Men Don’t Want to Work 

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My wife worked in retail. Her job was very hard, and complicated. They put more work on her, and refused to give her a raise. So she walked out. They hired two people to replace her. The company could have saved money simply by giving her a raise. But they just had to play their games.

All I have seen - since birth (besides inflation) - is the displacement of the male role. 52 years.

When I retired at 61 1/2 in 2014, the attitude towards workers was, "your lucky to have a job, don't ask for a raise." Because of diminishing returns, me and many others, decided to retire early. We got a treat to watch our former, chiseler, employers have to pay people who could not do the job, a small fortune just to show up.

Men not working isn’t the problem. It’s the symptom.

Who wants to work for these CORPORATE predators?

Dan, you have the normal boomer outlook so it is understandable that you don't comprehend why these young men are checked out. As for defending this nation, why would they risk their life and limb when for the last few decades they have been told THEY are the problem? I served, as did men from every generation of my family going back but I would break my son's leg before I would allow him to go fight for the corrupt and evil people running this nation. You cannot treat people like garbage and then wonder why they don't want to kill themselves to support the system.

My two 18 year-old grandsons are now certified mechanics and work at a Cadillac dealer. Their mom made them work on lawns and snow shoveling at the age of 13 and save their money. At 17 they paid cash for their trucks, used, and they fixed them up to look new. Mom would not stand for anything less than a B in HS. Now they are making $1000 a week and investing their money. I'm proud of them.

Young men watched their parents have the same job for decades, a nice retirement , health benefits, and live a nice middle class life. They see that the chances of them having the same thing is almost impossible and that’s why they don’t want to play the game. This country is screwed

i was always accused of being lazy or 'not wanting to work' when i used to have jobs. But then a funny thing happened when i started my own business. As it turns out, I do want to work and I'm not lazy. I just have an allergy to middle managers and don't like being treated as a doormat for corporate crumbs.

Dan you cant compare to when you were young, america isnt the same today. People are tired of seeing their tax money being laundered to Ukraine. We dont want to be in debt for a 60k ev over-priced car. We refused to go along with a debt based society

I retired early because of all the DEI/antiwhite hostility in the American workplace.

I entered the workforce in the mid-80's and the job market of that era no longer exists. Most jobs today just plain suck!

Work don't want men. That's why the employers throw so many hoops in front of everybody all the time. What ever happened to entry level jobs?

A lot has changed since 20 year olds were buying homes in California, and Dan was using his land line to ask the “hot girl” to the malt shop. Men are walking away. The juice is no longer worth the squeeze.

Dan, on "Why are young men not working?", you answered your own question, when you mentioned, "Climbing the corporate ladder". That has become an extremely dehumanizing experience. No one wants any part of that, anymore---especially since it has become The Big Lie!

High unemployment for young men in society never ends well. Usually ends up in revolution.

Lots of people have given up on the "getting a job" process. Algorithms are screwing it all up. The days when you could fill out a paper application legibly, shake the managers hand, and start on Monday do not exist. People have hundreds of applications with resumes out....and hear nothing back....because the algorithm discards 99%.

Why work.. Don't blame them..people get punished by the government financially..I totally can relate and I am 56 ..I dropped out too

I truly don't blame people of all ages for not wanting to work anymore. As Americans we have been taught work work work work more more more and I think we are all just sick of it. We also know that time is running down and who wants to spend the last of their years making money for a government that gives it away or loses it? Just not worth it

Masculine Men are discriminated against in the workplace and the unskilled labor are paid the same as us men with a skillset.

You cannot expect kids that come from financially destitute people to produce good solid go getters. It’s not that simple anymore …. And yes the jobs suck. And you know it Dan

Dan, finding and keeping a job is a dumpster fire. It's no longer like it was when we were kids. Get off the "high horse" bud.

My neighbors son works on elevator repair . He is a high school graduate and mechanically inclined. It took him about a year to get into the trade union. He now makes $3,000 per week without overtime. He works for one of the theme parks in Orlando, Fl. He is 26 years old.

The only objective of parenting is to teach your child how to handle adversity, being ok with feeling uncomfortable and how to stand on their own two feet through both good and bad times. You must say “NO” to your child. Parenting is not being a friend,it is being a teacher. Tough love is necessary to do this.

20 years ago,, I was at a job interview, they were throwing out those corporate questions one of them was, why do you want to work for the company don't say money, 💰 so I politely stood up put out my hand to shake his said I believe this interview is over because this is Los Angeles and everybody I know has a job because they need the money we don't live for free. I don't live with my mom & Daddy thank you have a great day I walked out 🤡🌎

Got to be honest here Dan, I'm in my mid 50s, my sons are doing well, growing into adulthood and becoming men with good skills and worth ethics but my advice to them is to work around the system to avoid picking up the work load of these slackers.

Parents, and society, are reaping what they've raised and voted for over many years.

I never donate money to politicians. I work too hard for my money! but after the verdict. I donated my last 500 buck to the TRUMP campaign.

Question is why do so many people work jobs they hate and can't wait to retire in their 50's? Retired at 66 in 2020 after a long career in the bike industry. Worked at numerous bike shops before I hooked up with a wholesaler that treated me well and was actually fun. Most of our employees were avid cyclist, we'd go to bike rides and races together. We got commuter credits to ride our bikes into work and would get free breakfast once a month. The pay rate in the bike industry is typically pretty low but my employer paid a living wage. I am forever grateful.

Anyone else notice that laziness and stupidity go hand in hand most of the time?

I started working at 16.I was told I had to get my own place at 18.I didn’t have a drivers license until 19 because I was poor and had just enough money for my efficiency apartment .rode my bike or caught a bus and paid someone to pick me up at the bus stop for work.I’m old now but I struggled. I have a great retirement now from hard work

Guilting and shaming men no longer works.

I am working and I have for so many years, but I am getting to the point that one day I will walk away. Working now days is horrible.

Most families cannot come up with $500 cash for an emergency -

I got addicted to food at a very young age, working feeds my addiction

Time to stop blaming the kids and start blaming the parents that voted for the people who sent American Industry to foreign countries.

Guy starts off saying he bought his house at age 20 we already know u had a way easy life

I see both sides, sure some young people are lazy and ridiculous however when working 40 or 50 hours a week doesn't even cover basic bills because of this pathetic economic situation, I can see why people give up. My own household us earning more than we've ever earned but we're still worse off than when Trump was president.

Since young women don't want to be mothers and wives, divorce rates are through the roof, housing is expensive, cars are expensive, everything is expensive, what's the incentive to go to a hum drum job other than fear of being homeless and destitute.

I remember in the 70s, when job ads were in the classifieds of the newspaper, it was "please come by and speak to the manager." Now you don't get to talk to anybody that knows about the position the company is hiring for. Fill out an application online that then gets vetted by an algorithm, and then it gets further vetted by HR. Submitting an application online seems more like data harvesting, or to put your resume in some candidate pool for when they actually have an opening.

After 45 years of work I decided to retire. While doing my walk everyday I see both young men and women not doing anything with their lives.

No work ,no eating

Men want to work. The game is rigged and we are tired of it. Plain and simple.

There’s a phenomenon in Japan called “Hikikomori” where young people have completely withdraw from society and I think it’s coming to the US

Dan, how much was the price of a house when you bought it in your 20's? Did it cost 10 to 20 times a median annual household income back then? Do you see why today's young people gave up?

I'm a Surgical nurse who has put all 4 of my kids through college. They all work very hard, although one has taken a break to raise the kids until they are school aged. I remember going to college when I was 40 & lugging my Nursing, Chemistry, and, Pharmacology books to all their after school activities. They saw me going to Purdue, working & running a household, all at the same time. It was soon worth it. They have the same work ethic & all of them & their spouses are employed with good careers. I'm still working part time in Surgery, and have an Etsy jewelry store, and tending my garden. I just need a nice man, like yourself, who seems to be my mental twin. I live 90 minutes out of Chicago, in Indiana. If you're ever out this way, I make a great Quiche Lorraine and a nice Ribeye. PS.....I have a great credit score & no criminal record!

Most jobs in the construction field are piece work. After all the insurance. Tools , time , travel, there's really no money to be made. Minimum wage is only a dream. When you apply they only offer $10.00 a hour, if you had to live in our world for a week you would get off your high horse and offer solutions. We already know the problems.

Hey Dan, I haven't worked in 16 years, but my story is different. My family held a 37% stake in a bank we worked at for 85 years. Bank was in fine condition (good regulatory grades) until we had a hostile takeover effort. We approached the state banking dept about buying the majority, but we needed to pay out a dividend to afford the stock purchase (we had a high cap/asset ratio and distribution would have taken us down to the state avg, so not a problem). The senior-most officer there gave us the green light, but after borrowing a pile of money and buying the shares, the superintendent then reneged which put us in a Catch 22 we couldn't get out of. Found out later those in the hostile takeover effort had contributed $$$ to the governor's campaign, and of course the governor appointed that superintendent. So a perfectly healthy 97 yr old institution was sold over politics. I was fortunate to be able to retire early, but I regretted being done like that, and really didn't want to work to pay taxes to a corrupt state that took away our property. Just lied to us plain and simple.

When I was about 16, my father told me, "The world owes you a living. Now, get up off your ass and earn it." When I was 17, I worked on the weekends and during the summer at the small privately owned lumber yard, two blocks from the house. After getting paid I would buy a few 2x4's and carry them home. I built my downstairs bedroom. After buying my father's car, (he told me, "Nothing is free in this life. Somebody somewhere pays for it." I drove to a job in the next town. While working at the lumberyard, before they sold it, they had a flyer on homes they built. I took out one of the pages displaying a two-story home with a two-car garage I liked. I told myself, some day in the future I am going to buy a house that looks something like this. As the years passed, and life went on I always kept it. I am now 67. A 30-year veteran of the US Army. Surprisingly, I was going through a storage box this week, and once again found that flyer. The home I live in now is almost the same as what I said, at 17. At 17 the woman I wanted to live with in that house didn't happen, but we are still friends after 63 years, so I came close. IF you want something in life, work for it. It may take a while, but it can happen. I am 67 now, so it took 50 years. I wasn't even thinking about it when my wife and I bought this house. After adding a front 8'x40' front porch, it transitioned, unknowingly at the time, to look like what I wanted at 17.

ALSO THE TYPES OF JOBS THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE MUNDANE AND POINTLESS...START YOUR OWN BUSINESS SO YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO.

My food budget is less than $1 a day. I have a 25 pound bag of rice that I got from Costco. I fish every afternoon, and I eat fruits and vegetables from my own garden.

I'm almost 70.Been working over 50 years;now,I earn 12 bucks per hour cleaning rental properties and doing various odd jobs to get by!To me,any money is better than no money.I agree with one of the remarks you made....Meow!❤

I started working on my neighbor’s farm for $0.50/hr when I was 10 years old. I am 60 now… Still working… Now I’m a construction superintendent…

Did you ask the 1.1 million not with us anymore, the 4 million disabled and 27 million why many of them can’t work anymore. That’s the question.

It's a great time to be 'freshly retired' Dan. Enjoy everyday without the stress of constant struggle daily/monthly. There so much turmoil going through young people's brains, it's too bad.

I worked in the hotel industry for years and had a coworker from Laos 🇱🇦 who spoke almost no english came over as a refugee on a boat. Fast forward to now 😊 has 3 houses a restaurant and still is working at the hotel in his 60's! Two college educated hard working successful children in the wotk force! The guy was no fun to work with but I tremendously respect his success and accomplishments!

Nearly 50 years ago. US Army. A person was supposed to be physically fit and a high school graduate, but the standard was not always followed. I was shocked at how many men had not been up and ready to work at 7 a.m., had never made a bed, never cooked a meal, never shot a gun, never camped out. We had films on how to brush your teeth, etc. Years later, I spoke to member of the nursing school staff at a major university who said that the female nursing students were even worse. They had to be taught how to wipe themselves so that they did not get infected. So, this is nothing new. There is the 40 year plus student on the block who doesn't work and the student in his mid twenties who never held a job and never had a date. Dan applies his cultural values to the situation. They are protestant middle class values. Not everyone lives that way in the world. However, let us assume that you do and I, as well. So let's throw stones at people who don't want to work. Questions: 1. Do you have a closet full of shoes/clothing that are torn, ripped or the wrong size? Well, it is clear that you don't want to work. 2. Do you have a written estate plan that includes a trust, will and health care powers? 90% of the people don't. Well, it is clear that you don't want to work. One day, my elementary school son complained to me. He thought it was unfair that I paid for his meals at school. He went onto expand. I would come and pay to eat breakfast with the kids and no other parent did so. Mothers never came and they did not work and he had no mother. The other kids had money and would throw away their free meal tickets and buy candy. I told him not to worry about unfairness and to concentrate on what he was doing. So, he bought candy by the case and sold it at school. Almost 40 years later, he sells candy on the internet too.

Those aren't "men", Dan. Men want to work.

Way too many betas and very few alphas.

Dan you lived in a different age. Its over now. The great Decline.

Lowering interest rate so people can get into more debt isn’t the answer, the system has been on life support since we went off the gold standard in 73, the current system is done, its been gamed to death, we are in for rough times.

A young man or woman can't grow if mommy and daddy are always there holding their hand.

Since the GFC of 2008 what part of the banking system was allowed to completely fail, go through bankruptcy court and come out with proper financial resolution? Answer: NONE.

Hi Dan, oh my, this is so spot on. My husband is a CPA and owns three practices. The team consists of seven women, and three men. I said many years ago, that women need to stay home and take care of the children, the home, and her spouse. Unless the woman is a single parent and must work. When women started working outside of the home divorce rates went up, crime went up with minors, and the family home became broken. I asked myself, is it low testosterone? Is it because of laziness? Is it because the women are getting most of the jobs or because they are the only ones applying? Whatever it is, family is truly becoming non-existent. I was fortunate, my husband worked, and I stayed home and raised our children, took care of him, and our home. I wish those days would come back. God Bless.

It is tougher today. The cost of everything is higher. Your second story confirms it.

As someone who watches business, but works in education: I can say that 4,999,000 of those 5,000,000 men want to work, contribute, be appreciated, love, play....

Glad you addressed it, not only don’t young men want to work but imagine young men and women having to go through basic training in the military,

Wisdom says, “he who does not want to work, don’t let him eat” ..

Dan, The comments here are truly frightening. The USA is dividing into two camps .... Americans and democrats ... and Americans can not continue to carry the dead weight of the democrats.

These millions of young men not working, are they all Jeff Lebowskis? "The Dudes Abide!"

Yup! I have two nephews who can never find a job. Ages 22 and 25. I started working at age 14. Still working at 69. What the hell?

Take away the sofa, the food stamps, the cell phone and gaming, the free health care and the hand lotion and they will get to work!!

Don't work for 😂😂a clown 🤡 show in Washington DC 🤷🤷

Dan doesn't get it. Talks about buying his first house at age 20, implies that young men are lazy, etc. He just comes off as an out-of-touch Boomer. There's a reason why I don't watch his videos as much anymore.

im still working but new taxes, increaseing food costs and interest rates have me spinning my wheels

Jobs are not as prevalent as one would believe.... Companies have no money.... Debased currency ruins prospects....... There is a lot going on here.... You should know this

I can’t wait to retire. I’m still on my game but it’s just not worth it anymore. I’d rather skimp financially until social security and medicare kicks in. Big corporations are a joke. Always some repackaged culture initiative every time you get a new CEO. Non stop compliance training for common sense topics. DEI initiatives. ESG bullsh**t. Talking out both sides of their mouths. We love our employees but never get any raises and we lay you off the second there’s an opportunity to cut costs. We’ve got a generation of short term thinkers who have risen to the top. There are going to be lots of companies going out of business as the economy sours. The market always prevails. It’s going to be bloody.

I live in my parents basement. They don't want to live in the basement, but I do. This isn't fair. I should be living upstairs and them living in the basement. I'm frustrated because my mother didn't want to borrow me some money so I can get my medicational weed. I need weed because I have a lot of anxiety. I haven't smoked weed for two days now and I'm already having suicidal thoughts. I told this to my parents and they don't care.

I know a guy (aged 46, single) who quit his job in 2020 and is homeless since, all by his own choice. He has quite a good amount of cash savings, but he goes around looking for free food offered by various charities. He says he will only look for a job after this health crisis is over. But just recently, I have found out that he's still hanging around doing nothing, and not looking for any job. He's still going around looking for free food.

How can you be tired of it. Try working for 40 years then talk about being tired of it. This is what happens when you everything has been handed to you growing up.

Two nephews. One has a full-time job and two part time job to get to where he wants to be. His older brother gets a job when he has to to eat, working crap jobs for a while, living with friends until they throw him out for not paying his part of the rent. I don’t understand it.

In canada it’s the taxation that’s killing the desire to work hard. Top tax rate 54%,on income over 150000 US dollars then there’s 15% sales tax let alone 3% property tax, carbon taxes etc etc

"I always was a man to work, I was born working, & I worked my way up, I ain't never got nowhere, but I got there by hard work." Woody Guthire

I’m 40 Married with a 9 year old I have never had a job on paper in my life. But I have logged a lotta miles on this old chassis. My mother was a hippie and my father was a union welder who worked for 50 years and never really made much. They told me young to stay outside the system.

I find it amazing the number of yachts in the background. The average man doesn't want to work because the club at the top are hoarding all the profits.

Dan , I am 70 and operate my own eBay business 7 days a week for 12 hours a day. I have not taken a vacation in 13 years. I have to make $40k profit to pay my taxes and obligations.

Did you know Mercedes-Benz Canada was hacked today? Went to get my car fixed. The battery was dead. It was less than two years old, but they wouldn’t do anything for me due to the fact they had been hacked.

Wages low well below poverty lone. Everything's more expensive, Employers more demanding

Our congress has no idea how we Americans are feeling, we individuals are fed up with this treasonous administration. I feel for people with disabilities for not getting the help they deserve... Thank you Kathy Shay.. imagine i invested $4,000 and received $6,550 in 4days.

Why would a young man want to work in this country. Management and administrators have deemed themselves as essential and workers as expendable.

Decades of government and the private consumer over spending rather than investing has consequences!

Men have figure out if I do not get married I do not have to work 40 to 60 hours week buy a house and lose it all after a divorce. A lot a have discovered if I stay single I can work part time and live simple I can get buy.

Los Angeles Public School High School Graduate: "Read me what my diploma says, Daddy."

I am retiring just in time to die..

I think a lot of people men and women both that have given up on life. I started working for myself at 13... my brother started at 10 doing lawns clean up... we grew up in a family that had a lot of financial challenges my Dad was disabled my Mom worked two jobs and took in sewing. It wasnt easy but we did it. Working for yourself is the best way to earn a living. You control your business and your life...Want raise, work it out to make more money. You answer to yourself in the end. This mindset is taught. kids who give up have give up parents. Its simple... Now at retirement age I run a trucking company with drivers ect. Why so my husband is employed without corporate bs and I am employed without corporate bs. Your kids will never be motivated if you are not motivated. You are not free if you work for someone else... love your show Dan keep spreading the word about small business and the owner opportunities out there😊

The normalcy bias and stupidity of people is legendary. It's IMPOSSIBLE for our economy not to collapse. No one has a reasonable arquement to say otherwise. Yet, how many have truly prepared?

Almost everybody have to do their time unless you were born with a silver spoon. Life is tough.

Some are tired of working like dogs for a worthless dollar. There are some who don't want to deal with jab or job policy ( Me ). I had a situation just like that Dan . I am 55 now I was fired 2yrs.ago for not taking the jab to keep my job. I know some that are going through the same thing. The economy is going down it is hanging by a thread now. The new system coming in will be ( evolutionary) Gold back system soon to come. Weather people like it or not. Those people that are currently not working will then be working.

Why work hard to buy a home,get married, have kids,and pay taxes. For the government or a bitter ex wife to take it all away. Men are tired of being slaves.