I think this makes your point & why the problem if someone else's side hustle is different from yours.
Nothing but gaslighting...
Wages have not kept up with inflation and increases to cost of living, cost of housing and college have skyrocketed as well. Plus of recent even cost of food is so much higher compaired to wage increases.
I remember some 10 years ago the biggest apartment complex in my area was sold and redeveloped into "luxury" apartments. Nothing significant, just new paint, new flooring and upgrades to appliances and then the rent DOUBLED! Went from some 600's into the 1,200 overnight. The trend continued older rental units prices skyrocketed while wages remained the same. I'm nearly 40 so I'm a millennial NOT Gen Z.
I remember renting an apartment in my early 20's for around 600 bucks. Today that same place rents for 1,100.
In my 20's I was making 13 an hour as a supervisor in retail.(2253) Which was 26% of my take home pay
Today as a supervisor I make 20 an hour. (3466) Which is 31% of my take home pay.
Keep in mind this apartment complex did NOT have any renovations, it's still on the lower end of places.
Additionally... how has the industry changed? Department managers have been removed. Meaning less jobs that pay those higher wages that I am so lucky to have gotten. Productivity is higher, expectations is higher, and care has fallen.
Companies have become soulless. Gone are the days where you could work for a company for 40 years and collect a pension. I remember hearing a story about a flight attentant who was fired for stealing a milk in flight.. When in fact she was the highest paid flight attendent, got first pick of routes and OT and by firing her they were able cut costs with a cheaper worker.
A very good business move. My degree is in business, I don't fault the corporation it's just business. However it's crappy for the workers. What about the air travel industry? They squeeze people into smaller spaces to save on money. Good business move. It's happening all over business! They are pushing customers into more stressful situations which causes them to lashout at service workers far more than in past decades!
Long fast food lines, retail stores short staffed, customers bagging and checking themselves out, oversized bags fees, canceled fights, banks reorganizing deposits and withdraws to tack on fees, pizza chains charging delivery fees that don't go to the drivers, cutting hours to keep empoyees from being able to sigh up for healthcare benefits... The list goes on and on...
Investment companies buying up drugs and skyrocketing the prices to cover the cost of purchase and make a profit, why? It's just business..
How can people and these corporations become so weathy? Because they are better able to keep profits high, while keeping expenses like labor, benefits, and costs low.
Even products are becoming crappy, appliances are falling apart faster, just look at pyrex they are making an inferior product now to cut on costs since they were bought out by an investment company wanting to make a quick buck. Now you hear story about their glasswhere exploding in ovens. The entire system is collapsing as greed is unchecked by decreased regulations.
Like I said I work full time, and I will continue to work. I just refuse to work 60+ hours just because people want to gas light others to thinking it's OK for a company to rob you of more of your time with no added compensation.
Back in the 90's and early 2000's there was so much more hope. It's not that people are upset they have to work, it's that they have to work in the conditions that exist now when other generations had it waaaaaay easier.
They could order a home from a Sears catalog for under 10K and build it themselves. Now days people can buy a car for 20K and live in it. Yea, bit of a difference don't you think?
