“Compared to your parents job market is a great job market” my mom bought branded new Toyota Corolla and a home in 1998 on a secretaries salary. Yeah I’m sure it’s the same. Totally.
I went through 8 interviews with Yeti coolers for a design engineer job only to get told they chose someone internally to fill the role. Absolutely ridiculous the amount of time I wasted.
1 interview it's all an employer gets from me. If it takes more than that, that's not a place you want to work at. Imagine the micromanaging and toxicity.
4 months unemployed, over 300 applications. 50 interviews 4 final rounds. FINALLY started a new job today (fully remote sr marketing) please don’t lose hope. It was a traumatic process and I felt so defeated but don’t give up
Recently maybe 4 months ago I got hired for a 120k a year job in nyc and I didn’t even have to turn in a resume. Just a face to face meeting with the owners and I’m hired….want to know why? Because I have skills I’ve acquired over decades of working in my field of home automation. Sounds like people with your work experience are a dime a dozen…maybe you shouldn’t have picked a career that has millions of people competing.
@@AK255. Everyone is owed professional treatment. Sending a rejection letter 18 months after an application shows incompetence and is unprofessional behavior.
My boss started working from home, and I was handling IT administration while everyone else were tradies. Eventually, I was the only one in the office. I asked my boss if I could work from home, but he felt uncomfortable, needing to see me in the office to know I was working. I told him that if I didn't go to the office for a week or two, he wouldn't know unless he came in. After thinking about it, he laughed and said, 'Okay, work from home.' Now, I save 3.5 hours a day - time I can use to cook a nice dinner, watch a movie, hit the gym, or spend time with friends and family. It's been life changing, it hasn't just made life a little better, it’s more than doubled it. Instead of going straight from work to bed, I actually get to live a little every afternoon.
The fact that you need to sign up to their website and then take 90 min + assessment just to leave a resume is INSANE. And that doesn’t even guaranteed an interview… wtf
I moved to Texas and couldn’t find a job. I started working for myself mowing lawns and that turned into landscaping. I’m gonna stay with what I’m doing because I’m making ends meet and I’m on my own schedule. Working for yourself is my only answer for the current job market.
this is deffinently true for europe as well - sincierly an European. If anyone resignes in the team, they won't get replaced within the EU or US teams, maybe remotely in asia, or south America, but remote work is going away, even though you will work with those remote members from the office. funny. From what I see, both the US and EU economy is definitely in recession, the statistics may show something else, but as a grate man once said " Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself", most of the growth is pushed by the real estate sector, that is basically a fluff and nothing else.
This dude said my parents had it harder. My mother has worked at the same place her entire life and provided very well for the family. I’m in my 30s and just graduated university. I ate it during the 08 meltdown and now it feels exactly the same except a majority used to be able to buy houses and afford rent back then.
I literally LOL'd when they said that Zoom is requiring people to return to the office. It's like a vegetarian restaurant requiring its employees to eat meat. You cannot make this stuff up.
Actions absolutely speak louder than words and they have spoken for their core values in such a move. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) So-called "advocates" of remote work suddenly failing to lead by example.
Having to do more than 2 interviews for one job should be illegal... one side is getting paid to conduct the interview while the other side is usually just wasting their time
A bag of potato chips requires 1 and 1/2 potatoes. Based on this fact that a large bag of potato chips in the US costs $10 then that means minimum wage pays about a potatoes after taxes
These “experts” continue to not understand the true poor middle class. A $60k salary is unable to buy a house let alone support a family. They analyze these things through the lens of people who make 100-200k a year.
I just showed up to a job interview that the leadership weren’t even aware was scheduled today. When I asked who the person was that scheduled it, it was an AI recruiting bot. Employers don’t care to fill positions, it’s not a workforce issue
Someone contacted me for about I job I applied for a month prior and she would take a whole week to respond to my emails. When she finally asked if I was available on a certain date i replied back yes i am. Crickets until the interview date. Guess what she never called for the interview. I saw the job reposted yesterday thanks for wasting my time and being unprofessional.
The economy is great for who? Where? How hard do you have to work now for $20? CEO pay is skyrocketing, worker pay is stagnant. Above $20, expectations rise and maintaining employment gets more difficult. Companies just don’t want to pay no matter what. Even high skilled people don’t have any longevity. The best jobs are given to friends and family. Racism is a big problem when it comes to some locations. Sure, there are plenty of low wage jobs. Today employers expect a lot more for $20/hr.
I applied to 25 tech openings outside of my current employer, had 10 interviews 3 rejections and 7 ghosted me. I then applied to 1 internal job at my current employer and got the job on my first interview. The job was posted publicly on Linkedin, which said it had over 100 applicants. 3 other people were internally hired along with me for the team. Recently, 4 more people were hired and they were all internal candidates with 6 to 10 years of tenure. The positions were also advertised publicly.
Most tech heavy organizations prefer to do it that way. I’m in industrial control and automation in automotive manufacturing. All of those companies rarely bring in outside talent. It’s the “Toyota way” of doing things.
I am in and out of depression because of unemployment. It is a little comforting to know that I am not the only one going through this. It is striking how similar the experience of the lady in the report to mine!
🤨 Im 30-40% more productive as a remote worker than in the office. Less stress from no commute, less wear on my car/ the environment, less anxiety, not as many distractions, more time to prep healthy lunches, more flexibility. If someone is not meeting production, let them go. Why punish the people that perform and work well from home? Sounds like a poor management issue to me…
"But their university MBA studies said ..." /s MBAs are really ruining the economy by applying theoretical concepts onto the real world that are just not sustainable.
Keep in mind that most workers don’t have the option of goofing off at home, as their jobs are not the kind that can accommodate remote working. Elon was right about the elitist attitude of laptop people who say they deserve to work from home and screw everyone else.
@@993mike dam you really just showed how stupid and spitefull you are lmao so bc a steelworker has to be present an office worker has to waste gas time money and cause traffic just so you feel happy bc he had to show up so you could feel good abt it
@@993mike, not only "elitists/laptop people" can work from home. There are a lot customer service positions that are remote. Not glamorous and not able to leave the desk while being hardwired in to computer/headset... But still able to reap the WFH benefits of no commute, less auto service/wear and tear, doing small house chores while on break, etc. 🤷
@@993mike ...get a laptop job then. My thing is, if it doesn't negatively impact productivity, why tf does it matter if someone works from home? There are jobs with perks. Remote work should be an inherent perk to laptop jobs
An average of 30 jobs and 4 callbacks? Try 300+ jobs and 4 callbacks. And I have 15+ years of work experience, a degree from a top 5 university, and a list of references. It has been 10x harder for young people just starting their careers.
Wow, sounds like my situation. However, my main problem is there's way too many people in my specialization, and I don't have enough tangential education to compete in those very-specialized tangents. In the few interviews I've done, I get rejected for missing something small or the company finding better fits. Years ago it was pretty easy for me to get a tangential job. Now it's almost impossible. I'm having to switch careers now. Hopefully it'll be better but it's a big gamble.
My advice if you’re a recent grad. Take a temp job in your field. There is high turnover so it’s easier to get the job. It’ll help you put some experience on that resume. I been then through that crap back in 2010.
So many Americans seem to be gleeful at the thought of their fellow workers struggling. Meanwhile senior executives are getting richer than ever. I don't get the American mindset.
It may be extremely hard to believe, but the US federal minimum wage remained unchanged for over 15 years and 4 months, the very latest and newest change was way back in 2009. Based on what was seen in history from 1938 to today, the minimum wage changes once every 3-4 years, so how we have gotten to 15+ years since is insane. There are no guarantees on whether 2 million dollars per year could make you live comfortably considering house prices are like 150 million to 500 million dollars and many cars run from 3 million to potentially 100 million dollars.
Cars and houses are not in hundreds of millions for avg. person. Not even close. It's maybe more people are making 6 figures or less and homes are getting towards a millioanand cars are getting towards 40k-50k and up
Cars and houses cost hundreds of millions? A nice house is at most 700k usd in a medium cost living area. Even luxury cars like BMW can be bought for 60-70k usd. You're totally disconnected from reality, stop watching tiktok.
There is a reason 0 media companies walk directly into a corporation and ask workers directly what they think about being workers. Not in the interest of the capitalist private sector goons. Workers are like furniture to corporations or logs for a fireplace.
I referred someone to an executive at a former employer. The executive told me they were not hiring, so I asked why the LinkedIn profile said they were. They explained that it was a mistake. The "hiring" status is still there and has been for a year, regardless of the layoffs they've had. Looking like your company is growing is a thing for startups looking for VC. 🙄
Is that a company’s way of making it look like they are not failing (or to look like they are a prosperous company) or do they do this for tax purposes (as someone implied in another comment)? If it’s the tax thing, can someone explain to me how that work? I have no clue about the tax thing or if it’s even true.
@geewiz8253 I think it’s more about attracting talent and investors regardless of the reality of the business. When many people leave a startup, it sends negative signals to potential employees and investors that the company is not worth staying for. Investors and talent want to join growing companies, not startups struggling to keep customers and employees. It’s normal for people to be let go and asked to keep it quiet, formally or informally.
@@geewiz8253 I don't know anything about tax reasons, but I know many startups are tightening their belts and finding investors are more fickle than previous years.
@@geewiz8253 both. very large companies get tax exemptions from contracts they make with cities if they put an amount of people in an office 5 days a week. if you're not putting that number but are still hiring, then usually you still match the requirements for the tax exemptions. also for a CEO, a line that goes forever up is a big flex
The way the govt measures the unemployment rate is wildly outdated & captures little data that matters (those who are forced out, median incomes, living wages, benefits, etc).
Unemployment rate has many more variables than it intends to display, by design: over 3 months of applying for all levels, no other work (gig/part time/underemployed), is currently receiving unemployment benefits... Real unemployment is closer to 25%, but that doesn't look good politically, and reveals big corps restricted competition, stagnate wages, and increased competition for the same compensation.
@@ThreedogsinatrenchcoatYep it’s simple math. If there are 157 million workers and the working age population is 208 million then the unemployment rate is 25%..
Absolutely. Back in the day, you could live on so many jobs. Now, a solid 60% of jobs don't pay a living wage so just having a job is a meaningless stat. We need a new "living wage employment rate" IMO
I would add GDP and job growth as an antiquated economic barometer. Anyone notice the US suicide rate 😔 increased by almost 30% in 20yrs🤷♀️ Gee I don't know could that indicate how Americans are really 🤔 doing.
The sheer stupidity of those people that don’t understand that I am 50% less productive in the office because of the yapping people and the commute than I am when I am in my own quiet environment is beyond me.
I think it’s time for the peasants to revolt. I’m tired of watching young people crumple under the weight of “working harder” to accomplish their dreams. How is it fair to work a 12 hour day, and a say 6 day week, and still live paycheque to paycheque once bills are taken out? It’s depressing to grind for 10 years and still find yourself hardly any further ahead. Who would want to work so hard for so many hours to accomplish so little? To be so tired at the end of the day, and then to see that to order a pizza costs almost half a day of work is just something I never thought I would see.
UE for 2 years. Professional. The job market is as bad as it was in 2008. The job numbers are a lie. Thousands of resumes for a CPA with years of experience, Master degree. Ghost jobs. Ghost interviews. No feedback. Recruiters are sending out emails that look personal but are part of huge mailing. Recruiters schedule an interview then don't show up. It's a nightmare!
Unemployment rate is a long winded formula intended to output an ideal percentage (2-5%). Similar to inflation, almost always 3-5% despite vastly different monetary supply, total debt, stock market value, consumer price index... There is a metric for the real unemployment rate that is seldom used, cause its closer to 25%.
We're in a white-collar recession. The broader job market numbers don't clearly reflect that, which is why mainstream media shows everything looking so rosy.
We need to allow remote work again. I've been remote since 2016, before the pandemic. It's good and bad. I work more. But I also spend less on commuting and going out to eat. Let people spend more time with their families and work on personal goals. I am not just a generator of shareholder wealth.
I’m looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I really need to create an alternate source of income, what do you thing I should be buying?
How much does you cell phone cost and how much per month for service? Cable / streaming bill? How often do you eat out? Use any tobacco or alcoholic products?
Umm. What is yer skill? You live in SF Bay Area? I cant pay a moron 250 a day CASH and have them show up 5 days in a row. I am a carpenter and only help I can find is bitchbilt or addicted. Turning work away cuz I can only do so much
It's hard to get a job cuz they want you to have 5-10 years of experience for an ENTRY LEVEL job. Sometimes they expect you to work for free ('internship') IF you even get that. 99% of getting a job is LUCK, connections, right place right time, sleeping your way to the top, racism, etc...VERY little to do with talent and hard work. IN FACT you are DOWNRIGHT PUNISHED for working hard. They keep you were you are and they DON'T PROMOTE YOU!!!!
first statement = some truth. Remaining items are junk that steam from either lack of achievement or perception. I started my career in 2010, terrible job(and company) with 1st/2nd job. My 3rd company was very good (got promoted 2 times in 3 years for doing a good job which did involve me putting in avg of 45-50 instead of casual 35). In my 3rd job, i witnessed most people on other team that work longer shift tend to be those with more complex cases, and these colleagues also got promoted. all in all, it's about your own effort and the company you work for. If you spot a good company, work hard at it. if you spot a bad company, do bare minimum while figure out how to get to a better place (this may require additional certification and degree).
@@Steven-xf8mz No, I agree with original commenter. These concerns are valid and deserves to be heard. Stuff like this plays out across many jobs in a lot of places- from Housekeeping, Cashiers, Drivers, Warehouse, Fast foods, to higher level jobs, etc
@@Steven-xf8mz You are out of touch that was 2010, this is 2024 where ai is involved in hiring process with thousands of applicants per job being filtered out for the slightest missing key word or skills. For example in tech, the job posts requirement in 4 programming languages when in reality you will use only two. So if resume doesn't have four, outright rejected.
Letting a candidate know they didn't get a job is literally a couple clicks in HR software to notify ALL the applicants at the same time. No excuse for not letting people know.
This remote work conversation is about 12 percent of the workforce. Most people never worked in an office and don't have jobs that can be done remotely. By listening to this you would think every American works at an office job.
And they don’t bring up that the majority of remote work can be outsourced to other countries with cheap labor; it’s how a company I worked for eliminated our entire department.
They certainly are! They beg for tax breaks saying they need them to create jobs, then when they get the tax breaks they do mass layoffs and stock buybacks. There are trillions of dollars in offshore money being squatted on by US corporations trying to dodge taxes for their executives and shareholders. There's 0 reason for them to squander our money just to make themselves unappreciably richer. Yet here they are gripping about not finding enough workers while they hire people in other countries and chisel away our wages and benefits.
In the years of 2018-2023, I trained about a team of 8-10 people in India doing same work I did. It may not have created layoff, but definitely got rid of potential future hires. In year of remote working, i witness a lot of new departments in elsewhere (just not in the US). Companies are shifting their costs to countries in Asia (except China due to security and sanctions) due to lower pay and higher working hours with OT. Honestly, I get that a lot of study shows remote working has good productivity, and also is good for employees. Well, nothing is ever truly 1 sided story, every action has its consequences. Remote working has wall st figured out that they can cut their highest operating cost which is salary, healthcare, and retirement funding. I think remote working is great as long as my job is safe. However, I don't believe this is true. I know there are plenty of people who are willing to work 80+ hours a week at a fraction of my pay in a different country. 20:20 - take this person for example, she may be right, but give it some time and she'll be on tv talking about how we moved millions of jobs to elsewhere.
I live in Kenya and I'm quickly learning the relevant skills American employees are looking for to position my self for when it this takes off, and tryst me it will, unless the government does something to prevent it.
For those interested in the real numbers, studies like the MDPI research show a stark disparity: from 1978 to 2016, worker compensation increased by just 11.2%, while CEO pay skyrocketed by 937%. Post-pandemic, CEO compensation has climbed to over 1,200% as of 2023. We're back to an era where oligarchs control nearly every facet of the economy. I refuse to bring children into this system, ensuring my bloodline doesn’t perpetuate the hamster wheel of endless labor for corporate profit. I love seeing the defiance and disrespect Gen Z shows toward corporations-keep that spirit alive. It’s exactly what we need to shake things up
I empathize, im saving up for some land so I can be almost self-sustaining . I dont want to work forever, I don't want to chase money. I want to enjoy life.
That's correct. It's been like that every time I lose my job. This time around though, everything's falling apart. I've never seen it this bad. Everywhere I turn I'm hearing the same thing. Our greedopolis is crushing workers and kicking ladders down.
9:03 Compared to my parents' experience, it's a great job market? Ha, my parents could walk into a business talk to an employee, get directed to the hiring manager, and probably get a job right then and there if they had a good conversation.
Agree, the dark side of finding and landing a job is not being fully publicized. The ghosting, unnecessary numerous rounds of interviews, fake job posts, long application wait time, management and recruiters are out of touch. It’s a mess for sure.
My last three years before retirement in 2022 were stressful. My company had so many statistics to measure performance it was dizzying. Every day we were urged to do this better or be excellent at our jobs. If you wanted to post for a position, you had to submit a resume, cover letter, go through multiple rounds of interviews. I don’t know how younger people cope with this craziness these days.
9:01 what?!? Compared to our parents we have it terrible. These are the people that just walked in and shook hands and worked their way up to senior position
For those interested in the real numbers, studies like the MDPI research show a stark disparity: from 1978 to 2016, worker compensation increased by just 11.2%, while CEO pay skyrocketed by 937%. Post-pandemic, CEO compensation has climbed to over 1,200% as of 2023. We're back to an era where oligarchs control nearly every facet of the economy. Remote and hybrid work, though, is a bright spot. Studies, including Stanford’s, prove hybrid setups boost productivity, cut resignations by 33%, and save companies millions. It’s a win for workers and businesses alike. I refuse to bring children into this system, ensuring my bloodline doesn’t perpetuate the hamster wheel of endless labor for corporate profit. I love seeing the defiance and disrespect Gen Z shows toward corporations-keep that spirit alive. It’s exactly what we need to shake things up
A 1970's minimum wage worker had better rent affordability than 2020 college graduates. If that doesn't tell you how messed up the economy is then nothing will.
I went nearly 2 years without being able to get a job. Thousands of applications and dozens of interviews. Then I got a full-time job. Worked for 6 months, and given a WARN notice. Now I work part-time, but hey, I'm still employed.
In my opinion, it’s because we’re newer at capitalism than some of the more established European countries. They’ve been doing capitalist labor markets longer than we have. So we are botching it up until we’ve learned the lessons that they’ve already come to terms with. (Even when you consider some of the other industrialized countries like South Korea and China, Europe is more cognizant of the laborers then any other continent) And the US refuses to look to their big sister, England, for any advice because we know it all …but we don’t. How is it in any country’s best interest to treat their labor workforce like crud??
@@Ang7.8 We're headed towards collapse with our botched capitalism, and we've had plenty of lessons to learn (like the Gilded Age which we're recreating 100 years later). There's actually powerful forces working to botch it up, because they want to control the masses. They're anti-democratic, and oligarchic. There will always be people like this. What fights them is community and accountability. Those are being whittled away
@@MrG360oneX Agreed, not to mention when they do hire people, they hire people who are very incompetent or just don’t care about the game and just want the paycheck.
The games are crap and made for the nonexistent "modern audience". It's easy to do what the customers and fans want and make big bucks but the western companies refuse to do that because money is not the key driver for them.
It’s no longer about the right person for the job , it’s become a game of embellishing resumes , learning corporate jargon to say the right things to vague interview questions. Take for example these questions, What are your strengths and weaknesses? Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I will bet money nobody that answers those questions honestly gets hired, you have to answer them the way a politician answers a question by saying nothing with a lot of right words
Average 44 days to decide to hire an employee. Imagine being unemployed and waiting 44 days after applying to a job to be told if you are rejected or not.
Growing up just sucks in the 2020s. First they robbed us of 2 years of college, which are supposed to be the best years of your life. Then you graduate and find yourself in a position of low bargaining and no replies. I graduated from a top school last year and could only get a low paying job after 200 applications through a friend (referal)
I know you're hurting, but there was no other choice in the 2020s. You probably saved someone's life (and maybe even your own) by social distancing. Don't curse that. Nobody "robbed" you. Other than that though, yes, you've been handed a raw deal.
@@PristinePerceptionsfor what though? The vast majority of deaths from COVID were the elderly, who add nothing to the economy and drain resources. The harsh reality is we chose the elderly over the young once again, and now we pay the consequences.
I’m tired of my job but I don’t want to quit and go on an endless job search. Pay doesn’t match cost of living and they only notice if you messed up, but doesn’t bat an eye when you go above and beyond.
26:21 - How exactly is "quiet cutting" instead of having transparent and actually engaging communication about cutting a "great way for employers to have that employee engagement?" How is it "engaging" again? That's nonsense.
I hit $113k today. Thank you for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started last month 2024. Financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of the society in the country as very few are literate on the subject.
It's essential for you to have a mentor to keep you accountable. Myself, I'm guided by Evelyn Vera. for years and highly recommend her I focus on her. To be honest, I almost didn't buy the idea of letting someone handle growing my finance, but so glad I did.
It's hard because too many people are trying to get the same jobs. I left the corporate/LinkedIn world to get a job in education. I only applied to a few schools. When I applied for a corporate, remote job, I put in well over 100 applications and landed 4 interviews before I got an offer. And the pay was horrible with little time off. Now, I make more money, have better benefits, and have more time off in the school system.
Meanwhile we are approaching a doctor shortage. But too many people want to be tik tok influencers instead. It's key to choose jobs with less competition. Military, Education, and Medicine are all fields that need people.
@@MrBobbo18 Guess yours didn't teach you to think criticaly.. literally CEO salary has mooned while employee wages stay the same since ages ago. It takes but two minutes to get educated in the matter.
As a worker I really don't want remote work. It's bad for my mental health to be at home all day. Even though getting up and going to work can be a pain in the ass, it's really good for me to get out of the house and interact with people every day. So it doesn't just benefit commercial realtors for us to go into the office
I work from home permanently in one of my two jobs. They have a caveat that I MUST remain at the desk they gave me and it must be within 1 hour of the office if clocked in-- I am happy to be fully remote, but I don't really understand why I need to remain close to the office. If I could move I could save so much money.
@ yeah but plenty of other companies don’t care, I have a spare work laptop that could work just fine until they ship me a new one, which with shipping now could get to me within a business day
@@BoldFollower With so much cyber security related hysteria, each laptop my company sends out now is almost bespoke. It takes a few days to even image and configure one (if the technology is working) before shipping it out.
Gone are the days of a single career at a single company for 30 years & retirement. Workers have to change companies, jobs, & careers to remain relevant! Resume building!
Funny how I did a test see if I can get a seasonal temp job? Guess what not single call back. I even put down willing work on weekends. Still no call back for past month already. This is why I see so many people not working.
Work from Home - I absolutely loved WFH. I felt free to manage my schedule without constant “eyeing” from my boss and peers watching my every move. It also freed me from mindless and distracting office chat-chat, smelly food and hearing my co-workers constantly clear their throats. The company tried forcing us back to office a few days a week citing “collaboration”, when I found to be BS, because other than saying “Good Morning” and “Good Night”, I never spoke to anyone. Reassignment - I was reassigned 3 times in 6 months. I had six bosses in five years. We asked management the PLEASE, STOP THE REGORGANIZATION!! In the end, I stopped trying to remember which group I was reporting to.
One crucial aspect of this story that was left out is the fact that companies drastically inflate their hiring prospects to appear like the company is doing well. They post jobs that they never intended on filling, so they look like a successful company. The number of jobs actually available is much lower
I agree. Life isn’t all about chasing after income. When people can afford living on one income, do it. The more people stay out of job market, the more jobs will be available for people who truly need them.
The job market is also rife with "institutional job postings", meaning that the employer has a rule (to comply with labor laws and anti-discrimination guidelines) to interview a set minimum of candidates, say 10. And advertise the open position on the web. Poor souls that are a perfect match and hope to get the job are wasting their time, it's an internal promotion, therefore a mirage job.
Looking for a job is always a full-time job. If you're out of work, you should be spending a minimum of 40 hours per week looking for a new job. That's just standard.
Depends on the career. If you’re in a career that is getting hit by layoffs or replaced by tech, up skill to BE the one that works the tech of is in a less replaceable role. The crew on the floor is bieng replaced by robots. Solution? Be a technician building or maintaining the equipment. It pays much better too. And employers will find you. I get 2-3 requests for my resume every day because I did.
I’m in industrial control and automation, I get at least one offer a day… And I don’t have a LinkedIn, it’s mostly phone calls and emails from actual people.
I think it is time for a “Universal Salary”, but with some adjustments based on your academic degree, that is, people with a master's degree have a better salary than someone with a bachelor's degree. Also based on your grades, the only ones allowed being from 9 to 10(+25 to +50USD) and 7 to 8.9(+0 to 23USD). Financial aid that can be requested after the age of 32 until the age of 55. Only for those who are unemployed graduates for both public and private (I don't know about this last group, because the best of us all earn their places through talent, not by buying them, but for equality reasons I think it's fine) institutions. Financial support with bachelor's degree: 370USD per Month Financial support with master's degree: 415USD per Month Financial support with PhD's degree: 465USD per Month Self-adjusting rates based on market supply and demand as well as the basket of consumer goods.
@ that’s totally correct, but in this case it would be just some kind of economic help,,, no matter if the guy with PhD is a total moron, the good part is that the skilled worker won’t need of some employer in order to live or survive whatever you call, to the skilled worker it doesn’t matter papers to add value on him. That help would be for certain kind of people who needs some employer in order to have an opportunity in life, eliminating having society troubles
@@bookbutterfly2408if that comment is regarded by saying they are sufficient capable by sustaining their own life without needing an employer, then I agree with you by not requiring the use of such kind of help. But if that comment you share is to declare that they value more than 400 per month I would say stupidity just value by papers. See you and take care of you
Stupidity always hoping to have and/or be worth it for academic papers, especially imbeciles with a PhD, hahaha, if they know as much as they claim, why do they need a boss to give them money? God please I beg you, take care of your children, please haha, they say they are the best and cry for some money to survive. If you don't make them believe that they are black, white or yellow, with some money in their pocket and also, with papers that say they are worth something, then they start crying and believe that they are worthless. I only know that the most intelligent and good-looking (sarcasm) are given more, for the same reason. It is a fact empowered in life itself.
All 100% remote workers should not work for 2 days straight and see how well companies run. So sick of “if you are remote, you aren’t working.” How’d we somehow have record profits in 2020 and 2021??
I believe that, in general, a hybrid work model would be most beneficial for both employers & employees. But that also depends on the type of work - if the job requires hands-on collaboration amongst team-members, such as working with hardware, then u definitely need to meet up in person sometime. Another thing is that, if your job can be performed remotely 100%, your employer may outsource your job to ppl in other lower-cost countries, thus, u would have more competition in the job market.
They need to bring remote back. Im thankful for my job but I hate my one hour commute to and from work everyday. I don’t see any benefit in coming into the office everyday. Idc about the free, pizza, doughnuts, and parties.
Man, I went through FOUR interviews for a cashier job last month just to get rejected after being ghosted a week. All the managers loved me, but the main boss thought I was a little lacking in my background. You mean to tell me being a cashier, stocker, and bookkeeper over the span of 10 years is lacking? Oh, and when my friend applied, they dismissed his 4 years of managerial experience because they already had enough managers for that cashiering gig...
I'm a part time employee working at an AutoZone, have been there over 3 years. I was cleared to work up to 40 hours a week scheduled or not, right up until about August. At that point my scheduled hours were cut from 25-30 down to 5-10 per week, and my unscheduled privilege was revoked. Right now I'm technically employed but hardly working at all, I'm filing unemployment at the moment. I'll also epileptic which makes working and finding decent work even more difficult.
This situation went from bad in 2023 to horrible in 2024. Zero accountability for employers in the job market, they control all the cards requiring tons of info from prospective applicants while then not responding, sometimes never planning to hire outside their company but posting publicly to check the box on federal contract requirements, and etc.
The studies show increase productively in remote and hybrid work. So where did you get your information? It seems it is simply perception of employers. They want to see their workers at work not getting anything done. Particularly in meetings. Besides it's allot easier to call meetings when everyone is there to attend them.
Finally people talking about this. I'm starting to think HRs are scared about their jobs as well, this is why they make the process longer, so they have something to do at the company. The are also not educated at all about the positions they are looking for. - cincerely, a designer unicorn generalist, looking for a job in the last 2 years. Educated, 10 years of experience, working with all necessary software, experience with coding and marketing too.
Your employer doesn’t care about you
Most employers do care come one 😂
your employer depends on you
Unless it’s small business
People read this differently.
If your employer has a kid with you, they love.
If they don't, they don't.
Nor do the boomers who made the workplace toxic and miserable.
“Compared to your parents job market is a great job market” my mom bought branded new Toyota Corolla and a home in 1998 on a secretaries salary. Yeah I’m sure it’s the same. Totally.
😂😂😂😂
I was literally about to type this same comment.
Boomer logic "you young people are just lazy and don't want to work"
Them: retired
Us: wage slaves until d-ath
Thanks for nothing.
@@MJ98774Boomer generation created house inflation and depression
I am pretty sure you can still buy a 98 Corolla on your salary.
I went through 8 interviews with Yeti coolers for a design engineer job only to get told they chose someone internally to fill the role. Absolutely ridiculous the amount of time I wasted.
1 interview it's all an employer gets from me. If it takes more than that, that's not a place you want to work at. Imagine the micromanaging and toxicity.
Some employers do this for tax breaks.
@@RealSerie26 So true, very glad it didn't work out with them.
@@RealSerie26 I never find one-interview jobs, they all require at least 3 these days. It's excrutiating.
sounds normal to me
4 months unemployed, over 300 applications. 50 interviews 4 final rounds. FINALLY started a new job today (fully remote sr marketing) please don’t lose hope. It was a traumatic process and I felt so defeated but don’t give up
What job sites do you use to find your jobs?
Never loose hope where there is will there is way
Sure, don’t lose hope. But let’s not act like this situation is OK or “normal”. It isn’t.
I'm 8 months now, still counting.
Recently maybe 4 months ago I got hired for a 120k a year job in nyc and I didn’t even have to turn in a resume. Just a face to face meeting with the owners and I’m hired….want to know why? Because I have skills I’ve acquired over decades of working in my field of home automation. Sounds like people with your work experience are a dime a dozen…maybe you shouldn’t have picked a career that has millions of people competing.
Living costs went up 20%, pay didn't. People are working the same hours for less money. It's not difficult
This
Pay went down for us Uber drivers.
"Quiet quitting" is the labor force's way of adjusting for inflation.
That's the plan.
They want more and more women to join workforce and more babies but they dont incentivize child care…
I applied to a job and just got the rejection email, 18 months later.
So, we had jobs open for years until we found the right person for the job.
No one owes u a job girl
@@AK255. Everyone is owed professional treatment. Sending a rejection letter 18 months after an application shows incompetence and is unprofessional behavior.
@@AK255. how do boots taste
Many times it's 2 years if you apply for a government job.
My boss started working from home, and I was handling IT administration while everyone else were tradies. Eventually, I was the only one in the office. I asked my boss if I could work from home, but he felt uncomfortable, needing to see me in the office to know I was working. I told him that if I didn't go to the office for a week or two, he wouldn't know unless he came in. After thinking about it, he laughed and said, 'Okay, work from home.' Now, I save 3.5 hours a day - time I can use to cook a nice dinner, watch a movie, hit the gym, or spend time with friends and family. It's been life changing, it hasn't just made life a little better, it’s more than doubled it. Instead of going straight from work to bed, I actually get to live a little every afternoon.
Elon thinks you live in lala land😂
Exactly why people have been hesitant to give up "working from home." It is really liberating without giving up your responsibility to your employer.
Yes! My job cut down on space in the building so they couldn't bring us all back now if they wanted too because it's no room
Good for you ❤
Obviously waste time typing on UA-cam comments... So you got a minus that out of the 3.5 hours gained 😮
I was unemployed for 11 months. If anyone out there is unemployed, there is hope, don't give up!
making it a little more hopeless for me. I am trying to find a job before next summer, and it has been already 5 months.
11 months is a very long time. That’s not a sign of a “strong” job market.
@@justSTUMBLEDuponbro didn’t say that he thought the job market was strong. He just was giving hope to people who feel discouraged
worthless = unemployed covid stay at home bum
Correct, there is hope..........in Mexico, India, and China, the new lands of opportunity.
The fact that you need to sign up to their website and then take 90 min + assessment just to leave a resume is INSANE. And that doesn’t even guaranteed an interview… wtf
Starting a business seems like a much easier process
and they just skip your application within seconds 😂
Slavery employment in its newest form
I moved to Texas and couldn’t find a job. I started working for myself mowing lawns and that turned into landscaping. I’m gonna stay with what I’m doing because I’m making ends meet and I’m on my own schedule. Working for yourself is my only answer for the current job market.
Wow, isn't the heat & humidity BRUTAL in TX?
@ in the summer yes, but it doesn’t compare to Florida where I’m originally from
Seems like the whole country is "quiet recessioning."
this is deffinently true for europe as well - sincierly an European.
If anyone resignes in the team, they won't get replaced within the EU or US teams, maybe remotely in asia, or south America, but remote work is going away, even though you will work with those remote members from the office. funny.
From what I see, both the US and EU economy is definitely in recession, the statistics may show something else, but as a grate man once said " Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself", most of the growth is pushed by the real estate sector, that is basically a fluff and nothing else.
That's a very good term and that's EXACTLY what's going on.
This dude said my parents had it harder.
My mother has worked at the same place her entire life and provided very well for the family.
I’m in my 30s and just graduated university. I ate it during the 08 meltdown and now it feels exactly the same except a majority used to be able to buy houses and afford rent back then.
Amen to that!
Same for Australia!1
I literally LOL'd when they said that Zoom is requiring people to return to the office. It's like a vegetarian restaurant requiring its employees to eat meat. You cannot make this stuff up.
Actions absolutely speak louder than words and they have spoken for their core values in such a move. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
So-called "advocates" of remote work suddenly failing to lead by example.
Corporations say all types of ridiculous stuff. I don't know how anyone buys it
Is it though.
@@jermainemyrn19A lack of class consciousness is how people buy it
Problem is restaurants and bars nearby corporate offices are really struggling to survive without the employee foot traffic
Having to do more than 2 interviews for one job should be illegal... one side is getting paid to conduct the interview while the other side is usually just wasting their time
@christopherbasham1551what a dumb response.
I did 5 for my current role
@@sonderexpeditionsmaybe next time no better. I did at most 3. But after 2nd interview i was jumping up and down asking for a response.
And starve? Do you think before you speak@christopherbasham1551
Good lucrative positions have more than one interview. That’s how you know it’s serious.
"Compared to your parents job market is a great job market"... disrespectfully, that's the dumbest thing anyone's said this year.
No, that would be the guy that posted a comment equating corporate work and slavery.
A bag of potato chips requires 1 and 1/2 potatoes. Based on this fact that a large bag of potato chips in the US costs $10 then that means minimum wage pays about a potatoes after taxes
Living cost is crazy now. American dream used to be middle class now there’s no such thing as middle class
They've been trying to get rid of the middle class
These “experts” continue to not understand the true poor middle class. A $60k salary is unable to buy a house let alone support a family. They analyze these things through the lens of people who make 100-200k a year.
Because they are ELITIST
I just showed up to a job interview that the leadership weren’t even aware was scheduled today. When I asked who the person was that scheduled it, it was an AI recruiting bot. Employers don’t care to fill positions, it’s not a workforce issue
Someone contacted me for about I job I applied for a month prior and she would take a whole week to respond to my emails. When she finally asked if I was available on a certain date i replied back yes i am. Crickets until the interview date. Guess what she never called for the interview. I saw the job reposted yesterday thanks for wasting my time and being unprofessional.
Same, literally happened to me one or two months ago, I really thought I was about to be interviewed, how insane is it to find out that it was AI.
@@TocaWorldandAvatarWorldsame happened to a friend of mine. She even bought interview attire. It should be illegal
AI will be the biggest future disease of our society.
The economy is great for who? Where? How hard do you have to work now for $20? CEO pay is skyrocketing, worker pay is stagnant. Above $20, expectations rise and maintaining employment gets more difficult. Companies just don’t want to pay no matter what. Even high skilled people don’t have any longevity. The best jobs are given to friends and family. Racism is a big problem when it comes to some locations. Sure, there are plenty of low wage jobs. Today employers expect a lot more for $20/hr.
I won't even take a job that pays $150,000 per year. I'd rather do nothing. But, I have a lot of money in the stock market.
Without an in demand skill, expect $20 for a job. $25 with a cetificate/license and $30 for back breaking work
I’ve experienced this. The dumbest laziest employee of ours got a job in another company in management thanks to his friend and they both white.
The economy is good for shareholders and CEOs, and that’s it.
@@drblitz3092 I make $56/hr. Pension and 401k. Full time. I do have a masters degree tho.
I applied to 25 tech openings outside of my current employer, had 10 interviews 3 rejections and 7 ghosted me. I then applied to 1 internal job at my current employer and got the job on my first interview. The job was posted publicly on Linkedin, which said it had over 100 applicants. 3 other people were internally hired along with me for the team.
Recently, 4 more people were hired and they were all internal candidates with 6 to 10 years of tenure. The positions were also advertised publicly.
do you like your new role more❓
10 interviews from 25 applications is incredible, honestly. You must have an impressive CV lol
Don't dislike it. But its not as technical as I would have liked.
Bachelors in Network, multiple industry standard certs, home lab projects and a job at a National telecom company. The competition is fierce.
Most tech heavy organizations prefer to do it that way. I’m in industrial control and automation in automotive manufacturing. All of those companies rarely bring in outside talent. It’s the “Toyota way” of doing things.
I am in and out of depression because of unemployment. It is a little comforting to know that I am not the only one going through this. It is striking how similar the experience of the lady in the report to mine!
Same it’s been really bad
I’m there with ya with no hope in sight.
right there with you.
"But there's plenty of jobs!" Nobody saying that will do those jobs.
LoL @ in and out of depression
🤨 Im 30-40% more productive as a remote worker than in the office. Less stress from no commute, less wear on my car/ the environment, less anxiety, not as many distractions, more time to prep healthy lunches, more flexibility. If someone is not meeting production, let them go. Why punish the people that perform and work well from home? Sounds like a poor management issue to me…
"But their university MBA studies said ..." /s
MBAs are really ruining the economy by applying theoretical concepts onto the real world that are just not sustainable.
Keep in mind that most workers don’t have the option of goofing off at home, as their jobs are not the kind that can accommodate remote working. Elon was right about the elitist attitude of laptop people who say they deserve to work from home and screw everyone else.
@@993mike dam you really just showed how stupid and spitefull you are lmao so bc a steelworker has to be present an office worker has to waste gas time money and cause traffic just so you feel happy bc he had to show up so you could feel good abt it
@@993mike, not only "elitists/laptop people" can work from home. There are a lot customer service positions that are remote. Not glamorous and not able to leave the desk while being hardwired in to computer/headset... But still able to reap the WFH benefits of no commute, less auto service/wear and tear, doing small house chores while on break, etc. 🤷
@@993mike ...get a laptop job then. My thing is, if it doesn't negatively impact productivity, why tf does it matter if someone works from home? There are jobs with perks. Remote work should be an inherent perk to laptop jobs
An average of 30 jobs and 4 callbacks? Try 300+ jobs and 4 callbacks. And I have 15+ years of work experience, a degree from a top 5 university, and a list of references. It has been 10x harder for young people just starting their careers.
Wow, sounds like my situation. However, my main problem is there's way too many people in my specialization, and I don't have enough tangential education to compete in those very-specialized tangents. In the few interviews I've done, I get rejected for missing something small or the company finding better fits. Years ago it was pretty easy for me to get a tangential job. Now it's almost impossible. I'm having to switch careers now. Hopefully it'll be better but it's a big gamble.
yeah, took me 500+ with a lot of ghosting, it's hell
Doing good in that respect then. I often get responses & call-backs but never make it to the final round. Or receive an employment offer.
soo true1
My advice if you’re a recent grad. Take a temp job in your field. There is high turnover so it’s easier to get the job. It’ll help you put some experience on that resume. I been then through that crap back in 2010.
So many Americans seem to be gleeful at the thought of their fellow workers struggling. Meanwhile senior executives are getting richer than ever.
I don't get the American mindset.
Sadistic!
Most of them are fakers. They love pretending they're doing good when they're really broke
Who is gleeful exactly? You need to turn off this “news”channel if you truly believe that
Yeah because 15% of the population are millionaires that are rich, lazy, and live mostly off of exploiting others.
"This is the way." I've heard this several times from CEOs. It's like they take glee in kicking workers in the teeth.
It may be extremely hard to believe, but the US federal minimum wage remained unchanged for over 15 years and 4 months, the very latest and newest change was way back in 2009. Based on what was seen in history from 1938 to today, the minimum wage changes once every 3-4 years, so how we have gotten to 15+ years since is insane. There are no guarantees on whether 2 million dollars per year could make you live comfortably considering house prices are like 150 million to 500 million dollars and many cars run from 3 million to potentially 100 million dollars.
Cars and houses are not in hundreds of millions for avg. person. Not even close. It's maybe more people are making 6 figures or less and homes are getting towards a millioanand cars are getting towards 40k-50k and up
Cars and houses cost hundreds of millions? A nice house is at most 700k usd in a medium cost living area. Even luxury cars like BMW can be bought for 60-70k usd. You're totally disconnected from reality, stop watching tiktok.
A lot of states' voters have raised their state's minimum wage by referenda - even hardcore Red states like AR, MO.
There is a reason 0 media companies walk directly into a corporation and ask workers directly what they think about being workers. Not in the interest of the capitalist private sector goons. Workers are like furniture to corporations or logs for a fireplace.
I referred someone to an executive at a former employer. The executive told me they were not hiring, so I asked why the LinkedIn profile said they were. They explained that it was a mistake. The "hiring" status is still there and has been for a year, regardless of the layoffs they've had. Looking like your company is growing is a thing for startups looking for VC. 🙄
Is that a company’s way of making it look like they are not failing (or to look like they are a prosperous company) or do they do this for tax purposes (as someone implied in another comment)? If it’s the tax thing, can someone explain to me how that work? I have no clue about the tax thing or if it’s even true.
@geewiz8253 I think it’s more about attracting talent and investors regardless of the reality of the business. When many people leave a startup, it sends negative signals to potential employees and investors that the company is not worth staying for. Investors and talent want to join growing companies, not startups struggling to keep customers and employees. It’s normal for people to be let go and asked to keep it quiet, formally or informally.
Ghost jobs
@@geewiz8253 I don't know anything about tax reasons, but I know many startups are tightening their belts and finding investors are more fickle than previous years.
@@geewiz8253 both. very large companies get tax exemptions from contracts they make with cities if they put an amount of people in an office 5 days a week. if you're not putting that number but are still hiring, then usually you still match the requirements for the tax exemptions.
also for a CEO, a line that goes forever up is a big flex
The way the govt measures the unemployment rate is wildly outdated & captures little data that matters (those who are forced out, median incomes, living wages, benefits, etc).
Unemployment rate has many more variables than it intends to display, by design: over 3 months of applying for all levels, no other work (gig/part time/underemployed), is currently receiving unemployment benefits...
Real unemployment is closer to 25%, but that doesn't look good politically, and reveals big corps restricted competition, stagnate wages, and increased competition for the same compensation.
@@ThreedogsinatrenchcoatYep it’s simple math. If there are 157 million workers and the working age population is 208 million then the unemployment rate is 25%..
Minimum wage is also outdated. We need a formula, not a number.
Absolutely. Back in the day, you could live on so many jobs. Now, a solid 60% of jobs don't pay a living wage so just having a job is a meaningless stat. We need a new "living wage employment rate" IMO
I would add GDP and job growth as an antiquated economic barometer. Anyone notice the US suicide rate 😔 increased by almost 30% in 20yrs🤷♀️ Gee I don't know could that indicate how Americans are really 🤔 doing.
It’s hard because corporations treat their employees like slaves.
A shortage of workers with no backbone is what makes Corporations say there are no workers
Start your own business and show us how it is done!
@@crabkilla You can’t call me a liar because you know I’m right.
Does this hyperbole help you cause
You know the job market is trash when you can’t even sell yourself into slavery.
Once you get above 55 -start your own thing. No one will even interview you once you are a bit older. Gig work doesn’t pay well.
Coping
Why wait till 55 if you can start earlier 😅😂.
The sheer stupidity of those people that don’t understand that I am 50% less productive in the office because of the yapping people and the commute than I am when I am in my own quiet environment is beyond me.
It’s about tax breaks for the company, not your productivity.
And if your job can be remote, it can be off shored
You said it! It is sheer stupidity. It is jealousy and also extroverts who want their captive audience back at the office to blah blah blah.
It can be off shored anyway genius.
The laptop doesn't know where it is
@tycobandit
It's about domination and control.
I think it’s time for the peasants to revolt. I’m tired of watching young people crumple under the weight of “working harder” to accomplish their dreams. How is it fair to work a 12 hour day, and a say 6 day week, and still live paycheque to paycheque once bills are taken out? It’s depressing to grind for 10 years and still find yourself hardly any further ahead.
Who would want to work so hard for so many hours to accomplish so little? To be so tired at the end of the day, and then to see that to order a pizza costs almost half a day of work is just something I never thought I would see.
Exactly this... i Work extremely hard.. still broke..
Revolution time. Our ancestors started revolutions for much less
@@misanthropist3what was it, a 3% tax on tea?
If you work that much and can barely pay bills, it probably means you are overspending and should cut down on cost of living.
@@theWebWizrdbro stop please 😢 this is not the time.
UE for 2 years. Professional. The job market is as bad as it was in 2008. The job numbers are a lie. Thousands of resumes for a CPA with years of experience, Master degree. Ghost jobs. Ghost interviews. No feedback. Recruiters are sending out emails that look personal but are part of huge mailing. Recruiters schedule an interview then don't show up. It's a nightmare!
Unemployment rate is a long winded formula intended to output an ideal percentage (2-5%).
Similar to inflation, almost always 3-5% despite vastly different monetary supply, total debt, stock market value, consumer price index...
There is a metric for the real unemployment rate that is seldom used, cause its closer to 25%.
We're in a white-collar recession. The broader job market numbers don't clearly reflect that, which is why mainstream media shows everything looking so rosy.
We need to allow remote work again. I've been remote since 2016, before the pandemic. It's good and bad. I work more. But I also spend less on commuting and going out to eat. Let people spend more time with their families and work on personal goals. I am not just a generator of shareholder wealth.
why are you working more? you're making the rest of us remote workers look bad.
I doubt you work more. Highly doubt that .
It’s this soy boy attitude that is the issue. Wahhh wahhhh I want to work in my pajamas
@@JoeSmoeisnotmyrealname😂😂😂😂
.when I work at home I usually take a few naps and watch UA-cam videos while tapping my keyboard to make it look like I'm engaged
Remote I am 100% productive
Hybrid I am 50% productive
Office I am 25% productive
Truth.
Some people have a scale that is exactly the opposite of that 😅
@@KA-dg2xtthe NPCs have an opposite scale.
“Productive” by whose standard? Yours??
Jobs will pay your bills, business will make you rich but investment makes and keep you wealthy! I pray everyone here becomes successful
Honestly our government has no idea how people are suffering these days. I much feel sorry for the disabled people who don’t get the help they deserve
I’m looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I really need to create an alternate source of income, what do you thing I should be buying?
Bitcoin/stock investment but you will need a professional help on that
She's active on face book @
Kate Mellon Bruce
Work hard and still get paid nothing and can’t afford nothing. It’s all bs
welcome to the jungle
Murica
How much does you cell phone cost and how much per month for service? Cable / streaming bill? How often do you eat out? Use any tobacco or alcoholic products?
Umm. What is yer skill? You live in SF Bay Area? I cant pay a moron 250 a day CASH and have them show up 5 days in a row. I am a carpenter and only help I can find is bitchbilt or addicted. Turning work away cuz I can only do so much
@@bobroberts2371how do you get a job without a phone?🤡
It's hard to get a job cuz they want you to have 5-10 years of experience for an ENTRY LEVEL job. Sometimes they expect you to work for free ('internship') IF you even get that.
99% of getting a job is LUCK, connections, right place right time, sleeping your way to the top, racism, etc...VERY little to do with talent and hard work.
IN FACT you are DOWNRIGHT PUNISHED for working hard. They keep you were you are and they DON'T PROMOTE YOU!!!!
first statement = some truth. Remaining items are junk that steam from either lack of achievement or perception. I started my career in 2010, terrible job(and company) with 1st/2nd job. My 3rd company was very good (got promoted 2 times in 3 years for doing a good job which did involve me putting in avg of 45-50 instead of casual 35). In my 3rd job, i witnessed most people on other team that work longer shift tend to be those with more complex cases, and these colleagues also got promoted.
all in all, it's about your own effort and the company you work for. If you spot a good company, work hard at it. if you spot a bad company, do bare minimum while figure out how to get to a better place (this may require additional certification and degree).
@@Steven-xf8mz No, I agree with original commenter. These concerns are valid and deserves to be heard. Stuff like this plays out across many jobs in a lot of places- from Housekeeping, Cashiers, Drivers, Warehouse, Fast foods, to higher level jobs, etc
@@Steven-xf8mz You are out of touch that was 2010, this is 2024 where ai is involved in hiring process with thousands of applicants per job being filtered out for the slightest missing key word or skills.
For example in tech, the job posts requirement in 4 programming languages when in reality you will use only two. So if resume doesn't have four, outright rejected.
… and the crazy thing is they want you to have 5 to 10 years experience and be in your 20s!!
30 is too old.
Keep investing that’s the only way out if you’re not into real estate and owning a successful business
A man who owns a car company surprisingly wants to force all Americans back into the office.
Nothing Elon does is as simple as it looks, and he's not as smart as people think.
@@watamatafoyuif he's not that smart but had billions and billions, what does that make you then? The epitome of ignorance. You vacuous little child
Letting a candidate know they didn't get a job is literally a couple clicks in HR software to notify ALL the applicants at the same time. No excuse for not letting people know.
This remote work conversation is about 12 percent of the workforce. Most people never worked in an office and don't have jobs that can be done remotely. By listening to this you would think every American works at an office job.
And they don’t bring up that the majority of remote work can be outsourced to other countries with cheap labor; it’s how a company I worked for eliminated our entire department.
That’s a good point
It’s hard because corporations are under paying employees and hoarding resources
They certainly are! They beg for tax breaks saying they need them to create jobs, then when they get the tax breaks they do mass layoffs and stock buybacks. There are trillions of dollars in offshore money being squatted on by US corporations trying to dodge taxes for their executives and shareholders. There's 0 reason for them to squander our money just to make themselves unappreciably richer. Yet here they are gripping about not finding enough workers while they hire people in other countries and chisel away our wages and benefits.
In the years of 2018-2023, I trained about a team of 8-10 people in India doing same work I did. It may not have created layoff, but definitely got rid of potential future hires. In year of remote working, i witness a lot of new departments in elsewhere (just not in the US). Companies are shifting their costs to countries in Asia (except China due to security and sanctions) due to lower pay and higher working hours with OT.
Honestly, I get that a lot of study shows remote working has good productivity, and also is good for employees. Well, nothing is ever truly 1 sided story, every action has its consequences. Remote working has wall st figured out that they can cut their highest operating cost which is salary, healthcare, and retirement funding.
I think remote working is great as long as my job is safe. However, I don't believe this is true. I know there are plenty of people who are willing to work 80+ hours a week at a fraction of my pay in a different country. 20:20 - take this person for example, she may be right, but give it some time and she'll be on tv talking about how we moved millions of jobs to elsewhere.
I live in Kenya and I'm quickly learning the relevant skills American employees are looking for to position my self for when it this takes off, and tryst me it will, unless the government does something to prevent it.
For those interested in the real numbers, studies like the MDPI research show a stark disparity: from 1978 to 2016, worker compensation increased by just 11.2%, while CEO pay skyrocketed by 937%. Post-pandemic, CEO compensation has climbed to over 1,200% as of 2023. We're back to an era where oligarchs control nearly every facet of the economy.
I refuse to bring children into this system, ensuring my bloodline doesn’t perpetuate the hamster wheel of endless labor for corporate profit. I love seeing the defiance and disrespect Gen Z shows toward corporations-keep that spirit alive. It’s exactly what we need to shake things up
If we don’t have children they win. Birth revolutionaries
Answer: CORPORATE GREED 🎤⬇️
Yet after decades of it taking over the country, nobody's doing enough about it.
I plan to return to hunting and gathering… I feel like I’m wasting my life.
I empathize, im saving up for some land so I can be almost self-sustaining . I dont want to work forever, I don't want to chase money. I want to enjoy life.
Soooo if you don’t have a full time job, your full job IS finding a full time job.
Yes. Working 2 full time jobs is only way to financially get ahead currently. Everything is too expensive
That's correct. It's been like that every time I lose my job. This time around though, everything's falling apart. I've never seen it this bad. Everywhere I turn I'm hearing the same thing. Our greedopolis is crushing workers and kicking ladders down.
Never seen a truer statement
9:03 Compared to my parents' experience, it's a great job market? Ha, my parents could walk into a business talk to an employee, get directed to the hiring manager, and probably get a job right then and there if they had a good conversation.
Plus they'd get paid enough to buy a good home, good, car, afford a family, and get good PTO and benefits.
Yeah this hasn’t been true since the Ford administration. Either your parents are old or they’re lying.
Agree, the dark side of finding and landing a job is not being fully publicized. The ghosting, unnecessary numerous rounds of interviews, fake job posts, long application wait time, management and recruiters are out of touch. It’s a mess for sure.
My last three years before retirement in 2022 were stressful. My company had so many statistics to measure performance it was dizzying. Every day we were urged to do this better or be excellent at our jobs. If you wanted to post for a position, you had to submit a resume, cover letter, go through multiple rounds of interviews. I don’t know how younger people cope with this craziness these days.
Crazy is the only word for it. I think it's all to fool us into thinking there are lots of jobs when in fact there isn't.
“Why it’s so hard to be a worker right now” … not Why it’s been so hard to be a worker for the past 2 decades?
9:01 what?!? Compared to our parents we have it terrible. These are the people that just walked in and shook hands and worked their way up to senior position
For those interested in the real numbers, studies like the MDPI research show a stark disparity: from 1978 to 2016, worker compensation increased by just 11.2%, while CEO pay skyrocketed by 937%. Post-pandemic, CEO compensation has climbed to over 1,200% as of 2023. We're back to an era where oligarchs control nearly every facet of the economy.
Remote and hybrid work, though, is a bright spot. Studies, including Stanford’s, prove hybrid setups boost productivity, cut resignations by 33%, and save companies millions. It’s a win for workers and businesses alike.
I refuse to bring children into this system, ensuring my bloodline doesn’t perpetuate the hamster wheel of endless labor for corporate profit. I love seeing the defiance and disrespect Gen Z shows toward corporations-keep that spirit alive. It’s exactly what we need to shake things up
30 job applications and 4 callbacks!!! What industry are they talking about!?!? SWE jobs are more like 600 applications to 4 call backs. #realtalk
It would be an absolute miracle to apply to only 30 SWE positions and get 4 callbacks. Maybe you'll get 4 callbacks after 300 applications lol
Software engineers are a dime a dozen nowadays, It’s a saturated field.
@tycobandit Good software engineers are not a dime a dozen
@@judonomitrue, and they’re coming out of China and India. That’s why it’s saturated.
A 1970's minimum wage worker had better rent affordability than 2020 college graduates. If that doesn't tell you how messed up the economy is then nothing will.
“A society with festering workers cannot flourish, just as a man with rotting toes cannot skip.” -Ricken
Ahhh a Severance fan 👌
I went nearly 2 years without being able to get a job. Thousands of applications and dozens of interviews. Then I got a full-time job. Worked for 6 months, and given a WARN notice. Now I work part-time, but hey, I'm still employed.
I think it's good to highlight the dates that these videos were originally published more than you do now.
This should say "why is it so hard to be a worker in the United States vs the rest of the world?"
Fixed it for you.
Eh not really it’s hard globally to find employment, especially first world countries
In my opinion, it’s because we’re newer at capitalism than some of the more established European countries. They’ve been doing capitalist labor markets longer than we have. So we are botching it up until we’ve learned the lessons that they’ve already come to terms with.
(Even when you consider some of the other industrialized countries like South Korea and China, Europe is more cognizant of the laborers then any other continent)
And the US refuses to look to their big sister, England, for any advice because we know it all …but we don’t. How is it in any country’s best interest to treat their labor workforce like crud??
@@Ang7.8 We're headed towards collapse with our botched capitalism, and we've had plenty of lessons to learn (like the Gilded Age which we're recreating 100 years later). There's actually powerful forces working to botch it up, because they want to control the masses. They're anti-democratic, and oligarchic. There will always be people like this. What fights them is community and accountability. Those are being whittled away
I can assure you it harder in the rest of the world.
@@Ang7.8 England is the big sister? C’mon, don’t insult the US. The US no matter how you think it bad is better than any other country in the world.
The games industry has been experiencing historic levels of layoffs, project cancellations, and studio closures.
Explains the crappy games that have come out
@@MrG360oneX Agreed, not to mention when they do hire people, they hire people who are very incompetent or just don’t care about the game and just want the paycheck.
@@MrG360oneX Most games take years to make. The effects will be felt more over the next few years.
Go woke, go broke.
The games are crap and made for the nonexistent "modern audience". It's easy to do what the customers and fans want and make big bucks but the western companies refuse to do that because money is not the key driver for them.
It’s no longer about the right person for the job , it’s become a game of embellishing resumes , learning corporate jargon to say the right things to vague interview questions. Take for example these questions,
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
I will bet money nobody that answers those questions honestly gets hired, you have to answer them the way a politician answers a question by saying nothing with a lot of right words
Average 44 days to decide to hire an employee. Imagine being unemployed and waiting 44 days after applying to a job to be told if you are rejected or not.
Growing up just sucks in the 2020s. First they robbed us of 2 years of college, which are supposed to be the best years of your life. Then you graduate and find yourself in a position of low bargaining and no replies. I graduated from a top school last year and could only get a low paying job after 200 applications through a friend (referal)
Early gen Z be struggling. I’ve been unemployed for 11 months now. It’s so bad
what did your ancestors do when the rich wanted to keep them as slaves?
I know you're hurting, but there was no other choice in the 2020s. You probably saved someone's life (and maybe even your own) by social distancing. Don't curse that. Nobody "robbed" you.
Other than that though, yes, you've been handed a raw deal.
@@PristinePerceptions social distancing did about as much as TSA security theater does now
@@PristinePerceptionsfor what though? The vast majority of deaths from COVID were the elderly, who add nothing to the economy and drain resources. The harsh reality is we chose the elderly over the young once again, and now we pay the consequences.
I’m tired of my job but I don’t want to quit and go on an endless job search. Pay doesn’t match cost of living and they only notice if you messed up, but doesn’t bat an eye when you go above and beyond.
There's a giant pool of money being vacuumed up to the top from everyone else. All you have to do is figure out how to drill a little hole in the dam
this
Move to a place with a much cheaper cost of living. There are old industrial towns all over the country with houses that are almost free.
Get an offer while at your current job for a significant raise.
Find a real job!
The job:
The salary dont cover basic necessities:
Work harder!
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26:21 - How exactly is "quiet cutting" instead of having transparent and actually engaging communication about cutting a "great way for employers to have that employee engagement?" How is it "engaging" again? That's nonsense.
It’s the most confusing BS ever.
I am so thankful that I am a healthcare professional who finished school and was able to find a good job right away in 2020…
“It’s not you”
Sure, but who’s going to pay these bills?
My family is struggling to afford food
Sell your iPhones.
@@RealSerie26you must have iphones falling out your ass
@@RealSerie26that will pay for 1 month. Then wat?
Go to food banks or get ebt
@@adammorra3813
steal iphones and then sell them
The big problem is nobody does anything useful, all these marketing and account managers literally could not exist and it changes nothing
I hit $113k today. Thank you for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started last month 2024. Financial education is indeed required for more than 70% of the society in the country as very few are literate on the subject.
It's essential for you to have a mentor to keep you accountable. Myself, I'm guided by Evelyn Vera. for years and highly recommend her I focus on her. To be honest, I almost didn't buy the idea of letting someone handle growing my finance, but so glad I did.
Wow! wow! please is there any way to reach her services?
I will leave her info below this comment.
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Life sucks right now
survival mode
AI is gonna make or break this paradigm
@@DwayneNegreiff 🌎🧑🚀🔫🧑🚀
Right now? It’s not going to improve.. We have contracts in place to ensure that doesn’t happen.
@@adamtiffany998 what?
It's hard because too many people are trying to get the same jobs. I left the corporate/LinkedIn world to get a job in education. I only applied to a few schools. When I applied for a corporate, remote job, I put in well over 100 applications and landed 4 interviews before I got an offer. And the pay was horrible with little time off. Now, I make more money, have better benefits, and have more time off in the school system.
This is absolutely true. Nobody wants to do anything except for very selective types of work. One of the largest problems in IT imo.
Meanwhile we are approaching a doctor shortage. But too many people want to be tik tok influencers instead. It's key to choose jobs with less competition. Military, Education, and Medicine are all fields that need people.
Just months ago CNBC was telling us the economy was doing great and inflation was actually much lower than we thought and experienced.
Election.
I gave up looking for employment after so many rejections. Now I rob people and steal eggs from grocery stores.
The yolk's on them
😂😂😂 thats called being your own boss kudos to your new venture
Why eggs specifically? 😂😂
Are you hiring?
@@lionelhutz5137 damn thats good! lol
It’s hard to be a worker because even when you get the job you’re still broke meanwhile your boss is taking 3 week vacations to Bali.
Yup. Typical making the rich boss richer while you the worker slaves away for pennies 😂😂😂
Forget about the boss. Worry about getting your next meal in your stomach
Guess your parents didn’t teach you NOT to compare yourself to others? Boss = more responsibility = more money
@@MrBobbo18 Guess yours didn't teach you to think criticaly.. literally CEO salary has mooned while employee wages stay the same since ages ago. It takes but two minutes to get educated in the matter.
@@MrBobbo18this was okay when a CEO salary was 3x the median salary of their workers, now it’s 127x boot licker
As a worker I really don't want remote work. It's bad for my mental health to be at home all day. Even though getting up and going to work can be a pain in the ass, it's really good for me to get out of the house and interact with people every day. So it doesn't just benefit commercial realtors for us to go into the office
After 200+ applications, I Made it to round 4 of an interview only to finally be told they chose someone else. Such a waste of time.
I work from home permanently in one of my two jobs. They have a caveat that I MUST remain at the desk they gave me and it must be within 1 hour of the office if clocked in-- I am happy to be fully remote, but I don't really understand why I need to remain close to the office. If I could move I could save so much money.
In case your computer breaks!
@ yeah but plenty of other companies don’t care, I have a spare work laptop that could work just fine until they ship me a new one, which with shipping now could get to me within a business day
@@BoldFollower With so much cyber security related hysteria, each laptop my company sends out now is almost bespoke. It takes a few days to even image and configure one (if the technology is working) before shipping it out.
@@Lucas-up6ww that’s true, but I work for one of the biggest companies in the world. You’d think they have extra equipment on deck somewhere
Gone are the days of a single career at a single company for 30 years & retirement. Workers have to change companies, jobs, & careers to remain relevant! Resume building!
Funny how I did a test see if I can get a seasonal temp job? Guess what not single call back. I even put down willing work on weekends. Still no call back for past month already. This is why I see so many people not working.
Work from Home - I absolutely loved WFH. I felt free to manage my schedule without constant “eyeing” from my boss and peers watching my every move. It also freed me from mindless and distracting office chat-chat, smelly food and hearing my co-workers constantly clear their throats. The company tried forcing us back to office a few days a week citing “collaboration”, when I found to be BS, because other than saying “Good Morning” and “Good Night”, I never spoke to anyone.
Reassignment - I was reassigned 3 times in 6 months. I had six bosses in five years. We asked management the PLEASE, STOP THE REGORGANIZATION!! In the end, I stopped trying to remember which group I was reporting to.
One crucial aspect of this story that was left out is the fact that companies drastically inflate their hiring prospects to appear like the company is doing well. They post jobs that they never intended on filling, so they look like a successful company. The number of jobs actually available is much lower
The good jobs go to referrals, and they are not posted anywhere.
Cost of living + Inflation
Sleepy joke Bidens economy
I gave up and now we live on 1 income. Maybe if more people could afford to do this, the job market would be in favor of applicants.
I agree. Life isn’t all about chasing after income. When people can afford living on one income, do it. The more people stay out of job market, the more jobs will be available for people who truly need them.
The job market is also rife with "institutional job postings", meaning that the employer has a rule (to comply with labor laws and anti-discrimination guidelines) to interview a set minimum of candidates, say 10. And advertise the open position on the web. Poor souls that are a perfect match and hope to get the job are wasting their time, it's an internal promotion, therefore a mirage job.
Looking for a job is always a full-time job. If you're out of work, you should be spending a minimum of 40 hours per week looking for a new job. That's just standard.
Depends on the career. If you’re in a career that is getting hit by layoffs or replaced by tech, up skill to BE the one that works the tech of is in a less replaceable role. The crew on the floor is bieng replaced by robots. Solution? Be a technician building or maintaining the equipment. It pays much better too. And employers will find you. I get 2-3 requests for my resume every day because I did.
I’m in industrial control and automation, I get at least one offer a day… And I don’t have a LinkedIn, it’s mostly phone calls and emails from actual people.
This is the way. If the person is honest, it is Comment sense that is being honest. there is no need for 3+ interviews
I think it is time for a “Universal Salary”, but with some adjustments based on your academic degree, that is, people with a master's degree have a better salary than someone with a bachelor's degree. Also based on your grades, the only ones allowed being from 9 to 10(+25 to +50USD) and 7 to 8.9(+0 to 23USD). Financial aid that can be requested after the age of 32 until the age of 55. Only for those who are unemployed graduates for both public and private (I don't know about this last group, because the best of us all earn their places through talent, not by buying them, but for equality reasons I think it's fine) institutions.
Financial support with bachelor's degree: 370USD per Month
Financial support with master's degree: 415USD per Month
Financial support with PhD's degree: 465USD per Month
Self-adjusting rates based on market supply and demand as well as the basket of consumer goods.
@ that’s totally correct, but in this case it would be just some kind of economic help,,, no matter if the guy with PhD is a total moron, the good part is that the skilled worker won’t need of some employer in order to live or survive whatever you call, to the skilled worker it doesn’t matter papers to add value on him. That help would be for certain kind of people who needs some employer in order to have an opportunity in life, eliminating having society troubles
@Lee-e6x you definitely have never met anyone with a PhD.
@@bookbutterfly2408if that comment is regarded by saying they are sufficient capable by sustaining their own life without needing an employer, then I agree with you by not requiring the use of such kind of help. But if that comment you share is to declare that they value more than 400 per month I would say stupidity just value by papers. See you and take care of you
Stupidity always hoping to have and/or be worth it for academic papers, especially imbeciles with a PhD, hahaha, if they know as much as they claim, why do they need a boss to give them money? God please I beg you, take care of your children, please haha, they say they are the best and cry for some money to survive. If you don't make them believe that they are black, white or yellow, with some money in their pocket and also, with papers that say they are worth something, then they start crying and believe that they are worthless. I only know that the most intelligent and good-looking (sarcasm) are given more, for the same reason. It is a fact empowered in life itself.
All 100% remote workers should not work for 2 days straight and see how well companies run. So sick of “if you are remote, you aren’t working.” How’d we somehow have record profits in 2020 and 2021??
I believe that, in general, a hybrid work model would be most beneficial for both employers & employees. But that also depends on the type of work - if the job requires hands-on collaboration amongst team-members, such as working with hardware, then u definitely need to meet up in person sometime. Another thing is that, if your job can be performed remotely 100%, your employer may outsource your job to ppl in other lower-cost countries, thus, u would have more competition in the job market.
manual labor is important too , it’s kind of sad how many office workers there are…
They need to bring remote back. Im thankful for my job but I hate my one hour commute to and from work everyday. I don’t see any benefit in coming into the office everyday. Idc about the free, pizza, doughnuts, and parties.
Man, I went through FOUR interviews for a cashier job last month just to get rejected after being ghosted a week. All the managers loved me, but the main boss thought I was a little lacking in my background.
You mean to tell me being a cashier, stocker, and bookkeeper over the span of 10 years is lacking?
Oh, and when my friend applied, they dismissed his 4 years of managerial experience because they already had enough managers for that cashiering gig...
He just didnt like you
Corporate Owned UA-cam Channel doesn't want to acknowledge that Corporations lose money when they treat employees like human beings... shocker
My main issue with finding a job is that when I show up in person to apply, they turn me down and tell me to apply online.
I'm a part time employee working at an AutoZone, have been there over 3 years. I was cleared to work up to 40 hours a week scheduled or not, right up until about August. At that point my scheduled hours were cut from 25-30 down to 5-10 per week, and my unscheduled privilege was revoked. Right now I'm technically employed but hardly working at all, I'm filing unemployment at the moment. I'll also epileptic which makes working and finding decent work even more difficult.
This situation went from bad in 2023 to horrible in 2024. Zero accountability for employers in the job market, they control all the cards requiring tons of info from prospective applicants while then not responding, sometimes never planning to hire outside their company but posting publicly to check the box on federal contract requirements, and etc.
The studies show increase productively in remote and hybrid work. So where did you get your information? It seems it is simply perception of employers. They want to see their workers at work not getting anything done. Particularly in meetings. Besides it's allot easier to call meetings when everyone is there to attend them.
Changed career later in life went to school finished degree and have applied to 300+ jobs. Still looking. The market is not great for tech.
Always appreciate these essays from CNBC. thought provoking and I think they do a good job trying to grab multiple perspectives
Finally people talking about this. I'm starting to think HRs are scared about their jobs as well, this is why they make the process longer, so they have something to do at the company. The are also not educated at all about the positions they are looking for.
- cincerely, a designer unicorn generalist, looking for a job in the last 2 years. Educated, 10 years of experience, working with all necessary software, experience with coding and marketing too.