After you go through all the regulations, health insurance, benefits, etc. a lot of the youth look at the job and figure "why do that for minimum wage and no benefits when I can just work at McDonalds?"
I mean, it's fair to say their standard of living is higher than foreigner too (in other words they're spoiled).
But, ultimately, I think the biggest issue is that there is no pride in work anymore. Today, work is a means by which you make money; money is then used to goof off. Careers no longer exist. No one identifies as a "mechanic" or a "carpenter." The average American in these positions sees themselves as nothing more than a wage slave, and have been taught by our social system to shun and reject such professions' esteem as such.
Just another grunt and cog in the machine. If something goes wrong, they are just replaced with another China-made imported part.
That's what I see in the job market, anyways. All these positions are over-regulated, require you to have 10+ years on the job just to have your resume read, and yet still manage to treat their employees like disposable machines rather than people who take pride in their work.
If you really want to point fingers, I blame the corporate structure and its HR practices which have raped and murdered small businesses by setting bars too high to get the job while simultaneously having bars too low in order to keep it. It makes for too few people thinking themselves capable while also having too many people doing the bare minimum with no fear of consequence.
The problem is that the work doesn't pay enough.
After you go through all the regulations, health insurance, benefits, etc. a lot of the youth look at the job and figure "why do that for minimum wage and no benefits when I can just work at McDonalds?"
I mean, it's fair to say their standard of living is higher than foreigner too (in other words they're spoiled).
But, ultimately, I think the biggest issue is that there is no pride in work anymore. Today, work is a means by which you make money; money is then used to goof off. Careers no longer exist. No one identifies as a "mechanic" or a "carpenter." The average American in these positions sees themselves as nothing more than a wage slave, and have been taught by our social system to shun and reject such professions' esteem as such.
Just another grunt and cog in the machine. If something goes wrong, they are just replaced with another China-made imported part.
That's what I see in the job market, anyways. All these positions are over-regulated, require you to have 10+ years on the job just to have your resume read, and yet still manage to treat their employees like disposable machines rather than people who take pride in their work.
If you really want to point fingers, I blame the corporate structure and its HR practices which have raped and murdered small businesses by setting bars too high to get the job while simultaneously having bars too low in order to keep it. It makes for too few people thinking themselves capable while also having too many people doing the bare minimum with no fear of consequence.