Any 40+ unemployed?

[Patrece]

Imagine being unemployed 40+ with no career skills or prospects

[cd288]

Originally Posted by Patrece [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Imagine being unemployed 40+ with no career skills or prospects

Well it would certainly be educational and eye opening for us if you told us more about that life. I think it would help us to appreciate what we have if we here more about your life

[Encroaching Death]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well it would certainly be educational and eye opening for us if you told us more about that life. I think it would help us to appreciate what we have if we here more about your life

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[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Originally Posted by Patrece [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Imagine being unemployed 40+ with no career skills or prospects

OG here.


I'm fucking retired. Stop assuming "working in the money mines" is all that. It ain't.


You have to out think the system, not just stand on the side and laugh at people for not submitting to it, like you do.


Keep working, sucker. I did my time and got out early. I drive a Ford Taurus.

[Encroaching Death]

Originally Posted by Sadre Spinegnawer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

OG here.


I'm fucking retired. Stop assuming "working in the money mines" is all that. It ain't.


You have to out think the system, not just stand on the side and laugh at people for not submitting to it, like you do.


Keep working, sucker. I did my time and got out early. I drive a Ford Taurus.

Sure, but if you're over 40 and unemployed with no career or skills you're not exactly living a healthy life.

Being retired is not what he's talking about.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Originally Posted by Encroaching Death [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sure, but if you're over 40 and unemployed with no career or skills you're not exactly living a healthy life.

Being retired is not what he's talking about.

Yeah. I just want that to be out there though.



I have a cousin who has never worked. Just tapped the ol' trustfund and lives in Toronto. It's like talking to box of styrofoam peanuts. No energy. JUst static cling. And there isn't anything in the box except more peanuts, so go ahead, keep digging.

It really is styrofoam peanuts all the way down.

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Encroaching Death [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sure, but if you're over 40 and unemployed with no career or skills you're not exactly living a healthy life.

Being retired is not what he's talking about.

I don’t understand how I keep hearing about these labor shortages

Ok, I understand the why, people don’t think they are being paid enough for a particular job

But I still don’t understand the how. How are they making ends meet? Are they freeloading off their family? And when their family eventually dies then what? Complete catastrophe?

[Dolalin]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don’t understand how I keep hearing about these labor shortages

Ok, I understand the why, people don’t think they are being paid enough for a particular job

But I still don’t understand the how. How are they making ends meet? Are they freeloading off their family? And when their family eventually dies then what? Complete catastrophe?

From what I've been able to gather, here in the UK at least, these people are retiring early or going on long term sickness benefits, probably because of COVID.

[Encroaching Death]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don’t understand how I keep hearing about these labor shortages

Ok, I understand the why, people don’t think they are being paid enough for a particular job

But I still don’t understand the how. How are they making ends meet? Are they freeloading off their family? And when their family eventually dies then what? Complete catastrophe?

I don't get it either, I've worked atleast 40 hours/week since I was 14. I can't imagine how people live without having a job.

Restaurants seem to be desperate to find workers. Which is usually young people. Not sure if they're still living off unemployment benefits from Covid or what. Here in Florida, those benefits are fairly low though so it must be something else.

If I didn't have a job, my parents would have physically beat my ass until I did. God, I sound old.

I dunno, maybe parents are allowing their kids to leech off them more nowadays?

[cd288]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don’t understand how I keep hearing about these labor shortages

Ok, I understand the why, people don’t think they are being paid enough for a particular job

But I still don’t understand the how. How are they making ends meet? Are they freeloading off their family? And when their family eventually dies then what? Complete catastrophe?

The labor shortage isn’t because people are sitting around unemployed. It’s because they are finding better paying jobs elsewhere (sometimes in other industries).