Almost half of Gen Z and millennials would rather be unemployed than unhappy in a job, new research

[Wild self]

Some days I absolutely love my career/job, and some days I straight up hate it. My feelings towards my work comes in phases. There are times that I wish that I could say "fukk this! I'm done!", but I have an entire family to provide for and bills to pay. It's too volatile for me to risk starting over and entering another field. I don't know too many successful people that truly love their jobs, and I certainly don't know anyone personally that would do what they do for free.


Over the years, I've learned to appreciate my state of employment. I enjoy my career, but it can be frustrating and stressful at times. All of that being said, it puts me in the top 10% of earners, it's stable and will always exist (be necessary), I'm able to build wealth, and we're comfortable. No matter how I'm feeling about work, I realize that I'm blessed and I will not take it for granted.

Should have solved that issue before having kids.

 

[Wild self]

As it should be. fukk these corporations making record profits while wages and benefits remain completely flat, talking about “nobody wants to work”, “everyone is entitled”.

As far as I’m concerned when it comes to employers; pay well and offer good work-life balance plus benefits or go fukk yourselves

Older people who grew up working in a time when your dollar went somewhere but who also sat and took years of abuse love to call people entitled for not taking shyt. They can also eat a bag of dikks

I swear a lot of these posters dont ever want people even questioning things nor changing their outlook.

 

[Hoodoo Child]

People are working harder than ever, but aren't receiving a reward that's commensurate to their output. It's not entitlement to want whats due to you. There is nothing to be proud of in just sitting back and taking whatever, and I thought, we all thought that doing so in whatever scenario makes you a bytch? Why make an exception when it comes to work?

My lil cousin was working at Kroger during the pandemic, and guess what they gave him as a show of "appreciation"? A 10 cent raise and a thank you card.

Cuh said "fukk this shyt", and joined the Air Force

 

[TallMan_J]

Should have solved that issue before having kids.

I don’t regret any of my decisions. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing.

 

[Nikki_04]

People are not going to have kids again until,conditions change for the better. Even Amazon was forced to UNIONIZE in NY and paying their truck drivers 80k a year now.

Stop with the narrative that people gonna have kids and force themselves into shytty work conditions. That old world mentality is now gone.

When did I mention kids? I am confused by your response.

 

[360dagod]

I know boomers with pensions and social security checks paying like 700$ in rent

I won't take nothing away from them... them mothafukkas work hard, and they will go out their way to put a younger nikka on game if they see something in you

It's just the overall selfish nature of me me me created the conditions we are in now

 

[NinoBrown]

We aren't cacs...we can't afford to not work...People in here sound like those crazy Hippies from the 60s and 70s..."I don't want to work for a capitalistic society!!! Down with the man!"....

Look how that turned out for them...Know any Hippies thriving in a "not gonna work" mentality?

Not adhering to societal norms is for babies...

 

[Gritsngravy]

Why do y’all look at a study and come to conclusion that people don’t won’t to work and are lazy, are y’all around any young nikkas, all the people I know be working everyday trying to make something of they life

 

[Gritsngravy]

This study was done somewhere like Portland or something, not on the south side of chicago or another majority black center

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

This study was done somewhere like Portland or something, not on the south side of chicago or another majority black center

Yeah…. it’s obvious that this study uses a majority white, higher income sample. I’ve always been for better work/life balance… like better pay/ shorter work week/ more vacation hours and sick time/etc…. But some of the talking points in here are misguided

 

[LunaticVillage415]

This study was done somewhere like Portland or something, not on the south side of chicago or another majority black center

The picture is much worse in black population centers that are often deindustrialized and located far away from good jobs. The only jobs that are available are often high turnover service sector jobs that are lowpaying courtesy of Amazon and McDonald’s. Black people want to keep these jobs, but they actively try to fire you for any reason and have unrealistic production rates. Amazon warehouses literally have a 100% turnover rate annually. All of their management are 22 year old cacs who just graduated college outsourced from suburban areas out of state. Straight plantation vibe.

But these jobs are always hiring because of structural unemployment. These jobs keep the wages low because there needs to be a constant available pool of desperate workers. They fire you conveniently before it’s time for benefits or a raise. If the job market was so job in black population centers nikkas would be rapping about promotions, vacations provided by the company and pallet jacks... but nikkas talking bout flipping packs because art imitates life.

 

[MisterMajesty]

A lot of people don't want to do that anymore. People don't want to work hard and be promoted. This is the generation that was rewarded for just participating. To them, doing the bare minimum should be enough.

I am no different myself, but I still actually try and have moved up, but don't want to keep moving. BUT I am also at a point financially where I don't have to move up. Most of gen Z are complaining while working retail or entry level jobs, they haven't even been in the job market long enough to be this jaded.

Damn. This is rough. I'm a millenial thats just started my career. but it actually took me 4 years to get into it. The trade off is that i started at mid level and not junior though

 

[Gator48]

And a burden to their parents

 

[Nikki_04]

Damn. This is rough. I'm a millenial thats just started my career. but it actually took me 4 years to get into it. The trade off is that i started at mid level and not junior though

Hey you still got in, that's the most important part. Just be smart about how you move. Good luck!

 

[MisterMajesty]

Hey you still got in, that's the most important part. Just be smart about how you move. Good luck!

Nah for sure. I actually got inspired by this thread to have a convo with my parents. They got ZERO debt thank god (its actually me with the student debt) and hes bout to get a huge payout thanks to windrush (im from LDN). I've basically made an agreement that if i can get to senior level by 30, and have a good credit score (its in the 700s) . He'll use some of that money to put in for the mortgage and i'll buy the house; leaving it for my little nieces/nephews to inherit. So shyt, I got somethin good outta this today lol