Do lots of young people not work these days ?

Uther said:
At least you can see what you did, the factory where I used to work 60+ hours a week (and a lot of the local village worked in, it was the biggest and best paid employer in the area) is now a housing estate. It was literally one of those places where someone could go to work at 16, raise a family and buy a house on one wage, and get a decent DB pension at the end of their working life decades later. All gone now.Young people that would have got a job there are now scrabbling around trying to get a job at Mcdonalds if they are even bothering at all.
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Agreed on the job market front. Reason my daughter got her job at McDonald's was because she had a driving licence and it is situated on a roundabout in the middle of nowhere so you need own transport. The McDonald's in town she never got a look in because applications were obviously a lot higher.

At least now she has gotten that first job she has the experience to shop around whilst she is at college/uni.
 
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I think the job market is pretty tough for young people.

We hired a load of interns (paid) and fixed term workers this summer, and had the absolute pick of very high quality students and graduates, who are just desperate for any office or finance experience. These are entry level jobs which have previously been filled with entry level people.

And the cost of living Vs what you can get paid is a problem. Social mobility is so hard now.

If you're from a wealthless family, your path to the middle classes is so, so narrow now that even the diligent smart kids are unlikely to get far.

All those hires I mentioned earlier: all from middle class families.

I notice this so much in finance, being from a distinctly not- middle class upbringing. It's becoming so rare to see poorer kids entering.
 
chaparral said:
I don’t know if it just me getting old and I never noticed it before but it seems like there a lot of young people these days that just don’t want to work plus it also seems like a lot of kids these days just don’t want to go to school
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Young people!?!?!

Everytime I look some org or a group are going on strike every 5 minutes! Mainly Gen X and Boomers.

The Birmingham bin strike is still on going and has been for months. I don't see any young people there :confused:

Long hours for crap pay which doesn't keep up with inflation and they can get rid of you whenever their numbers don't add up on a spreadsheet.

The young people have woken up to know not be screwed over by companies who couldn't careless and not go into debt for some degree which doesn't get them a job, not even a decent job at the end of it.

Fair play to them!
 
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All this talk of breaks...

While I was a postie, we got paid breaks, quite a rarity in modern times. 40mins for being at work up to 8hrs59mins, with an extras 10mins for being at work for 9hrs+ (not that I can recall doing such a long shift).

A lot of working conditions have changed for the worse for posties since I left two years ago, I believe new contracts have no paid breaks and their hourly rate is lower among other things... But RM might be about to equalise the conditions for new contracts to the old-timers t&cs.
 

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hahahahahha what a joke :cry:
 
chaparral said:
I don’t know if it just me getting old and I never noticed it before but it seems like there a lot of young people these days that just don’t want to work plus it also seems like a lot of kids these days just don’t want to go to school
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They're all influencers and content creators now that's why.
 
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hahahahahha what a joke :cry:
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If I was unemployed I'd happily take that rather than living on benefits, at least I would have some self respect. Maybe it's an age thing.
 
Uther said:
If I was unemployed I'd happily take that rather than living on benefits, at least I would have some self respect. Maybe it's an age thing.
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If they're not willing to pay for your knowledge or experience...then not worth working for them- they're taking advantage of you. You know whose getting the most of your hard work...lol

No thanks, shelf stackers and cleaners get better pay than that :cry: (nothing wrong with those two I've done them both)

I'd want £20 an hour for that job.

Weekend OT as well? :cry:
 
Yes, self respect, but you seem happier living on benefits so crack on (whilst you can, I suspect that will all come to a screeching halt soon enough)
 
Uther said:
Yes, self respect, but you seem happier living on benefits so crack on (whilst you can, I suspect that will all come to a screeching halt soon enough)
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There's also self suspect in not working for pittance when your job skills evolved over the years.

But keep on working like victortian workhouse era
 
hornetstinger said:
There's also self suspect in not working for pittance when your job skills evolved over the years.

But keep on working like victortian workhouse era
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It’s quite apparent from your posts why you struggled to increase your salary.

While there are plenty of bad employers, there are also plenty of decent ones who recognise and reward people’s efforts.

You’ve very much developed some sort of victim complex and have now completely given up.
 
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I’m a contractor and where I work the graduates are all enthusiastic and hard working. They also start on £30k so are reasonably paid considering their experience, with a good benefits package and working environment.
 
Ayahuasca said:
It’s quite apparent from your posts why you struggled to increase your salary.

While there are plenty of bad employers, there are also plenty of decent ones who recognise and reward people’s efforts.

You’ve very much developed some sort of victim complex and have now completely given up.
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You're right as soon a I left the manager physically assaulted another employee and stole from them

Hahaha and
 
Ayahuasca said:
It’s quite apparent from your posts why you struggled to increase your salary.

While there are plenty of bad employers, there are also plenty of decent ones who recognise and reward people’s efforts.

You’ve very much developed some sort of victim complex and have now completely given up.
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Since you don't have a clue I suggest you put a sock in it.
 
hornetstinger said:
There's also self suspect in not working for pittance when your job skills evolved over the years.

But keep on working like victortian workhouse era
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I only hope that you have some cash stashed away for when you are subsisting on a pension. Current values £12.5 k pension plus £3.8k pension credit, taxable.
You contribute nothing to society therefore society need not go to far in contributing to you either.
 
Ayahuasca said:
You seem a little rattled.
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Oh I'm sure you would tolerate illegal video recording in the toilet .

Hagar said:
I only hope that you have some cash stashed away for when you are subsisting on a pension. Current values £12.5 k pension plus £3.8k pension credit, taxable.
You contribute nothing to society therefore society need not go to far in contributing to you either.
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Then perhaps racist English people should have thought of that eh.

Now they pay me hahaha
 
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