The problem is that having pride in your work no longer gets you as far as it used to. Many jobs have no room for advancement, and many people are stuck in cog-

The problem is that having pride in your work no longer gets you as far as it used to. Many jobs have no room for advancement, and many people are stuck in cog-like retail roles in which rising through the ranks yields an extra few dollars an hour. The people on HN are more likely to be in well-paying roles that have lots of room for advancement. >They’re disillusioned and it’s because they are better acquainted with today’s labour market than their critics. It’s not the Eighties anymore. You can’t graft your way to an ex-council house, uPVC windows, a Ford Escort and two weeks on the Costa Brava. You can’t go in at the bottom and work your way to the top. Men born in the late 1980s were at least twice as likely to begin their careers in low-paid jobs than those born in the 1970s. They have also climbed the ladder more slowly. Women born in the late Eighties started their careers at the same level of the labour market as those born in the Sixties. I do think this is bad for society, and it is bad for people; but, it's also the reality for a lot of people.