Gen Z and millennials are more into gig work than ever, BofA says — but it’s not coming close to making ends meet::Despite taking on more side hustles, Gen Z and millennials are spending less.

  • @kibiz0r
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    1631 year ago

    Saying Gen Z and Millennials are “more into gig work” is kinda like saying black people are “more into incarceration”. I assure you, it is not indicative of a preference.

    • @takeda
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      611 year ago

      Yeah, it is bullshit. The correct way to say it is that Gen Z and Millenials are being fucked up by the system and exploited, and the gig work is often the only source of income they have.

  • @hperrin
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    861 year ago

    “more into gig work”

    You mean forced to accept worse working conditions because of the historical indifference to the working class by the people in charge, and the systematic dismantling of union power over the last 70 years?

  • @Mantis_Toboggan
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    611 year ago

    More like forced into it by these multiple “once-in-a-lifetime” economic crisis.

    BofA deez nutz!

  • @abracaDavid
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    511 year ago

    Huh. It’s almost like this country is a giant scam that crushes people at the bottom and only benefits the owners of these companies.

  • Captain Aggravated
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    491 year ago

    Are we “into” it, or are careers just fictional now?

    Trying to stay at the same company for any length of time is a terrible move these days. I think without exception you will always get better pay raises moving to a different company than moving up in the same company. If you’re not just laid off by the hundreds or thousands.

    Young people should be organizing.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 year ago

      So into it, the same way children were really into coal mining before those pesky child labor laws ruined their fun!

  • @havokdj
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    311 year ago

    The job market is utterly shit right now, they frankly do not have a choice.

  • ram
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    191 year ago

    Can’t wait for complaints that young people aren’t spending enough in a few months.

  • @[email protected]
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    131 year ago

    Yes I’m working a gig job as a second job rn. Not because I’m into it or want to (though it is somewhat enjoyable relatively speaking), but because I need the few hundred dollars a month. Same reason I work at all. Not because I’m into it but because I need to.

    • @them
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      131 year ago

      bofa deez nuts

    • @hperrin
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      Bofa da people who are hoarding all the money while the bottom 50% who do all the work starve to death.