Im 27, and the oldest of many kids who are all getting into the work force.

I agree with much of what you are saying, especially with how corporations are run and how they treat workers, and the mindset and mentality of it all.

But, what I am specifically referring to, is while many of these jobs may not be the greatest, or pay the best, even when they are, many of the younger generation simply don't take their work seriously or take pride in their work.

Examples; I worked at a small walgreens for awhile. It honestly was pretty easy and paid decently. I did simple things like checking the expiration dates on milks, and other daily tasks that others didnt do.

I felt like I was barely doing anything there(because they dont ask much of you), and always tried to find something to do or learn. Because of this, they wanted to promote me very quickly, and increase my pay.

Every other new person they hired after me complained incessantly that the work was boring, or if they had something to do, that it was boring, or demeaning, or they didnt want to work or do it.

Many of them sat on their phones as much as they could.

Another example.

My brother is younger than my by about 4 years.

He makes more than my mother who has been a legal secretary for 30 years.

He got promoted a year after working at walmart, because he did the work right.

He fixed issues that built up over years, that were things people were supposed to do everyday, (like rotating veggies. He found literal years of rotting produce, because of old product being left in the back)

He worked with his managers to get anyone who works in his department, some of the highest pay in the store.

Everyone he works with constantly complains about the work.

They complain its dirty, its tiring, its tedious, its etc.etc.etc.

I loved working in his area when I moved from walgreens to walmart (pay increase). It was so easy(not the heavy lifting, but the actual list of work) and it was work that kept you busy so the time went by super fast.

He cant keep anyone working in his area.

He used to have old people who worked but couldnt carry the heavy stuff, and he'd much rather have them, over the 20 year olds, who constantly complain the work sucks and sit on their phones.

It does not matter if we have good companies or good working conditions, if kids are being told that most jobs are worthless and demeaning, and the only ones working are high paying ones where you work in an office all day, and browse facebook.

It doesnt matter how much a job pays or benefits you, when there are those who will complain.

Last example, one of my first jobs was doing banquets, it was some of the hardest work of my life, but you could be paid amazingly (I got 800$ for a days worth of work once)

12-16 hour days sometimes, but its why you were paid good(and they took care of you anyway they could if you were working long hours, including giving you a free hotel room if you didnt want to drive home late)

So many people wanted to do it after a coworker started bragging about his pay(we pulled banquet workers from a staff at a restaurant)

Yet, not once did we have a new person who joined our team after, who didnt complain incessantly once it started getting late, or the work started getting difficult.

We had people who would disappear during the work they didnt want to do, or would take half hour long smoke breaks throughout the day, while the main team kept quietly working.

The main team stayed while we cycled through an endless amount of young people.

So yes. I agree that corporations and companies are trash and should burn, but it doesnt help any good companies, if these are the workers they get.