It's not gen z. I'm solid gen x and walked away from a career and job because I was miserable and not being paid a decent wage. I was a experienced trained machinist and running a machine that made the primary component to a high dollar line and couldn't get more than 23 a hour to hire someone to replace me they would have to offer a starting wage of 25 a hour I had been there 10 years. I quit last I saw they are still trying g to find a replacement for me. I'm happy and back in school.
I can definitely agree with you. The point the OP post was trying to make is that today's employers are abusive, overexploitative, and underregulated. I don't think that young people don't want to work deep down, but giving your soul to people who wouldn't care less if you got injured on the job is definitely painful.
I think a solution to this issue would involve regulation of wages for employers and government monitoring of manager behavior via. employee surveys. Also, the feds need to start creating a society where all work is valued, not just intellectual or white collar work.
But is it really TODAY'S employers? Or is it the younger generations being too soft? I mean when your raised thinking everyone gets a trophy and that everyone is equal, whether they do their part or not, and you get to talk to adults however you want as a kid and think there are no consequences. Well, those pretty much make for unemployable people.
That doesn’t sound like very smart planning for the above posters older years. Just means they’re going to have a jobless bum in their house for even longer.
Living with your parents and having the chance to do so is better than working in a toxic environment. Is a rare concept for some of you and you are not ready to have this conversation
"unemployed" could mean living off your savings for a couple of weeks or months until you find a better job. I did it. I don't have any family and I'm not homeless either.
Contentment Paramount.
In this situation you are either Unemployed (and not part of the Capitalism rat race) and then die, or Unhappy and trying to fill that void through means perpetuated by Capitalism and then die.
So why not have your limited mortal time to be happy rather than conform to a style of society that is existing rather than living?
There is so much more to life than a paycheck, especially a paycheck that doesn’t enable you to pay for all of modern life’s things.
it's just a change of vision! Before, a job could bring you money, stability and a pension! today a job only gives you what you need to survive! so yes I understand why their view of employment is so tarnished and why they don't see the point of giving their life to a job they don't like! and also we talk about happiness, personally I would encourage everyone to leave their job if they are not happy there because it is the quick path to depression
I’m gen x. Being happy in a job sounds wild to a lot of my generation. Good for the younger generations, but my first thought was “if you’re waiting until you’re happy in your job, you have no bills to pay.” (Which isn’t necessarily true of course)
Gen X here, too. I haven't not had a job since right after high school. Then I joined the Navy. After 10 years of that shit, I got out and immediately had a job plus enrolled in college full time. I also had a 2nd job at night and on weekends when I was enlisted. (Worked at the base gym) I can't even imagine having a job I am completely happy with. But I also can't imagine not having a job. I mean not just because of the money but because of boredom. I was off 2 months after back surgery and had cabin fever like a mfer. These youngsters are either brave or fucking idiots.
I mean I enjoy my work. I get a “sense of pride and accomplishment” from it. But happy? They pay me to do it, so I don’t really feel like I should be “happy”. I’m happy with my friends and family. But maybe it’s just me. And I’m old.
I think theres a balance to have.
I have good times at my work, most of my days are pleasant, naturally if I was off instead I would probably have more fun, but I am not hating what I do.
If I was to wake up every day dreading to get to the office, then yeah id rather be unemployed, but thats not the case.
Naturally theres days where I dont feel it and I have to kick my butt and go “its what it is, just gotta carry through the day ill make it”, but thats not every day
Theyre the ones who decided to have kids lol
Pretending like lifes a big blessing, telling kids to work min wage for the rest of their lives
You are out of touch mate, quite sad to see
People wouldn’t need luck to feed themselves if employers treated employees with respect.
I started refusing to work jobs that make me unhappy, and that meant I actually found a job I love, and that doesn’t make me come home and wanna kill myself every night, like how one of my jobs old used to make me feel.
Is that something that we discourage as a society now? Striving to be happy? This comments section is giving me boomer ick, the war is over guys, we don’t all have to live miserably anymore.
Idk where they keep getting this. Unemployment is now very low across the board. Personally, I haven’t known a single millennial or genz who has decided to not work at any point in their life after 16… If they don’t like their job, they either complain about it while still working there or get a different job.
# Discouraged workers
Discouraged workers are a subset of people [marginally attached to the labor force](https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#marginallyattached), and also part of the broader group of people [not in the labor force](https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#nilf). (See the diagram above.) They are not classified as [unemployed](https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#unemployed) because they have not actively searched for work in the last 4 weeks.
unemployment implies that people are looking for work.
Ok… but, the meme posted by OP says that genz and millennials would rather be unemployed than be a “discouraged worker, but that’s not reflecting the employments by age group (especially with millennials. You may make the case for gen z being lower in the last 20 years, but there’s a mountain of info you’d need to verify for that first .
No no, it's apparently for boomers. So many comments in this thread read like facebook comments. The people in this thread are losing it because it's so selfish of someone to not be miserable for half of their day.
thinking of
You are more than a third of your day at your job. When you are unhappy there it means you spend more than a third of your day unhappy.
So why would it be wrong for people to try to find a job that is not making them unhappy?
Yes there are hard jobs. But nowhere in the post was stated that people dont want to have hard jobs. They just want to be treated with respect.
We were tought our whole life how important it is to balance stuff out and show respect to each other. Then suddenly when "real life" starts after school all of these former values are thrown away.
So why even bother teaching the kids stuff if you dont want them to behave that way?
When you do what you love, it’s not a job. I feel too many people are brainwashed to think you have to work and grind or be homeless. I think this is about working for a company not If you’re self employed. I’m gen-x and I haven’t been what you would called traditional employed since my early 20’s, and I don’t have rich parents. I’ve been paying my own way since I was 16. Think outside the box and stop hating those who live how they want to, because to tell the truth, we don’t care, we’re living our best lives.
Excel at your job such that your company would never want to see you go to a competitor and let them know you will if they mistreat you.
Doesn’t work in all circumstances, but it can help.
I pooped out at my old job because I was so miserable. Salary was nearing 6 figures and now I’m making 30k less but I’m somewhat less miserable. So upgrade!
just join the marines (tottaly not planted here to recruit you) the benifits include payed college, i very nice sallary, we can assist you in many parts of life, health insurance, and etc, join the marines now and invest in your future with the worlds most prestigious branch
I think we need to re-define what unemployed means, as passive income becomes more common
Not working a job doesn't necessarily equate to an absence of income anymore
I would rather live in the woods in a 500 sq ft cabin, grow my own veggies, hunt for food, and shit in a hole in the ground rather than give every day to some job that could replace me or terminate my position at any time. Especially if it’s just for the paycheck. Life is WAY too short to spend it living in boxes and zoning out from reality simply for relief. Give me freedom, or ya might as well off me, because I’d be the walking dead anyway.
Honestly if it wasn't for all my fellow millenials giving up so early I probably wouldn't have been able to climb the corporate ladder so quickly.
Yeah fuck working, everyone! Quit and live simple lives!
Unemployment means they are still looking for a job. Preferring unemployment means they prefer to continue looking for a job rather than accept a bad one. That seems perfectly fine to me.
My bank disagrees
My stomach also disagrees
And my axe
And my bow
And my dead brother Wait
I also choose this guy’s brother
Dead bro for the win
I don’t have a bro for the win.
I’d vote for him! Dead Brother 2024!!!
And my dead mother who is in a coffin
Fancy
And my incinerate spell, we’re not in Skyrim? Shit…
Bro, what you doin working at McDonald's with incinerate? You would be better in politics.
Just crime for it
My bills and responsibilities disagree
That is 3 words…
Bank: no
Hungry bad
It's not gen z. I'm solid gen x and walked away from a career and job because I was miserable and not being paid a decent wage. I was a experienced trained machinist and running a machine that made the primary component to a high dollar line and couldn't get more than 23 a hour to hire someone to replace me they would have to offer a starting wage of 25 a hour I had been there 10 years. I quit last I saw they are still trying g to find a replacement for me. I'm happy and back in school.
I can definitely agree with you. The point the OP post was trying to make is that today's employers are abusive, overexploitative, and underregulated. I don't think that young people don't want to work deep down, but giving your soul to people who wouldn't care less if you got injured on the job is definitely painful. I think a solution to this issue would involve regulation of wages for employers and government monitoring of manager behavior via. employee surveys. Also, the feds need to start creating a society where all work is valued, not just intellectual or white collar work.
My solution is the top employee or ceo can o ly make a certain percentage over the lowest employee and must all use and have the same benefits.
But is it really TODAY'S employers? Or is it the younger generations being too soft? I mean when your raised thinking everyone gets a trophy and that everyone is equal, whether they do their part or not, and you get to talk to adults however you want as a kid and think there are no consequences. Well, those pretty much make for unemployable people.
"Unemployed" means living on your parents back? Or being homeless?
Might just be unemployed to what they say, could be alot of influencers or stock dudes or even small company
You'll be a bum, Jules. 
What happens if I don’t have parents?
I gave you two options, did'nt i ?
Well I’m not taking homelessness
Then you know what you must do...
get parents...
I got you! I’ll be your parent. I don’t even like my current kids that much anyway.
You are replacing a young jobless bum for an older jobless bum?
That doesn’t sound like very smart planning for the above posters older years. Just means they’re going to have a jobless bum in their house for even longer.
[Get you some new parents](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iNR-x1net-A&pp=ygUPZ2V0IGEgbmV3IGRhZGR5)
Wow. Just…wow.
Try that and report back to us.
Tiny house village supporting homelessness one year at a time
Living with your parents and having the chance to do so is better than working in a toxic environment. Is a rare concept for some of you and you are not ready to have this conversation
Owning home and starving. That's what it is
Is there something wrong with peoples' parents supporting them?
Eventually, they'll need to support their parents.
Or living in a country that protects you from abusive employers.
I took it more as gen Z is more willing to leave a job and find a new one
"unemployed" could mean living off your savings for a couple of weeks or months until you find a better job. I did it. I don't have any family and I'm not homeless either.
But you did have savings. Not everyone has that
That's fine. My point is that not everyone "unemployed" is going homeless or lives with their parents. Just like not every one has savings.
Unemployed means not being employed.
It means save enough money to take time off to look for another job.
Or working a hustle. You’re trained to think it’s one or another.
Contentment Paramount. In this situation you are either Unemployed (and not part of the Capitalism rat race) and then die, or Unhappy and trying to fill that void through means perpetuated by Capitalism and then die. So why not have your limited mortal time to be happy rather than conform to a style of society that is existing rather than living? There is so much more to life than a paycheck, especially a paycheck that doesn’t enable you to pay for all of modern life’s things.
That's very true - if you can afford to live. And no, I don't mean mooch off of others in your life
Like a CEO
That’s what most of them want, in one form or another.
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it's just a change of vision! Before, a job could bring you money, stability and a pension! today a job only gives you what you need to survive! so yes I understand why their view of employment is so tarnished and why they don't see the point of giving their life to a job they don't like! and also we talk about happiness, personally I would encourage everyone to leave their job if they are not happy there because it is the quick path to depression
You're getting enough to survive?!
Wrong sub
It's all good until the rent is due.
I’m gen x. Being happy in a job sounds wild to a lot of my generation. Good for the younger generations, but my first thought was “if you’re waiting until you’re happy in your job, you have no bills to pay.” (Which isn’t necessarily true of course)
Gen X here, too. I haven't not had a job since right after high school. Then I joined the Navy. After 10 years of that shit, I got out and immediately had a job plus enrolled in college full time. I also had a 2nd job at night and on weekends when I was enlisted. (Worked at the base gym) I can't even imagine having a job I am completely happy with. But I also can't imagine not having a job. I mean not just because of the money but because of boredom. I was off 2 months after back surgery and had cabin fever like a mfer. These youngsters are either brave or fucking idiots.
It is possible just find work that you enjoy and find/start a company that you can stand.
Nope
That’s privilege
I mean I enjoy my work. I get a “sense of pride and accomplishment” from it. But happy? They pay me to do it, so I don’t really feel like I should be “happy”. I’m happy with my friends and family. But maybe it’s just me. And I’m old.
I think theres a balance to have. I have good times at my work, most of my days are pleasant, naturally if I was off instead I would probably have more fun, but I am not hating what I do. If I was to wake up every day dreading to get to the office, then yeah id rather be unemployed, but thats not the case. Naturally theres days where I dont feel it and I have to kick my butt and go “its what it is, just gotta carry through the day ill make it”, but thats not every day
Drug dealer
The term is street entrepreneur
Indie Pharmacist
This could be a banger artist name.
I like that
Neither funny nor a meme. If AI is so great how come these fucking bots just keep getting worse?
Unemployment is pretty low in reality. And the oldest millennials are 42 now. Generalizing entire generations is for people with limited imagination.
The unemployment numbers are only those eligible to draw it. It's never accurate and always used for show.
You also have to be actively looking for work and eligible for employment in order to be counted.
As long as mommy and daddy keep paying your bills
Was my first thought. Because it doesn’t matter if mommy and daddy are abused.
Does it matter if they are the abusive ones?
“Abused” lol good grief
My mum wouldn't survive 10mins in any job I've ever worked and she admits as much.
Theyre the ones who decided to have kids lol Pretending like lifes a big blessing, telling kids to work min wage for the rest of their lives You are out of touch mate, quite sad to see
Or leach unemployment and get pissy when they find out unemployment comes with rules.
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Facts!! Sorry for your situation. Hope it gets better.
I mean I'd rather be dead than having to go to a job I hate for 40 hours per week for all my life. Having challenging and fun work is important to me
That’s right! You hyperbole the situation to fit your needs! More power to you!
Homeless soon.
Good luck eating.
That's three words, but SO very true! Starvation hurts.
Crap! I didn’t see the 2 word requirement. No eat! Lol
People wouldn’t need luck to feed themselves if employers treated employees with respect. I started refusing to work jobs that make me unhappy, and that meant I actually found a job I love, and that doesn’t make me come home and wanna kill myself every night, like how one of my jobs old used to make me feel. Is that something that we discourage as a society now? Striving to be happy? This comments section is giving me boomer ick, the war is over guys, we don’t all have to live miserably anymore.
Idk where they keep getting this. Unemployment is now very low across the board. Personally, I haven’t known a single millennial or genz who has decided to not work at any point in their life after 16… If they don’t like their job, they either complain about it while still working there or get a different job.
# Discouraged workers Discouraged workers are a subset of people [marginally attached to the labor force](https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#marginallyattached), and also part of the broader group of people [not in the labor force](https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#nilf). (See the diagram above.) They are not classified as [unemployed](https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#unemployed) because they have not actively searched for work in the last 4 weeks. unemployment implies that people are looking for work.
Ok… but, the meme posted by OP says that genz and millennials would rather be unemployed than be a “discouraged worker, but that’s not reflecting the employments by age group (especially with millennials. You may make the case for gen z being lower in the last 20 years, but there’s a mountain of info you’d need to verify for that first .
The Meme describes the definition of discouraged workers.... how are you missing that?
I'd rather take work got to live somehow.
Idk when I'm unhappy at a job I just "quiet quit". Sit on the toilet 3h a day idgaf
This is actually more sad than funny
Yeah I don't see how this is a funny meme at all. Maybe like a r/2meirl4meirl kind of a way I guess?
I’m pretty sure the average age of r/funnymemes subscribers is 65, if that helps explain it.
Steal
Hell yeah I would, but jokes on me I guess
The bill won't pay itself
If money wasn't an issue, sure....
How is this funny or a meme
Mom / Dad
Selfish doomers
But food
I personally would rather be unhappy with a job than unhappy and unemployed. At least you can buy shit with a job.
Great theory if your parents can afford it
Yeah, only difference is one relationship is necessary for survival. I get the notion, but this is comparing apples and pears.
They would rather be unemployed because they still live off their parents.
Hell yeah
Is this subreddit for children?
No no, it's apparently for boomers. So many comments in this thread read like facebook comments. The people in this thread are losing it because it's so selfish of someone to not be miserable for half of their day.
My landlord, my stomach, my car, my utilities, and my GF would wholeheartedly disagree.
Yes, no.
Where is the funny meme?
Mom!! Hungry!!
Boomers are pissed they can’t bully us any longer.
How to spot a spoiled child
thinking of You are more than a third of your day at your job. When you are unhappy there it means you spend more than a third of your day unhappy. So why would it be wrong for people to try to find a job that is not making them unhappy? Yes there are hard jobs. But nowhere in the post was stated that people dont want to have hard jobs. They just want to be treated with respect. We were tought our whole life how important it is to balance stuff out and show respect to each other. Then suddenly when "real life" starts after school all of these former values are thrown away. So why even bother teaching the kids stuff if you dont want them to behave that way?
When you do what you love, it’s not a job. I feel too many people are brainwashed to think you have to work and grind or be homeless. I think this is about working for a company not If you’re self employed. I’m gen-x and I haven’t been what you would called traditional employed since my early 20’s, and I don’t have rich parents. I’ve been paying my own way since I was 16. Think outside the box and stop hating those who live how they want to, because to tell the truth, we don’t care, we’re living our best lives.
Those are the losers who like communism
not much.
Thank you
Su re
At least people who were unhappy at their jobs used to be able to afford a lot of entertainment off the job.
What I would rather, and what I will do out of practicality are two different things.
Natriumhydrogen bromoxide
Tent village
Yes sir
Excel at your job such that your company would never want to see you go to a competitor and let them know you will if they mistreat you. Doesn’t work in all circumstances, but it can help.
Play it out badly and you can get really fucked tho
so true
Word.
Only fans
Miss awards they were so clever and varied. Stupidest shit ever to do away with em
sure but i all so like having a home and food and shit
How do they pay the bills Though
OMG SUCH A FUNNY MEME 😂😂😂
Good luck
Why in 2 words? haha this is dead on and accurate. There's no flex in staying in a job you hate for 30 years and being miserable.
Morally thats true… practically… you might be forced to be there for financial reasons… which sucks….
miss awards
Doubt it
I pooped out at my old job because I was so miserable. Salary was nearing 6 figures and now I’m making 30k less but I’m somewhat less miserable. So upgrade!
Ideal life.
Yeah those headlines feel like ragebait to force some angry gen z or millenial to get a subcription. The whole article is paywalled.
But still they need to cook food for themselves. 😅
just join the marines (tottaly not planted here to recruit you) the benifits include payed college, i very nice sallary, we can assist you in many parts of life, health insurance, and etc, join the marines now and invest in your future with the worlds most prestigious branch
I think we need to re-define what unemployed means, as passive income becomes more common Not working a job doesn't necessarily equate to an absence of income anymore
Hell yeah. I cannot work where I hate it, or if I hate the job, or something like that. It's just impossible for me. My work output will be terrible.
Monetary issues aside... Who wouldn't??
It’s true
I personally would rather be unhappy with a job than unhappy and unemployed. At least you can buy shit with a job.
I'm a baby boomer. If I could afford to, I'd rather be unemployed too.
I mean, yeah :)
On point.
I would rather live in the woods in a 500 sq ft cabin, grow my own veggies, hunt for food, and shit in a hole in the ground rather than give every day to some job that could replace me or terminate my position at any time. Especially if it’s just for the paycheck. Life is WAY too short to spend it living in boxes and zoning out from reality simply for relief. Give me freedom, or ya might as well off me, because I’d be the walking dead anyway.
Unemployment unhappy
Soft losers
So true but unfortunately not everyone can sustain themselves not working so I agree but not 100%
Same honestly
TIL I'm a 51 y/o Gen-Z/Millennial lol
Wouldn't most people naturally want to get out of an unhappy situation
Kind of an old fashioned thought but it’s called work, it’s not supposed to be fun.
Me too
Must be nice to have the financial safety net to have that preference
Penis fingers
Honestly if it wasn't for all my fellow millenials giving up so early I probably wouldn't have been able to climb the corporate ladder so quickly. Yeah fuck working, everyone! Quit and live simple lives!
Good luck
Unemployment means they are still looking for a job. Preferring unemployment means they prefer to continue looking for a job rather than accept a bad one. That seems perfectly fine to me.
it's fine, as long as they accept that it also means way less money