It is unequivocally true. You just haven't experienced it so you wouldn't know. When I was unemployed and with bills creeping up on me, I was on online job boards 5-7 hours a day, every day, applying for anything that I could get my application out to. This went on for a total of two months, applying even to entry level jobs at restaurants and stores like Staples. If you step outside your bubble of out of touch people in their golden years, you'll find hundreds, if not thousands of stories that echo mine. It's even covered in the news.
Discover why today's hiring environment may not be conducive to finding a new job, and how you can change course when you hit a dead end in your job search.
www.forbes.com
Official data points mask dissatisfaction and job-finding difficulties among America's workers.
www.nbcnews.com
Also, do you realize how retarded your rhetoric is? "I see people working, therefore it's easy to get a job" is probably one of the most profoundly stupid things I've ever had the displeasure of reading and I'm stunned you have the same voting power as me. For all the people you see working, there's a large chunk of young people unemployed and desperate for work, yet getting rejected by company algorithms for positions that are already filled.
I do have a job, and I am blessed by the Lord to have one that is able to support myself to live semi-comfortably debt-free. I am in the minority of younger people, as very few younger than 30 are making above 100,000/yr like I am. It's satisfying to see that you doubled down on your shitty attitude of looking down your nose to younger people who had to stay with their parents because its economically unfeasible for the majority of young adults to support themselves with a job. I would hate to be near someone as vile as yourself, as the sheer lack of empathy towards those who have a differing viewpoint would be unbearable to be in a ten foot radius of.
This is another verifiable fact, this time from NASDAQ.
"In 1980, the median monthly rent, according to iPropertyManagement, was $243. For comparison, the nationwide average monthly rent in August 2022 was $1,388." Adjusted for inflation, that $243 is now $930.40.
It was quite literally cheaper to live in the 1970s and 1980s than it is in 2024. You can deny all you want, but it is undeniable fact that salary has not kept up with the price of living.
It is not entitlement to expect to be able to have a brief period of rest, when it is proven standing for long periods of time leads to various health conditions. It is not entitlement to not want to be reprimanded for a serious, unavoidable medical emergency like what happened to me.
This is just proof that you want young people to be mindless slaves to corporations to feed your entitled, luxurious lifestyle because you had it easier when it was your time to transition from child to adult. The fact that you want young people to work their lives away for less than commensurate standards of living and an inferior life experience than their parents.
You don't care that not being able to socialize with friends and family has verifiable health negatives. You don't care, because you didn't have to experience it, and it doesn't affect you personally.
Many people entering the workforce were fed the lie that an entry level job is both easy to obtain and something that you could make work until you found a better one. Now they're experiencing that they were deceived, and are now facing people like you who sneer at their contempt and mock them. The facts that I put up won't make you think. You look down at me because I had the nerve to share my experience that didn't line up with your delusions. I understand it now, and I now know how I can be more caring, and less like you.
The sheer nerve to say all of this, even calling me entitled, is astounding. I must applaud the balls it took to seriously write all of this, look it over, and not look inward on yourself once during this. It's impressive the arrogance, ignorance, and sheer ineptitude you put on display in this thread.
I would hate to be you.
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