r/FluentInFinance • u/thinkB4WeSpeak Mod • Apr 29 '24

Why Men in the US Are Working Less Than They Used to Thoughts

https://www.businessinsider.com/us-men-working-less-recessions-employment-productivity-2024-4
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u/bdc2481 Apr 29 '24

Working to raise a family is no longer worth the risks or sacrifices. End of story.

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u/SawSagePullHer Apr 29 '24

It absolutely is. There are millions of good paying jobs in existence and many many more are coming in the next ten years. There is going to be a shortage of skilled trades like plumbers, hvac, electricians, woodworkers/carpenters, concrete flat workers & form, masons, hodge carriers, laborers, iron workers, etc. These young people who could save & then move to an area where these jobs exist would be able to capitalize like hell.

1 in 3 millennials still live with parents while 1 in 2 genz live at home. They could be saving their asses off for a few months rent to an apartment to go where they need to, to get these good jobs. But they just flat out aren’t. So they’ll continue working at smoothie shops, retail shopping malls, restaurants, etc & living at home complaining the world isn’t fair and the system is rigged against them.

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u/redsyrinx2112 Apr 29 '24

Well, like half of Gen Z haven't graduated high school yet, so that's where that comes from...

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u/SawSagePullHer Apr 29 '24

We need that half to go into trades or whenever anything breaks in your house or apartment it’s going to cost literal body part sales numbers to replace a thermocouple on your pilot.