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Whenever I hear someone say "kids today don't want to work", I like to take the opportunity to stroll them down memory lane as to how much they earned THIRTY ye
by tunap 4y ago
Whenever I hear someone say "kids today don't want to work", I like to take the opportunity to stroll them down memory lane as to how much they earned THIRTY years ago. I, myself,had a good, paid internship making $10/hr @ 30 hrs/wk (1991 > 1993) & still had to have a roommate to help pay the bills(I did pay most college expenses, as I went). Gasoline has quadrupled, food has tripled, avg rent has tripled/quadrupled and HC insurance has ballooned many more factors since then. Take a look at the non-tech jobs available today, $12-$15/hour is the norm for anything entry-level, with a very low ceiling. I cannot blame anyone for not wanting to break their back to subsist. Something has to change.
Edit: added @ 30 hrs/wk
- slavik81 4y agoYou were quite fortunate. I was making $6.50/hr in 2004.
- fknorangesite 4y agoI believe that is their point exactly.
- paxys 4y agoI got my first job stacking grocery shelves while in college in 2005, and it paid $8/hr. My rent was $350/mo and college tuition was ~$3000 per semester (and this was at a top ranked public university). A Chipotle burrito (with guac) cost $5.50. Working part time 20 hours/week during the semester and extra over the summer would cover all of my living expenses and most of tuition, and my family chipped in for the rest. Today that job pays $10/hr. Rent in a similar building is $1000-1200 and tuition is $11,000 per semester. That burrito is $15. No shit Gen Z is unhappy.
- amelius 4y agoYeah but you weren't constantly reminded how much you could have made via social media.