As a millennial whose held a number of engineering and leadership positions my experience would say the "quiet quitting" and "race to mediocrity" is more of a symptom of how corporations and private equity groups etc have treated their employees. Treated them as disposable, always have an excuse why they can't give a merit increase yet have record profits and CEOs making 8 figures / year. Noone wants to work 60+ hours a week so some suit on wallstreet can buy a Ferrari. The behaviors they are describing has more to do with people don't believe in the American dream anymore.
@TT-uy5el
Жыл бұрын
@@scottmichaels12 no
@jareddahlseid551
Жыл бұрын
Yes people are shitty and they will get away with whatever we let them, unfortunate truth.
@imamonkey431
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more, I have no problem working hard and working smart and doing hard grueling jobs not many want to do. I've done roofing, 3 years in a steel mill, 10 years of my life as a cook and a couple as a chef, packing plants, concrete, and I have given every job I've ever done with pride in my work. All I've ever received is to be constantly told I'm replaceable a higher workload due to my performance and attendance in these fields, and not a single time was i ever paid enough to comfortably afford to live (rent, utilities, gas, insurance, and food). TLDR: I'm more than happy to work like a dog, but I will be damned if i'm going to be treated like one.
@ktefccre
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. The problem is the way corporate law is set up though. Corporations HAS TO generate a profit for shareholders.
@hitandruncommentor
Жыл бұрын
This is true. Every under 40 person I know started out as a go getter, then they got wrote up for nonsense, saw others that were less productive get rewarded, and realized that everyone got paid the same. We realized the better worker you were, the less likely you were to be promoted because they were needed where they were. So most of us do just enough not to get in trouble.
@jamisonmunn9215
Жыл бұрын
There are multiple things here. If available jobs don't pay enough to live on, why get them? A normal job won't pay enough to ever buy a home, so why accept that job? Corporations are treating employees like crap while at the same time demanding loyalty when they show no loyalty to their employees.
@karlstrauss2330
Жыл бұрын
This.
@greg9429
Жыл бұрын
What the heck is a "normal job" anyway?
@yamchayaku
Жыл бұрын
Apparently service jobs are looked down on and never compensated accordingly, despite the fact that they produce a significant amount of value to the company compared to those in the C-Suite. In fact C-Suite doesn't produce ANY value.
@greg9429
Жыл бұрын
@@yamchayaku So both Dave Ramsey and Mike Rowe are in the C Suite of their respective companies, are you saying that neither one of them bring value to their organizations? Service jobs aren't looked down on, but a lot of them are unskilled and are entry level positions so the pay tends to be lower.
@yamchayaku
Жыл бұрын
@@greg9429 Dave Ramsey and Mike Rowe don't actually produce value... Like AT ALL. Their product is probably the equivalent to a megachurch pastor giving garbage sermons. They're no different than the likes of Andrew Tate and Dan Lok, whos advice are questionable at best. I'd probably go as far, and say that Both Dave and Mike's companies are not even needed in this world, and even if they didn't exist in the first place, it wouldn't have affected ANYTHING. This is unlike Bezos and Zuckerberg, whose companies ACTUALLY changed the world. And yes, none of the C-Suite produce any value. You can get rid of a significant portion of them from a company and the company will keep working. But if you get rid of a significant workforce, the company suddenly stops producing values and hitting goals.
@wabio
Жыл бұрын
Those 7.2 million uninterested workers didn't just happen overnight. This is what happens when you have decades of layoffs, outsourcing, stagnant wages, and dwindling benefits. Most workers capitulated to these job conditions, but some gave up all together.
@JeremySharpSMSG
Жыл бұрын
They're Mommas boys actually. Sitting in the basement on Minecraft. They haven't even tried
@douglasdroscoski6405
Жыл бұрын
@@JeremySharpSMSG😂
@silverman5707
Жыл бұрын
You forgot watching their parents retirement money, that they worked 40 years for, got the gold plated watch, evaporate with inflation.
@jaygold4467
Жыл бұрын
That's is EXACTLY what's going on. Corporations throwing people in the streets for profit with no notice. It happened to me. I've seen people's lives destroyed. Screw loyalty!
@billyb4790
10 ай бұрын
ok fair enough but what's the alternative? Am I the only one scratching my head wondering how any of these people are making a living? You don't just get magically decide not to work and everything is OK after that.
@kirkdarling4120
Жыл бұрын
I worked for a Fortune 50 company that was strong and confident 25 years ago, a company that employees bragged about working for, a company that had a half-century reputation for loyalty to its employees, a company where it was truly possible to literally start in the actual mailroom and rise to executive levels, a company that laid out for you a career path from day one to retirement when you first onboarded. Employees would fight you on the street if you criticized their CEO, and everyone at the company headquarters had a positive testimony of their own personal interaction with the CEO. I watched that company begin running scared after the 2008 recession (although it was barely hit) and since then gradually become a company that has no loyalty to its employees, that outsourced every entry position (including those jobs in the mailroom). Nobody, not even the computer programmers have confidence in being able to keep their jobs to retirement, because they're being outsourced as well. Even HR got outsourced. Oh, and the company did away with its pension plan, too. That's what's happening all over. I'm a Boomer retired now with Social Security and two pensions. That promise no longer exists for my children. We can't act like times have not changed since we started working.
@jareddahlseid551
Жыл бұрын
What you are describing is exactly what killed that company. Which is financially supporting a group of people who are no longer productive and making the company money, while continuing to tax the ever rising medical costs into old age. While this may seem like a good idea and a great selling point for loyalty it is clearly not sustainable for more than a few decades at best. This generation set its children up for failure (my parents included) by being greedy to the fullest extent possible, and to boot many of those children will carry on these destructive traits. No one should be surprised if they know how to do the math correctly :(
@wesleybarber5612
Жыл бұрын
Facts
@teenahweenah6632
Жыл бұрын
100% facts
@ajays9936
Жыл бұрын
You are one of the good boomers, conglomerats and f500 companies are ruthless now. Truthfully so are mom and pop shops now cause thats the business landscape you have to compete in as a small business owner
@valiantvigilante
Жыл бұрын
@Kirk Darling Thank you for acknowledging this. Regardless of whether or not someone agrees with what the problem is or how we work on it, we all must acknowledge there is a society-wide decay occurring for all demographics. You Boomers for example are going to nuke the healthcare system over the next 10-20 years. That is the very next problem that has to be addressed, and the problem has already started years ago, and is getting worse. This is about rebuilding America from the ground up into something that truly benefits everyone in a meaningful way and doesn't leave giant swathes of society behind.
@jasonproctor9896
Жыл бұрын
As a 29 year old millennial who did a decade in the army and am now a first responder, most people my age group are tired of low wages and bad benefits. They are creating their own revenue streams because 45k a year is just unlivable with a family in a lot of places in the country. Our parents generation sent us into the technology age and are now mad at the world they created for us. They created the industry standard of you need a bachelor's degree to get an entry level position that doesn't even pay you enough to live on your own. Our parents' generation took all of the manufacturing over seas and took thousands of jobs away from Americans. We created our own problems due to greed. We're waiting until 30 to have kids because we can't afford it.
@adamwalker2377
Жыл бұрын
I've got a theory. I think those over-spec'd job requirements are the product of female run HR departments projecting their hypergamy onto the job market. Hey..it fits the data, doesn't it?
@donshaffer4169
Жыл бұрын
A late Baby Boomer speaking here. What you are saying here is largely correct. I got five adult kids and the cost of finding a place to live can make it difficult to accept some job offers. And that is for a non married person. I can't imagine what it's like for couples with a family. A lot of policies that benefited a few, essentially screwed a generation. I would like to see that addressed on this show. And don't get me started on the whole college degree scam. So people who never went to college are expected to foot the bill for kids with worthless degrees in Transgender Interpretive Dance. Go figure...
@BruceLee-xn3nn
Жыл бұрын
Government did that 💩 .If you were old enough during that time you'd know your parents lost their jobs.
@visick7241
Жыл бұрын
27 here. Went to college for IT and have multiple certificates only to get minimum wage entry level jobs with no chance of promotion.
@adamwalker2377
Жыл бұрын
@@scottmichaels12 you may be gen X, but you sound like a boomer. What are you gonna argue when you finally realize that this isn't about demands for short term gratification? I can't wait to see your defense mechanisms flare up.
@claybob
Жыл бұрын
Doesn’t sound like labor is in a crisis. Employers might be in a crisis. Owners might be in a crisis.
@cstuartdc
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's a shame. All people want is a fair social contract. They want to be able to work and not go to the ER, pass a kidney stone and lose all they worked for all year. But that's exactly what Dave and Mike Rowe's side of the political spectrum fights for. For years. . .since 1980 really. They don't understand in eurosocialilst countries that entrepreneurship is quite robust. So yeah. . .why work (and I work 2 jobs). . .it's just easier to pass the kidney stone without all the work.
@thomasmorrison3279
Жыл бұрын
I remember working as an engineer and hearing I would be the first to be laid off from a corporation, because I was not generating money and costing the company. Simultaneously, I was asked to work with a Mexican manufacturing plant to help transition all manufacturing to Mexico and also told that sales people making bonuses for high sales performance. This is what has caused "quiet quitting" along with stagnant wages for decades, and simultaneous increases in tasks for the same salaries. Companies lay off and expect the lower amount of workers to perform the same amount of work with no job security. I believe people re-evaluated their lives during the pandemic and decided not to run in the rat race and continue on the same unfulfilled journey doing whatever corporations asked of them for no additional pay and no recognition. Being told that the reward is in being able to keep your job for another year is not worth it to anyone. Dave and Mike are removed from reality. Also, many job openings do not pay a living wage. This is why many jobs are not filled.
@mw4507
Жыл бұрын
I have pretty much checked out of working. My goal is to work as little as possible and live well below my means. My point is why work hard for stuff that will end up in the land fill anyways. I am clocking in maybe 30 hours a week and hopefully will get to 20 or less in the next year or two.
@engineeringoyster6243
Жыл бұрын
It is amazingly efficient to reduce your need for income. So many Americans are vulnerable to sales pitches and Affluenza.
@Brokeasweat
Жыл бұрын
Dont feel bad though because it takes effort and discipline to stick to a budget. I like this attitude. Gives you time to find ways to reduce the waste and work on your income without being stressed about bills and debt. Create your own foundation yes
@Hauoli129
Жыл бұрын
I've worked the baby steps with my wife. One of the best things we've done together. I've been in the workforce over 20 years...But I'm currently one of those able-bodied men that has been sitting out. I'm tired of the assumptions made about my work ethic. I did my BS. I did my MS. With my experience and certs, I am -by definition- a subject matter expert in my field (cybersecurity compliance\GRC\IT audit), and have an in-demand skill set. Fact: the average tenure of cybersecurity professionals is plummeting. Current numbers are showing that a typical CISO lasts 18 months before leaving. I've been able to sit out of work the last 6 months while deciding if I want to stay in the field. I'm not lazy. I'm not getting government assistance. The baby steps put me in this position to step away. Whether I stay or leave the field (I'll probably return...I do like the work itself) -I can tell you; employers aren't attempting to solve burnout, and I'm not the only cyber professional throwing my hands in the air and walking away.
@Donkor640
Жыл бұрын
I think it’s lazy thinking to assume that all the able bodied men are just lazy. It’s easy to say and easy to believe but nobody wants to get down and do the dirty work of getting to the bottom of the problem. Judgment and shaming is way easier.
@jamisonmunn9215
Жыл бұрын
I consistently hear the lazy, entitled argument but yet the normal people I meet are working multiple jobs and doing as much as they can on the side.
@Donkor640
Жыл бұрын
@@jamisonmunn9215 I like Dave Ramsey and Mike Rowe, and I love that they’re trying to make a difference with their actions. I dislike the oversimplification of the reasons men fall out of the system. There’s no argument that laziness is a part of the equation but to constantly highlight that one aspect out of hundreds of reasons why people are giving up is not helpful.
@JonyRotten
Жыл бұрын
@@Donkor640 Very true
@whenhen
Жыл бұрын
@@Donkor640 In my household, like many others, I make far more than my fiancée. Thanks to the lack of maternity and paternity leave in the US coupled with the ludicrous cost of child care, he’ll be the one staying home if we have kids. Meanwhile they’ll judge and shame him because we dared to defy the rigid gender norms and think that since he’s able bodied he’s lazy, even though parenting young kids is absolutely exhausting
@benjaminbrowardONEOG
Жыл бұрын
Work ethic woke me up after a 14-hour open heart procedure that replaced two of my valves with carbon valves. At 11:45 on a Friday night, I was handed off to the ICU. 7 hours later, I woke up. I'm supposed to be asleep until Monday. 3 am, was my wake-up time for work, and that's the same time my nurses said I started getting agitated. For whatever it's worth.
@barnabusdoyle4930
Жыл бұрын
One of the largest issues with the way our economy is constructed is that people are not rewarded based on value or productivity. A company does not care about its workers at all and instead exploits them to the greatest extent. The 30 people working the assembly line that create the product get peanuts compared to the guys at the top who actually do very little to run the business and just pocket a majority of the profits.
@azhardav
Жыл бұрын
unionization solves this. worked in the past, can work today and does.
@TheOHenry666
Жыл бұрын
@@azhardav And then people just dismiss unions as "Stalinist-style communism", the lack of nuanced thinking is infuriating. The working class is hurting badly; "Work ethic" and "personal responsibility" have their reasonable limits. Rich managers who choose not to care about their subordinates love the one-sided, and honestly juvenile view expressed in this interview.
@Mavericks90
Жыл бұрын
Y'all are always more worried about the people at the top instead of putting in the effort to increase your value by either being dependable or finding better opportunities for yourself.
@azhardav
Жыл бұрын
@@Mavericks90 you don't think people are doing that NOW? It doesnt matter when the system is rigged agains the working man. Case in point, minimum wage today that keep up with inflation in 1970 is $26 dollars. CEO pay is 442 times its workers pay NOW, and in 1970 it was 11x.
@Mavericks90
Жыл бұрын
@@azhardav You're mindset is why your stuck in the position your in and you'll never find yourself making what you want to make.
@anthonyhoffmann543
Жыл бұрын
Two corporate talking heads blaming the workers for the problem. Just pay more!
@seankelly819
Жыл бұрын
Good point
@jasonbeil7093
Жыл бұрын
Can’t afford families or houses why would men hustle if the carrot on the stick is so far out of reach for much of the working class.
@seankelly819
Жыл бұрын
Good point
@innocentrage1
Жыл бұрын
Only a problem for idiot CEOs who dont pay their employees enough
@karlstrauss2330
Жыл бұрын
If CEOs don’t start paying their employees more soon, UBI will become an inevitability.
@maryfields1382
Жыл бұрын
and then the CEOs whine "Why can't I find good workers? Why aren't my employees loyal?"
@BradCampbellmn
Жыл бұрын
Blah, blah.blah....don't spend your money on crap. Many people are lazy and just put the minimum effort into their job....are you one of them?
@kenny8351
Жыл бұрын
Just have to work hard! Yeah that's it keep working harder and harder, your nose to the grindstone! Hard work will set you free! LOL ! Spent your later years in surgery, and a wheelchair for what? And when you finally reach that time, remember to tell your offspring to work as hard as they can! To many educated, intelligent people with common sense is hurting corporate profits. We need to stopped funding all public education.
@SteveR-ym3yc
Жыл бұрын
We CEO's will pay you $100 per hour as long as you are ok with your $50 happy meal, $5000 rent and $200,000 Kia!
@nicholasshook7513
Жыл бұрын
Coming from 2 guys who have never done a day of blue collar work in their career. Mike Rowe talks for a living and Dave is a financial advisor.
@JakobROsser
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Dave’s audience infuriates me with their sycophantic love for his content. There’s a little something called nuance.
@pro-seriesfabrication3810
Жыл бұрын
Dave flipped houses before he started doing financial work. Doesn't matter....the content is either right or it's not. Saying the background matters is a logical fallacy
@nicholasshook7513
Жыл бұрын
Never said it wasn’t true, just hypocritical. How about you stick to words that you know how to use correctly.
@101SEAL
Жыл бұрын
welll put
@scottbriggs4960
Жыл бұрын
I started a business over a year ago, and gave up on hiring additional staff. I have found success and peace working as a solo entrepreneur. I’d encourage anyone to consider that route. No one cares about your business and success more than yourself.
@achievecollege
Жыл бұрын
I am a professional college counselor and I 100% agree that we need to be promoting jobs/career paths that do not require college degrees. The problem is that this requires a culture change from the employers themselves - and some places have already taken the lead on this (i.e. certain state governments have stopped requiring degrees to work for the government). But still, in most private sector jobs with salaries/benefits...they still require degrees. That is not the job-seeker's fault, it's the employer's. And most of the time, the job they're hiring for could easily be done by someone with a high school education.
@nikkithehuskydog
5 ай бұрын
Go to hell! I'm a union IBEW construction worker..... too many immigrants driving wages down and housing prices up.
@jimm2442
Жыл бұрын
It’s a good time to be in the trades. I retired at 56 years of age after a 35 year career as a mechanic. HVAC, electrical, plumbing, mechanic, construction, there is steady lucrative work. Skills are needed and constantly in demand.
@BradCampbellmn
Жыл бұрын
This here. Many of friends are in the trades and make very good money.
@johnthelen2696
Жыл бұрын
You are right on the mark! Shout it louder, because there are literally millions of people who need to hear it. It takes some effort to get trained in a trade, but the payoffs are huge.
@Chinunit22
Жыл бұрын
2 year minimum construction experience for entry-level manual labor job that pays 15 to 20$ per hour and must supply own tools. Where they expect you to get the experience?
@whenhen
Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile my company pays our entry level customer service reps $25/ hour while the construction crews are out here trying to max out at $22. One sits in an air conditioned office for two days a week, works from home the other three, while the other definitely doesn’t
@visick7241
Жыл бұрын
Same thing with tech jobs. They want you to have 2 years experience for an ENTRY level job for near minimum wage.
@dbz4586
10 ай бұрын
I'll never forget my attempt in construction. It was horrible. 14 hr as a plumber apprentice breaking my back and trying to learn how to do the job. For me it was a terrible experience.
@utubedude2842
Жыл бұрын
It’s a wage crisis, not a labor crisis.
@lizhoward9754
6 ай бұрын
It is a labor crisis which is why there is a wage crisis.
@utubedude2842
6 ай бұрын
@@lizhoward9754 wrong. Cost of living crisis aka wage crisis
@lizhoward9754
6 ай бұрын
@@utubedude2842 what does cost-of-living and low-wages have to do with labor shortage? Look at the early 20th century when they didn’t even have minimum wage but an abundance of workers? It is irrelevant whether inflation is 0 or 90 percent, people still need to work. Unless you are saying people aren’t working because wages aren’t high. If so, who is supporting them? Early in my career in the early 80s, inflation was between 8-13 percent PER YEAR. Wages were not even coming close to keeping up with rate of inflation, yet unemployment was over 6 percent. There was no correlation between the lower wages of the early 80s and cost-of-living.
@utubedude2842
6 ай бұрын
@@lizhoward9754 let’s back up. Explain how a labor crisis has caused a wage crisis?
@lizhoward9754
6 ай бұрын
@@utubedude2842 I never said there was a wage crisis; I said there was a labor crisis. I understood your comment to mean that if companies paid higher wages that that would solve the labor shortage problem. I don’t believe it will. I believe there is a labor shortage problem because there are not enough people to do the work. I believe that because 1) for the first time in US history, there is a decline in population; 2) for decades demographers have said there was going to be a big problem finding labor in this country once the baby boomers are retired. The pandemic just sped up the time frame for most boomers to retire. Most, but not all, boomers are retired or are only working part time. There are very few people following in their footsteps. My point is if they don’t find labor elsewhere, the US economy will suffer
@preparetobedazled
Жыл бұрын
This talk made me feel a lot better about going in to my blue collar, physical demanding, union job this morning.
@Tictokshorts
Жыл бұрын
Mike Rowe is a salesman they want more people in the trades so they can pay us less
@yosemite735
Жыл бұрын
and that is why they do it. You make them money. They went to college, and you did not.
@darkmoongaming1010
Жыл бұрын
@@yosemite735 Thinking like this is why we have a trade shortage. Tradesmen make good money and we desperately need them. When all the Boomer tradesmen retire and there are no young men to replace them, this country is going to be in big trouble.
@youngblood23rb
Жыл бұрын
@@yosemite735You say that like its a bad thing?
@tommygertcher2747
4 ай бұрын
Key word pal, "Union". These two douchebags don't believe in unions.
@brookswoodward7278
Жыл бұрын
"Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome " Charlie Munger.
@maryfields1382
Жыл бұрын
Boom! 💯
@ethxo6734
Жыл бұрын
Why do some many seemingly knowledgeable people not understand why this is happening? The able bodied working men opting out of the labor force , are they married or have children? If they don’t, then there’s no “I need to provide” motivation. Corporations / Big Businesses DO NOT care about you. Before companies would look after you and your family, greater separation between home and work, pensions, benefits, etc. Unless you are salaried, alot of companies want to keep you working less than 30hrs a week so that they do not have to provide benefits. The push towards the gig economy, side hustles just to get by. It’s depressing. I Can understand why some people just say ef this and opt out.
@maqclark
Жыл бұрын
These knowledgeable people fully understand what's happening, they would just rather blame individuals instead of the corporations.
@nsiebenmor
Жыл бұрын
Because they’re too old
@mirabella2154
Жыл бұрын
Treat employees fairly and pay them well or continue whining.
@iomis2001
Жыл бұрын
This does not take into account that people are tired of killing themselves and being poor. People are saying no more. I blame corporations for treating people like meat for decades and not paying them enough to afford to live. These businessmen can't seem to figure this out and want to blame the workers.
@calebclark6739
Жыл бұрын
There is no labor crisis. Plumbers still ain’t being paid shit. Why do it
@30H3Sunrise
Жыл бұрын
I hope plumbers and electricians are getting like 125k to 150k a year minimum. If they aren't they should because housing is f'ing ridiculous.
@56silvershine
Жыл бұрын
I've spent 43 years working in military and commercial aviation, raised a family and never regretted it for a second. Was it hard sometimes? you better believe it was but it was rewarding and I and my coworkers took pride in what we were doing and man what a life.
@iomis2001
Жыл бұрын
You also came up in a time when you could get a warehouse job and rent a small apartment. Stop living in the past. Kids today can either get low pay warehouse jobs that don't pay enough or go deep into debt for a degree that will get them a job that may pay slightly more, while saddling them with a huge college loan. Good for you that you were lucky enough to be born before everything started to fall apart, but your attitude of just work hard is dated. Many people work hard and don't get ahead, because they are not getting paid a good wage for their hard work. Stop living in the past. Times have changed for the worse.
@danielsnook5029
Жыл бұрын
"We were at the lake house..." I don't know why but that makes me laugh.😂
@auggieedc205
Жыл бұрын
I'm not usually one to complain about compensation because I feel like most people are fairly compensated for the specialization of their skillsets, and jobs where I feel I haven't been I left and went somewhere that compensation matched my skills. My complaint is with benefits, I pay 20% of my gross pay for my family to have a PPO plan through my company, and when everyone is talking about how young people needing to start families again is the solution to all of the world's problems. Meanwhile I had to borrow against my vacation time just to take a couple of weeks off for the birth of my first child. Why isn't paid parental leave an expected benefit? Why don't employers pay for more of their people's insurance costs? Seems like you can either have a fair salary or good benefits, never both.
@jeremyraw7274
Жыл бұрын
It's not hard to find good help these days! If u take care of your employees and pay them a fair wage! Simple! That's been the problem for many decades!
@jseekell
Жыл бұрын
Thank you to Mike and his Scholarship! I was able to attend a community college, and get my class A CDL paid for with the WE Scholarship. Since getting my class A, my job opportunities exponentially increased and with that - higher pay! Still, It feels like a slap to the face, when you are offered pay for a position that took thousands of dollars of training and developing skills, that only pays a couple bucks more than starting wage at McDonalds (and with a lot more responsibility) . Just keep looking, doesn’t mean you should give up. Better opportunities always show themselves if you are looking for them.
@whenhen
Жыл бұрын
My fiancée is an electrician apprentice and after three years the typical inside linemen makes less than what we pay our entry level IT techs or call center reps, who have far less education, and whose work is frankly much easier. It’s easy to see why people don’t want to do the trades when the typical pay for years isn’t enough to rent even a 1 bedroom apartment
@kenny8351
Жыл бұрын
Corporations have destroyed the trucking industry! Glad I was able see the good trucking years, when unions still had a hold. And technology did'nt run drivers into the ground.
@SueCL1480
Жыл бұрын
People ARE working. They are doing social media. You tube. Some doing uber. Some working from home doing remote jobs like Editing, or customer service, sales, etc. They are finding online side hussle jobs Etc. Etc. People do not want to work for uneducated, cruel, discriminatory managers who treat their employees horribly. People wont put up with it anymore so they find remote jobs. Jobs where they work for themselves. They become minimalists and lead a more simple life.
@waybackarcades2112
Жыл бұрын
There's no labor shortage. There's a shortage of jobs that pay enough for people to live even a spartan lifestyle.
@SteveR-ym3yc
Жыл бұрын
So it's better to stay home and make nothing? Well welfare I guess.
@savvageorge
23 күн бұрын
That's an insult to the Spartans to suggest modern pampered people could live like they did. I would say 99% of people wouldn't survive a single day as a Spartan.
@TM-jo4wz
Жыл бұрын
Answer to some comments: Had a plumber over few weeks ago. $110.00 per hour. He and his wife only. He ran the labor she did the booking and the books. All the trades. If you learn and do a good job you will get paid well. Medical sales. Great! Food service equipment sales. Great! Piano technician. Has a learning curve but if you learn and create work you can make serious money. Example: tune 3 pianos a day 5 days a week: serious money! It may take some time but well worth it. Piano moving. Not bad. Get a van. Hire your self out as a currier service. Go to a tech school. Learn amp repair: $75-100$ per hour. Just to name a few. Just to name a few.
@smokinhalf
Жыл бұрын
The problem with delayed gratification is that most people see the delay part and not the other
@kirkdarling4120
Жыл бұрын
I think you mean "get" the delay part and not the other.
@DrProgNerd
Жыл бұрын
Politicians have demonstrated that 'faith in government' doesn't work. Change doesn't happen in the voting booth - it happens when we acquire the skills to develop good character ...and teach this to our children. Change in our culture happens when we 'teach' by example - by living a good, moral life. It doesn't happen by having 'online fact-battles' with people whose minds we'll never change. I'm grateful to people like Mike and Dave - who inspire people to live their best lives. They're a much-needed reminder that the whole world hasn't gone mad - just a loud few.
@TheOHenry666
Жыл бұрын
I think the government does work, but it works increasingly only for our neo, increasingly criminal class of elitist oligarchs. The answer is to take the tool back and make the government responsive to the needs of the middle class. Power in our society flows from money, which basically means corporate board rooms lobby and purchase our politicians, and control the news media via consolidation (90% of our news media is owned by 5 large corporate conglomerates). The politicians are mere tools, a means to an end.
@michaelcap9550
Жыл бұрын
Brandon and his ilk focus on the voting booth because they rely on emotion not facts.
@saltyp123
Жыл бұрын
You move to 30 hour work weeks and you won't have a labor crisis anymore....nobody wants to just work then die. Quality of Life is a real thing...you have a generation that watched their parents work themselves to death and only have a few years to "enjoy" retirement. Also, America's local economies are made up of entertainment and services. You need time to do those things.
@georgewagner7787
Жыл бұрын
40 hours isn't that much. People have only done that since the 20th century
@saltyp123
Жыл бұрын
@@georgewagner7787 then you work those hours...I'm not stopping you. But your mentality is stopping me from enjoying MY life. So respectively... STFU. In this world is excess production and technology...there's no need for those hours.
@youngblood23rb
Жыл бұрын
@@georgewagner7787I cant even imagine working 30 hours a week, even when I was digging ditches and cutting grass I saw it as a physical and mental exercise for which to make progress. Add value, assume more responsibility and compensation follows, I never settled for normal or mediocrity
@JoeSmith-gb4ng
Жыл бұрын
But you still want the salary of a 40 hour work week don't you. So corporations should just pay you extra money for nothing. Yes quality of life is a real thing but so is a work ethic. What really needs to be fought is not a 30 hour work week but stop asking 5 people to do the work of 10, have on staff the correct amount of people and it won't be an issue. Corporation GREED is the problem, but it really is GREED of society that makes it last.
@elvisfan6475
Жыл бұрын
Grow up. Adults work. School is over. Work gives you vacation. You work until you die. That's life. Read the comments people bitch about the money. The hours. The kind of work. People are just lazy.
@justing6594
Жыл бұрын
It's not a labor crisis. It's a bum wage crisis.
@strategicsage7694
Жыл бұрын
But a lot of the jobs are not low-paying. That's a sensible argument when it comes to fast-food, retail, and similar entry-level jobs. It's not one when it comes to many of the other professions.
@justing6594
Жыл бұрын
@@strategicsage7694 tell me what union jobs are in crisis. My union job has a waiting list. Then they have to hold lotterys because there's so many applicants.
@strategicsage7694
Жыл бұрын
@@justing6594 Good for your union.; I'm not being flippant, that's an excellent situation for them to be in. Union jobs are not the only ones that pay well though. I can't answer your question in union-specific terms, but I can tell you that nurses are needed, computer programmers are needed, experienced plumbers make six figures a year, heavy machinery technicians/repairmen make very good money are in high demand, etc. I currently have a union job, although not a high paying one, in which I simply was hired because I was literally the only person in my area willing to work at the time required and several other applicants didn't even show up for their interviews. My experience of course doesn't invalidate yours, or vice-versa; the larger data sets are what matter and they say that some businesses, restaurants are a bad one right now, have not adjusted as they need to in delivering better pay. And that's on them. Other industries are paying well, and still can't find nearly enough employees. The Single Cause Fallacy does not apply here.
@justing6594
Жыл бұрын
@@strategicsage7694 kool story bro.....
@Tictokshorts
Жыл бұрын
Big fan of Dave ramsey but I don't think he made his fortune doing the physical labor of flipping and building houses..
@azhardav
Жыл бұрын
nope, got his fortune from his mommy and daddy who were in real estate. he's an evangelical cultist who speaks well but full of BS. like texans say "all hat no cattle"
@josephstevens9888
Жыл бұрын
When I was in high school, college was pushed as the only way to succeed in life. The trades were considered for "losers". I was planning on joining the Air Force upon graduation, and one teacher in front of a college writing course I was taking told me I would be a failure in life for not going to a 4-year university out of high school. That was back in the 80's. As a matter of record - I got an "A" in the college writing course!
@barondystopia
Жыл бұрын
I remember them pushing this same BS in the 90s, too.
@michaelb.8953
Жыл бұрын
With that indoctrination from our public education onto students and parents it over saturated our labor system with college degrees in many households almost making the BS degree what a high school diploma was 60 years ago, all while college tuition was rising many times faster than inflation itself at the same time. This is a recipe for a collapse of higher education and creating a student loan crisis. Not all negative on college degrees as not all degrees are created equal.
@bowlbrigade
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget about quiet firing... there's a reason people are mad at employers as well. If the boss doesn't like you for whatever reason, justified or not, and the boss just doesn't want to do the paperwork or doesn't think you deserve any unemployment insurance even if you don't plan on taking it... there are useless bosses out there too.
@maqclark
Жыл бұрын
The American workplace is by and large a crap place to spend your time but no one wants to have that conversation.
@garywestenberger3336
Жыл бұрын
I was out of work for over 7 months and applying for 4 to 5 job's a week this whole time only had 3 interview. Finally got a job. There's not a employee problem they don't want people over 40. Even though we are the last worker's out there.
@LavishPatchKid
Жыл бұрын
1. Inflation over the last 40 years has made it to where the average job is worthless. 2. When women reach critical mass in any industry - it becomes a nightmare for men to work in it. 3. If the government abused eminent domain laws like they abuse the ability to garnish checks - NO ONE would buy homes. 4. Public education, through higher education, all revolves around the girls. 5. Men no longer have any marriage/relationship incentives to drive their tolerating of the rat race. Home is now the only place to escape the idiocy of women. And men can live alone quite cheaply. - To sum it all up: it is amazing ANYONE still shows up.
@sandradavis33
Жыл бұрын
Wow your hatred of women is amazing, does this stem from a mommy issue? Please seek help before you become a serial killer, if you haven't already.
@azuresage1067
Жыл бұрын
Whatever happened to training and recruiting???
@MiguelNoyola1
Жыл бұрын
Just food for thought. Think there’s also quite a few that are choosing to go another direction and start small business or work for themselves. As having some time in corporate America I understand why most are leaving.
@karlstrauss2330
Жыл бұрын
Corporate America treats employees like cattle.
@firefly9838
Жыл бұрын
As a 25 year old who plays Halo I'm glad I piss you off Dave. Get that blood boiling. One step closer to death getting you before it gets me.
@pro-seriesfabrication3810
Жыл бұрын
The guy is worth several hundred million. I'm sure he can use some $100 bills to wipe his tears from you sitting on your ass all day
@Dialogos1989
Жыл бұрын
@@pro-seriesfabrication3810 all that money won’t buy him more time on earth.
@PoppaLongroach
Жыл бұрын
I was a Ford tech all my life. I retired early and have my own 1 man shop now. I don't get food stamps or any of that stuff. I don't turn my income in or pay taxes I am a cash shop. Why should I use my skills working for someone else, making them money.....AND pay taxes to the government???? I'm an able bodied 51 year old man, I'm highly trained and skilled. Noone can come close to paying me what I make working 4 days a week for myself. It's that simple
@John3.36
Жыл бұрын
Boomer need Z man to work hard so boomer can make more big money on investments. So work hard!
@seankelly819
Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@visick7241
Жыл бұрын
They are scared for retirement because not enough people are working. They care nothing for the young.
@Dialogos1989
Жыл бұрын
Dave might have to give up his lake house. Oh no!
@StudioRMD
Жыл бұрын
These guys are spot-on. The only variable they’re not considering is: Historically low wages as opposed to inflation. Unless that’s also fixed, the problems will continue to persist.
@strategicsage7694
Жыл бұрын
When you include the value of benefits though, it's not historically low. Wages are definitely a major concern in some professions, but not in others where there are shortages. So I'll only going to give partial credit on this :).
@smoothierip5693
Жыл бұрын
Is it ever the gov. Or the corporations fault?, Nope just the people with no means to fix any of it.
@curiosi-tea6914
5 ай бұрын
Imagine the hubris of assuming that there couldn't possibly be any validity behind the decision of 7.2 million men to sit out employment.
@Lolatyou332
Жыл бұрын
I'm already a software engineer and do some of my own software licensing on the side, but I think housing repair costs are waaaay too expensive. I've been renovating my house for the past 2 years or so just doing all the work myself, I recommend everyone, even if you don't want to work in trades, to understanding building design and code so that you can save a TON of money. I water proofed my basement, did the framing, wiring/lighting, drywall, mudding/taping, and painting. It probably would of cost over 50k$ just to get someone else to do the work. I was able to do the work in a couple of months and my main problem was leveling the floor and logistics issues since I don't have my own truck to transport materials. I insulated my entire main floor and upstairs / drywall / sanded and refinished my floors, etc. I had someone quote to add a small bathroom in my upstairs, they wanted nearly 20k. It wouldn't even cost me 1,000$ in materials even with the cost of all the toilet / shower / sink fixtures to do it myself, the plumbing isn't even going to be difficult because the entire 4" vent stack is directly where I want to put the bathroom already. Additionally, I've noticed that hiring people to do the work almost always results in lower-quality work than if you just did it yourself. They have one guy at the top doing the quotes acting as the general contractor and then hire cheaper labor to do all the work. So you are paying a premium for someone who doesn't even care about doing the best job, but just doing a good enough job to not get call backs or to get fired. After I'm done renovating my house I am planning on learning metal work and I'm going to build my own car from scratch (planning on using an entire C8 corvette rear cross member / suspension with the engine / transmission). Now a days people will just go deep into debt and never bother to learn how to do anything themselves. They don't understand every dollar you spend isn't just 1$ from your gross income, that 1$ is likely worth close to 1.50$ of your gross income due to taxes. When you build things yourself you appreciate them more, rather than spending money you don't have on something that you will wish you could upgrade from in a couple of years.
@TheOHenry666
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, also every other general contractor, electrician, or plumber seem to be scumbags who don't have their shit together and steal from you. (sorry to honest contractors who do fair and decent work). I also found it true, that honesty and good quality work isn't even guaranteed if you go with someone more expensive. Basically, it's a similar thing with car dealers.
@atx4fun
Жыл бұрын
I have to wonder. Reading your comment, you complain about the cost of contractors and then complain about the lack of craftsmanship. You get what you pay for. IF you paid the money for a reputable contractor, the work would not be shoddy. I am always amused by people who shop for the lowest price available and then complain about getting cheap work. I used to be self employed in HVAC and I always told people, its alot cheaper to pay me the first time than the second time. There were many times that I would sit down and explain the cost, the reasons for the cost, what could be done cheap and what needed to be done right for the best system. I would have them go with someone else, then call me to fix the mess and complain because of the cost to undo the first contractors work before I could do it right the second time.
@TheOHenry666
Жыл бұрын
@@atx4fun "You get what you pay for". I have not found this to be the rule, unfortunately. The profession is too filled up with people with low self-esteem, or just general fuckups and drug addicts. Every single time I have to call a contractor I am praying that they don't rip me off, or string the project along for months. Even when I pay top dollar, I have been ripped off in the past or the project took 3 times longer than it should have or etc. Holmes on Homes gives an accurate picture of the industry. Basically, on the moral level of car salesmen. That said, specific types of contractors like electric, plumbing, HVAC have less of this. It's the general contractors/handymen that more often than not are scum.
@Lolatyou332
Жыл бұрын
@@atx4fun "you get what you paid for" isn't relevant at all, unless you've done business with the person many times (almost never the case unless you are already old and have been living in the same house for 20 years), it doesn't matter. I always research going rates for work and because I understand all the work I know what to ask and what would need to be done. The thing is, unless the person quoting you is doing the work, they are going to hire cheap labors to actually do the work and maybe have someone with more experience to inspect it. Also you have to realize you aren't paying for the 'work' most of the time, you are paying for the 'time' that the person uses doing the work. So because someone thinks they are more valuable because they can do X task which takes more experience, they charge the rate to do X task. But the reality is they are going to do A, B, and C tasks 99% of the time which are usually braindead work. Electrical work is the easiest shit 99% of the time, but because they know the code regarding changing transformers / panels, they charge the going rate for that work even if they are doing something as simple as labeling all the circuits which is easy but time consuming. It comes down to, if you want something done right you really need to learn how to do it yourself. It's tedious learning things at first, but in the end you'll learn the skill and the knowledge will compound throughout your life, similar to investing.
@Nobody-j9e
Жыл бұрын
Saint Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few."
@ricksanchez7459
Жыл бұрын
What federal programs are there that feed young, single, able bodied men? This demographic has no entitlements other than what their family would provide.
@jimsmits151
Жыл бұрын
Best conversation I've heard in years men. Thank you.
@joshpratt5519
Жыл бұрын
I like Mike Rowe. But he wouldnt take the jobs he speaks of. Its great when its for other people.
@seankelly819
Жыл бұрын
Good point
@allenfischer5878
Жыл бұрын
30 years ago my high school abondoned the industrial arts in favor of expanding the sports programs. Talk about favoring instant grattification, placing playtime ahead of developing life skills, that actually put food on the table.
@yamchayaku
Жыл бұрын
If you are aware about the CEOs of Clearlink and MillerKnoll, you'll see why employees stopped giving a sh*t about their companies. They're clearly not valued and treated like children. You have to be blind to not see that cultures like this are primarily the reason why employees get detached... If you have a fair paying job, save up as much as you can and gtfo out of the work force ASAP. Don't wait till your body gets broken before you do and don't fall for the "feeling proud" of what you do garbage. Businesses don't see you as an essential part of their team and they will ALWAYS see you as replaceable. Treat your job as it always SHOULD be... A means to an end. Once you meet your goal, stop contributing your services to the baby grinder.
@ljkleinjan
Жыл бұрын
When I was younger I drove a used jalopy Pinto that I paid for, and worked full time. Now I'm 60, work a side gig at a drive thru coffee hut before my full time afternoon job. My best customers are teenagers buying $8 fancy lattes, Lotus, etc while driving pretty nice new rigs. We were not parented the same.
@jeffsnider3588
2 ай бұрын
Part of our problem with skilled labor is K-12 and even College so much focused on sports and not offering anything related to technical skills. I'm a retired Engineer and hated high school and really did not know what Engineering was until I became one. I weld, machine and run my farm now that I have retired from Engineering Manufacturing and stay busy.
@engineeringoyster6243
Жыл бұрын
Mike Rowe has the ideal radio voice.
@ga6589
Жыл бұрын
Baby boomers are retiring in record numbers and there aren't enough young folks to pick up the slack. Therefore, employers are going to have to step up and make their jobs attractive enough for people willing to do them. This isn't just a blue collar crisis. Also, the cost of childcare is a huge issue and taken many out of the workforce to stay home with kids. There are worker shortages in many professions- doctors, teachers, social work, law enforcement, etc. A lot has to do with the toxic political environment and people being fed up with being vilified. It's just not worth it.
@chrisfernandes3730
Жыл бұрын
As many jobs as i jave applied for without a reply also the ones from indeed show an average of about 65 other applicants on these jobs. . .the labor shortage must be in the hiring dept.
@valiantvigilante
Жыл бұрын
As many others have pointed out in this comments section, to anyone paying attention and adequately informed about this topic, this is not a worker problem. This is an employer problem. Full stop. For at least 25 years or more, corporations have tried to offshore jobs as well as offshore the quality of those jobs. They've tried to convert first world wages compensation and benefits into those of the third world, while still maintaining first world mega profits and endless money wasted on fattening the already obese cats in management and the C-suite who do no real work and don't directly provide the products and services that make a company successful. If anything is going to de-motivate the majority of employees who are doing the real work, making money for the company while a relatively small number of people at said company see real meaningful benefit will do it. This is patently obvious, and undebatable. We have been living in an age of unmatched and untold success and riches...for an ever shrinking number of people. That is not a communist/anti-capitalist position. There is nothing capitalist about a minority of people benefitting from the majority's work. It's common sense. These people and organizations who have been amassing obscene amounts of wealth over the years have been utterly blasphemous when it comes to identifying what the problems are. It's an insult to blame your workers who are making you rich while you sit back and enjoy the benefits of being a lord in a feudalist system. And that's what this system has become for a long time now...feudalism. It has no resemblance to capitalism or anything else that is sane and healthy. And we're tired of it.
@silasz.rayner1518
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a few more moments of SANITY!
@benh1356
Жыл бұрын
Tell them to pay a living wage and catch up with 40 years of inflation and show that some of these jobs have any potential to move up in the workforce with out a degree if not what is the point in working slave labor jobs for below poverty pay
@philwood3396
Жыл бұрын
I mean I don't know if I buy that things will be peachy if you just go to trade school. For one, I've heard some horror stories of lifetime disabilities from people who have gotten injured from that line of work. For two, won't employers just hire undocumented immigrants for cheap labor? Also, Ramsey talks a big game for the trades but I've noticed none of us kids went into the trades.
@peejaydandoy2889
Жыл бұрын
Courage has taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets any sound investment will eventually pay off. I feel exceptionally lucky I started investing in my early 40s and compounded my income to create more cash flow. Forever grateful to my F.A Trisha Jean Webb, I grew to a 7 figure well-diversified portfolio having exposure to different prolific investments mainly stocks, bonds and high yield dividend funds. Its been a year of steady growth
@JuneroseCarcina
Жыл бұрын
salary earners like us need to get more passive income, Especially if we want to retire early
@LesleyCapuno
Жыл бұрын
I have been involved in all of them for a very long time, even though I won't pretend to have made or lost a fortune in any of them. If you know of a specialist who offers a range of financial options, please let me know. You can count on hearing from me.
@DesmondWoghiren
Жыл бұрын
I just looked up your FA and found her web page. Trisha Jean Webb is very impressive , left a mail after going through her resume.
@louislambert1300
Жыл бұрын
Financial management is a crucial topic that most tend to shy away from, and ends up haunting them in the near future.
@wthomas5697
Жыл бұрын
Does anyone actually bite on this crap? I see these sorts of comments all the time and wonder who goes for this b.s..
@dannywalker1635
Жыл бұрын
Well minimum salary is up in quite a few states but the problem is business owners still will not pay the new wages. They now hold their labor costs down by just hiring a minimum number of people to keep the business open. This causes terrible customer service and when one or two people don't show up they might even have to lock the front door. But they will always blame it on the employees and the labor force.
@JP-xq7fo
Жыл бұрын
The last three years corporations made record profits, and Shareholders became richer then ever in what would end up being the largest transfer of wealth in human history... TIME TO HOLD CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE!!!
@topofthegreen
Жыл бұрын
It’s so easy to be a rock star, I ride a bike to an Amazon warehouse job.
@craigchipps30
Жыл бұрын
Lotta Love for Mike Rowe, I really enjoyed the Dirty jobs Series when he did it. I think we need a new series, MIKE ROWE MANAGING - base it around small business owners and the difficulty they have hiring, managing and maneuvering the applicant field. Show that degrees aren't necessary for high income jobs in America and what our Small business owners are looking for when it comes to the job.
@SwimCoach8
Жыл бұрын
I live in a small town of 4,800. I personally know 5 young people that work only under the table jobs. Two of them were laid off and worked under the table while their unemployment ran out....The other three have worked cash only for a decade or more. They live on cash, period. 4 own very nice homes. All have no bank accounts, pay no taxes and qualify for medicaid. If my small town has at least 5 of these guys, how many are across the country? How many of the seven million (Ass sitters) are saying screw the normal work force? Pretty hard to find numbers on this work force.
@edenallday4247
Жыл бұрын
My husband has been trying to talk to mike because he teaches a natural gas compression program at a PA trade school called CPI. He teaches a 2 year program on how to work on natural gas compressors and engines. It includes an associates degree, a paid internship, certifications from catapillar and Ariel and he currently has 100% job placement because the demand is so high. It only cost 35k for the entire program which is less than a year of college. We need to show our kids a better path. These kids are make $$$ in the field. Most of them pay their way as they go and do not have outstanding debt either.
@andreaberetta9656
2 ай бұрын
Do you know if it also applies to foreign students ?
@AdventureswithBigJohn
Жыл бұрын
Ive been a machinist for 40 years and though its paid the bills I certainly didn't get rich punching the clock. I didn't want neither of my sons to be a tradesman and I firmly believe the "RIGHT" college degree is the best thing in the long run.
@neilpuckett359
Жыл бұрын
Did you ever consider opening up your own machine shop ?
@stevenstanley74
Жыл бұрын
Low Cost Labor has ran its course !
@rhondashuman7730
Жыл бұрын
Saw the pod cast...Thank you so much for this pod cast.
@Skyking6976
Жыл бұрын
“When you don’t work and accomplish things, it causes despair”. Just so all of you know, there are more people every day joining those in this country who have never had a “job” because of extreme wealth. I think others see it and say hey…I want that life. Like when Davy Geffen tweeted out a pic to us from his 450’ yacht that he was okay. We said cool…good for him. You people were shocked at the opulence and it was a wake up call to us.
@blafonovision4342
Жыл бұрын
If people are sitting out, then the way to get them off their butts is to pay them more, more benefits, more paid vacation, more pension. It’s simple capitalism, simple supply and demand.
@SparkeyCox
Жыл бұрын
I had a situation where I was told by a prospective employer to get my degree. It was on my bucket list - so I did and had a little debt from it (I was 53 at graduation) Paid off the little bit of debt in 3 years too. Anyway --- I went back to this employer - stated I had a degree and they started to critique my related specialized experience - they did not want to hire me and changed the rules when I made the change they wanted. I did get trade training. But wanted the degree too. - OK call me wierd. But I made my rule not to be 100's of thousands in debt.
@garywestenberger3336
Жыл бұрын
The only real reality show ever.
@tritosac
Жыл бұрын
What are some trades an older man in their late 40's can get into?
@JustinBeller
Жыл бұрын
Look at jobs in the home services industry - things that involve home repair, maintenance, or improvement. If you are handy and good with your hands, good at fixing things, leaving things better than you found them, it can be very lucrative. If you are just looking for work, there are lots of openings in this field. A lot of businesses will take the time to train you. If you want to start a business, this is the area to be in. At first you'll be doing a lot of the work solo, but scale up and hire a helper, then move them into your role and hire a second to help on the job. Soon you'll have a team and business and you can move yourself out of the field work. It won't be easy, but it can be done.
@johnpublic5169
Жыл бұрын
While it takes skill, truck driving isn’t considered a skilled trade. All kinds of jobs, though. Long haul, regional, dedicated, local, route delivery, bus, school bus, cement truck, dump truck, on and on. I’m 53 and work in a private fleet for a metal building manufacturer. I’ve driven a school bus (and was a substitute teacher), redi-mix truck, Coke truck, jockeyed trailers at a warehouse.
@amyeastman8764
Жыл бұрын
My bf works in a machine shop that makes medical devices. Always need people,pay is excellent, always OT available. He makes six figures. No college degree needed. Some employees have a certificate but most don’t. When he was done with HS he didn’t know what he wanted to do and didn’t want to waste money in college not knowing what he wanted to do. He looked in the newspaper(how we did it back then) and looked for jobs that were the most plentiful and saw lots of machine shop jobs. So he got a certificate and has been doing it since. He can retire anytime he wants because they had a great plan, he owns his home outright, owns multiple vehicles and toys all paid for. Not going to college was the best decision
@tritosac
Жыл бұрын
@@amyeastman8764 Would you be able to share the name of the company? I am looking for something different in my midlife crisis. I don't particularly want to be stuck in an office job wearing a suit everyday. Thanks.
@michaelarlen660
Жыл бұрын
@@amyeastman8764 Hey Amy, I what’s the name of the company?
@bktenn29
Жыл бұрын
This country needs Mike Rowe in public office, like, I don’t know, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
@MultiTasker888
Жыл бұрын
Problem with trades is that half of the people working them could get paid the same as an easy job at walmart. Let alone computer work at home, no early 5am alarms, eating lunch in the car, paying for gas. Not everyone in the trades gets paid enough to deal with the inconveniences, and I work in the trades.
@saulgoodman6419
Жыл бұрын
Small businesses owners are heroes? Not a lot of them. Small business owners who stop hours at 38 because they won’t offer insurance - not heroes. No pay for holidays - not heroes. Work hard for someone and you can lose a day of pay for July 4th, Christmas, New Years Day. Good for people who say working crap jobs with no benefits is not worth it.
@whenhen
Жыл бұрын
Oh and they want to pay you $22 an hour in a high cost of living city for hard labor, and then complain they can’t find able bodied workers.
@seankelly819
Жыл бұрын
Good point
@paulbomberger9686
Жыл бұрын
Great discussion!! It’s time for America to go back to work a!
@poemsthatdontsuck5410
Жыл бұрын
How's the dating market these days? Divorce rates? Correlation?
@maqclark
Жыл бұрын
Younger men are experiencing loneliness at an alarmingly high rate
@derek85581lj
Жыл бұрын
Part of the problem is the pay isn’t attractive enough to do the job, I work in the window business, personally I get paid a decent amount but in my local area you can make the same money working as a McDonald’s employee as a person who installs windows. It’s ridiculous.
@derek85581lj
Жыл бұрын
@Chad Abercrombie screw it, let’s all go work for McDonald’s
@rhondahopkins4366
Жыл бұрын
If the pay is good a lot of people don't want to work short saff
@ajchiappetta8795
Жыл бұрын
I went back to a trade school to become a professional auto mechanic working with rolls royce and bmw because there was such a need, two years out of the program I opened my own service/shop and have made a massive amount of money and my job is fun , I encourage people to do the trades.
@KitchenFairy61
7 ай бұрын
I've been looking for a part time office position for years. I'm over 60 and have some health issues, but I still want a job. There aren't any to many part time office positions in my area.
@BirdDogey1
Жыл бұрын
It is a wage problem. It isn't a labor problem.
@blurchill
Жыл бұрын
The reason men in particular are falling off a cliff isn’t because of how we view work. It’s because of modern feminism. And hear me out here. Before, a man worked to take care of his wife and kids. Most men from 19-29 are single (over 50%), while it’s the lower than 50% for women. The men no longer have an incentive to work and scale as the dating market is getting much worse for men. So they realize the odds are bad and they don’t participate. This phenomena is happening around the world too. Look at “herbivore men” in Japan. So this won’t get better until men have an incentive to work and scale.
@keithwiebe1787
Жыл бұрын
I agree that dating for men is a problem but your analysis is way off. Are you saying the only reason men work "hard" is to get women?
@blurchill
Жыл бұрын
@@keithwiebe1787 No, I am single and I make over 6 figures. But I’m more ambitious than most. For most men, having a family provides a continuous need to climb the ladder. For example, my dad worked VERY hard each day because he had to provide for his wife and kids. Would he have worked as hard without the NEED to support a family, maybe not. That’s my point. Having a family and kids provides an immediate need to work and improve (want to pay for your kids college or treat them to a nice vacation). Men don’t need much to live and be happy. Which is why I’m saying the family part forces many of them to climb. Hope that makes sense. Edit: And that is my bad, I just realized I didn’t make the dating and family connection. Long story short, most people aren’t super ambitious and want to enjoy life. So external factors need to drive them to improve. Family is a big factor that is now missing from men. So they are falling off a cliff and not “taking on responsibilities” as Jordan Peterson talks about.
@keithwiebe1787
Жыл бұрын
@@blurchill Life needs balance. If you have to be motivated to "earn a living" something is missing.
@amireallythatgrumpy6508
Жыл бұрын
Work is its own incentive. If someone has more than half a brain and are not interested in dating and having a family, that means that they have far more time to spend doing something they love doing, find a way to make money doing it and calling it a job. It's basic common sense. Unfortunately most Americans these days have the intellect of the brick by my back fence.
@doughooper9918
Жыл бұрын
The deal was supposed to be you work hard and you will have a good life and will be taken care of in retirement. But when corporate welfare at the expense of the working man changes that bargain and people are getting paid less to do more then how can you blame them for giving up? Do these guys believe that young people now have the same opportunity as they did 40 years ago? The answer is no. Most people are not that intefested in climbing the corporate ladder they just want to live their life. It is the responsibility of the government to create a working class that can live in the modern day.
@connor_flanigan
Жыл бұрын
I like how at any given moment the owners and rulers decide whether or not the peasants are useful to them. if not, they just want us to disappear until they need us again. maybe if instead of seeing "labor," "customers" or "taxpayers," we were actually viewed as human beings, things would change for the better.
@NelquisLemus
Жыл бұрын
I came to the US when I was 19 . I have two jobs even 3 . I am 50 now I made it worked hard never expected anything from government or anybody else. Dream still alive , if I made it anybody can specially if you were born in this Country with all the opportunities
@gene8172
Жыл бұрын
More educational elitism from Mike Rowe and the Republicans…
@jfalbo
5 ай бұрын
Mike Rowe for Education Secretary!!
@tjs4519
Жыл бұрын
I'd like pause for a moment and just point out how funny it is to see two Boomers talking about the work ethic of the younger generation who stand no chance of out earning them even if they put in 60 hour weeks.... This has been statistically proven so this isn't my opinion. People aren't opting out they are rebelling.
@zachpierce641
Жыл бұрын
I am 30. I’m a full-time reseller. I would love to be working for a company and having an actual career, but the problem is people don’t pay enough. I got a job offer the other day if it wasn’t half of what I made working for myself. I turned it down and then they went on and on about how hard of a time they were having filling positions. These jobs don’t pay enough! $15 an hour barely takes care of a single person And the thing is. We do have options. I have plenty of things to do working for myself. I fell out of the workforce 5 years ago. The older generation tells you take the job and work your way up. We don’t have time. We can’t afford it . Look at housing prices alone
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