Tough issue with many sides. On one hand I think as companies have gotten bigger and bigger in the US, they have increasingly abused their workers. Wages have been stagnant since the 1970s despite increased profits. Yet especially since COVID, companies seem to be pushing employees even harder, making them work longer and harder. I am not at all surprised to see a lot of people just opting out of the system, saying basically "you don't pay me enough to survive already, then you expect me to do more for less. I'm gone". Loyalty goes both ways, after all, and it seems like companies stopped being loyal to employees a long time ago. I know unions are starting to (finally) increase again in the US, but I honestly don't think this will do much to help the issue. When we have Trump praising Musk for how badly he treats his workers and applauding him for firing them, and we have other republicans telling corporate leaders that AI will allow them to get rid of all their employees, I just don't see this issue getting better anytime soon.

On the other side, it does seem like a lot of younger people aren't interested in trying to help the situation. I'm like you, if doing something at home without pay will make my job easier, I will probably do it at home. But I don't think that is an attitude shared by many younger folks. Then again, because of the above, that might just be completely souring them to even trying.

I don't know. Complicated issue.