Quarter of Gen Zs consider quitting work as young Brits cite mental health as key reason to go unemployed

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/four-in-ten-gen-zs-consider-quitting-work/

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  3. They have mental health issues because they have NO life experiences to draw on. They will only have a strong mind if they have hardship and strife like the rest of us. They need to grow up and get a pair, and become a useful member of society instead of being a burden on the hard working tax payer.
    I have mental anguish working hard to pay taxes to support the lazy and work shy, yet I still go to work and proud to do so, and I also show my children how to achieve goals in life by hard work with no hand outs.

  4. Classic distorted headline. UK economic inactivity rate is only slightly above pre-pandemic levels and has barely shifted since the 1970s.

    Data in thousands/year.

    – 1971 8,482,

    – 1983 9,034,

    – 2010 9,446 (Historic Peak),

    – 2019 8,645,

    – 2024 9,384.

    Nothing to do with Gen-Z, and not even a historic aberration, we’ve been >9,000 more or less consistently since 2007.

    https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/economicinactivity/timeseries/lf2m/lms

  5. Based on the job I started in 2009 and that same job now (that I do not do but I know of), the job is far harder, more complicated and the money doesn’t go anywhere near as far.

    I can see why people are so fed up. It is grim for young people in a lot of ways.

  6. “businesses were “understandably concerned” about the impacts of productivity and financial performance.”

    Yep. Let’s shoot the cart for not pushing the donkey.

  7. Because the economy has been so badly handled by previous generations they can’t afford to live alone on a full time wage? Why bother working when there’s no reward

  8. “I can’t afford a house and to raise a family”
    .

    “You should get a job”
    .

    “Will that allow me to afford a house and a family?”
    .

    “No”
    .

    “……..”

  9. Being on the dole was possibly the most depressing experience I’ve had in my life. I lost all sense of direction and purpose, had to deal with a Kafkaesque system which seemed to want to punish me at every moment, and put hundreds of hours into finding a job with very little to show for it. Even the shittest job I’ve had was much preferable to my experience of being on the dole.

  11. What’s not clear is that those of any generation wanting to quit work, what’s the alternative?

  12. That’s it, jump on the trend at the peak then be surprised when you lose everything.

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