Do you agree with Gen-Z being so quick to quit jobs they hate

[Black Magisterialness]

Very true, but the con is really losing their platform, but then again there will be another better platform. They are doing something they love, so it doesn't feel like work vs the 9 to 5 job.

You got some of them fake. But it's not like 1 or 2 out of thousands making bread like some of the older bitter millennials are making it seem.

I don't think the bolded is true at all. There's STILL no monetization like YouTube. TikTok has no direct way to make money besides outside sponsorships, which aren't given to everyone. Same for IG. Twitch has a terrible profit split and it take A LOT of time and energy to actually make affiliate and even more to make partner. Twitter doesn't have monetization either. All of those people who "make money" from social media, pivoted their followings into products or some sort of ecommerce. It's almost NEVER from the content they create outside of YouTube. So no, I don't thing there will always be "another better platform" because we are nearly 15+ years into the social media era and no one's really made it better than YouTube. And even that platform as horrendous ad practices.

Also, I can tell you from working with influencers on a professional level that shyt is hard, and it DOES feel like work. Brands have very stringent guidelines they have you follow, and it doesn't always jive with your brand. So before you even see a post, there's weeks and months of emails saying why something does or doesn't work for a brand. Or why the cost isn't right or the product itself isn't right. It's actually quite a bit of mental gymnastics.

Imagine being your own manager, publicist, agent, assistant, photographer, artistic director all while trying to maintain an image. Not saying its like being a nurse or a brain surgeon. But it's not "easy" by any means. And btw, now you also have to keep your circle even tighter and have basically no real friends. I've seen alot of people burn out on being "influencers". So no "doing what you love" isn't always what its cracked up to be.

 

[How Sway?]

I enjoy trolling gen z online and in real life, but the Blame is on these corporations, not them. Specifically these greedy ceos and executives

They should've seen it coming especially considering how easy you can make $$$$$$ on the internet.

You can't expect loyalty when you aren't loyal to your employees.

 

[Uno Venova]

The folks who just quitting their jobs because they don’t like it with no backup plan are just following a trend because they see what's on social media. Those same folk will be setting up GoFundMe accounts to help pay for their bills.

Usually those Gofundme's are for debt creating sudden medical bills, which is another highlight of how rigged the system is.

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Usually those Gofundme's are for debt creating sudden medical bills, which is another highlight of how rigged the system is.

That is supposed to be the purpose of GoFundMe, but we know lazy motherfukkas use that as a come up

 

[CarmelBarbie]

I don’t blame them honestly. Work culture in this country sucks. Everyone is overworked, a lot are underpaid, COL continues to rise and companies don’t always provide enough incentives to compensate for all the cons. I’ve been said that work culture needs to evolve in this country. Give people more time to enjoy their families and have more balance in their personal lives, pay them more and treat them well so that they want to stay. And do away with the 40+ Hour 5 day work week. I think shifting it to 6 hours a day, 4 times a week is better (and honestly many could complete their work in this time). The early morning start time can go away too. With each generation worklife should be evolving to be better for workers (especially when we have the technology and resources to make that happen) but it hasn’t, and a lot of the younger people don’t see enough light at the end of the tunnel (again going back to rising COL, underpaid, 40 hour, early start times, corporate politics) things just need to change. I’m hoping that when millennials run more businesses and get gen X out of the offices things will change.

 

[Uno Venova]

Because food and shelter costs time to create. If I am going to use my limited time on earth creating these things then I want maximum return for my time. Why should others create tangible benefits for the masses while you live the life of a libertine?

Right but who said the people creating those things won't get paid for that?

 

[How Sway?]

Most of genz are just getting into the workforce. It’s a lot of millennials quitting too

That's true too. A lot of baby boomers also retired early.

Gen x still trudging along though

 

[threattonature]

I don't think the bolded is true at all. There's STILL no monetization like YouTube. TikTok has no direct way to make money besides outside sponsorships, which aren't given to everyone. Same for IG. Twitch has a terrible profit split and it take A LOT of time and energy to actually make affiliate and even more to make partner. Twitter doesn't have monetization either. All of those people who "make money" from social media, pivoted their followings into products or some sort of ecommerce. It's almost NEVER from the content they create outside of YouTube. So no, I don't thing there will always be "another better platform" because we are nearly 15+ years into the social media era and no one's really made it better than YouTube. And even that platform as horrendous ad practices.

Also, I can tell you from working with influencers on a professional level that shyt is hard, and it DOES feel like work. Brands have very stringent guidelines they have you follow, and it doesn't always jive with your brand. So before you even see a post, there's weeks and months of emails saying why something does or doesn't work for a brand. Or why the cost isn't right or the product itself isn't right. It's actually quite a bit of mental gymnastics.

Imagine being your own manager, publicist, agent, assistant, photographer, artistic director all while trying to maintain an image. Not saying its like being a nurse or a brain surgeon. But it's not "easy" by any means. And btw, now you also have to keep your circle even tighter and have basically no real friends. I've seen alot of people burn out on being "influencers". So no "doing what you love" isn't always what its cracked up to be.

My baby’s momma is an influencer in her industry. shyt seems so draining. She’s always so worried of not being active enough or seen enough online and feels the need to always make posts. She deals with being recognized in public by followers. She has to constantly be working to build or maintain relationships. It has lead to her getting a few deals but nothing big enough to make it a full time lifestyle. To me the stresses that comes with trying to build and maintain their presence doesn’t seem worth it to me. She’s talked about needing a break from it for a while but like I said before she’s afraid of being replaced if she takes a break and her followers fill the void elsewhere.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

Yall realize what you can in America with a dollar has gone down from past generations?

And complaining that nikkas don't wanna work?

If shyt keeps going downhill, I don't know how this doesn't fall apart

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

I’m hoping that when millennials run more businesses and get gen X out of the offices things will change.

Gen X doesn’t dictate work policy from a corporate standpoint like that…..that’s mostly done by people 55 and up….. and technically that’s Gen X age range still, but they may as well be young boomers….

 

[Thanos]

Anybody being a bootstrapper defending the status quo right now needs to realize that...

Just a few decades ago, you could achieve a middle class lifestyle, buy a brand new house, buy a brand new car and support an entire family on one income by getting a gotdamn regular ass job at a factory down the street as soon as you graduated from high school.

That is no longer possible. Those same exact houses that were bought for a few thousand now are hundreds of thousands of dollars. The good manufacturing jobs are long gone which is why every ghetto in America is the way it is. And wages have remained flat for decades. All while people hold more debt due to student loans and credit cards because wages are kept low so the average person cant afford to buy anything in straight up cash to keep the scam credit industry in business.

But America is the land of personal accountability. So it’s you’re fault if you can’t achieve a middle class lifestyle in a country where the soulless global corporations and their bought government cronies actively work together to destroy what is left of the middle class.

Then the retarded everybody goes to college game started. Then, it was ever moving goal posts. Don’t just go to college, only major in hyperthermal nuclear astrophysics even though most people don’t work in their field of study in college anyway. You studied stem and can’t get a job? Go get six certs. Can’t get a job after college? You should have gone to trade school even though your parents, teachers, counselors and college bound peers indoctrinated you into believing blue collar work was for “losers”.

When do you admit the game is rigged? Bootstrapping is cac ideology. Every hood video on YouTube has tonedef cacs commenting on how black folks are loitering in the hood aren’t at work during the day as if those black folks didn’t move to those areas decades ago to work in the factories.

This is real. Doing all the "right steps" ensures nothing.

 

[the bossman]

All of those people who "make money" from social media, pivoted their followings into products or some sort of ecommerce. It's almost NEVER from the content they create outside of YouTube. So no, I don't thing there will always be "another better platform" because we are nearly 15+ years into the social media era and no one's really made it better than YouTube. And even that platform as horrendous ad practices.

I'm not sure why you're fixated on getting a check directly from YouTube?

If the goal is to make money then whether or not that comes from youtube or your e-commerce platform what does it matter?

Platforms like Facebook and Instagram have been incredible channels to get new customers for entrepreneurs

 

[Mr. Jack Napier]

Another question I have is, where these folks going to get money from? Because not everyone has the mental fortitude or financial backing to start their own business. And that YouTube/Social media influencer money ain't long either.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

I'm not sure why you're fixated on getting a check directly from YouTube?

If the goal is to make money then whether or not that comes from youtube or your e-commerce platform what does it matter?

Platforms like Facebook and Instagram have been incredible channels to get new customers for entrepreneurs

Because, the vast majority of people DON'T pivot into products. They think the YT check is the end all be all. But you can OWN your landing page, products, personality and appearances.
You do NOT own You Tube. So you can't control it. Plenty of channels get shut down daily which just ends that revenue stream. Lots of Gen Z don't understand that until they've already been hit.

And to your final point, those are people who were already business owners. This topic is about young people (Gen Z) quitting traditional work because they think there's more opportunity in being an influencer or streamer or whatever. My point is to say that it's not always the case, in fact, very FEW get to make influencing their full time thing. Even look at some of the people who are "influencers' they have an angle from their day job. Marketing, Real Estate, Entrepreneurship, Tech, etc.

Meanwhile, being a electrician can get you 60-100k based on how much you want to work EVERY year. It doesn't depend on the whims of trends, a platform you don't own, or arbitrary KPIs. It's the "500k once vs 90k till you're 60" argument. Much of Gen Z is taking the first option, and not having the on paper skills that give them a fallback option.

I'm all for working for yourself. But I've seen the business side of influencer marketing and most of these people aren't making what it seems like they are.

 

[Black Magisterialness]

My baby’s momma is an influencer in her industry. shyt seems so draining. She’s always so worried of not being active enough or seen enough online and feels the need to always make posts. She deals with being recognized in public by followers. She has to constantly be working to build or maintain relationships. It has lead to her getting a few deals but nothing big enough to make it a full time lifestyle. To me the stresses that comes with trying to build and maintain their presence doesn’t seem worth it to me. She’s talked about needing a break from it for a while but like I said before she’s afraid of being replaced if she takes a break and her followers fill the void elsewhere.

Its super hard. Not to mention the image issues it gives you by basically looking at your own face compared to these build-a-Thots. And I'm willing to bet she's not a MILLIONAIRE. Or at a point, where the financials can offset most of the stress.