The Real Reason Americans Aren't Returning To Work

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[paulfay]

I've been a mobile equipment mechanic, working out of a service truck for years. Back in the 80s all we did was turn wrenches. Over time, our corporate masters decided that it would be more cost effective to issue us smart phones and laptops so that we could take over the responsibilities that office staff used to do. One day, it dawned on me that I was doing literally every single facet of the business by myself. I called the customers, set appointments, ordered the parts, inventoried the parts...and I was also the guy on the road running the calls. Out of thousands of employees in that company, some of them much better paid than me, I finally realized that the only ones that mattered were me and my fellow technicians. If I were going to be forced to do ALL of the stuff that mattered, I may as well be doing it for myself...so a year ago that's exactly what I did. All I needed was my own service truck and the relevant business insurance policies and I was off to the races. Had my calendar completely booked out for weeks before I ever handed out a single business card. Gave myself an instant pay raise from $25/hour to $125/hour...lol. should have done it years ago.

[matthewholzner]

Exactly right. In 1950, my grandfather walked out of his HS graduation and walked down the street and got a job at a local radio repair shop. The pay after 5 years was enough to buy 2 houses, 2 cars, support a family of 4 and buy a building to start an auto parts business. That story cannot happen today.

[timdumoulin]

We are tax and wage slaves these days. Living in unaffordable homes, rent, groceries. Alot of people working full-time are living in tents and vehicles because they still can't afford rent. Truly shameful.

[jordannorth]

I was born in 1996 and i was on the bandwagon of "my generation is lazy" when i was 18. My ideals changed when i reached the age of 25 (last year) and i realized that i had been working 60 plus hours a week beating my body up and having no time for friends and i was in almost the same spot financially even making $33.00/hr as i was when i was 18 making only $8.00/hr. Making $2000 a week but only getting to take home $1300 of it. I realized the rest of my generation wasnt lazy, they just woke up earlier than i did

[criteecgaming]

I worked a factory job for 17 years, lots of 12's, lots of holidays and weekends, and lots of nightshift. I took great pride in my work and was always the most dedicated in every department I worked in. After 16 years of loyal service, I started having major health issues and the doctors couldn't figure out why. I missed 7 days in a rolling calendar year and they walked me out with grins on their faces. When I first started working there it was a great job, but year after year they just kept adding to your responsibilities, but the pay wasn't even keeping up with inflation. It got to the point where every second you were there you were busy. Got to go to the bathroom, well now you're behind and probably have to skip another break. They literally looked at us like robots and the only reason they haven't replaced us with robots is because they break down alot and they cost tens of millions of dollars per robot for some jobs. I watched 3 people have heart attacks while on the job, all of them complaining of pains prior, but too afraid to take time off to go to the doctor because it would cost them an attendance point. I watched guys go down in confined space entries from co and the only difference between life and death was whether or not their lanyard got caught on something. I watched a guy get pinned down by boiling hot caustic water and die hours later trying to keep a boiler from reaching catastrophic failure. You could outrun your production goals everyday for the entire year and wouldn't get an extra penny for it. What's the point? It's all bs.

[Valkaneer]

Yep, I'm a machinist with 20 years in the trade and recently laid off. I keep seeing ads for "machinist wanted in a fast paced environment that can hit the ground running, needs to know blue prints, trig, at least 5 years experience, have fantastic work ethic, etc etc." for .... $15 -18 bucks and hour. I was appalled, these guys want a skilled machinist for less than $20??? You got to be kidding me, $20 is the lowest pay I'd accept unless it was being offered in my back yard. Burger flippers are looking at near $15 now and they want to play a experienced machinist the same pay? Wanting top notch workers for nothing is greedy and not worth even a second look.

[joemurchie]

My grandad worked as a laborer in a foundry for 30+ years. He raised 4 kids and they lived a comfortable middle class life. His wife stayed home, they bought new cars, they went on vacations.

I looked up salaries for local foundry laborers recently and that job pays $17/hr in the same city where grandad raised his family.

Inflation goes up and salaries do not.

[kjoshua]

I'm a 3rd generation plumber, and a welder. I learned real quick that companies aren't loyal to you. Your time is valuable, do not work for peanuts.

[davidjarman]

According to our friends at the World Economic Forum, the average person now has a choice to either work hard and own nothing, or not work and own nothing. Given those options it's not surprising that a lot of people are choosing not to work.

[moerizk]

When the pigs took over the farm, Boxer, the hard working horse, never stopped working for the farm. He worked day and night until one rainy day as he was working he slipped and got himself hurt and was unable to work for the farm anymore. After years of loyalty and hard work and motivating the other farm animals, the pigs decided to turn Boxer in... to the glue factories.
George Orwell - Animal Farm

[kimayaknight]

It should be "people don't want to be slaves anymore! " Instead of "people don't want to work anymore" Many people, particularly the younger generation, use a range of unconventional methods of earning a living these days. I worked in the retail for over 10 years, so l'm quite happy that this is taking place. For too long, retail bullied me and a lot of my employees/colleagues saying things like "if you don't like it, go; another like you is waiting to get into your position " since the COVID, I found a job that helps me grow, pays me more and Values Me Social media cleared the way for a rapidly expanding market, and it taught us a lot. 2020 was my turning point, and investment helped alot!

[Doc-Holliday]

As a person who’s abandoned corporate America along with my wife and brother I’ll tell you. Working for yourself may be stressful but working for someone else is soul crushing. I’ve worked at 3 companies over the course of 10 years, the following is true for each job.

- my opinions were never taken seriously regardless of my expertise . I was once hired explicitly for my level of expertise in my given field and 100% of my ideas were then shot down by management despite management telling me they didn’t know how to fix the problem themselves.

- I was asked to do menial or odd tasks that lay outside the purview of my job, sometimes to such a degree that the “extra work” took more time and energy than what I was actually being payed for

- people did things without concern for how their actions effected others and I would be left cleaning up their mess

- the expectations of management were often wild and disconnected from the work that I was actually doing to the point that it was clear they actually had no idea what their employees did

- the work environment wasn’t conducive to good productivity. No attempt was made to make the work environment better. In fact steps were often taken seemingly to make it worse on purpose

- success was measured against an unknown and impossible standard

- management lied constantly and often worked against its employees

[BashoStrikes]

I've a friend who's 50 and a few years ago he just gave up and purposely went homeless and started living in a cheap RV. He doesn't do drugs - he doesn't even drink. He makes crafts and travels at times to sell them at different shows and flea markets and otherwise just barely scrapes by. He says he's never been happier. If you haven't figured it out yet folks - most of us exist to make someone else wealthy. That's your real job and purpose in life.

[thomasrice]

I agree 100%. I am 35. My parents instilled a strong work ethic in us. One of my most formative memories was when my dad was fired in a layoff from the company he worked night shift for 20 years. Discarded like he didn’t matter. I saw a change in the way he viewed the world. After the initial depression wore off. He got a job with the local health department. Spent more time at home, more projects with me, umpired baseball games for extra cash. He was happier and retired a few months ago healthy and comfortable. I took that lesson to heart. I work hard when I am on the clock but I have decided to live a simple life. I am not interested In materialism and value my time at home and with my family above all else.

[pughconsulting]

My dad was the same way. He now is mid-60s and can barely walk, is in pain every day, has had one back surgery, severe arthritis, etc. He's been in a wheelchair prior to the back surgery. He can barely drive. He falls pretty frequently. Hard work ends up destroying you. He's given his body to work. He's even literally given his blood.. well over 20 gallons of it. His dad is still alive, uses a walker, had two experimental back surgeries, can't drive, barely moves around. Same story. Well drilling, building houses, septic tanks, plumbing, etc. To those who received their services, you're welcome. It came at a bigger cost than the check you paid with.

[Grombrindal]

It's not just blue collar. I worked as an engineer for a NASA contractor. One day I was able to piece together a few documents and discovered they charged NASA on the low end, $200/hr per engineer working hour. But it was likely closer to $300/hr plus they fudge the hours a bit. They paid us maybe $45/hr on average and were constantly bitching how they had a tight budget and can't afford decent raises. I stopped caring after that and left shortly later. Even now I find myself not pushing myself all that hard-and seriously considering just starting my own business.

[Dominency]

I started a warehouse & factory job right out of high school. The majority of the staff were older folks. Many of them retirement age and barely able to move. Once the pandemic happened our company decided to do a voluntary lay off. And a lot of the retirement age employees decided to take their retirement early. Which meant we had less than half the staff. Being a young fool that I was my boss convinced me to be the line lead. My task was basically running an assembly belt and being the sole person in charge of getting millions of dollars of product out the door. I thought it would be an opportunity to move up the company ladder. That was an absolute mistake. I was doing the super visors job while they sat in the office. I doubled the shipments and cut the process in half by splitting the workload between the belt and the floor. I made that company 50 million dollars in the estimated time I held that position. I never got a day off I was putting in 70-hour work weeks. And got nothing in return for it. No pay raise, no chance at company growth. But you bet your bottom dollar they would get on you if you stayed in the break room to clean up crumbs ten seconds after the bell rang. The companies and banks rule the United States. I will leave this quote here from one of our founding fathers. “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property – until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.” - Thomas Jefferson

[Canthus]

It's not lazy. A lot of people are realizing that they don't need to buy the latest everything and consume like crazy, so they're happy without climbing that ladder, without a gigantic house, without a brand new car. I dropped everything after a fire where I lost everything but my guitar, laptop, and cat and moved into a van. I work full time doing something I love for less than I'm worth, but it's low stress, I enjoy my job, and I can do it anywhere. I have healthcare, sick time, vacation days, and I work remotely. I don't need ambition to live a happy, full life. It's not that nobody wants to work.. It's that we don't want to kill ourselves for a lazy rich dude's piggy bank.

[akvenm]

He just described my life. I'm 59 years old and have done physical labor my whole life. I feel like I'm just about used up, with no hope of retirement. It's most likely that I'll die with my boots on, if I don't end up in a nursing home first.

[benjaminturner]

Your ability to step back from your own bias and understand what the younger generations are experiencing is profound. As a father and uncle to many who are now lost in this sea of uncertainty I applaud you. There is no justification for the CEO of a major corporation to be a multi-millionaire or a billionaire when his employees qualify for federal assistance. We inherited a lie. A lie that kept generations of people under the thumb of the wealthy.