sometime.
DEI destroys work ethic… no matter how hard a guy works, if they want a woman; that young man is out of luck…
I don't know how that lawyer thinks blue collar jobs are going to go before his.
AI isn't going to take over those job, but it will take over service industry jobs.
When your life's ambition is to purchase a futon, live in your Mom's basement, and play cellphone all day, it means only one thing: you're just plain LAZY!
Or they are enlightened trust fund babies
stop spoon feeding your children make them work for what they want , I learned that when I was 16
It's simple no work no food..lol
🤔Yoko Ono is almost 100
Taking after there parents..
So Dr Phil, who works in a suit and paid handsomely doesn't like Gen Z ? Imagine what a Victorian child of 12, who used to work 12 hours a day six days a week, barefeet, would think of Dr Phil. And actually, I'm a gen X.
He doesn’t like the attitude of a lot of Gen-Z. Seemingly, everything is about quality of life for them and everyone else can do the stuff they don’t want to do. And BTW - Dr Phil outworks 98% of the Gen-Z population. He didn’t build his brand working 30 hours a week.
Dr. PHIL, GOING UP THE LADDER IN 3.5 YEARS IS NOT HAPPENINGNIN CONSTRUCTION.
This guy could have started his own Electrician company.
I'm back here 6 Months n I can say of how much I learned and for to kn in one sentence is that, hard work r for suckers and Phil kns that
Disgusting, she pulled stuff out of the toilet 🚽
The problem they are trying to address had other issues as well. These kind of jobs refuse to hire people if you have to take medication for PTSD or insomnia. So people like myself coming out of the Military are told you are not worth the risk to employ. It's disheartening to hear over and over again by people like Dr Phil and these other guys running these business that you will Never be "Worth the Risk" to them. At least I can find comfort that Jesus didn't take that approach.
Come on man I live in Virginia and Electrical work pays good
I hope your hands and knees are ok in 15 years
Truck drivers DO NOT make $100,000 per year.
Yes they do lol
@@GeorgeRosario-v3g Show me a W-2.
Ya that's usually owner operators I think, but it's still not more than 25 an hour if you're an employee. It just sound great because they work 12 to 16 hours a day, but that's OK because if don't like it, they'll just get the government to bring in some more people that will do it for even less
He does not understand that if all you had was good times they wouldn’t be that good anymore all the different problems we have make the good better ours lives lol I just heard Alex Van Halen say made since to you that life has highs and lows when things go great something will happen life is ever changing not to mention some people love working doing physical work if makes you feel accomplishment when you do good work.
But then you don’t want to do nothing.
The man didn't want to work 80 hours a week.I can respect that.
Nobody wants to work a good job where you have a family and all you make is enough to get by.
He said he didn’t want to work 40 or 50 hours a week. That is only around 25% of the number of hours in a week. Also, while he did say he only made enough to get by, he didn’t say how many hours he worked to do so.
@@danamarie8718 I'm not talking about this guy.I'm talking about people in general
Id rather die than work 80 hours a week
@@WoodyJ98good riddance!
The Lawyer is going to be surprised finding out how much AI will affect his job. This will also apply to Doctors and Engineers. Not saying those jobs will be eliminated, but there will be fewer of them.
AI is not the future
@@user-justme324 And more importantly, AI can't replace everything.
The pay sucks with these jobs
Kid looks like he’s about to cry
I'm 28, I can't believe how soft people that I grew up with really are. I work in a factory and my base pay is almost $80k (42 hr week), with overtime I'll hit well over $100k this year just by working 1 extra 8 hr shift a week. It sucks, I work 7 midnights in a row, then swing to afternoons, then days, before getting a week off and doing it all again. The whole time listening 90% of those around me complain that they're not paid enough or they're worked too hard. Come on dude, you push buttons for 8 hours.
No work no food....lol
Id rather starve than be chained
@@WoodyJ98 Good, one less of the problems to worry about.
Correct.
Me me me waa waa waa spoiled f ing brat generation
As an independent contractor id rather have my kids be lawyers or any office job sorry phil
Dr Phil grow up, you can’t do what you want to do, get your hands 🙌 dirty and work as a plumber and an electrician
Learn how to tie your tie kid