China Gen-Zs Are Choosing Blue-Collar Jobs Over White-Collar Work. Why? | Money Mind | Gen Z

What’s a young graduate to do when he’s surrounded by millions of unemployed peers, and there are not enough traditional white-collar jobs to go around? For Gen Z in China, one solution is to take up blue-collar jobs.

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[moteq]

As a programmer myself for 2 years, I did blue collar work for 5 years. I hate the corporate world. It's sucking the soul out of me. The money pays well but holy cow, my soul is fading away.

[tiendang]

Asian culture is heavily skewed towards academic credentialism & white collar jobs leading to over-supply of college graduates & wage stagnation. These young men deserves a round of applaud for their hard work in whatever they do. Money is money as long as it’s not stealing! Asian employment practices will change with the attitude shift towards blue collar job. Well done!

[studiosandrock]

Blue collar work can sometimes even make you physically stronger and your body more able because it keeps you active. White collar makes you have sedentary lifestyle, weakening your body. White collar work can also impact you psychologically because it can be quite dull and boring. Blue collar work can also sometimes keep your personality more grounded and down to earth. You are not eaten up by greed or work politics.

[BrokenSoulConfession]

No work is ever too small...
White or blue collar job, what matters the most is it brings them joy

[mydays]

"We get along each other at work. " That's important

[RosaMaria-pbbg]

Also 9-9-6 is insane. Once the house is clean he can go home and be free

[CasimiroBukayo]

As a former Sr. Software Engr. and Game Developer, I can totally relate to this.

I'm now a farmer and garden supplies contractor after 15+ years in I.T. Also, I transitioned from a sickly dude to a muscular old man. Totally worth it 💪😎

[GierlangBhaktiPutra]

Ngl, many white collar jobs are "bullshit jobs". It pays well but oftentimes people take things into another level where they put pressure over unnecessary things. People tends to overcomplicate things, making it more stressful than they should be. For instance, adding more administrative requirements to report your progress. Like detailed time tracking and repetitive compliance checkings.

[ritaalqi]

Honestly, I wasn't focusing on the video or what he was saying. I was focusing on a beautiful person.

[beccaknight]

For those that just can’t believe this video: some people rather break their backs than break their minds.

[duskshadow]

Honestly, with the AI advancing and replacing a lot of white collar jobs, blue collar jobs is the future. Instead of going to a university to learn concept and waste money, I always tell people to go to trade school instead and get actual hands on experience that prepares you for the work after you graduate. We need more people such as carpenters, plumbers, construction worker, electrician, aircraft mechanic, etc., as those jobs are hard to be replaced by AI.

Do you know why high quality sushi knifes are very expensive? Because they're hand crafted from start to finish by a person. You can't replace that kind of skills with AI because the skills are passed down from generations to generations, and it's through years of practice and sweat standing next to a forge with a hammer.

[oooooo]

A healthy society should treat both blue and white collar well, and reduce classism. this is good for china. These cleaners are setting very professional standard and approach the task with innovation science and strategy mindset, that's very respectable.

[KeepWalkingNeverStop]

I think these young men have made the right choice.

I am a uni graduate with a degree in language teaching and over 8 years of experience working as a content specialist. The nature of corporate work almost sucked the soul out of me.

I'll soon start training to become a plumber - it's gonna take me 3 years until I can take the exams and become a certified plumber.

I'm switching to blue collar work because the money is at least 4 times more than what a white collar job would afford me. I also plan to use my plumbing knowledge to renovate my own properties' plumbing.

The future of work and making good money are in hard, honest jobs. Office jobs are dead - automation and AI will leave most laptop workers unemployed in the next decade, perhaps sooner.

[ads]

Thats a good sign when people swiching to blue collars jobs, trades jobs should be respected and professionalized with competitable income to encourage youngster to join. It takes time to change people's perceptions on these jobs, or else the job market structure is unsustainable

[lilycheung]

the best thing about this is how happy he looks when he talks about the job. In Asia we all live within a race of getting higher education and a more privileged job than other people, people often judge each other based on what they do for a living, so it must take a lot of courage for people with university degree to take up a blue-collar job, not because they are forced to do it but because they want to do it. This mindset should become more popular in the new era, everyone should feel happy with what they do, as long as it is not an illegal path.

[mohamedhasan]

I like how positively he doing his job with smile he is smart guy and also successful 100%

[RyoKami]

To start your own business is not easy as well. Rather than working 9-9-6 with uni degree in china I would team up and switch to blue collar as well. The truth is that we overproduce university graduated. Good for them that they've found their path, and do not lie flat :)

[nadiaafrin]

I can relate this with my career. I used to work in high paid banking industry. There was so much stress and pressures. Then I moved to school jobs with less pay and less stress.

[fqzgowe]

Why?? Do you see what companies are paying these days for white collar jobs? They are essentially saying here's not even enough money to stay off the streets so figure it out. You need a $220k income in Toronto to buy a home... most companies pay like $50-60k if you have a degree... the economics just don't make sense anymore and University is becoming a waste of money

[nadanalia]

Start a blue collar business- cleaning, plumbing, repairing, stone masonry, etc. Being a tradesman is something to be proud of! And I love how happy Zhang’s face is! 😊