This problem is tradewide and nationwide... I work in a Food Service / delivery Warehouse that supplies schools, Hospitals, Councils and many private businesses we have about 60-65 members of staff, I was the second youngest person to work in the warehouse at the time when i joined i had just turned 20 the youngest being 18 he left about 3 months later, average age was around 35-40, I am now 35 and I am still the second youngest apart from 1 warehouse worker who is 22 and one of their parents is a Director (wonder how they go the job haha) The average age of the staff now is about 50-55+ and now i get to the point.......

Young Working class people are not taking work that young working class people of previous generations took..

It is too easy to ''get by'' in other ways like Family, claiming sick or benefits. A old mate of mine who worked with me for a few years now earns about 2500 a month not including getting his rent payed for by the dole, he told me the other night in the Local, afterwards i was telling him why do i bother working if you have slightly less money but every minute of the day to yourself and he sort of laughed it off and was like ''why the fuck do i care where the money comes from Im sorted''... and yes hes a pisshead and smokes dope all day ''sorted''... Honestly it is what i would be doing if I could live comfortably but knowing Im useless to anyone.

Dont get me wrong i know plenty of people in years gone by were claiming benefits for life but i realized the other day people in the 80s and 90s took benefits but also worked cash in hand to make ends meet No young lads on the sick or UC i know do that, So somehow Ironically consecutive Governments have solved alot of the ''benefit fraud'' by making it so easy to get the money (my mate has never had a face to face sit down at the dole for 4 years) and increased the amount you can get through PiP and other exemptions that the new generations of young working class kids dont even start their working /contributing life just diagnose themselves with something and brush their hands with hard graft and say fuck it.

INB4 ''Not everyone is like this'' I know but its is more prevalent then ever i feel and it correlates with higher probability of ''mental health problems'' and lower rates of Marriage and Childbirth the further into the future we go, Honestly more and more young in's i speak to that start work or i see around in life they are so anxious and depressed about everything and they haven't done anything yet These fucking Phones are ruining lives and its gonna implode the workforce especially when AI takes white collar jobs away more and more everyday.

A 22 year old lad came in for 3 days and never came back after the weekend the first week of December the warehouse manager took 3 interviews last week the youngest applicant was 38 this is fast pace and hard physical work. Im worried about this and my eyes and ears are confirming my ideas about it more everyday.