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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, it's what we deserve for vilifying service industry jobs.

You can't tell every senior in high school that the only path to success is college and then get mad at them upon college graduation for not wanting to work a low-paying job or feeling that they are above service-industry jobs.

The labor crisis we have in the US was caused by us only pushing higher education as the acceptable path after graduation, and telling those graduates that those who go to college are better than those who don't. When more than 75% of your graduating high schoolers go on to higher education, who do you think will fill the low-level jobs? It's not going to be Chad with a BS from UVA or Brayden with a BS from JMU. My nephew has turned down 2 $60k/yr entry level jobs because, and I quote, "It's insulting. I didn't bust my ass at Tech (VT) for 4 years to make the same as some construction guy." 'As some construction guy' speaks volumes. No respect for service-industry jobs. No respect for anyone working a job that doesn't require a college degree. Know what job deserves respect? The kind that provides a paycheck. Every job out there is essential for a functioning society. And we know that because of what happens when certain industries go on strike. Society falls apart. [/quote]

My 24 year old makes 90K and my 23 year old makes 80K. She has a friend in consulting in Manhattan making 150k and her old BF her age made 120K in consulting.

I was big 4 in NYC in 2005 and we were paying 60k to start in 2005. So paying 60K in 2025 is nothing. Things are way up in price in case you have not noticed. [/quote]

They probably have better degrees than my nephew. His is in marketing management. He wants that $100k paycheck with zero experience under his belt. Three summer internships do not a qualified worker make, I'm sorry. $60k fresh out of college with that degree isn't bad when you look at the job landscape. Especially when you consider that so many companies are downsizing their marketing departments in favor of AI. [/quote]

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