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Bro, every gen z person I know doesn't ever want a job where they have to leave the house.

by rr808 4y ago

didgetmaster 4y ago
You mean that you can't direct a plane full of people that it has clearance to land on runway 3 from your mother's basement while using an 8 year old laptop connected to the Internet via a wifi router???
lotsofpulp 4y ago
This is not accurate. There exists a number $x for which many, if not all “gen z” persons would be willing to leave their house. It is always a question of pay to quality of life ratios. Now that there exist jobs that provide higher quality of life due to broadband internet, other jobs with lower quality of life have to increase pay to compete for quality candidates.
- xyzzy_plugh 4y ago
  I'd posit that the number, $x, is beyond reach realistically. Sure such a number exists but it's probably not worth the conversation if it's astronomic. In my case, there is no such number: either the requirements cannot be met remotely in which case the occupation is novel and uninteresting to me or the employer is unwilling to let me work remotely for equal pay in which case the lack of respect is mutual. Outside of exigent circumstances there simply is no such number for me.
  - everforward 4y ago
    I think there may be some truth here. My observation has been that remote work is often a perk of already good jobs with good pay. I don't see a lot of minimum wage remote work. A good chunk of remote workers don't strictly _need_ more money, and are unlikely to be enticed with a 10% raise. I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I work remotely, and am not particularly interested in going back to the office. I probably do have a $x that would get me back in the office, but it would probably take something like a 50-100% total comp raise. I'm doubtful anyone wants to pay that, and even if they did I'd be concerned about job security at that level of pay.

Bro, every gen z person I know doesn't ever want a job where they have to leave the house.

by rr808 4y ago

Bro, every gen z person I know doesn't ever want a job where they have to leave the house.

You mean that you can't direct a plane full of people that it has clearance to land on runway 3 from your mother's basement while using an 8 year old laptop connected to the Internet via a wifi router???

lotsofpulp 4y ago

This is not accurate. There exists a number $x for which many, if not all “gen z” persons would be willing to leave their house. It is always a question of pay to quality of life ratios. Now that there exist jobs that provide higher quality of life due to broadband internet, other jobs with lower quality of life have to increase pay to compete for quality candidates.

xyzzy_plugh 4y ago
I'd posit that the number, $x, is beyond reach realistically. Sure such a number exists but it's probably not worth the conversation if it's astronomic. In my case, there is no such number: either the requirements cannot be met remotely in which case the occupation is novel and uninteresting to me or the employer is unwilling to let me work remotely for equal pay in which case the lack of respect is mutual. Outside of exigent circumstances there simply is no such number for me.
- everforward 4y ago
  I think there may be some truth here. My observation has been that remote work is often a perk of already good jobs with good pay. I don't see a lot of minimum wage remote work. A good chunk of remote workers don't strictly _need_ more money, and are unlikely to be enticed with a 10% raise. I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I work remotely, and am not particularly interested in going back to the office. I probably do have a $x that would get me back in the office, but it would probably take something like a 50-100% total comp raise. I'm doubtful anyone wants to pay that, and even if they did I'd be concerned about job security at that level of pay.