u/Primary_Avocado_5273

I'm capped at making less than $20/hour personally. Given inflation, it's only a matter of time until gas prices exceed that. As it stands, I wouldn't be working this job if I had to drive there. It wouldn't make financial sense. But in the future? Oh gosh.

Is it worth it to work the job? It's not as if I'm gaining any skills there. And I can't get any other job. No reason to go back to college either; it'll just be a repeat of the same old.

Wages haven't truly kept up with cost of living, not for a long time. The version of capitalism that acted as a rising tide to lift all boats is long gone. The next generation isn't needed in the workforce.

I'm capped at making less than $20/hour personally. Given inflation, it's only a matter of time until gas prices exceed that. As it stands, I wouldn't be working this job if I had to drive there. It wouldn't make financial sense. But in the future? Oh gosh.

Is it worth it to work the job? It's not as if I'm gaining any skills there. And I can't get any other job. No reason to go back to college either; it'll just be a repeat of the same old.

Wages haven't truly kept up with cost of living, not for a long time. The version of capitalism that acted as a rising tide to lift all boats is long gone. The next generation isn't needed in the workforce.

I had a year left. With the current job market, it was a good decision. I've just been at a warehouse part time ever since moving packages around. Sad.

It used to be "get paid a somewhat low salary to learn on the job." Now it's "take out loans to get a degree in the hopes you get a job after". Soon it's going to be "just pay me for a job bro".

Is the next generation not required to enter the workforce?

It used to be "get paid a somewhat low salary to learn on the job." Now it's "take out loans to get a degree in the hopes you get a job after". Soon it's going to be "just pay me for a job bro".

Is the next generation not required to enter the workforce?

I was majoring in computer science. I dropped out in 2024 seeing where the industry was headed. I wasn't able to have any internship experience by the end of my third year, so it was a lost cause to begin with.

Ever since then, I've been working at a warehouse to pay off my student loans. Once they were done I switched to 12-15 hours a week just to pay for food. I'm living with my parents. It's not particularly worth it to work there for more.

I don't know what to do with my life. College will be a mistake if I go back. It won't "increase my earnings potential" when I can't get any job above $20/hour. I might as well have majored in sociology or philosophy

I'm a comp sci dropout. I was supposed to graduate this year lol. I dropped out in 2024 when my third year ended and I still had no internships to my name. It was a lost cause, I would've been more and more lost on the sauce if I finished the last year. It's not that the degree was too difficult, I just didn't see any reason to continue paying for a useless degree. I shouldn't have paid for a single year really. Looking at the job market now, it was a good decision.

I have no skills outside of that, so I can't get a job anymore.

It's been a year since. I've just been working for an Amazon warehouse, with their flex shifts. It lets me pick 4-5 hour long shifts for whenever I want to do them. I just move packages around. No skills there. I can walk there, thankfully. If I had to get a car I would've just stayed unemployed. I still am, honestly. After I paid off my student loans, I generally just work 12-15 hours a week to cover my food/phone bill for my parents. It doesn't pay enough for rent, so I don't see reason to go full time.

There's no reason to save in this economy. It won't get me anywhere. Home prices, essential prices increase faster than my potential savings rate. Sure, one day my parents won't be around. I won't be around for much longer after they leave however.

In my free time I've taken up scrapbooking and playing with dolls lol. I know, childish. I don't have any close friends, so I just pretend they talk to me when I'm bored.

The world doesn't need me, it looks like. My parents should be around for another 30-35 years. I'm not sure what to do for those decades. The dolls' soulless eyes remind me of what my life is now every time I peer into them.

Hopefully Amazon doesn't automate their warehouse jobs by then? It certainly will be a while after they automate their corporate/technical jobs.

I'm going to die of boredom by 30 if nothing changes, I think. This is sad.

Tldr; I'm joining the Chinese "lying flat" movement after seeing hard work won't pay off. Why try when you've already failed, as they say.