Why Aren't Americans Going Back To Work?
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You guys just said Walmart McDonald and target start at 15 an hour that’s not true. They are starting at 12 an hour please get your facts straight.
@@thomaswilson7959 here in Maine a lot of places are starting at $15 and up. Some places even here we here I live are offering bonus's. I think it just depends on your state.
@@thomaswilson7959 Walmart starting stickers 14.50 an hour I work foor Walmart for 21 yrs
@@thomaswilson7959 guess it depends on where you are. The starting is over 15 bucks an hour at my local fast food places based on their help wanted signs.
Nobody wants the creepy shot and the infrastructure regulation as written.
“We’re desperate for workers!”
Requirements:
-Masters Degree in the field
-10 years of experience
Exactly!
This not an indictment on the company. It’s an indictment on those who think they can get a job they aren’t prepared to do and then expect to be paid as if they are.
@@thebryantedwards6220 th dry either complain that the jobs dont pay enough, or they complain the companies want qualified people.
Well they aren't going to lower their standards. I have those requirements and still wouldn't be surprised if I didn't get picked
Right
Gas stations and grocery stores say they are hiring, but they never give their workers 40 hrs a week, because they don't want to offer benefits or pay overtime. I don't feel sorry for them unless they are willing to give at least 40 hrs/week.
try to get a job at Jacksons Gas station. My bro works there and he loves it
Then take 20 hours at the one and 20 at the other and make your own 40 hours.
They want to give you 20 hours a week but expect you to have open availability making it hard to coordinate another job or school.
@@eccentrichomesteader say that louder
@@sblijheid Assuming the 40 hours they want you to work don’t overlap. There’s always Uber too.
These two need to be in a rubber room. They are absolutely out of touch with reality.
Yes
I think he underestimated how much some people detest their jobs...also it is a time where people can think about what a meaningful career looks like in a remote working environment.
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Terrible bosses, everywhere. People detest the shitbags in middle management.
No problem, as long as working taxpayers don't have to pay for bums who want something more "meaningful".
Not working makes no sense at all. The one taking advantage are taking advantage of other peoples backs. I grew up working many of those horrible jobs but I needed those jobs to get too where I am now.
You should still work and use that job as a stepping stone for your career. Even if you hate it, you can still learn certain skills. Its better to get a lesser desirable job than wait for the "perfect" job to show up. Even if you applied for a perfect job, you might lose it to another person that did work the crummy jobs first because he has more work experience.
People are looking for better jobs. This pandemic has really opened people's eyes. The majority of the people that I know that haven't gone back to work are going to school, starting a business, or looking for work with better compensation. They are not all just "sitting on the couch."
It just feels like actual opportunities are gone. Used to be able to support a family off of gas. Now they pay like $15 per hour with no benefits.
It's hard, but I'm working to improve. I'm doing gigwork right now and looking to both go to school and start other streams of income. My rent is $2200 a month in Arizona. $10 to $15 an hour isn't feasible. I'd never expect a company to pay me more just because I feel they should. I'm not entitled. I'm just working on ways to improve my value so that I can make more.
@Natural Healing Methods i have a job. Thanks. Did you not read what I wrote? People are also going to school and starting businesses.
@Natural Healing Methods I don't need a job anymore.
@Natural Healing Methods Stop blaming people that want to work for refusing terrible pay. You can run the whole restaurant as a worker and get paid nothing in return. This is clearly corporate greed at work with no care for their community. Then you lose a huge portion of your paycheck to welfare bums. I say let them pay for us for a change!
"Some Americans are still not going to work, even though there are openings in retail."
Oh wow. What a waste. Those poor companies.
😂
Go back to work
Are people forgetting that many people have fear with this pandemic? Things have improved but if there isn't a handle on this we are in deep water that's gonna become reckless. Also work in some capacities is undoable for people with compromised health conditions. 😢
i know! Americans are missing out on being overworked, underpaid, and working 38 hours per week so they don't get any benefits.
@@Lambiscon4906 no
There's also no dignity in being overworked and under appreciated
It beats going hungry & homeless any day of the week.
Thank you! Dave is out of touch with the reality of what workers go through.
There is no dignity taking handouts instead of working any job.
boo hooo... welcome to the working world... most companies will over work and underpay... but lets look at this... are you really working that HARD... cmon... most jobs are so easy now... but most don't want to break a sweat to work anymore... just want the pay...
So true.
40 year olds dont want tuition. They want cash... way of base here dave
Why are you 40 and working at Walmart? You may need tuition.
How many employers are going to hire a 40-year-old new grad with no work experience related to his degree? 👉 ZERO
Today I'm washing lettuce. Soon, Ill be on fries...then the grill. And that's where the big bucks come in.
In n out? Lol
I am the prince of Zumunda. And, "I renounce my throne!"
😩😩😭😭
“When you think of garbage, think of Akeem”
Louie!!!!
The problem is that companies want to pay minimum wages. After taxes, transportation expenses and bills you’re left with nothing. Companies need to pay more.
Hello saw your comment come up through the notifications but when I clicked it, it wouldn't generate whatever comment you replied under. I live in Philadelphia not to far from you an I get by fine as a single adult. I wouldn't rent a one bedroom apartment in nyc $2000 plus. I also wouldn't live in nyc. My organization would in crease my salary to reflect the cost of living in nyc. Per Philadelphia 38k is more than enough to live off of if you make it work. I rent a 1 bedroom apartment for 800 a month. Many people have been moving down to Philly from NYC because it's alot cheaper. Which will make everything else go up eventually. However if I lived in NYC off my salary and j couldn't find a studio id consider splitting with roommates. It would be annoying but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. In cities like NYC, LA, Seattle the cost of living is beyond even a liveable wage. Landlords have to raise rents to make what they can't off tenants who can't be evicted and aren't paying to new tenants to make the difference so you're not just paying for yourself but your also paying for the other guy in a sense.
@Rod Munsch Wrong. They are for anyone to earn a living no matter how old. Do you honestly believe low-skilled workers don't deserve to live? Not everyone can be skilled and obtain a "better job".
Stop listening to AOC, it's making you dumber
We all know how cheap the boss can be
If 15 an hour is so great how come no apartment complex wants to rent to you. Because you don't make enough.
That part!
Because it doesn't matter what the minimum wage is, when everyone has to pay everyone more, prices go up. So getting more doesn't help. What helps is learning a skill and getting a better job. Sorry for the reality check.
For my entire life I have lived off Disability and Part-time work. I officially got my first Full-time job working from home making 41k a year. I went from making 25k to 41k. I also earned my insurance producers license and I go to Seminary Full-time. I also have started my baby steps. The Pandemic for me was a great thing. The video interviews gave people the chance to see me as a person and not just my disability.
Good to know pandemic has changed ur life
What job you do working from home if I may ask?
Most of these places that have “hiring” signs that are extremely understaffed is because their still paying like it’s 2009
ikr? I mean who in their right mind afford to live at pay-rates like those.
Not true we have job opening at 25 an hour and people won’t even show up for interview so don’t give me that. Most employers have raised wages and still can’t get help.
No, you are WRONG Harry O
If they were paid real money and not fiat currency 2009 wages would still be good in 2021 or maybe even better.
@@The1JBanks 25hr? What employer is that?
Reads June jobs report:
227k professional services
133k retail services
121k food services
Where’s the other 9.5M jobs that are supposedly unfilled???
Tech industry , trades, uber drivers school teachers ,hollywood and film industry , hotel etc
Just because there are “ jobs hiring” doesn’t mean that the quality of the job is good.
Are you a man of quality?
@@tyh3120 exactly
Exactly
Stay at home unless they really take care of you
What does a quality job mean to you?
We need to sit back and ask our selves if there is something wrong with our system that it can be possible to be making more on unemployment than working a full time job.
You're right. Employers need to pay more. The unemployment rate is set at the cost of living.
@@jimster1577 lol you missed the point completely
@@Wealth_Wisdom_Discernment Still waiting genius. What fox news talking point designed to get you excited about being poor did you think I missed?
@@jimster1577 youre a boy that wants to blame “the man” for not paying enough, instead of your lack of work ethic or skill level. How pathetic
@@jimster1577 wrong
Why am I not going back to work? I started my own business bc I had lots of time to do so during quarantine. I have no intention of going back. I work around the same amount of time a day & make way more than I did before
Then you went back to work - you're just self employed now. He's talking about people who ARENT working
@@laurendearnley9595 Still, they're wondering where all the people went from before the pandemic, and she's just sayin' where she is. Congratulations, et--self employment is the smartest way to go.
What is your business if you don't mind me asking? I'm thinking about starting a youtube channel. It's mind blowing how much people are making on youtube.
Congrats!
👏👏👏
I'm not sure about everyone else, but in my area if you're lucky enough to get a call back regarding a job you're offered low pay with very few hours. They also expect you to have open availability making it impossible to work around your kids schedule or find a second job to supplement your first job. Not everyone is lazy and don't want to work. A lot of people are trying to find a job that not only is fair pay, but works you enough hours.
A lot of people I know have applied to many jobs but never got a call back. So they do Uber eats, or Doordash to make some money on the meantime.
Most of the resumes we are receiving are from people who are serial job hoppers. You aren’t going to be called back if you show you cannot commit to working.
100% agreed!
What state are you in?
True, but sometimes you take what you can get.
I am employed but if I was only getting paid $15 an hour I swear to God I would just sit on my couch and not work a grown man cannot live off $15 an hour
The average worker is sick of all these companies taking advantage of us…many choices out there now
In some parts of the country, 30K a year is a poverty wage. The take home is probably around 22K. Rent for a studio in the least desirable area is where I live is 1400. People have decided that it's not worth it.
Live. Somewhere. Else.
I was thinking that too. Why sell your life to a company for less than it costs to even live your life. Makes no sense.
@@cconroy1677 - How do people with no money afford to relocate? Where they going to sleep? In the street?
Definitely not worth it.
Wages are stagnant, many employers won’t pay for healthcare, and workers aren’t valued like they should be. Easy as that.
This 100%
Bennies don't put food on the table and a roof over your head. They are for rare emergencies. Stagnant wages are still wages for right now. My ex's father is an engineer with military experience, but when he had to during a recession (prob before you were born) he worked at the mall like a freaking teenager except probably more hours and with better work ethic. Money is not yours unless you earn it, any other way is theft or charity (which is voluntarily given).
Dave really just said that a full time student working a side job 40 hours a week is "not working that hard"
I was a dishwasher at Denny’s and a school janitor while going to school full time.
It wasn’t hard work.
Stupid comment from Dave
Daves stuck in 1960 and thinks university tuition is the same price as a big mac and the cost of an apartment is only $200/month.
This is so insane. And spoken like someone whose job is sitting on his biscuit talking about what other people should be doing.
He never mentioned anything about a full time student or 40 hrs in the same sentence. McDonald’s has a very flexible schedule, no one going to school works 40 hours there.
Nahh, I think that the problem is MOST jobs today don’t pay living wages, especially if you are grown and got wife, kids, and other major bills. They need to pay people a lot more for their valuable time
Cause everything's increased except for salaries and wages.
A net-zero gain.
Yep, higher wages cause inflation.
@@cashisqueen3825 not this go round. The stimulus checks did so try again
@@jimcole6423 that part
Bingo
I decided to leave my warehouse job in May to commit to a career that I'd put off for years, thinking it would come eventually on its own. Stayed at my family's with no unemployment benefits, living solely on saved money. I'd cook my meals, lock myself upstairs, and do personal work on my computer every day.
While family is out having fun, the kids would come over and ask why I stayed home all the time. My folks wanted me to pursue other options instead of chasing something that never produced results in the past. After all, life only gets harder and family won't be around forever.
In the end, I got two offers, both of which would double my income, and my career is in art. I was flown out for an interview, all expenses paid, and the guys told me to my face how much they valued my work. I put up with the shame because I wanted a better life for myself in the short term. For me, it had nothing to do with "not going to work" or being "lazy". I just knew my worth and knew where my strengths were, and I decided to act.
Boomer Dave is going to complain about people "sitting on their couches." He somehow can't comprehend how labor pay has stagnated since the 1950's yet his self-help program has helped him become incredibly wealthy. If companies want people back to work so badly, the laws of capitalism say they should increase their pay and benefits -- after all, billions are being spent bailing out these same corporations.
This LITERALLY the problem, and then entry level positions asking for 4+years of work experience and a bachelor's degree. It's literally getting to the point you either have the YEARS of work experience or a bachelor's degree.
Your story is not what they are talking about. And I guarantee you, this is not the main reason people are staying out of work.
@@chriscurry2496 I'm beginning to learn the importance of investing early, that maybe debt isn't the main priority if you invest in the right things and discuss it with an advisor. Speaking from experience, but if I had invested in certain stocks with the money I had, my debt would've been gone instantly. Instead I was dumping money to pay off my loans. Still a nice feeling, but could've been much better.
Congratulations!!
I don't know why people aren't running back to push a broom for 12 hours a day.
For $9 a hour
better than staying home and making way less than that. Working is always better than not working.
@@nycbike73 Not when you can't support yourself through your labor.
@@skyranger1366 if you're that useless, maybe it's time to make some existential decisions...
@Rod Munsch not much incentive to work isn't it.
Many people left jobs who treated them like trash while being underpaid and overworked. People who spent time with families during the shutdown realized what was more important including their health. This is another reason why most people don't want to go back to working for someone else's dream and they are going out to start their own business.
That was then this is now. I understand 10 years ago 12 years ago when the recession was bad there were a lot of people that were being mistreated by their employers and a lot of employers were abusing people back then but such is not the situation today.
Dave doesn't get it. People don't care anymore.
LAZY😂 LOL STUPID BROKE PEOPLE!
10 million jobs, at $10 an hour.
Exactly, statistics don't say what kind of jobs they are, is this mentality from the elites that "a job is a job".
People r graduating with engineering degrees and cant get a job.. 70s 80s and 90s were much better
@@bradnorris6383 they are, they not paying enough! That’s for sure. Never have and still won’t!
You could have been working towards a promotion/raise during this time.
Dude where? My employer is paying $100/4 hr bonus on top of time and a half for CNAs every dang day. Opening unskilled positions at a gas station $15/hr.
Non of those employers you mentioned will give you 40 hours a week.
False
Says who?
Thank Obamacare for that.
@@elmagnificodep also capitalism
I’m being released from my part job (voluntarily) so that they can hire my daughter for full time….I also have a full time job, just took the part time to pay off some bills
How about the people that would rather take advantage of the time to spend with families and doing things you enjoy rather than grinding 39 hours at a job you hate to make pennies with no benefits? I’ve worked through this whole pandemic and am jealous of the ones getting paid to be with their kids.
Not really jealous per say, but it’s not a good look to not provide bonuses to those who have been working thru the pandemic
@@Kamone111
Agreed.
@@Kamone111 Maybe resentful, rather than jealous.
And where does the money come from to keep them at home with the kids??
@@consv Where have you been? Unemployment, plus CARES Act benefits. People have been receiving more money per for staying home than they were paid at their jobs. Meanwhile, essential workers have been in danger, and not compensated for it.
I like listening to your show Dave but, this segment seems out of touch with reality and disconnected with society right now.
College is High...and the course loads are intense. Working at target and walmart too draining.. Dave had out of fouch ideas from1960
Right? And working 40 hours would be good now....a lot of people lost their jobs and not everyone has an education to make 50k starting over again....some of us are starting over.
Agree
Some full time jobs work well with full time college. I would listen to college recordings while working full time. If I couldn't combine them, then doing both full time would have been too difficult.
I get what you're saying. fundamentally I agree except for the fact that they kind of ignore that we're in a pandemic.
And now vax mandates will not help this unemployment
No. Anti vaxxers won’t help unemployment. Clowns that are scared of a vaccine.
@@millsathn you trust big pharma?
Time to start your own business.
Vaccines will help America, antivaxers like Dave and co the opposite
Some people would rather live on less money than go to work in a corporation where the CEO walks away with 19 million dollars in a bonus in a bad year while the people who are actually are doing the work in the public and in the back room of the office are not paid much more than $13 an hour
Are you kidding??? You're saying some people would rather work for less money than for a company with overcompensated executives? Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.
I love how he says full time school + 40 hr work. Like he has been through it. It’s one thing to hear about it, it’s another to experience it .
It’s very possible because i did it! Many times i wanted to give up but i pushed through it.
ya its very difficult and your GPA probabldy wont end well
I tried for one semester and lost my mind and failed 2/6 classes and got low grades in the other ones. I want to get my Masters degree someday. I can’t have a bad GPA.
Definitely true. I could NEVER work full time and go to school. I was a science major. Some semesters I had so much work to do between labs and research that I couldn’t work at all. Dave has zero idea how much work needs to be done; I literally did not have enough hours in a day to hold down a job. Some classes required tests that took up to 2-3 hours. You’d have to take time off work for that.
AGREED! Everyone’s situation is different. It’s not always possible depending on the major and class schedule. Sometimes you have to choose if your time will go to working to make money or spending money on tuition
I'm not american but I don't think it's the availability of jobs but the treatment and conditions of the jobs that makes rejoining the work force less desirable
Pure excuses
Its mostb likley a bit of both. The inflated unemployment has given people room to take chances and of course abuse the system and work under the table while collecting unemployment.
Your dog is so cute
“Working 40 hours a week only… which is really not working that hard”
Lol what a terrible attitude
Americans take pride in working themselves to death for some odd reason.
40 hrs is a short week.
Yeah, that was very arrogant and haughty for Dave to say that. I'm not very impressed with him now. He's changed. More snarky.
Dave should get a job on a concrete crew (or any physical job) and see if 40 hours is not working hard.
@@MrSteeDoo it's not get to 50 or 60 and talk to me then
Plenty of businesses need to catch up with the cost of living, regardless of the minimum wage. Bootstraps are great when you have boots, but low paying jobs with no benefits are rampant. The trickle down valve has been broken for years.
You do realize inflation is fare out pacing any wage increase you are getting right now right? If you get a $2 an hour raise but taxes and prices eat up $3 an hour you didn't gain anything. Look at grocery prices and home prices and ask yourself if you are winning.
The "valve" was never there to begin with! Trickle down economics is a complete failure. Decades of tax cuts for the wealthy and NO movement of wealth towards the lower class.
@@MattSmith-vl8zp Inflation is there without the raises right now so it's still worse.
And it will remain that way.
Federal min wage is “7.45” no jobs are paying 7.45. Most are already 12-15. If they raise the federal minimum wage to 15 you literally arnt gonna get anything lol. It has been going up by itself.
Try getting a decent paying job when you are older. Before the pandemic, I had two jobs. I cannot even get 40 hours right now. No one wants to hire the older worker. If some of these businesses paid a living wage, they wouldn't have a problem getting help. Sure there are lazy people. There will always be those who take advantage.
You can't rent a room for under $700 in San Diego. Fifteen an hour doesn't go very far.
@Anthony Harris Just today I was applying online and it asked for my DOB and I tried to bypass it to no avail. Also, many ask for even your college graduation date. When they interview you, they can sort of tell you are no longer 20 something.
Im 35
@@lindavel43 Good for you! I wish you well in your future endeavors!
Depression is a real thing when you work all week hating your job making less than the people on unemployment.
I don't want to go back to work, I'd rather go back to unemployment
Don't forget rents for apartments are stealing 50% or more of your income in certain metros.
No one cares about the people who have worked the entire time and not even from home.
Be glad you could work the entire time!
@@marybethmarlar I took a pay cut understandably
@@crazykaitlyn in this crazy pandemic in reference to the fact you’re not harassed or targeted and harassed off of jobs and around the home to where you can’t even sleep to wake up for work. Be glad you could work in that sense. I’m sorry about your pay cut. That’s hard I know. Hugs.
Agreed
Feeling sorry for yourself?
People deserve a lot more pay than what these service jobs are offering to work night and weekends getting yelled at by Karens because they asked for 'light ice' or whatever.
Dave’s a boomer he started to acquire his wealth when rent was 400$ a month and his parents were well off.
Bravo
And minimum wage was $2.25. What does his parents being well off have to do with anything. They did not hand him anything. Coming from another country to live in America, there are more opportunities to do great things. No one is stopping you except, YOU. Get off the couch and start doing!
@@TheAck201 he preaches boomer economics.
@@MrJuandiego1988 I know. His covert narcissism gets nauseating. I stopped listening to him years ago. Borrowed his book and skimmed it in ten minutes. Would have been a complete waste of 20 bucks had I bought it...
Then go enjoy your debt. Leave his channel...
I do agree that you should be accomplishing something with your life to give it meaning, but I DO NOT AGREE that work is the only way to accomplish something with your life.I don't think any human being is made to work at McDonald's for 40 hours a week every week of their adult life. Absolutely not.
I do agree with this.. But I think he meant meaning in work not work in meaning. Like having a sense of duty or purpose
They're tired of working and not being able to survive. They're staying home and bringing in more money than when they were working. I get it🤷🏾♀️ I'm an essential worker, so I've worked throughout the pandemic.
And I don't blame them. Who wants to work for a company who doesn't appreciate hard work?
@@cennon And chances are most of those jobs don't provide health insurance or other benefits. So I dont know why is Dave surprised people dont wanna work there.
Do you work from home ?
@@erikakerns7836 No....
Ooooooo, tuition. These companies will literally do and offer anything aside fro actually raising wages, which absolutely would incentivize people to work.
Raising wages doesn't fix the problem. Artificially raising wages actually creates problems in business. That's why people work, learn, gain experience to get jobs that pay more and not wait for their current job to have raised wages.
Some businesses ARE paying more
Or… and hear me out, you WORK, and get a raise yourself.
@@JeremySharpSMSG You bet. 100's are paying a lot more. And some also are offering bonuses.
Free tuition could be a good deal for some people. It might make up for a raise by offsetting classes you were planning to take anyway. Not to mention the future income said education could produce.
Their cure for depression is to go work at Walmart. Thanks Dave!
Yeah and you can afford to go to school loan free with that $15 an hour. 🤣
Whats wrong with Walmart? How easy of a job is that... you work indoors out of the elements and it's too easy of a job... cmon... plus do you shop there? I do... so it can't be that bad...
Actually yes. Getting a job and out of your head and making goals to get to do help depression. Tremendously.
@@Word_For_Word Have fun at Walmart, It sure does seem like a happy place!
Haha
I disagree with the notion that you can work 40 hours a week and still go to school full time because most college classes happen during working hours. It’s more likely to work full time and go to class part time because night classes are not an option for all majors.
They are disconnected with society… lol
My wife does it. Full time job and school. Stop being a hater!
I work full time and take online classes. How many classes u take depend on how many u can handle
I know plenty of hard working single moms that do both and raise their children, so yes, it's definitely possible.
It’s called online schools/classes people work and study all the time no excuses
When I worked IT an hour away by train for minimum wage and no car of my own, "dignity" is not the word I would use to describe it. I got my dignity when I left and went through university to get a real job.
IT pays well though.
How much were you making doing IT?
@@Solitude633 about $10 an hout
IT is a cert field, not an education one. My husband has a couple certs and makes $55k. Networking, Comptia, etc etc. He makes no money off his masters in library science (a difficult field to break into). So he pivoted to IT and it’s much more lucrative more much less upfront investment. But we still gotta pay of the student loans 😂
The truth is, there’s more than one reason why there’s so many open jobs right now.
But you failed to list any.
Yep they’ve also shown that those states that ended their benefits early have not seen a huge shift in their workforces either, so I guess not everyone sitting at home on their sofa cares about unemployment benefits.
Finally, someone else points out this key fact. It’s much more than just the extra unemployment benefits.
Exactly....but “ receiving unemployment “ is the juiciest narrative. ....Fyi....I got a “business “....not a job.
@@joeg4707 indeed I did. Because I’m smart.
The jobs hiring are part time and the pay is suitable for high school and college students who live at home. Retail and restaurants dont pay benefits unless you're full time
My towns Toyota dealership has a big sign in the front for an entry level tech full time
Most don't pay benefits at all
And, usually, if you sign up for full-time, you are at their mercy to work any kind of wild schedule. Like closing one day and being scheduled to open the next day.
I liked working at Lowe's way back when, but it was better to have a set schedule for 20 hrs and pick up (or decline) extra shifts at will.
Someone is always not going to be showing up. I worked F/T hrs at one point while actually being p/t.
Shayla these jobs a low income with no benefits.
Maybe where you live... But seems sus. Because by me, you have to be TRYING not to find a full time, decent paying or well-paying job. 🤷
Dave use some logic here, you can't match a doctor with a fastfood job..not because there are jobs doesn't imply there are jobs for everyone.
He said, “these jobs are paying 15 dollars an hour.” Meanwhile rent for a studio apartment is around 1100 a month in many towns. Out of touch.
More than that where I live. I pay 1000 a month for a rented room.
Just work more hours 50 60 70 what ever it takes stop making excuses
Meanwhile I'm still being offered $16 per hour for jobs that should pay $25.
It could be that you are not showing them that you are worth $25 an hour. I’m not say you are not worth that. When you interview there might be something you aren’t showing them about you.
If there are a lot of offers out there, why don’t you find another one?
See that's the thing. You don't get to decide what a job is worth. If the job is really worth that then go find somewhere that pays that amount for said job
Yup.
I've been self-employed for 35 years and love every second of it, answering to people who should be answering to you is no way to live
Dave Ramsey purchased a 5-acre property (land only) in April 2008 for $1.5 million in cash. He can't figure out why someone wouldn't work for $16/hour if rent is $1100-$1200/month. Why work and also be homeless?
There’s this new invention that could cut your rent by 1/2, 2/3 or even 3/4!! It’s called ROOMMATES
What if your roommates don't work and you pay for everything?
Excuses for what? It's too much to expect to be paid a living wage?
@Rod Munsch Every job needs to pay a living wage.
Why are minimum wage jobs not intended to provide a living wage?
Jobs available are 🗑...... 50k a year isn’t really enough to live nowadays
$15 an hour will not cut it with inflation skyrocketing.
and even by his standard it's hypocritical 15x2080= 31200 1/4th of that =7800 that divided by twelve is 650 and that's without taxes, contributions, and missing days that aren't paid. what place can you get a stable and safe or non-nosey and noisy neighbors for less than 650?
@@BetYouHateMeNow get a roomate
@@Rob-- you're better off living with family tbh
Live on social security and Medicare. Lol. Less than 23,00$ a yr. not living in luxury but very doable. Young people need to work at any and all jobs available in the country.
Unemployment does offer programs were they will pay for Certifications. Im never going to work for someone else ever again. Used my EDD money to start something for myself and its working out.
That's what a lot of people are doing. They don't want to work for anyone else. They are starting their own businesses.
Part of this is people realized they didn't want to work at fast food for minimum wage! I think this is great, increase demand for workers and increase wages to make those jobs more attractive.
It's not sad that companies are offering tuition and higher wages.
Minimum wage hasn't increased in 12 years, that's the longest it has ever gone without increasing.
Ad far as what people were "designed" for, people were not designed to earn 1/1000th as much as they're CEO. The company needs both people, and people are worth more than that.
Not wanting to work at fast food just speeds up things.
A machine can make a hamburger in three seconds.
I’ve already been to an automated restaurant in Japan and an automated McDonald’s here in the U.S.
I invested in McDonald’s stock long ago at $5 a share. I was designed to be a shareholder and part owner..
Some people are worth less than minimum wage. In most cases they earn nothing, because employers can't be forced (yet) to hire for the sake of hiring.
most of then jobs dont pay 7.25 per hour
People are worth what others are willing to pay. If I do not feel I am paid enough, I could ask for more. The employer could disagree and just look to replace me. The employer could raise prices to cover the increased expense, but if the customers lose interest then it's lost value to the business. It all boils down to how much other people value your labor and are willing to part with their own labor (represented by currency) in exchange for it.
@@johnadams3418 I agree completely. However there is another aspect that you didn't address, which is the value of the job.
I worked as a grocery store bagger when I was young. At some point, the minimum wage went up to the point that my store ( and most others) couldn't justify. That job just went away.
Dave actually thinks you can work full time AND go to college full time AT THE SAME TIME. And he doesn't seem to understand the high tuition costs. He is so out of touch with reality, it's unbelievable.
If you have time to watch his videos, that is time that could be at a job or school... duh
Brainiac, they just told you that even McDonald's is offering to pay your tuition. I guess if I had your listening skills I wouldn't bother going to college anyway.
Why do you agree to pay high tuition? What is your understanding of walking away? That the earth will crumble beneath your feet? Here to tell ya, it won't.
@@cconroy1677 Society brainwashes people that they need to get a degree, yet keep raising tuition prices far above the inflation rate. It's a highly immoral racket. Luckily, Americans are starting to realize many skills can be learned online.
Yea and if you have kids too. He has no idea.
Maybe I’m wrong, but when they say tuition reimbursement at Walmart, Target or McDonalds…they aren’t talking about a full class load it’s usually a paltry amount per quarter that would take you about 20 years to finish a 4-year degree?? I would like to know the exact numbers for these professed tuition reimbursement offers.
Why not gain a skill first, and get a job that pays well enough that you can afford college? When you get your degree, you will still have your skilled job while you look for a career job.
Most offer a limit per year ($5000 from personal experience) and you must remain with the company for at least two years after the degree is completed or you pay them back. There’s always a catch…all-in-all after you complete the degree and the commitment of employment time then you’re looking at about six years before you could leave with a “free degree”.
@@CaptainHammerFists if the degree gets you a high paying job then be happy and pay back the 5k
@@dknowles60 I’m replying to the original question. I have no issue with personal choices in that regard.
I had a job that reimbursed only $750 PER FISCAL year for tuition. That covers one class at the community college and maybe a book.
I quit my engineering job to pursue a career in dentistry… I graduated May 2020 in engineering, and I worked as an engineer for less than a year. While working, I saved money to go back to school to pay for the pre-reqs needed to go to dental school.
This is just a time where people want something different from their job…
15$ an hour at walmart, target etc... is not planning for a future..! I though you were better ramsey!
I guess it is if you are a low skilled worker who doesn't have many options but sit on the couch saying you can't find a job. There are people low skilled, uneducated people who fit into $15 hours jobs at Walmart.
It may not be planning for the brightest future. But it's definitely a start.
And sitting at home leeching off the system is?
But sitting on the cough collecting welfare is....
What Walmart pays $15 per hour?
Where can a family live for 15 dollars an hour?
Well the thing is Walmart’s not going to give you a 40 hour week because then they have to give you benefits Walmart will schedule you 25-32 hours a week unless your management you gotta think about how scummy these companies can be
Here is a hint: Do not work for scummy companies!
yep
That's the universal strategy -- no upward mobility. Occasionally those types of places will get 38 hours of you as long as they don't do it regularly, they can keep you as "part time".
You should thank Obamacare for that. That's the source of the problem. Before that people could get more hours.
@@alinatamashevich3354 Work temporarily for scummy companies, all the while improving your skill set.
The jobs are and have been trash for the past 30 years. Why doesn’t the labor department pair inflation w the minimum wage? People are tired of being spat on.
Absolutely--why work for piddle, using up your life force in exchange for nothing.
@@Elizabeth-yg2mg because the corporations and conservatards want you to believe you need to "work your tail off" in order fulfill your purpose in life when, in reality, your just putting dividends in the pockets of shareholders who do nothing but exist.
@@DYLAN102001 like Ken says in this clip, God's purpose for your life is to spend it working so you can make the money you need to live and build wealth.
Do not accept a job which makes you want to complain. Don't start a job which makes you feel it benefits someone else more than you.
Get the best job you can! Do the best you can for yourself.
@@brianparrett114 yeah that claim might be more creditable if there was some evidence of Gods existence, but their isnt so that's really an religious opinion.
“40 hours a week isn’t working very hard” - Dave Ramsey
Not in their jobs , nice heat &AC office ,no physical labor of any kind, go tell an electrician 40 hrs isn't that hard its not insane but u will be tired at end of day
Exactly! This from people sitting at desks running their mouths for a living. If you had a job requiring any sort of physical labor, you'd know that's a lie. Especially considering there's more work with less help these days.
@@blackheartcardigan yea at least they aren't news people so they do help people at least , just think a fox news/CNN tv person has no real impact on the world they just tell u what happened .... Its a joke
Well..... as someone who works 60 hours a week - 40 is pretty light.
Nah he’s right, 40 hours to me feels like a vacation. Try 70+ hours then say it’s hard lol.
It’s disappointing to see two financial advisors discuss a job at Target jump starting someone’s life. Dave has to know that their are stipulations to that tuition and that that man very likely won’t get 40 hours a week. And even if he did that is still next to NOTHING.
Considering you have adults making more on unemployment than actually working is where the problem lays. On top of that you have large corporations that pay significantly less and not even a living wage is also another problem. Child care costs have also increased and for some it’s cheaper to just stay home and watch their own kid than to go back to work.
It’s pretty sad that that’s the case.
@@owenhexley6426 it wouldn't be if all assistance and credits were ended.
Fueling communism. Live off the gov while hard working people pay the bill
@@gymlaxbro that's how it's been for decades.
@@gymlaxbro please stop the childish propaganda. Most people who use the word communism can't even define it.
I am one that was sitting on my a.. unemployed for 14 months getting unemployment pandemic benefits. And let me tell you , it was the best time in my life. Staying home, relaxing, sleeping when ever i wanted,watching tv, cooking, spending time with my pets was beyond a blessing for me. I was truly free. It was amazing.
I cant blame you; there is no dignity in endless labor for greedy corporations.
Facts💯✔ I even gained weight & grew my hair longer
A lot of companies are purposely not hiring older people, age discrimination is rampant.
ditto that
Exactly why I told my mom to make her own business, to get paid for her motherly advice 😉
"Purposely"? Where are you getting this grand assumption? Companies don't give a flip about your age. They're simply looking for the individual that can produce the most value to the company. If that happens to be someone that is physically and mentally better suited for that role, so be it. If you want to advocate for the elderly start a non-profit, not a business.
@@michaelambrose wrong. they give a flip about your age. health inc cost more for older workers workers comp cost more for older workers. lots of thing add higher cost for older workers. the good news is most older workers will out work younger workers will not be on cell phone all day will not be on face book all day
So true
40 hours a week is ‘barely working?’ Wow…
I was in awe when he said that. As if people should pride themselves on being overworked. The other gentleman said we were made to work when I'm fact we were made to enjoy the Earth and be social animals. My choosing to work or choosing not to work doesn't speak to my humanity.
It depends how you look at work. Are we talking your lifes work, a job , a career , or some combination? In that case Dave is 100 percent correct.
40 hours a week is too much! Higher paying jobs are modelling fewer hours not greater (salaried 37.5 hours per week is quite common these days).
It is barely working, do you think businesses are built by people who work less then that?
Then start your own business so you can work 80 hours a week.
I wonder how many women have been told that they are not essential or have been laid off, have been on unemployment during the pandemic, and have realized that they get more joy out of keeping a home rather than working. Just a thought...
FACTS!!!
It is totally do able if childcare was affordable and abundant
Good for you! Being a home maker can be very fulfilling. 😀
Me! I prefer staying home with my daughter doing contract work and reselling online on the side. I make just as much as I did in the office when I was forced to deal with lazy coworkers and client bs.
Happy for the moms and the kids that are in this situation
I know plenty of people that are willing to sit back for a while to inconvenience those same employers that ruthlessly showed them the door. Perspective ladies and gentlemen.
Having a daily grind, being treated as just a number and like a peasant isn't living a life. No time to view the sunshine outside and to make memories with family...that's a HUGE LOSS. I'd rather live on less.
That's fine. However, if you choose poverty, don't complain to those who don't about your poverty.
I’ll do what I want with my life. I won’t let corporate elites dictate what I SHOULD be doing with my life.
America has an unhealthy relationship with work, mostly due to a skewed power dynamic where the rich have control.
Also, hustle culture is a trap, it’s there to benefit the CEO while your efforts are stagnant.
Great mindset
@@jenniferwalden6862 based in reality for working class Americans for the past 30 years.
"We're in a different league because of the type of elite person we're looking to hire." Every company has that mindset, Dave.
But they normally don’t want to pay elite pay.
If you have those certifications Dave is looking for, go for it!
But Dave has THOUSANDS of applicants unlike other companies. People WANT to work with him.
The person who will work 80hrs a week.
@@brianparrett114 what is wrong with working hard?
Dave these retail/food companies don't allow you to work 40 hours a week. They keep you working just enough hours so they don't have to give you benefits.
It's been that way since Obamacare
And often you need to have 100% availability. Good luck trying to get a second or third part time job. If you get that lucky, you still don't qualify for benefits (health insurance). And good luck getting any reasonable paid time off.
BS. And you dont have to work fast food/retail. Amazon/FedEx/UPS just to name a few are all hiring full time with bennys right now. The freakin Sonic in our town is hiring $15-20 an hour FULL TIME because they can't get anyone to work.
@@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 sonick in my town is hiring. But you get 29 hrs a week TOPS!!!! NO BENIFITS AND YOUR S SCHEDUL IS ALL OVER THE PLACE
@@andyXjohnson exactly , they want to give you a random schedule that’s usually inconsistent as far regular days off during the week, but consistently filled in during the weekend making it impossible to get a second job
Most jobs barely pay 15/hr in the midwest. Some Midwestern folks saw a massive increase in inflation. How about we pressure companies to pay a living wage.
I’m sitting on the couch working my Shopify business, trading options on Robinhood, and managing my house cleaning business. Just because my body isn’t moving doesn’t mean my mind isn’t.
It's wonderful to have a business! I hope I will open my shopify store in the future too!!
@@Vane22april You can do it!! Good luck to you
@@noir_sirena Thank u so much!! Have a great day!
I’ve been applying for jobs, I worked for car dealerships for many years and I have not heard back from any of them. I’m used to making $65k + only jobs available are restaurant jobs making minimum wage. No way im going to take that… sorry not sorry
Too good to make money. That's a shame.
I agree with you!
$15 an hour is 31k BEFORE TAXES lol that’s more like 25k a year, which is basically poverty
Exactly and the cost to rent is insane now, unless you and your family want to dodge bullets
@@BeautyUnraveled Maybe decide to not have children until you make over 50k a year.
And dont forget the cost of living, your essentials, insurance and even with a roommate you can't save too much of that income.
Beats going hungry
@@Rob-- That's what we did. We waited till we had our degrees and made so much money THEN had our children. I'm amazed how people have children THEN ask, "how am I going to pay for them?"
Depression is also a real thing doing a job you hate😁😁😁
Definitely. Nabisco wants to push to 12 hour shifts for manufacturing. Companies that have done that had an increase in injuries and fatalities in the manufacturing sector.
Every day...smh
right. I was wondering when someone was going to say it . It can ruin your entire quality of life . I do believe getting up and doing something everyday can give you fulfillment but that can be anything I love the gym If I could go to the gym everyday for a living for the rest of my life and do nothing Else that would be more than fulfilling for me I love it. You don't have to work a job to feel fulfilled .
Depression.. seriously? My father and his father and his father before that worked very tedious jobs... that required breaking a sweat everyday.. and yet, they never talked about depression, they wanted to provide for their family even if meant digging ditches for a living... Americans are just plain lazy... finding any excuse to not work... always complaining about what they are not getting at a job... when they have the power to excel at anything if they WORK AT IT... Work is the problem... depression is the excuse...
Agree...people are starting to care about their mental health and I love that
I didn't spend any time on the couch when I was on unemployment. I had the time of my life! Don't hate the player, hate the game.
I quit my job because it was a toxic and abusive work environment. I'm looking for a new one now.
Most people who think that they work in a toxic work environment are actually themselves toxic.
Know your worth. Value yourself. Good luck to you and I hope you find something that brings you peace and prosperity.
@@edhcb9359 you're what's wrong with the world. Be better.
@@mikeb.2925 I’m what’s wrong with the world? We have all worked with these types of people. They think they are being picked on when in fact they are just being asked to do their job so they bounce from place to place.
@@edhcb9359 you don't even know this person! You just assumed that they were the problem instead of their job. Because every workplace is perfect, right? They couldn't possibly be better than the way they were treated, right? You just assumed they were lying when they said the workplace was toxic. Why?
I’ve been traveling through TX and NM, and every city has restaurants begging for help. Restaurants don’t even fill to capacity because they don’t have waiters to serve, cooks to prepare food, and dishwashers. Those are probably some of the lowest paying jobs out there, but can be the most stressful.
Bye-bye mom and pop businesses
The cost of living has so dramatically exceeded what these jobs pay that it’s not worth working those jobs for the stress.
Who tf wants to work 160+ hrs a month JUST for it to goto rent, there's a reason why relationships and roommates are at a all time high.
Waiters/waitresses can make bank though. Unlike the other positions you listed.
Soooo true and most of them don't even have benefits and dare you to take time off for reasons like being sick your child's sick or yourself or an elderly parent. Those jobs have threats one after another. They don't even have incentives
"We are hiring 300 people this year and have a ton (zillions) of applications". So tell me again people aren't trying to get jobs? I know people very willing to work that can't get a interview for jobs that fit thier qualifications. It's not just people not wanting to work!
Well that almost has to be the case!!! There has to be a need to be hired otherwise how can they afford to employ anyone?
This isn’t the 1980’s, inequality is untenable and I don’t think you have much of an understanding of that
100% That generation grew up on the shoulders of unionization prior and movement made in the Great Depression.
'40 hours a week is really not working that hard' this is what is wrong with American work culture. Added that he suggests going to school on top of working 40 hrs?
Work, work, work! Then give 10% of your income. Then enjoy your retirement by age 70 :)
Or you can sit in front of the computer watching Netflix all day.
@@petejunebug lol, exactly. Who has time for life when you can enjoy it 40 years from now?
Studying full time while working 40 hours sounds like a nightmare. How he says "you can do that, by the way" with a straight face is beyond me. It's strange how working 80 hours a week becomes a badge of honour for some people
He lost me when he said that.
Dave fails to address if the jobs that are available are professional jobs with livable salaries or low end jobs that pay $15 or less. If you made $50k before you’re not going to get off unemployment to make $15 at Target
Then that person is a bum.
Then what are they going to do after the unemployment benefits end? Nobody is entitled to their job, unless you are an entrepreneur and the boss.
@@livingaboard better to be a bum living off nature in the woods than to work hard and get little for it. If you make at or less than $15/hour and you dont have family or friends to bunk with then finding a roof for your head is almost impossible. If you pay people enough to rent an efficiency apartment or better than you will see people come back to work.
If you’ve been able to make $50k before, you will again! So no…you should not go get the first $15 hr a job just because you lost your good Paying job. The only time I would be desperate enough to do that is if I were literally about to be homeless in a week and or was starving for food .
Well wasn’t everybody fighting for $15 an hour? Didn’t everybody agree that $15 hourly was a livable wage? So where are the people ?
Often tuition assistance tops out at $1000 per semester. Now that's still nice to get, but don't act like companies offering *some* tuition assistance guarantees you won't go into debt to go to school. Even without dependents, $2400/month (that magic $15/hr) in many places doesn't stretch far.
It's funny how people can be so certain and passionate about a situation that isn't effecting them to the same degree. Precovid I made about 70 an hour. My current unemployment benefits get me to about twenty percent of my precovid income. There are probably more people in this boat than you think. Anyone who believes we aren't fighting to get back to a reasonable pay needs their head examined. Unfortunately what I'm hearing is when things really open up my old job may be outsourced to India.... I've been submitting applications for the past year and haven't found a job that pays even 40 an hour. But I guess everyone would like me to shut up and wait a table after paying five figures for a college degree and twenty years of experience managing multi million dollar projects. I'm not against doing something new but I'm too old and don't have the time to start from the bottom again. The "career fair" I went to this week was only looking for entry level workers. After speaking to all of the recruiters I believe some of the work described may be better suited for the undocumented. I may end up starting my own business.
40 an hour is still a great income. It's not as much as before but that's very substantial.
I say go for it Robert. Leverage your education and your experience on your own terms.
Starting a business might be a way to go. Especially if you know a team of people from your old company that did a similar thing.
@@talyahr3302 I'd take it if I could find it. Lol
@@robertsiller717 omg same! But I guess it’s all relative. For us $40 is the world but for someone who made more than that before it’s gonna seem low 😭
I’ve worked full time for 25 years with no real vacations and pretty much nothing to show for it. I’ve never been on unemployment, but I can’t blame people right now for taking a break. It may be the only break they ever get.
Adults don’t need breaks.
I feel accomplished after beating Super Mario Bros.
🤣🤣🤣 You are leagues ahead of me. I stopped at Galaga.
Exactly. The chemicals are flowimg pretty strongly after beating high ranked players online in Street Fighter.
LOL!
Go back to work
@@Lambiscon4906 🤣🤣🤣
Nothing says success and upward mobility than a dead-end job. Sign me up!
Working at McDonalds hating your life is not the same as doing what you love for a high wage. You can't group them both together as "go to work". Dave come on, open your mind just a little bit
Everyone chooses their own path. Don’t blame the player blame the game.
A lot of these issues stem from poor financial education in the US.
Ding Ding! underrated comment.
A lot of parental failures also
Poor education, period.
Yep the number of comments from people who seemingly don’t know that unemployment insurance is actually paid for by employers is pretty scary. Most of Dave’s listeners are financial morons, which is why his advice is so simplistic. I think he realizes that he can’t allow for any nuance so debt = bad, work = good, avoid the gray areas (single stocks what’s that?!?) lol
@Martin Riley Shill...troll account
Lol Dave getting roasted in the comments for being out of touch
Yep, I'm sure the comments are upsetting him all the way to the bank. :)
@@jeffrichey3623 yep, a court gesture 🃏 still lives in the castle 🏰
@@jeffrichey3623 Dave getting roasted?
Can you give an example Suzy ? I can’t see anything that supports your claim
@@jeffrichey3623 adblock, only boomers like him still have ads on
Now tell me how many of those 10million jobs are minimum wage, why would someone who was furloughed or worked a better job work at one these 10million minimum wage paying jobs.
Exactly, minimum wage is for leftover workers if there are any. You can't expect anyone to show up when you're offering the bare minimum.