Here's some proof of just what I was talking about. I can also speak from experience personally here as well. I am no longer a blue collar trade worker, but it wasn't always that way. In fact, I started out at the bottom of the barrel with a shovel and a jackhammer. Worked my way up through the trades all the way to foreman and ultimately superintendent. At the same time I went to college and got a degree and continued on from there into what I do now which is aerospace engineering. But maybe my story is unique, but is it really? Well, it seems it's definitely not the trend of this generation who want to complain about everything (referred to in my diatribe above). Those people complaining about "no jobs", well, they aren't looking. And, it's not just me saying it either. Skilled trades all across this country are starving for workers. These are high paying jobs too, really high. All these people complaining about the rent being too high, and there being no jobs...why are they not filling these jobs?
Again, it's not just me saying it either. Just look at this article by Mike Rowe...
Skilled trades jobs up, workers down
All these people complaining about anything and everything; the working aged man 16-64 not participating in the workforce has doubled from 11% to 22% in the past 60 years. Hmmmm...what is the generation doing all of the complaining again? Answer: People in exactly that demographic. People aren't working not because there are no jobs; they're not working because they're too lazy to get a job! No reasonable person can tell me with a straight face that people of working age in this country suddenly became less "able" to work, so what are all these lack of jobs they're complaining about? And when these same people turn around and complain about housing prices being too high, well, not having a job will do that for you.
The OP opined about his quoted article "triggering" people. I initially said it didn't, but in retrospect I don't think that was completely accurate. It did in a way; in fact, I've thought about it quite a bit since reading it two days ago. And then seeing the Mike Rowe article (above) made me think about it even more. Then I remember our own situation at work...we can't find people. I've had both professional job openings, and skilled trade job openings, lay vacant for not months, but YEARS! We just can't find people. It's not a pay issue, that's for damn sure (we're talking six figures just to start). Every firm and contractor I know is begging for people. We're having to bring them from out of state even, just to fill critical jobs. It's frustrating.
And then to read an article like the one quoted in the OP, just one big long whine-fest about how some previous generation fucked up their world and now there's no jobs, the rent's too high, things are too expensive (ad nauseum, gack)...yeah, it pisses me off. So, I guess I did get 'triggered', triggered by yet another example in society of people refusing to be responsible, and refusing to be accountable for not just their actions, but their entire livelihood and the livelihood of future generations. It's sad really. There's so many opportunities out there and people just aren't taking advantage of them. Yet, they've always got the time to sit on the couch and bitch about all the negative things which come as a result of not getting up off the couch and doing something about it.
/rant
It's 4am; I'm going to go to work now (just like always...for the past 48 years). Y'all have a great day! I know I will, achin', aged, bones and all
Again, it's not just me saying it either. Just look at this article by Mike Rowe...
Skilled trades jobs up, workers down
All these people complaining about anything and everything; the working aged man 16-64 not participating in the workforce has doubled from 11% to 22% in the past 60 years. Hmmmm...what is the generation doing all of the complaining again? Answer: People in exactly that demographic. People aren't working not because there are no jobs; they're not working because they're too lazy to get a job! No reasonable person can tell me with a straight face that people of working age in this country suddenly became less "able" to work, so what are all these lack of jobs they're complaining about? And when these same people turn around and complain about housing prices being too high, well, not having a job will do that for you.
The OP opined about his quoted article "triggering" people. I initially said it didn't, but in retrospect I don't think that was completely accurate. It did in a way; in fact, I've thought about it quite a bit since reading it two days ago. And then seeing the Mike Rowe article (above) made me think about it even more. Then I remember our own situation at work...we can't find people. I've had both professional job openings, and skilled trade job openings, lay vacant for not months, but YEARS! We just can't find people. It's not a pay issue, that's for damn sure (we're talking six figures just to start). Every firm and contractor I know is begging for people. We're having to bring them from out of state even, just to fill critical jobs. It's frustrating.
And then to read an article like the one quoted in the OP, just one big long whine-fest about how some previous generation fucked up their world and now there's no jobs, the rent's too high, things are too expensive (ad nauseum, gack)...yeah, it pisses me off. So, I guess I did get 'triggered', triggered by yet another example in society of people refusing to be responsible, and refusing to be accountable for not just their actions, but their entire livelihood and the livelihood of future generations. It's sad really. There's so many opportunities out there and people just aren't taking advantage of them. Yet, they've always got the time to sit on the couch and bitch about all the negative things which come as a result of not getting up off the couch and doing something about it.
/rant
It's 4am; I'm going to go to work now (just like always...for the past 48 years). Y'all have a great day! I know I will, achin', aged, bones and all