https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/gen-z-grad-two-degrees-breaks-down-tears-minimum-wage-employers-resume-in-person/

“I was so upset and disappointed in myself because growing up, I was told that if I get an education, if I go to college, then I’ll be successful,” Santos told Business Insider—and she’s not the first Gen Zer to complain about feeling tricked into pursuing further education.

Just last month, 27-year-old Robbie Scott similarly went viral on TikTok for insisting that Gen Z isn’t any less willing to work than generations before. Instead, he said, they are “getting angry and entitled and whiny” about the prospect of having to work hard for the rest of their adult life, only to “get nothing in return.”

    • Grandpa_garbagio [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      Minimum wage jobs can be high in demand depending on the state minimum. Not saying it's enough, but if it's enough to pay your share of the rent people go for it. In under $12 minimum states less so

    • qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one
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      9 months ago

      Minimum wage jobs that her degrees might give her an advantage as a job candidate, or random minimum wage jobs? The parent comment to mine kind of nailed it that some minimum wage jobs might not care about the degrees, especially if they are irrelevant to the job she is applying to.

      • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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        9 months ago

        I'm going to just assume that she applied to jobs that were applicable to her degree first and began applying for other positions after it started looking bleak. I remember applying for entry level state jobs years ago after getting a 99% on the entrance exam and sending out a few hundred applications, never got a reply.