Controversial Political Opinions

[Eric the Green]

(12-16-2022, 05:44 PM)JasonBlack Wrote: Eric The Green
Awhile back, you asked for evidence when I said that early wave Zoomers and late wave millennials just flat out didn't want to work. I don't remember where you asked for it, but here is a poll indicating 10% of young people saying they never plan on getting a job. The majority of first and middle wave millennials have been trying to fight stereotypes about us being "lazy" for 10-20 years, and we were just starting to make progress until this shit became popular.  

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/one...3e1c8hiJDQ


PS: In spite of this observation, I try give individuals the benefit of the doubt and not throw people under the bus. The 2020s are a REALLY shitty time to be in your teens to early 20s, and the ones who are coworkers are, by definition, among the ones willing to work. Still, I can't help but be a little annoyed at how millennials as a whole have lost a lot of progress in terms of being taken seriously at work because of this nonsense.

The "nonsense" seems to me to be the inequality and lack of mobility and opportunity in today's neo-liberal society in which minimum wages are blocked, overtime pay has ended which costs millions of jobs, education is devalued, and the rich take far more than their share of what our economy produces. There is also the problems of automation and outsourcing. There's lots of reasons for millennials to be discouraged about their prospects in this economy.

From the article:

" ‘High youth unemployment has been an issue for more than a decade and the pandemic was just another challenge heaped onto an already creaking system that makes it incredibly difficult for young people to convert their aspirations into good jobs.
‘In addition, our research found that young people who have faced additional challenges, such as young carers, care and prison leavers and those who come from less affluent families, are falling way behind their peers in the labour market at the earliest stage of their careers. 
‘The current system is baking in inequality and preventing millions of young people from meeting their potential.’

More than two in five (43%) do not believe that their education has equipped them with the skills they need to get the job they want. 
Two thirds (64%) of young people say that it is not easy to get a good job these days, and nearly a third (29%) say they have struggled to get interviews.
One in five (19%) say there simply aren’t the jobs available in their local area."