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[Victoria Watcher]

Define “gouging”.

[Mike K.]

Interesting. I was at shoppers, where this one bag/brand of coffee was 21.99. In SuperStore, so same supplier, it was $10.99.

[Victoria Watcher]

Root of the labour crisis: We lied to millennials and Gen Z when we said they could be anything

 

The current labour crunch boils down to this: Toward the end of the 20th century, we started telling our children they could be anything they wanted.

 

 

 

But something happened toward the end of the 20th century: We started telling our millennial and Generation Z children that they could be anything they wanted. We told them to follow their passions. We promised them that if they dreamed hard enough, they could do anything in the world.

 

It was a lie. And our ongoing labour crunch can be directly traced back to that lie.

 

To be fair, we may have meant that our kids could be doctors, lawyers or accountants – attainable and laudable goals for many people. And I’m not saying young people are lazy – at least not the ones I know. Plenty of young people are working hard in entry-level, low-paying jobs.

 

But the issue is that when we told them they could be anything, some of them heard “NHL hockey star,” “superstar video gamer” or “the next Beyoncé.” And clearly they cannot. Or at least 99.9999 per cent of them cannot.

 

We meant to inspire our young people, promising them that if they tried hard enough and worked hard enough, they could be anything! But rather than inspire them, we created a false notion that superstardom and unimaginable paycheques were attainable.

 

 

https://www.timescol...nything-7047201

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 24 May 2023 - 06:35 PM.

[Matt R.]

I’d like a word with whoever coined the phrase “work life balance” as well please..

[todd]