Generation Z in China and the US doesn’t want your low-paying jobs

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A large part of the problem has to do with the routine work of workers on the shop floor. Government officials in both countries desperately urge young workers to take these jobs, only to find themselves in a similar situation; Whether it’s because of the stigma attached to these jobs or the lack of change in salary or working conditions, Gen Z doesn’t see the offer too much. The criticism for government officials, however, is that they depend on workers in these worker roles to keep things like buildings from collapsing, keep produce or food on the table, and increasingly provide supplies consumer-centric culture with those shoes, treats, or whatever TikTok says they need next.

It’s having an even greater impact on the global economy since China “factory in the world” if it joined the World Trade Organization late 1990s. Older millennials and Generation Xers may be looking back to a time when most toys and consumer products said “Made in the USA” in small print. But Gen Z has lived in a world where almost everything says “Made in China”. Now some Chinese Gen Zers seem to be saying it’s another country’s turn to do things.

A closer look at the economic data reveals that China’s youth unemployment rate has risen to a record 20.4%, compared to just 6.5% in America. Experts said so diary that an increasing number of Chinese Generation Z are leaving school and looking for high-paying and high-skilled jobs and the country simply does not have enough jobs to meet the demand. It leaves those young adults rolled into one Waiting for Godot situation, looking for jobs that just don’t materialize, while some lower their job or salary expectations yet face stiff competition. As Samuel Beckett once said, “It’s terrible.”

The old schedule in China tech sector It used to be called 996 and was staffed six days a week from 9am to 9pm. Shot. But over the course of 2021, workers won a case in which workers demanding such intensive labor were declared illegal. The pendulum has swung a little the other way “lie flat” gained prominence in China as a concept and practice, where workers only did the work necessary to get the job done, no more, no less, and certainly no 996. Something similar happened around the world, as young workers went about their wages in the USA, or calmly stop. Both countries experience widespread distribution reports on burnout in the last few years; in China it received another expression:involutionas many young workers reported withdrawing from the hectic culture.

“For me, lying flat is a silent rebellion against an over-pressure culture,” said Zak Dychtwald, CEO of consulting firm Young China Group Fortune’s Grady McGregor. Both Chinese and American Gen Z are trying to reinvent work and are emphasizing the importance of work-life balance and good pay, but the labor market and the economy do not meet their needs.

Projected by BANK As the most educated generation, Gen Z is leaving school to find an economy that doesn’t always provide the jobs they expected and a government that is looking for service and manufacturing jobs. Given the heat, Chinese officials have attempted to do so Encourage companies to hire more graduatesIncentivizing workers to take these jobs, with ads about stable and meaningful service jobs, and sending a hopeful message to new graduates: lower your expectations.

Finding a job in the age of lower expectations

Back in the States, the youth aren’t faring much better. The government wants the same thing for Christmas: more workers, as the country’s aging workforce has done Many older workers in the industry are retiring. To make matters worse, there is already a shortage in the industry. In recent years, it has become more difficult to retain employees for jobs that require face-to-face work and do not offer high wages Chamber of Commerce. That is, without good pay, many young and old simply give up in search of something to keep them afloat despite high inflation.

Part of Biden’s program was that he was your average Joe bourgeois roots, and elected to help middle-class workers. Part of his promised plan was to strengthen workers’ labor, although he has been able to make some progress lately pervasive difficulty when hiring employees for the growing jobs mentioned. “The jobs are coming back, the pride is coming back because of the choices we’ve made over the past two years. This is a blueprint for workers to rebuild America and make a real difference in your lives,” Biden said in February state of the nation.

Completing degrees that come with a hefty price tag only to deal with massive student debt and economic volatility contributes to Gen Z desire for good pay in America. Applications for full-time tech jobs fell 47%, from 10 applicants per job before the pandemic to 5.3 applications today, according to data made available by student job platform Handshake wealth. But with Biden in the process of unleashing a labor boom, the number of jobs on offer is staggering: According to Handshake, there are over 45,000 tech jobs. That’s a 7% increase in tech jobs over the past year compared to 2021-2022.

While there may be reason to avoid jobs that don’t pay well for the work involved, blue collar jobs are changing a little, and the nature of white collar jobs in the US is changing a lot. Blue-collar jobs can temporarily provide stable and adequate wages; Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the median salary for carpenters was nearly $50,000 and was significantly higher at $70,000 for farmers. In part, this is an option that is not being encouraged lately, with plans in both China and America to go to school, then go to school even more, and then find a job (that I could never find, according to the silhouettes). The assumptions about blue collar labor are entrenched in this country that depends on that labor and it’s a mess that needs to be unraveled.

“We have the stigma of working with your hands because it means you have less brains. That is absolutely not the case,” said Robb Sommerfeld, co-founder of the National Center for Craftsmanship axios.

As the U.S. becomes increasingly concerned about its sub-par manufacturing capabilities (as evidenced by the many labor shortages in recent years), Biden has begun to do so invest in manufacturingbased on China’s example, invested money in the expansion of the industry and also announced plans for implementation Incredibly well-paid jobs.

And these days, after a tech boom, the jobs young grads are so desperate for are getting laid off, and effectively so disappear. These jobs were increasingly valued for their flexibility and good pay, which is not so true today as companies are bringing people back and entry-level jobs do not offer wages that compete with the cost of living.

Additionally, volatility reigns in the industry when it comes to artificial intelligence. Although manufacturing is already affected by AI, Handshake points out that there is some certainty here. “Commercial/skilled trades have the potential to be relatively safe from the advances in AI,” a spokesperson said, citing the Microsoft CTOs Comments about the fact that professions like engineering will always be important. Like in a romantic comedy, the answer could have been right in front of us, just needing a bit of reshaping, the glasses-off moment where officers offer better wages and more respect. Manual labor has become more attractive as it offers a less volatile alternative with increasingly good pay and experience higher wage increases as clerks in a post-pandemic market (probably starting on a lower salary, to be fair).

At the end of the day, it appears that troubled finances and an economic recession have left young adults in the US quicker than their Chinese peers to snatch the manufacturing carrots the government is throwing at them. As Kristen Lucas, associate professor at the University of Louisville’s College of Business, recounts Business Insider“People are scrutinizing the rise in tuition and the lower security that office jobs offer.” And suddenly office jobs don’t look that great in comparison.”