Why Gen Z and Millennials Are Quitting Their Jobs 

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If millennials didn't change jobs every couple of years, they'd end up making something like half as much. The boomer way of sticking with the same job for 40 years is gone because employers think they can get away with skimping on raises even though they'd pay more to hire a new person.

I saw my dad pursue the "stability" route. He was "laid-off" probably 20 times. Now he & my mom are divorced and neither can afford to even come close to retirement. Not for me, no thank you. I feel absolutely ZERO loyalty for an employer beyond doing the job I'm paid to do. And don't even get me started on their "diversity" programs. I want to do a job (preferably remotely, if possible), and leave and live my own life. My job is not my family. My job is not my religion. My job is not my community. My co-workers are not my friends. My job is not a political outlet. My job is MY JOB. End of rant.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with quitting a job and trying to find one you like more.

We are all quitting because Dave had encouraged us to get better paying jobs and oay off these darn student loans!

Nothing wrong with changing jobs to find something better. Most corporations won't show you any loyalty no matter how long you work there; you don't owe them any better.

When you have a company that tells you " in here, we are all family" ... Run away. 😆

2020 taught me one thing. I owe no loyalty to a job. They will cut me in a heartbeat despite being there for 20+ years if the going gets tough.

Ken is missing the fact that it doesnt matter if you telework or not, if the company can offshore your job they will.

I'm a software engineer who's been working full time from home for nearly a decade. My company also has development teams in India that cost 25 cents on the dollar vs onshore developers. We have to rewrite most of the code that gets churned out by the India teams due to poor quality. Overseas might be cheaper, but you get what you pay for.

Why are y’all focusing on people “quiet quitting” when hundreds of thousands of people have been quietly laid off by these major companies. These companies don’t value their workers and the younger generation is fully aware of it. No point in staying where you’re not valued 🤷‍♀️

Part of what kept our parents and grandparents around for decades was promise of a pension at the end. With those becoming increasingly rare, there's less motivation of making your career at one company.

Low pay, leave for someone who will pay.

Many millennials are changing jobs right now because of remote work and increased flexibility. Pay is a factor but flexibility is bigger. If you have a young family and want to buy a house, the neighborhoods and suburbs near corporate locations are no longer affordable. So people end up moving further and further outside metro areas to find affordable housing. As a result, workplace flexibility or outright remote work become a must. Commutes are not what they used to be because housing prices are ridiculous. That’s the story, not just salary.

With the cost of living I'm not surprised they are quitting their jobs. Back in my days when I started working late 80s, it was kind of frowned upon if you quit jobs regularly. The boomers would think you're an idiot. However it's called moving on to greener pastures. These gen z and millenial generations don't tolerate staying in a job for life and being miserable.

If we really need electricians and carpenters SOOOOO BAAAAAD then Ramsey and his podcast buddies can go work those jobs and stop telling younger people to go work jobs they clearly aren’t interested in doing. The biggest problem with work these days is leadership and pay. Toxic leaders and low pay do not make younger people feel inspired to help build and strengthen their country, just makes us not care as much.

Excessive micromanagement, low compensation, poor leadership/no loyalty, I can see why the modern corporate workplace is such a mess

Companies that outsource jobs should get taxed to the highest extent if your in America you have to pay to play in America

just tried of working long hr's and being paid bread crumbs, lets face it $20/hr is not a living wage anymore..... plus opportunities are way more limited these days

I'll tell you why I struggle with jobs. They expect way too much for too little compensation. At least here in the UK. I'm a hard worker but it honestly feels like you get abused if you are. Ever been so good at your job you get to do everyone else's, essentially

Boomer just quit my job, ok, I retired early. Debt free and living on investments.

My mom worked for and retired from one of the largest health insurance companies. 20 years ago they closed the office and sent everyone home to telework before it was really a thing. Nobody's pay was cut nor offshored. I understand being aware of what they're stating, but I'm not a fan of the fear mongering going on.

For me the biggest reason (or at least one) is that people treat you like absolute garbage and expect your absolute, undying loyalty (i.e. 24/7/365 availability notwithstanding your health or your family's) even though they only pay you minimum wage or slightly more. For example my son was just born and I needed a month off of work because my wife had a C section and we don't have anyone to turn to in our city, but they only gave me a week and even then my boss asked if I could come in for a day or two during that week. It's stressful, it's exhausting, and we don't want to deal with that for 30+ years

A huge factor is that companies are only hiring part-time help so they don’t have to pay for health insurance. At those same companies, there are executives making millions. Make it make sense.

I love how this toxic advice is covered up with morality. Work is more than a paycheck! While I do agree that you should find a job that you enjoy doing that gives you purpose beyond just the money AND you should consider that when switching, I think we all know that people would not do most jobs for free. A persons time is the most valuable thing we have and no one should work for an employer who is underpaying you for your time long term even if it’s for a job you love. Most people also have to leave to get a promotion as those are hard to get in house. All that to say please stop punching down on people who are trying to find a better job. If more jobs were palatable from the standpoint of nontoxic culture, good managers, decent compensation, and growth prospects then no one would have to leave.

The same people who say take self-responsibility and pull yourself up by the bootstraps, are saying that all their problems are other peoples fault. It cant get any better than this.

Agree with him about the trades. I think it can be encouraged in high school.

Noone wants to work....But companies are laying off by the thousands?? 🧐

Yes absolutely agree. My mom is a retired nurse and she always told me to take a skilled labor job that a computer could not do! I tell you the truth, I worked as a tech in the hospital and made nearly 70k. I later decided to go back to school and earned an MA In Teaching, and geez I did better working in the hospital.

There’s no loyalty from company to worker anymore so best wishes to individuals who put their careers first.

In my area plumbing, welding, mechanic companies charge $150 plus an hour yet complain they can't fill the positions for $12 an hour. Some other employers complain they can't find minimum wage part time workers on 24 hr call when gas cost the worker more to do that job. That's reality. Inflation is a major factor as well as overseas outsourcing.

Out of sight out of mind isn’t going to change things. If you work for a big Corp but your office has 50 people, they won’t hesitate to shut it down and give your job to a remote worker across the world if they are able. The idea that being in a physical office will secure your position is nothing more than wishful thinking.

Quitting?! There are thousands of layoffs coming in the tech industry. This is the first time some of these young people will ever face losing a job.

As a Millennial I'm glad the next generation is getting picked on as hard as my generation did.

Poor leadership and compensation are a major blow to good work ethic. When you realize how much time, effort, energy and how much of yourself you've invested in a boss who would stab you in the back in a heartbeat. How do I reclaim my drive and motivation to excel when it's never acknowledged?

Everyone, including these guys, always talks about how we need more people to go into the trades but no one wants to actually do it themselves. They just tell other people that it's a good idea if they do it. Fact is, no one wants to crawl around on their hands and knees for a job. That's why no one is going into the trades anymore.

The big difference is that a “boomer “ I had a pension as a motivational reason to stay put. Now that I am collecting that pension I to can move around. It’s really refreshing.

Dave Ramsey, "Hey, somebody has to do the loser jobs. Just not me."

lol loved the olive garden comment which Ken completely missed but was pretty funny :)

Years ago, part of the work ethic was “We work to keep your family alive and stay free.” Today, work is more about self-gratification than simply surviving. I’m a Gen-Xer, and the whole reason I work is so I can have a nice retirement.

As someone that worked in finance and handled monthly closeouts for a division. I've seen outsourced departments that were less productive the majority of the time when compared to an efficient department ran here stateside. Add that to all the additional cost in the other country that companies don't take into account like taxes, energy, fuel, customs fees, shipping, turnover, lower quality of products/service, etc. Outsourcing works fine for clothing/apparel, and cheap products. However I hate calling customer service that is outsourced to another country. They usually have limited power to assist the customer, and you often times feel like the company doesn't care about your issue.

Work is still about survival. If you love your job that IS great, but it's much better if your job meets the needs of your family.

Gen Z & Millennials know their worth and are a blessing to break the mundane working cycle

The outsourcing to India for cheaper labor started long before hybrid / remote work arrangements became more mainstream.

There is purpose for work: to earn money to pay bills. The real reason why younger people change jobs regularly is to make more money. It's a fact that people who regularly switch jobs make TWICE AS MUCH as those who remain loyal to their employers. It would be a mistake to call them flaky, flighty, or stupid. I totally respect where they're coming from.

Seeing Ken have confidence and speaking up when Dave’s not around is interesting 🤔 If Dave was there he would barely let Ken finish a sentence 😅

George - you do a great job giving advice. Dave would approve.

I wish I had my old job. Made twice as much. Didn't get the jab so now I work at a miserable office making half of what I use to make instead of helping take care of people. It's not fun.

Gen Z “I’m going to take a year off to find myself” Gen X “Get back to work”

I'm planning on quitting my job this year. My main reason is that I want to relocate to a different state. But I'm not leaving my current job till I have a replacement job.

Moving is the best thing you can do if you want to make money. I got a full time remote job while in college and was able to swap after a year for a 50% raise

No college for thee, but certainly for me. I've found that most, if not almost all parents suggesting to people the value of technical schools don't have their own kids go that route. Why not?

“We’re like Olive Garden here.” 😂

I don’t think people quit their “jobs”. They are usually just firing management. Most people get another job in the same field of work.

Personal opinion, not data driven: younger millennials and gen z have been raised by social media companies as activists. The reason that they are searching for companies to align with their values is because they have been indoctrinated with the religion of political activism.

I think members of every generation want to have purpose in their work. It’s good this generation can have that option. When I entered the work force jobs were hard to find and my passions were not going to pay the bills.

My job in TN(Check into Cash) was bought out by another company. They told us six months ago. We had nothing to worry about, they are not laying people off. Today we had a video chat meeting. We was all laid off immediately. The company is Community Choice Financial. Of Coarse they expected a 2 week Notice, if we quit, but fire us immediately.

What Gen Z is missing is the trades is exactly the kind of work that you make a connection with. I work in the trades and I've never had a more fulfilling career. The opportunities for career advancement are much higher when there's less competition also.

Thank you for sharing this.

Meh, I disagree with Ken on so many levels here. First of all, US companies offshored jobs such as those in manufacturing where you couldn't even work remotely even if you wanted to. A company can have an amazing mission and a culture that you agree with and still fail to pay you well, in which case you are better off finding another opportunity. If employers cared about your loyalty that much, getting interviews and switching jobs for more pay would be much more difficult today.

I am a mechanical designer. Our company has been looking for another designer to join our team but we can't seem to find a good candidate for several months now. I keep getting offers to jump ship and work for a new company for like 30% more in salary. I love working here, but it's tempting!

Ken would love for YOU to fill some of those blue collar jobs.

Offshoring jobs will only work for a lucky few companies or industries.

I am 30 years old and done everything agro work, building work, factory work and office job.And let me tell you. Who wants to do body work for minimum wage for 40 years old insted of being in the office with a/c or working from home and don't even wake up early to go to the job and pay fuel...

In my area skilled trades people are not highly respected. In fact, it’s the exact opposite. That’s why I quit being a Machinist and took a job as a General Laborer. I am treated much better than I ever was as a Machinist. Sadly I have to say that abandoning the skilled trades several years ago has been a great decision.

Ken Coleman sounds like that surf dude, "Surf's up dude! Sweet moves man!"

Hey, Ken, I’m same generation as George and I’ve played musical chairs 🤣🤣🤣

You have to leave if you can’t afford $9 for eggs

If employers could offshore a job without deleterious consequences to their company, they would do it regardless of how much more prevalent remote work is becoming. From what I’ve seen, remote jobs still require you to live within a reasonable commute so that when issues arise that require in person interaction it’s possible to do that without expensive flights/travel.

The boomer mindset of sticking with a job for 40 years is ancient. This was at a time when pensions were a thing. Remember those? Now it's 401K's which arguably aren't nearly as good as pensions.

Facts . Not working for someone or doing something that makes me miserable

Totally agree with the remote work stuff. Thankful my field can't be done remotely. I love it, and interacting with actual people

If they wanted carpenters they should not have gotten rid of shop class

The remote work comment is invalid. Remote work has been possible for a long time. If there was ever a consideration to off-shore a job, then it would have been done a long time ago. Coming from someone who works in IT, remote solutions (VPN, cloud, mobile device management, etc.) have been available for over a decade. People could have worked from home more, but culturally that wasn't really considered. Time and time again, RS fails to give valid reason behind their remote work stance.

Capitalists when you complain about pay or your boss: Just find a new job Capitalists when you get a new job: Job hopping isnt good.

" It's about THEIR success , not YOUR status..." Powerful and true.

My bank already moved 90% of our risk management to India. It would have been 100%, but regulators require certain models to be U.S. based. Fun fact: We can’t keep our Indian workers past 18 months because they jump to new companies for better pay. It’s almost like clock work.

The younger generation job hops because we realize we're just assets being used to fullfil a specific function. So we treat jobs the same now a tool to be used and thrown away when it benefits us. We also have seen the older generation suffer for the loyalty they show with no real benefits for it.

I don't have loyalty for job that would so quickly lay me off anytime of their choosing, not rewarding and supporting good effort, and lying to me about promoting me for years and never doing it. My kids need to eat, and if I'm not being taken care of at home, I will go elsewhere.

This was a great video!

I am in a job that's horrible. The supervisors aren't organized. The tools to do a good job isn't there.. The supervisors run you ragged. Do not get breaks.

The trades are paying low. I see lot of job where they are asking for like ten years experience. But calling you "entry level". And paying minimum wage. If you pay, people will apply.

Why should workers show any loyalty to companies that will fire them the instant it is profitable to do so?

Maybe we’d have more people in trades if they were more reasonable with their expectations. How does an ENTRY level position require 4+ years experience

The thing that kept a lot of older generations at jobs were the lack of opportunity and the philosophy of responsibility over fun and happiness. Their is a balance in that balance but now younger generations have so much opportunity and have only grown up doing what they want to do so the idea of doing domething they don't want to is unthinkable.

It's hard to find carpenters when they don't teach it in schools anymore. In California, they took billions of dollars from the school system, cutting out electives such as metal, woodshop, mechanics. Music was still around when my son was growing up but only because parents donated a lot of money to keep it going. so now you have graduates who can use a computer but doesn't know how to build one

Why are they so anti-Work from home?? lol…. If they are going to off shore your job, they can do that even if you are in office! if they can save half your salary, who cares if you’re coming into office?! you’re just consuming all their coffee and depreciating office furniture anyway.

The only job worth staying is if you own the company and even then you might want to sell it other than that these places don’t give two sh*ts about you. Do whatever is best for you and btw no two weeks notice required ask yourself would they do the same if they fired you?

Also, if plumbing is such a great profession, why didn’t Dave Ramsey, Elon Musk, and Steve Jobs work and stay there for 30+ years???

Remote workers are at great risk. I have trained some very good engineers who live in India and they are every bit as good as the US based engineers.

I 100% agree with the topic regarding to remote work...

0:57 "It's like the Olive Garden, Ken" 😂

I’m pretty sure if your company can send your job to India so someone can do it for half the pay, they will do it. Sitting in a corporate cubicle won’t save you.

Bro, George is effortlessly funny

The trades are not paying good wadges I went to school for heating and air Conditioning the starting pay is 12 per hour. I making 24 driving a water truck and home everyday and over time after 40 hours.

If it's not YOUR COMPANY then you're not valuable. It's not your money it's their money.

Offshoring has been going on in the IT industry for decades. It's real and it is happening now. They aren't studying it, the companies are DOING it. I'm in IT, my hubby is in IT... his job (remote) was offshored and his career derailed in his 40s. He never recovered in that career.

I think that linkedin study is a tad biased. People that active on Linkedin are more likely to be looking for new jobs-- since it is essentially a job search/networking website.

Even when you work somewhere for multiple years nowadays you’re not getting the same raises you typically would. Add that with the fact that you can get a job at target paying upwards of $20, but serious jobs that require degrees, experience, high stress and long hours may pay you $12 at most.

My close friend who's the father of 2 is trying to find a 5 bedroom house in Atlanta GA and its a nightmare. His 2 children are a boy and a girl, they are in high school so they cannot share a room. His mother was dying in the hospital of heart disease and she moved back in with her son because the company she worked 40 YEARS FOR was owned by a man who STOLE EVERYBODY'S PENSION, left, filed for bankruptcy and then died. Her and her coworkers couldn't sue anyone because there was nobody to sue, the money was gone, nobody to be held accountable. She didn't know that she was supposed to take steps to protect herself in case her boss STOLE THE ENTIRE COMPANY'S RETIREMENT. Because surely there were laws in place to protect someone like her? Some kind of insurance the government provides to keep working people safe? no, there was nothing. My friend works from home and needs a large office for his job. He now has to go from a 3-4 bedroom, possibly apartment, to a 5 bedroom ranch style home (for wheelchair access) that can support this giant family he's now saddled with because of the negligence of our country. And his children are *seeing* this, and they don't want to be involved in a system that deliberately neglects the needs of their family. He anticipates that they will have to live with him in order to survive here, but I wouldn't be surprised if they grew up and immediately left the country. Now that we have the information of the world on our fingertips, we know what the entire system *actually* looks like. We don't want to be mindlessly tricked into participating in a society that we can obviously see does not value us. We're not having babies, and we're not staying loyal to any job. Everything in this country is about money. Healthcare is about money. Shelter is about money. Mental health is about money. Relationships are about money. Being able to retire and be taken care of when I'm too feeble to function iS ABOUT MONEY. Money money money. You know what? We're playing along now. If you cant pay me better than the other guy, I quit. You go find a worker in India and I'll go find freedom.