The REAL Reason No One Wants To Work Anymore
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2024
- It's so obvious why no one wants to work anymore...this is why.
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00:00 Start Here
01:19 People Just Don’t Want To Be Treated Badly
02:42 People Are Sick of Being Treated Like Pieces of Data
04:11 Most Jobs Don’t Have A Clear Purpose Anymore
05:28 Hard Work Equals More Work
06:59 Employee Wages Have Stagnated, While CEOs Wages Have Skyrocketed
08:47 Everything Is Owned By Corporations Hungry For Endless Profits
10:41 Jobs Aren’t Everything
The pandemic of 2020 completely changed our attitude towards work and in the beginning it started out really positive with remote work, more employee benefits because of labor shortages, and pandemic aid gave many people money to change careers. However, more recently, our attitudes towards work has become more negative with the Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting, and companies demanding their worker back to the office. In this video, I share my opinion and give 7 reasons on why so many people don't want to work anymore.
1. People Just Don’t Want To Be Treated Badly
It's very obvious, but when you treat employees with respect and dignity, they will respect and value their jobs; however, when you treat people badly, people will despise their jobs. For so long, employees haven't felt valued, which has caused many people to not care about their jobs and not want to work. Companies, however, often do not understand this and will say that people are lazy and entitled.
2. People Are Sick of Being Treated Like Pieces of Data
In the beginning of the pandemic, the attitude towards work became more positive and one reason was because of the rise of remote work; however, one side effect of this was that companies wanted to know what their employees were doing and began to collect data on them. In theory, this was a good idea, but in practice, human beings are complex, emotional creatures that don't want to be treated like data. As data collection becomes more a part of our day to day work, people don't want to work because they don't want to be treated like pieces of data.
3. Most Jobs Don’t Have A Clear Purpose Anymore
Back in the day, the majority of jobs had a clear purpose and when people know the purpose of their job and can see the impact of it, they will enjoy their work more. Nowadays, however, society has gotten so complex to the point where the purpose of most jobs is to help companies make profit. This has caused many people to not enjoy their jobs because it seems like all they are doing is working for a paycheck.
4. Hard Work Equals More Work
We live in a dog eat dog world where oftentimes when you work hard, you are given more work. Eventually everyone learns this fact, which causes them not to want to work hard. Instead of working hard, many people will just keep their heads down and do the bare minimum. People don't want to work anymore because hard work doesn't pay off in this world.
5. Employee Wages Have Stagnated, While CEOs Wages Have Skyrocketed
In the past decades the salary of a CEO has increased drastically where in 1964, a CEO would make 20 times the amount of their employees; however, in 2021, it is now 299 times. In addition, wages haven't grown much in the past decades as from 1964 to 2018, it has only grown by 11%. Many people don't want to work anymore because we continue to see CEOs wages increase while employee wages are stagnant.
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Source 2: www.epi.org/publication/ceo-p...
6. Everything Is Owned By Corporations Hungry For Endless Profits
We live in a society where everything is owned by large corporations that are hungry for endless profits. After living and working in a society that is all about helping corporations make larger profits, many people are fed up and do not want to work under this system.
7. Jobs Aren’t Everything
The final reason people do not want to work anymore is because people are starting to put less emphasis on their jobs and more on other things in life. From an early age we are told, "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life"; however, this often leaves people feeling empty and unsatisfied. People are starting to find satisfaction and meaning in places outside of work.
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I am in my early 60s and retired at 53. Lots of people gave me pushback because they had difficulty grasping the concept of not working if you don’t have to. I looked at my life as stages. I earned everything I have now through a lot of hard work, but I owe it to myself to “stop and smell the roses” in my final stage of life. In my case I left the country after I retired and live in Latin America. It allowed me to get away from all the negative things happening in America while appreciating my new environment. I have yet to meet anyone who regrets retirement.
Nice way to retire. For me, I believe retirees who struggle to meet their basic needs are the ones who could not accumulate enough money during their active years to meet their needs. Retirement choices determine a lot of things. My wife and I both spent same number of years in the civil service, she invested through a wealth manager and myself through the 401k. We both still earning after our retirement.
This is true. I'm in my mid 50's now. My wife and I were following this same trajectory. Last two years, I pulled out my money and invested with her wealth manager. Not catching up with her profits over the years, but at least I earn more. I'm making money even before retiring, and my retirement fund has grown way more than it would have with just the 401(k). Haha.
It's unfortunate most people don't have such information. I don't really blame people who panic. Lack of information can be a big hurdle. I've been making more than a million dollars by just investing through an advisor, and I don't have to do much work. Doesn't matter if the economy is misbehaving; great wealth managers will always make returns.
I think this is something I should do, but I've been stalling for a long time now. I don't really know which firm to work with; I feel they are all the same but it seems you’ve got it all worked out with the firm you work with so i surely wouldn’t mind a recommendation.
I definitely share your sentiment about these firms. Finding financial advisors like Marisa Breton Dollard who can assist you shape your portfolio would be a very creative option. There will be difficult times ahead, and prudent personal money management will be essential to navigating them.
Don't have a job = can't afford housing.
Have a job = can't afford housing.
So why have a job?
and many are waking up to this fact, why be abused and broke when you can not be abused but still be broke
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT 100%.
💯 % on the mark with that comment!!! It's reality and we all know it.
Wow. My dad always worked 2 jobs and on ocasssion 3 jobs while my mom worked Full time to raise a family and buy a house in Expensive Southern California. They’re doing pretty good now , my mom will retire next year. No PAIN. NO GAIN .
Sad to say at least not having one you get help
People don’t wanna work 40+ hours for minimal wages and no benefits. It’s that simple.
I would start to work again if I have children. I'm retired in 30s.
Benefits is why I work where I work as a manager. The pay could be better, but if I miss work for 3 weeks via a doctor, work will pay for my health insurance, and the leftover money goes into my bank account. I have life insurance and don't pay for it. If I become legally disabled while employed, I will still receive my paycheck years later.
It is true because I met one guy who had open heart surgery and could no longer work. He was still getting his regular paycheck through work.
I have my regular health insurance I pay too and even that had a separate health program where if you participate you get $75 off a month on your health insurance.
@@christins.1481 must be hard working in the US.
We have health insurance regardless of our job, even when unemployed.
The logic is that A) someone who is sick or cant afford treating some serious illness properly is a permanent drain on society, so better help them and B) your financial status shouldnt determine if you can eat/see a doctor/afford some basic appartment.
it's often seen as some sort of communism, but it's really not :D
we are still capitalists and when you don't work your life is shitty! you just dont starve or need to worry about the bare essentials.
Not to mention getting fired in the first few weeks of your employment with no warning or explanation...
And being treated like crap.
We've completely lost sight of work life balance. Nobody gets to have a life anymore.
I don't think that would be a good analogy its just people don't know how to mind their business, and rather compete on who does it better and they don't even be the BEST🤫😒😊
Speak for yourself. I can handle a 40 hour workweek just fine.
My employer preaches WLB until that isnt tilted in their favor.
@@MrSteeDoo 40 hour workweek? What's that?
@@vladimirofsvalbard9477 Apparently you screwed up.
The number one reason is that jobs do not pay a LIVING wage anymore.
"@rosymylene1878" A "living wage" is a matter of the cost of living.
Learn a useful skill and you can earn more money.
So.u quit work and be a bum?😂
@@BeastMode19799 check unemployment statistics, it's quite the opposite. people are working but they're miserable
I am 62 and all my jobs never paid a living wage.
I was suddenly laid off last year. I saved up enough money to live for about 3 years. I just went to the gym, worked on my house, read books, and volunteered at my local brewery cleaning and gather cups in exchange for beer and chat with people. I havent felt this happy and alive for almost a decade.
Then i found another full time job, well back to the grind.
The happiest times of my life, I was unemployed for a little over a year. I went for walks in the countryside everyday, I watched my chickens in the yard, I petted my cat a lot, I read a lot, went on a few road trips with a friend of mine, helped friends with chores, went to local towns and admired the architecture of older buildings/homes, and went to town once a week to have lunch with some friends. During one of these times I went more than a month without electricity due to an intense winter storm, still liked it.
Dear Boss- Don’t treat your employees like 💩.
I never understood why companies feel the need to monitor you if you work from home... if you're slacking its understandable but just monitoring your keystrokes and clicks when your job is getting done seems insane to me.
Shit boss shit job😂
I'm a self-employed house painter. I've blocked many numbers from clients the last 5 years.
I won't stand by customers bad attitudes anymore.
I only return calls from the good ones.
I'm self employed and dumped the customers who are energy vampires . Not worth it.
@@joannbrown2842 Definitely, I walked off the job after an hour this past winter because of one of those
There is a solution to that. Charge them a lot more, and collect ALL of your payment in full before service rendered. They will either go away on their own, OR pay up, and actually respect you more. It is strange how it works like that, but they give more respect when they are paying a lot more out of pocket for the service.
I’m also a house painter. This is my first self employed venture. I don’t think I can ever go back to working for a company. 2 years in and so far I have had mostly very nice clients who pay me on time.
I’m about to retire from construction and not a minute too soon . Clients have become extremely demanding and rude over the last few years .
I am fed up working for peanuts to make a company or a billionaire richer
Vote Blue.
Quit. Literally. Just quit. They do not care and won't do anything to change unless you quit.
Make yourself more valuable to the workforce. Get a useful education or learn a trade . Or start your own business then you will hire people to do a job for the least you can pay, so you can get rich. It’s the American system and it’s good. It’s what made me a millionaire being able to invest in the stock market just like everyone else. Takes time but it works. Nobody’s entitled a free ride from birth even though some get it. The ones who work for it and earn it appreciate it and keep it too.
@@tomTom-lb5cu I believe in capitalism but there are situations in which people cannot just start a business or start over. There are older people who need to make money but cannot make a big project of going back to school for years like a 25 year old would do. Some people's bodies are no longer able to tolerate a lot of hard physical work. With some people, they want to work but they cannot take up anything overwhelming either.
@@tomTom-lb5cuaren't you tired of giving tired old advice?
Bad managers, bad pay, toxic work environments. Work place bullies. Under appreciated. Better opportunities doing your own thing. So on.
Sounds like the postal service.
No job is fun. As far as working your own thing, one can never start their own business legally. Somewhere somehow, people who start a business hide income from the government.
You think that was invented just for you?And can we get over the idea that everyone was swimming in benefits until recently?
Yes and yes and it's the toxic and work place bullies for me...
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We are not made to work all day long, this is a new cultural development. In the past people didnt think like this.
Yes, and they were called peasants and lived in huts with dirt floors and hay roofs, and lived in sanitary conditions you wouldn't like.
@willchristie2650 productivity is much higher now so we should be able to keep a healthy work life balance but idiots are convinced they need wants
@@willchristie2650 You proved his point. Now that we produce more, we should be working less.
@@willchristie2650 I think you mean "live in unsanitary conditions." (Good point though).
Are you just considering things from the last 100 years?
100% agree. Why be loyal to a job that would not be loyal to you?!
Lol, it's always been that way...
I rejected a remote job because they install spy programs to see what you are doing. It's so disrespectful, what's wrong with just seeing the results? Isn't that what's important? People have made jobs hellish.
Im lookong for a new OTR(i drive semi) job without a camera pointed at my face. Or at least not a hidden one.
@@metalliccheese2967 The future of OTR drivers is pretty bleak. You are KNOWINGLY entering this field. It is your own fault.
Isn’t there some sort of privacy act that could prevent this?
I’ve worked remotely since 2005. This is not an issue, esp. if you’re using a dedicated, company computer. And just who the heck is ‘they’? The generalizations are tiresome if not just stupid. Sure. There are jerks out there. All it takes is one. But comments like this one are pathetic and shortsighted . Change your path now. Stop making excuses and start taking care of yourself responsibly - not on someone else’s dime.
@@beth3535 A long text to say you bend to anyone without protest.
I'm a hard worker and I get things done, there is no real legitimate reason to act like 1984's big brother with your workers if they provide you with results.
As a late Boomer (don’t hate on me for that), I approve of this video. After 40+ years of being on the treadmill I see how indoctrinated I was with the entire work-and-consume lifestyle. Had I been able to see through the massive amount of Bovine Scat I was fed since childhood, I’d be happily retired by now. Oh well, that’s my fault, I accept that responsibility.
Those of you in younger generations please don’t be like me: too soon old, too late smart. Yes, we need to make money to live, but treat it wisely and use it as the precious and hard-earned commodity that it is.
I worked 30 years for a fortune 500 firm, was able to retire at 54 and live in a gated community where I can enjoy my last years. SAVE MONEY so it is there when it is needed. As someone else said, it can be cool to be a minimalist and poor when young, but it really sucks when you are old. So work for your future self.
Yep. Spend less.
@@willchristie2650 Saving money is definitely a good idea but in reality it is hard to have what you need merely by saving and you have to have a good job to keep good money coming in.
Bali only costs $20,000-$25,000 per year to live. And live WELL! You could still retire comfortably, in a less expensive country
@alyxxa6182 Depends. A lot of people do not make that much money per year.
Yearly earnings like that may enable you to pay rent in a substandard apartment which could cost some $3000 to $5000 a month. If you saved up the right amount of money so you have at least 3 months worth of earnings in the bank or saved somewhere, you may be able to make the rent and have some food and clothing money. You have to be careful about any medical costs. A catastrophic medical condition that needs a lot off expensive medical care would mean disaster. If you are lucky enough that you have decent genetics and don't develop some serious genetically determined condition or if you take care of yourself enough so that you don't develop some illness due to a bad habit like smoking or drinking alcoholic beverages too much or taking recreational drugs, you may as they say, scrape by. You also have to be careful crossing the street and if you live in a busy city you can be a traffic statistic waiting to happen. Of course it takes money to take care of yourself properly in these times. You may need to buy health food or healthier food which costs more than junk food. You may have to exercise and though it is possible to do that on your own at home or in the park or at the beach it may be better to go to a gym at least sometimes which costs money and it is unlikely you can practice swimming (a very good exercise) at the beach during winter (unless you live in a very warm climate) so you may need to be a member of the Y if there is one near you and if there isn't you may have to pay for transportation to get to one.
On $20,000 to $25,000 a year you cannot do much other than pay rent and eat some meager meals daily if you want to save some money. You cannot buy a new bike or car or you may have to save up for years to do so. You cannot actually plan on moving to a better place in another state even if one exists. It takes money to plan on moving. You cannot have hobbies such as painting or drawing or model airplane building (etc) because you need to buy art equipment for such things. You have to live NOT doing much outside your job. If you don't get bored or depressed or have other interests then that may be OK. You should not have pets as you cannot properly provide for them. If you want to donate some money to a cause you believe in, you cannot except very very sparely.
Don't forget business trends and the employment world changes. The company you work for may go out of business or move overseas and you cannot move with it. You may have to upgrade any skills you have to get a different job. It costs to go back to school. Maybe you can learn certain things though UA-cam or the internet or maybe there may be free courses online but there are times when people who go to an actual school and get certain credentials will be more desirable hires than you. If you do work that does not require top skills; if you have a job sweeping and cleaning, stocking shelves, and doing drudgerous dead-end work you may be able to do it as long as you are young enough, but you will eventually have to consider less physical work as you get older. If you already are of an older age and still doing physical work you may be too old to learn new tricks but you cannot continue doing the hard work you have always done up to now. People can find themselves in rock-and-hard-place situations when they just make barely-substantial incomes for too long in their lives. Yet, a lot of older people who grew up and were in the work force in the pre-1960s or even pre-1970s and who had good jobs back then went on to grow older in an age when inflation was to only get worse and these people who thought they would be able to retire comfortably became elderly homeless people on the streets.
If you have a family and have to pay for diapers, baby food, and decent schooling, then forget it.
I myself, since I started to pay my own rent and other needs basically did not have to support anyone else than myself (except a free-loading friend or roommate or relative now and then) . But, I don't foresee that I can ever quit working. I actually want to work but I have always wanted to get a job I like to do. I had gone back to school various times and tried different things . There have been downsizings, and temporary employment that at first seemed to be more-stable employment. I never turned to drugs or booze and find it hard to sympathize with those who do, but when you go down economically it is very difficult to get back up.
I work in elderly care and they start seeing us/treating us like robots. Bosses don't have respect for us.
I worked as a Live-in-Carer for 2 years. It's modern day slavery. I did it because I needed the money. I knew it wasn't going to be a long term job for me.
Same in Germany.
That's terrible. It's very necessary work but your best option might be to quit. Who wants to live and work like that? You deserve to be respected in the workplace.
Thats why young nurses nowadays dont want to work in bed side whenever possible. Or if they end up in bed side care, they dont stay for long and they branch out as fast as they can to other roles with less patient contact because patients treat nurses like slaves. Doctors treat nurses like slaves. The bosses treat their nurses like robots that never gets tired. I work in IT and 99% of people in my department hates customer interaction because customers treats us poorly and like slaves.
True I quit my home healthcare job because they required us to have our own car insurance driving customers to doctors. Regular car insurance doesn't cover driving during work hours in Texas, so to be covered properly you need an extra $1000/yr of commercial auto insurance. It's crazy when making $14/hr plus car maintenance and tire repairs etc, even if they reimburse for gas it's not enough for all that and any urine or poo accidents the customer has in your car.
Brilliant analysis. I had a boss for 15 years who had no life. She was the closest thing to a corporate nun. She dedicated her life to this huge corporation. She worked 12 hour days, and could not understand why I and my peers did not devote our lives also to this corporation. She had no love life, no social life. Her ultimate goal was to make sure that her staff did not steal a paper clip or work less than 8 to 12 hours a day. One of her peers called her OCD for the corporation. Now we are both retired and I had to ban her from communicating with me, since even in retirement all she talks about is the corporation. This is a sad twisted empty life. Interestingly, I live about 7 miles from the new giant computer chip factor being built by Taiwan in the USA. The CEO has spoken about how lazy American workers are since they do not want to be like my boss, the corporate nun. I guess the people in Taiwan are a high tech feudal society that give their entire lives to the corporation. And the CEO, who benefits from all this, is disdainful of American workers who want a balanced life.
Excellent write up.
Oh yes, Taiwanese are Chinese and they also treat their workers like robots. When you get a job, you have to live for that job.
Tsmc in Arizona. I read that article, screw that guy!
People don't want to work because they expect too much at your job
💯 I am tired of feeling like I am constantly trying to prove myself
I can tell you as a nurse we hate our jobs. You’re burned out, treated like crap by management with the bitchiest staff. We’re expecting to do double and extra shifts and always understaffed and can’t keep up. We don’t go home feeling happy or that we have accomplished anything. This job will make you go insane.
I can see nurses quitting to start their own walk-in clinics. Or simply offering their services directly to individuals for cash.
Worked at a hospital for a year as a one man department and quit because that place was a sweatshop for a morgue
One of the biggest problems in healthcare (really, it should be called "sick care" because our health care system doesn't promote health at all) is all the PAPERWORK you have to do. I have a friend who is a psychiatrist for the indigent and he spends much more of his time doing paperwork than treating patients. It's INSANE.
They make us feel like we are 'human resources'.
lol. Agree. I liked "personnel" better. At least I was a person.
We are functions, not people.
That's a good way to put it. Makes a lot more sense than the actual Human Resources department.
We are a disposable commodity.
You got it! I worked very hard and learned IT WAS NEVER ENOUGH! I would get my department in top notch condition and then managers would ask me to go to other departments where people stood around and didn’t do shit!
The people standing around not doing shit came to the conclusion that it's simply never enough, so why try harder than we need to?
More like companies don’t want to hire and train anymore.
Oh they do hire, they do it in a smokey backroom allowing illegals to get the job done off the books.
Many people have such a poison mindset «they should hire and train people» its not companies job to teach you how to do the work. The reality of working is that you are selling your skills and if you dont have any skills, you got nothing to sell. So be proactive and learn the skills people want to buy, so you get something to offer.
They sometimes don't even introduce the management roster anymore.When I first worked for walmart in 2015 they introduced us to the asset protection security,a couple of managers and their boss store manager who gave us good conversations but nowadays you barely know who's who outside of who you directly deal with
Many people are not trainable.
Completely agree! What's going to happen to all those companies when the CEOs/upper management retires or dies? They'll be running around like headless chickens because they weren't smart enough to invest in their own employees! 🤣
My job hasn't given us a raise in over 5 years ( currently looking for a new job) I don't make anywhere near $20 an hour let alone $22 an hour ... They are paying poverty wages
You must not have skills. If you can be replaced by a Honduran peasant in one day then you are always going to be at risk.
If I don't get some type of raise yearly, I end up quitting. They need to put me at least with the cost of living. I've been a low income earner for 30 years but yet I have a college diploma and 23 years in office work. I know my worth and I know I deserve somewhat of a raise once a year. If my employer can't see that...I apply elsewhere.
Damn they have to give you a raise to keep up with inflation i would find a different job
The slaves are waking up and the Matrix is fearful.
THIS !!!!
You're all delusional, that's why they are developing robots like there's no tomorrow, to get rid of us
Nah, the replacements are in the pipeline and there's ways to deal with surplus population.
"Hard work equals more work" this is such a hard lesson and very unfortunate for the reasons you mentioned. This is a great list and really understanding to all the people who are struggling.
Yeah, I learned so many life lessons at that bakery!
Big box home improvement retail. If one actually shows up it is all too easy to be slotted in a never ending cycle of endless labor, working nights, and handling endless amounts of freight. Very crucial to be “popular” or liked in those entities to go anywhere meaning advance. Support your local hardware stores instead.
I don't want to work because I'm ''only'' 32 and I'm freaking exhausted! All my life I've been told how smart I am, I was always among the best throughout school, then how come every job I've had so far was manual labour? I'm exhausted of zero upward mobility, of being told I have to ''prove myself'' to people who never intended to give me an opportunity to begin with. I'm exhausted of seeing people do f all and ignore rules with no consequences whatsoever but the one time I step an inch out of line, the whole weight of the law crashes down on me. I'm exhausted of being held accountable for things that are out of my control.
This 💯
I'm the same age and same situation. I'm currently working on creating content soon for UA-cam so that I can transition out and do my own thing.. I'm tired of working for someone else
The purpose of most jobs is very clear, making the rich richer. And the workers get to suffer for it. It's not surprising that people don't want to do it anymore.
At the beginning of Covid I was laid off from my 8 year casino job. Heard absolutely nothing from them in 18 months. In that amount of time I started my own business and was thriving. When my casino job called me back I was very happy to quit. Maybe there should have been some transparency in the 18 months I was ignored
The pandemic was uncharted territory. Most employers genuinely did not know what the future was going to bring.
Why would anyone in their right mind work just to have half their pay taken from them (taxes) and given to people who didn’t work for it?
I know there are people who abuse the system; but as somebody who relies on that money and my home health care benefits to survive because I'm severely disabled I say thank you sir.
Most of your tax money is going to old people
Most of your tax money is going to the interest payments on the national debt.
@@nicolasgirard2808 Please share where is this money, the old people are getting, coming from...and also, who is actually putting it in their hands?
@@nicolasgirard2808that’s utter bollocks.
I like working. I just don't like working with people in a physical setting. The social dynamics of many offices simply suck, bullying is not actually called out or punished correctlly and yet it's SO COMMON. That's really the only reason I hate work. MOST companies just do not do a good job actually keeping the climate of their businesses respectful and people are just tired of it, done with it and totally over it. So I totally agree with this video. Thank you for addressing this, Austin. It needs to be addressed wayyyyy more.
I agree, I was bullied at 2 jobs. I quit early, and now my pension is really reduced.
True. You bring up a great point about the working environment, too.
When budgeting many higher-ups in charge of decision-making will put profits first, customer satisfaction next ...and employees' concerns last: Cutting corners as needed, in order to ensure that satisfactory outcomes for the first two (in this order of profits customers etc) are met.
If this means under-investing in the quality of the work environment itself, so be it: If an employee happens to be bullied or mobbed (possibly resulting in distress or depression for the employee) the employer is, generally speaking, unprepared to handle this kind of situation:
Having failed to invest in an emotionally-sound working environment, in the first place. To cut corners, as needed.
@@Jacquie_Kirk_111 Sorry to hear that. Yes, it really has negative effects for the victims. Yet the best thing you can do is quit at this point. There's just not much help out there for people in these situations.
Wise words , bullying is all too often swept under the carpet , & sadly not called out because of the hoops you have to go through to prove it 😢
You’re right even in nursing they have “ productivity chart” it makes me angry because we work with humans not in a factory how do you measure “productivity “ when taking care of the sick? Ridiculous 😢
Crapitalism Crapitalism-ing!!!
I'm also in nursing it irks me. All the patients satisfaction surveys and several performance indicators and assessments. It's all about the 💰
@@EasyPeasyVegan It's really more the abuse of capitalism and not capitalism itself, IMO. Capitalism has given us a wonderful standard of living, but there are too many greedy folks out there taking advantage of the system. It's like the old saying, "If your car breaks down, you don't call into question the principles of internal combustion, you fix the car." Right now, our system needs to be fixed, not replaced.
I went to prep schools and a fancy private college and the expectation was never to just "work" but rather to have a magnificent CAREER. I tried for years to fulfill that expectation and finally came to conclusion that actually, I had no interest in such a career AT ALL. I happen also to be the sort of person who doesn't need a job to get things done, to structure his day, or to fill his time. Today, 40+ years later, the only "work" I do is taking care of my 94 year old mother who lives with us. And guess what? Even with its occasional challenges and frustrations (like a 3-day wait for a hospital bed in a chaotic NYC emergency room), it's the most satisfying work I've ever done. I think this is partly because a) she's my own parent; and 2) the necessity of it is obvious: it's clear what the work is and nobody profits but me and my family; and finally, 3) on a "soul" level it feels right. Ideally work should simply be doing something that needs to be done, as Austin said: growing food, building something, teaching a child. Most work today is BS work and totally alienating. Maybe in some future, post-apocalyptic world, work will make sense again. Very thought-provoking video as always, Austin!
Wow! Thanks very considerate to take care of your mother! Parents give so much to us and we have to return the favor. I'm sure it means so much to her getting to be around you every day and getting social interaction!
Wonderfull story, you sound like a really interesting person. I think the same about work, the things I have donne for my family and also free (charity work) were way more important and rewarding then "normal" jobs for this screwed society and economy.
100% Correct..........................
We need more employee owned companies
True like ESOP's
This is a kind of communism.
@@RedEyeification Be very cautious of conflating various "isms" under which we have been propagandized during the "cold war era" and beyond. The word "Comyism" (misspelling is intentional to emphasize the "sounding" of this scary word) is a good starting point for truly understanding systems and not just throwing staid frightening buzz words that have lost actual meaning thru time & misuse. By the way, I am not a Commie but our present system needs an overhaul, it's time.
@@RedEyeification workers having a say and sharing the profits they generate is not the American way
Never least
It's not about purpose, its about very long hours, back breaking work with ever increasing extra duties with no reward. Training is 'watch this video, read this policy' and as if by magic you're now fully trained. I don't want purpose, I can fond my own. I want a livable wage and for the company not to treat me like I'm just a disposal human. We live in a very manignantly greedy society.
its about motivation. I would work again if I had children.
Now I'm a retired guy in his 30s. Let society rot.
Hard work equals more work. Amen brother Austin amen.
100% accurate! Thank you. I’m originally from Transylvania and been living in the US for 20 years but I am going back to Europe in the next 2 years. I’ve learned a lot about US and not in a good way. As a Corporate Recruiter with 15 years of experience hiring for large corporations, I can tell you that no one cares for the employees and if an internal employee moves internally to other jobs, they get 30% less in salary then they would pay an external candidate hired for the same job. Once a company owns you, you’re a number. The greed of more and more and more, more homes, more business, more consuming, more nature devastation to make space for more … list goes on.
I went into early retirement in March, I can live on savings until I'm old enough to qualify to get my pension, I became frugal myself when I was paying off my home. I got sick from being treated like shit, overworked and disrespected. My former boss is a drunk but I was the one whose health spiraled out of control and had to see four different doctors a week: a psychiatrist, a therapist, a neurologist and a gastroenterologist. I was hating my life and it was hating me back. But somehow I managed to publish five books of fiction that don't give me money but do give me a purpose and that's my full time job now, and hopefully, I'll get to teach writing or get a grant. At least my hair is not falling out anymore, I'm getting sleep and I'm recovering from my issues. Believe me, healing from a dynamic that was killing you is hard work.
Well done you. Health is everything.
@@sheridanjay indeed! Without health, how good is anything else?
Bravo! Good luck with the writing.
"@gabrielafonseca4034" Good for you . Of course you are lucky you were able to do that. A lot of people cannot.
It’s not that nobody wants to work, not a lot of places are hiring!.!.
They put out “Hiring” signs but then people I talk to don’t get call-backs. Why the signs?
I would say the vacancy stats and unemployment stats are not true
Biden is trying to save his skin. He needs to go.
No one wants to work anymore, *especially* two jobs just to live in a tiny box apartment in a derelict neighborhood. Just like nobody wants to run a treadmill for up to 16 hours a day for free.
Too much work, too little reward.
But no worries, the robots will soon eliminate the need for humanity anyway.
Reasons are the freedom of remote working and avoiding office politics and micro managers
All workplace politics is so toxic. New people get bullied. Original innovative and helpful ideas are shot down. Pervasive attitude is shut up and take it. Fuck work.
Greed is an American value, which is just sad
American corporation value.
This is a very humane and sensitive way of looking at the subject. Having been a part of the Great Resignation myself when I quit my job in 2023, I feel all these points are true. Workers are not seen as human beings with needs anymore -- the focus is only on greater and greater productivity, until everything snaps.
"@Luncheon23" Workers in general never were seen as human by their employers. It is why unions came about, to give rights and better conditions for workers whose employers thought of them as disposable and replaceable.
People have better work rights now than workers of the past. It is very much a case in which people have come to expect it and then feel that things are getting worse when it is not exactly that way.
Chasing profits that we’ll never see is so true. Only the higher ups will see.
Austin Williams...you hit the nail on the head!!! I reached the point of not wanting to work 10 to 12 hours a day, 5 days a week; even on holidays and weekends!!! With a paid for home; no consumer debt; emergency savings; retirement savings; and a pension for the rest of my life; I took the leap into retirement at 53. I now work 19 hours a week during part of the school year. I really enjoy ALL of your words of knowledge and wisdom. I look forward to watching all of your videos!!!!! Blessings to you!!!!
Thanks!!!!
Just wondering, which industry/type of work were you in ?
@@helena20000 Teacher
Your so right the harder you work the more work you get. UPS employee here. Learned that lesson fast! Jc
As a late boomer, I agree with you. I have been through it. Unfortunately you have to earn some money some way. Save, save, save all you can. Your future self will thank you. Forget all this consumerism, independence is way more valuable. I am not saying do not enjoy yourself, just be mindful of how much you are spending and how often. Most important is to have your housing, car, and debt paid for. You can live off very little if this is done. I know housing especially today is a challenge. There are many places where housing is affordable. You may need to move if at all possible.
I've heard the same about employers saying they are looking to hire help, and then you find out later they never really tried. Loved the story about your boss saying, "Looks like you're doing just fine by yourself." That was really bad.
Exactly what this video failed to address
I think part of it is that the population of younger people is lower than ever and old people are angry they don't have wage slaves.
Also, young people see the writing on the wall when it comes to pensions and retirement. What is the point of "working hard" when inflation is at 15-20% YoY in real terms (not the doctored CP Lie). You can't win in that environment unless crypto keeps mooning upwards.
@phoenixrising4995 Some in the older generations saw the writing in the wall but were silenced by their peers. Or others saw it as well but due to their self inflated egos that don't want to admit it that they felt powerless. And I be stead projected their insecurities on to the younger generations as then being "lazy." 🤔🧐
I'm doing my bit when I get around to getting that vasectomy.
Yeah, that's another problem.Is not hiring enough people to do work
They expect people to be able to do twenty different things regardless of the fact if they're trained or not
Exactly agree with you.
Late stage capitalism is garbage. Get a homestead and buy and sell between neighbors, trade and barter as well. The whole system is trash.
"@nicholastracy4915" Not so sure, but what makes you think the same thing won't happen at least eventually?
The reality is, we spend our greatest years essentially imprisoned for the (diminishing) hope that "freedom" will come sometime down the line in retirement. Many young people are questioning this skewed reality, as they rightfully should. We are at a transitional point in history where MOST jobs could easily be reduced to part time and employees would not just be as EFFICIENT, but likely more! We need to start there -- pay people a livable wage, but in the new reality, the new full time should be 20 HOURS A WEEK. There is no excuse for this 40+ hour week anymore, and many young people realize this. We are just doing it because it's the status quo.
Well said
Being someone that has gone from 40+ hours a week to 20+ hours a week, yes 20+ hours was much more balanced.
It's ok and even fun to be young and living without much money or a job but it changes really fast and isn't fun when you are in your 40s and beyond. As Tennessee Williams wrote: "“You can be young without money but you can't be old without it. You've got to be old with money because to be old without it is just too awful..."
"@audreyhuggins8822" You said it, and so did Tennessee Williams.
@@obscurelyvague I glad I worked very hard 2 & 3 jobs when younger, now I am on cruise control in the 50s. All this living wage nonsense, you got to bring something to a job!
@audreyhuggins8822 And what makes you think everyone speaking on this don't bring something to the job?
Rich people have never wanted to pay their workers a living wage. It was rich people, not poor people who started slavery.
The problem in my job. The company don't look at how dependable or good performance workers are. They only look at the CHEAPEST way . They let go the longer time experienced (and reliable) employees. Then hire "out of street" inexperienced ones. Because it's cheaper for the company
I spent three months in Mexico, and it got my attention to see that most businesses would close on Sunday, or operate only until afternoon. On Semana Santa, Holy Week, lots of businesses had closed too and most employees had a week of vacation, not just white collar workers. Something, however, that I still ponder upon is on the "slowness of life" over there, even though work-days are typically longer than in the USA and people aren't also paid by the hour, but a fixed salary. Somehow, and I would also notice it in the corporate world, workers have a more laid-back approach. Part of the charm too was to see so many small-owned businesses on every corner and street vendors. I think this adds a sense of community. I think this makes workers appreciate or like their jobs more.
And yet millions of Mexicans march through miles of desert, and hide in trucks, so they can mow lawns in America. Why?
My 50 y/o boyfriend quit his stressful full time job and took a part-time Amazon job!
He says he’s too old for stress. Luckily he’s a veteran and doesn’t have to worry about healthcare.
He lives very frugally and minimally and he’s happy as can be!
Uh, Amazon doesn't even let employees go to the bathroom. Didn't you hear that story about warehouse workers pissing in bottles?....
@@insertmyidentityhere He hasn’t had that experience. It’s a “throw away” job anyway. He doesn’t take it too seriously.
He works fours hours per day four days per week and makes $20 an hour.
It’s enough to cover the bills and not stress.
If the Mom & Pop store offered that pay and those hours he would’ve happily taken that job.
The goal is minimal work, maximum pay, and low stress.
This hit me. It's 11am and I'm sitting in the mall in costa rica thinking I should be tutoring online 😅
The saddest thing about the "great resignation" ,is that there are lot of people who are all but guaranteeing their parents never retire. You are in your 40s and 50s taking care of a grown adult when you could be saving and investing that same money.
It won't be like that forever South Korea has a 0.78% birthrate!
Nobody asked them to give birth to that adult. It was their decision not their child's. So they are BOUND to take care of him when he is jobless.
They don't have to do that tell them to figure it out.
Yep, that’s why I won’t. I won’t work my life away so my kids can be lazy and be retired their entire lives.
I'm 54 and have been in the workforce for 35 years including my military service and I have seen a definite downturn in the quality of life in working life over the decades and I never thought I'd say this myself, but I'm even done with the BS. I'm more than likely going to throw in the towel before I'm able to collect Social Security and I was always for pro working person, but these last few years have sucked.
I work harder at 58 than when I was 20
Same here, i’m 60 almost 61 and i work almost twice as hard as 6 years ago, i will say my manager is very nice
Expectations grow higher as technology allows us to accomplish more than ever. It's never enough, which is why hard work is rewarded with more work.
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It's just work in general. No one wants to feel obligated to take time out of their day to do repeated tasks everyday.
You're right-hard work equals more work, but for me it wasn't a journey without a destination. My job in education was very stressful and I was asked to do many extra jobs because others wouldn't. I started out wanting to change the world and ended up wanting to retire. Luckily my husband always told me the only thing that matters was our family. We were frugal, raised smart, independent kids and I retired at 56. The destination changed from wanting to change the world to focusing on the students I had, my family, and getting debt free and living within my retirement income which I practiced prior to retiring to make sure I could do it. I told the principal that I was going to retire and she needed to find other people to do my many extra duties, which she didn't. She called me after I was retired for help and the answer was I'm retired.
This was excellent and, I generally agree with your reasons and comments 100 percent. After working in both the public and private sectors around the year 2000, learned my working style was better suited for government employment (i.e. Federal, State, County, or City). Three (3)-years later, I stayed in the same field of engineering but, went from a private company to City employment where there was a lot less tress. Now in my early 60's, I retired last year but would have worked until age 65 if, I could get a promotion. After 20-years with only one promotion while, others were always being selected over me, I could clearly see that, I was no longer valued at my city job and so, I departed. Now, I am living the fun life of a retiree (smile...smile).
I’m Colombian American and have seen both sides, including other countries in South America. Americans live to work. But in our third world countries people works to live. This is one of the things I love about their culture.
Depends. Third world countries are known to work longer hours and low salary.
Haha you're lying, people here suffer a lot, with poor quality of life and income
Where is “here”?
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My last boss called people "reslurces", "I have a resource that I can deploy"... I hated this, I became my own boss in 2020 in my late 30s, I will never have a boss or work a 9-5.
Would rather farm 😂, when my IT skills are replaced by AI
Nobody ever wanted to work. Pandemics or not.
We weren't made to work. Work is a curse.
@@juliemarkham4332 We weren't made to sit all day and watch youtube videos either. Humans weren't meant to be obese from eating crap and sitting all day.
@@juliemarkham4332 work is needed to sustain comfortable human life but there is a lot of meaningless work out there which is where the modern slavery comes in, that's more of what people hate
Then why was the US economy booming in the 1990's?
@@willchristie2650 It was a religious reference. Not working is not equal to gluttony or being slothful. People do those by choice.
Hard work = more work. Very true. I learned this in elementary school when I would finish assignments early. Instead of getting extra time on the computer or to draw pictures, they just gave me more assignments.
The key is not to give up when you do hard work for yourself. When you’re working for yourself hard work = more opportunities
YAY - great day when you post! I just wanted to say that our generation needs to redefine the meaning and value of 'work' - with all the technology and know-how we have, we should no longer be working for corporations for profit, but rather, for each other's mutual benefit to ensure people get their needs met at the community level. But I am an idealist LOL
I work every holiday and on Sunday and my job doesn't care if you work 7 days a week
My boss arrived at work in a brand new Lamborghini. I said “wow that’s an amazing car.”
“If you work hard, put all your hours in, and strive for excellence, I’ll get another one next year.”
😂💯
Speaking as a 60 year old who has been working for 35+ years - for the US Government, for small startups, and for large soulless corporations, I think you are spot on. Particularly when talking about working corporate drone jobs for large companies whose sole purpose is to increase their stock price. I urge young people that I talk to - try to avoid working for a large publicly traded company. It wasn’t always that way in Corporate America. My Father worked for a large company for 35 years. He got a nice pension, and when he retired they threw him a big party and gave him presents. Can you imagine that today? Never. At least not at a large company. I also like your insight into the differences between Ecuador and the US. We are super-sizing ourselves into the grave.
love your videos. love the way you talk and the simple graphics. keep it up!
Wow! Well done and beautifully articulated. Change is coming! The young people aren't having it and I say "Good on them!" They are the future and it is time!
A lot of corporate work is pointless. A lot of reporting on stuff to prove you do anything. We have a whole sub team just for dashboards/reporting work stats. No one asks if the little bit of actual work even does anything.
People are tired of being treated like crap… big corporations could care less about people, only the bottom line.
I agree. People don’t want to be mistreated, disrespected, or cheated. Not to mention being robbed (taxes) and given to wars & noncitizens who did not earn it. HELL NO‼️
Hard work more work so true
Yeah, I know how you feel…I also ended up doing two people’s job. I quit over a year ago, and they still haven't found another fool to do what I was doing. They have a new person every few months or so, no one stays.
Such an excellent video!! These reasons come up often in our house. Just last night the subject of purpose came up. Employees feel their job has little purpose or meaning because the organization has lost sight of its original purpose. The purpose has become all about money. The needs of the people served in an organization's original purpose and vision no longer matter. It is all bottom line. If no one cares for the customer except for their wallet, the employee is the low man on the totem pole who is cared about even less. People want to work when it is rewarding whether those rewards are tangible or intangible. Unfortunately,, working for a paycheck has become a toxic and unrewarding experience
So grateful I found this channel, simply put you’re awesome! Puts everything in perspective.
The gaming industry is a prime example. Even if your game is successful, they will shut down your studio to save money for the quarterly earnings report.
All of this is greed and capitalism
the earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed
I havent worked since COVID-19 broke out 😂
Same here 😂🎉 I don’t want to go back.
Only way to counter stagnant wages is increased unionization
It isn’t just jobs. You sir, are describing social interactions.
Really great video Austin! This provided a lot of value! Thank you for sharing!
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This is actually happening in the hospitals. Nurses are being treated like crap and literally cleaning up crap on a daily basis. They're being severely overworked and understaffed. Nurses are leaving bedside in droves. I've got a feeling the next few years it's going to be a dire situation.
The department I work for used to be a team of 7, after layoffs and people leaving we went down to 4. I was promoted to manager, but here’s the kicker, they didn’t tell me it would be a “working manager” position so now I’m doing both management AND my previous responsibilities as an engineer.
You got suckered unfortunately
I'm pretty sure all these folks being laid off would disagree with this sentiment. Most people want to work a fulfilling job that isn't stressful. This narrative that people just don't want to work is absolute nonsense.
The issue is that work in its current form was always a mechanism of enslavement. Slavery did not disappear because we all got enlightened, it just got economically displaced by what we have now. So from that point of view it was always forceful, and a lot of people will end up working again because of hunger (ultimately), whether they like it or not.
Until we remove our chains (rooted in the financial and educational systems) nothing will change.
Slavery did it disappear, it’s Asians who are the new slaves.
Thank you for such an excellent video! incredibly interesting & very truthful!
Companies want people who are just smart enough to press the buttons and pull the levers. Do the bare minimum of work required for the company to function, and be satisfied with that environment. No communication between themselves. No more effort than expected, which is low to begin with. And if you do anything more than what is expected of you, even going so far as to ask a question; you are immediately labeled as a problem and all eyes will be on you for the smallest misstep. Either you will be terminated without cause, or you will be discriminated against until you leave and the company replaces you, a human, with their next “robot.”
The last company I worked for drove me to suicidal ideation. No one at the company was punished. Nothing was done to help me. And when I quit, they replaced me with four new people. I was worth four humans to them; and they didn’t even ask “why are you leaving” when I walked out the door.
The company was Costco Wholesale.
George Carlin said that 30 years ago.
I worked for 43 years and HR staff were doing company admin; there was barely any attempt to improve life for staff - and this was at a university.
People are told to "get a job any job it doesn't matter what job" when it should be find your purpose. A purpose is what matters, not a job.
I live in NYC
The subways to work are fraught with danger: being set on fire, shot, verbal altercations, stabbings, etc
I love when people say there is no incentive to work.
Getting kicked out of the house at 18 I had PLENTY OF INCENTIVE to work...beginning with STARVATION!
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@Ursulabarlow You really think we are stupid enough to be fooled by your scammy tag team act?
@@paddymurphy-oconnor8255 Don't forget to report the scammers.
I’m exhausted. I worked 60 hour weeks for 20 years. I can barely do a 30 hour week now.
Very enjoyable video! Very truthful.