Stacey Soloman rant that actually just shows what's wrong with the world

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Employed many young women lately on these conditions - or indeed older women who have to retrain due to motherhood and their old profession being killed off?

Whats the job spec, how can I apply, and how can I beat the rush from the hundreds of other nursing assistants in my hospital Ali e who would also love to try?

Everyone I know is scrabbling around desperately trying to find something that will work as computers take over. Unfortunately it is highly doubtful that internet channels will work for any woman who does not want to sell sex essentially, via youth and botoxed looks.

Thing is that there's a limit to how many people can become successful SM influencers. The market will be saturated eventually and the "influencer" trend will also start to decline and eventually disappear as people get fed up of it. Like any new "trend" or business, the early adopters are the ones who make the killing. As time passes, it will be harder for them to keep being successful as new influencers will come along with more exciting lives and people will get fed up of watching it.

BUT, we also need to make more traditional "work" more attractive. At the moment, with the stupid tax hikes, tax cliff edges, etc., "working" in a normal job is becoming less attractive. Government(s) need to start incentivising work, both by incentivising rather than penalising employers (reverse Reeve's stupid NIC changes would be a good start), removing tax/benefit cliff edges, make child care and commuting costs tax deductible (as they are in some other countries), and bring in an absolute "cap" in the tax/benefit system so that no one "loses" more than 50% of their extra wages for working an extra shift, taking a promotion, etc., so that the worker always keeps at least 50p of every extra £1 they earn, taking into account everything, i.e. tax, NIC, student loan, childcare, universal credit, subsidised rent, free prescriptions, etc etc. The Tories said "make work pay" as a glib sound bit but didn't follow it through. What we need are brave intelligent politicians to actually walk the walk, not talk the talk!

Agree. And, you open yourself up to a world of online hate and vitriol. Some of the vile comments I see people make about people they have never met, blows my mind. You have to be extremely resilient, mentally, to tolerate that and honestly, how many young people are?

Do you class Stacey Solomon as one of the best minds in the world then? I’m not really sure who you’re aiming this at, I don’t think many of the world’s greatest minds are wasting them arsing about on TikTok.

There's also no guarantee of making a substantial income as an influencer. If you apply for a job the salary is there in black and white, im not saying no one should give it a go but I think it does involve a certain personality and skill to engage people over a sustained period, and entrepreneurial nature, to keep thinking of different content, not everyone is going to have that...

I think the market is already pretty saturated. You see it with the 'parenting influencers' - they used to be pretty 'average' families, now to get the views you need a hook, like having 9 kids or something, surrogacy, living in an RV. It worries me because some people are clearly letting what will play well in that space shape their life decisions - there are quite a few babies who now exist because pregnancy and newborn content does well 😕

I actually think it is this narrative that is doing the most harm. No, of course they don’t have to be “martyrs for nothing”. And when have young people EVER been “sure” that a career would turn into something that would the provide lifestyle they want? I’m old and that certainly isn’t something I took for granted.

Opportunities still exist and, IF you are willing to work for them, they pay off. I’ve recently employed a 22yr old with no degree, on £35k pa. If he continues on his current trajectory (no reason to think he wouldn’t, he’s keen and commited) he will be on around £60k before he’s 30, with earning potential as he progresses up to around £100k. And he works set hours, no stupid overtime or ridiculous requirements.

We need to stop the message to young people that it isn’t possible. It IS possible and it IS available if you look for it and you have the right attitude.

I wonder too, I sometimes watch the ones who do all the Temu/Primark/B and M/Home Bargains "hauls" and also post videos of them unpacking their grocery deliveries and cleaning their homes. I think that some of them make a reasonable living from it, judging by their houses and the holidays they go on but how long can anyone sustain a living by buying endless tat and making videos showing it off? I also wonder where they keep all this stuff, if I was buying a load of things from at least 4 shops or online places a month my house would look like a department store. Do they resell it, take it back, donate it?

It's ridiculous and cringe. Not sure why these social platforms are enabling it and paying these free loaders in the first place.

You need to watch the clip before commenting. You are getting it all wrong.

I wonder whether the influencer bubble will burst at some point. The market will become saturated and you will then have to work all hours to make it worthwhile and such jobs will just take the place of the normal workplace now

Except from the part when she's a highly successful businesswoman

I watched the original post by Stacey’s sister and, condescendingly, was surprised by how calm, articulate and strong she was. The essence of her argument is that women act in judgment of each other and nitpick at each other’s life choices, often whilst considering themselves to be strong independent role models.

@Dizzydrizzy do an AMA!

so honestly if you had the option to work long hours, wipe other people's arses and clean up sick for pittens or sit at home and send a couple of videos making more than double the money you would chose the first. Get a grip, the disgusting thing is that this has become so normal, it's not the people themselves that are disgusting, given the chance 99% of people would do the same if they could.

Oh come off it. I worked as a nurse and I left as soon as something more lucrative came up.

3, 12 and a half hour nightshifts a week on no sleep as I had young children to look after Vs a less “worthy” job where I worked a few days a week, shorter hours, for more pay. Too right I fucked off the nursing.

That doesn’t mean I want sick people to die, it means that I want the best conditions for my own life.

Well, can remember youngsers being asked about 20 years ago what they want to be when they grow up and 'famous' was one of the answers repeated. Got to hand it to them, it's working for many!

I doubt Staceys sis would've done ok though, had she not been Staceys sister.

But there are people who do. Thats why she's successful

Because people like you watch it? If you didn't there'd be no money in it.

I’d say that yes we need doctors etc - but I’ve read on here numerous times how difficult is is to get a job as a doctor - loads of competition. Although we need more doctors to help us, the NHS / govt doesn’t actually want to employ any more I don’t think.

My ds had to apply for 30 jobs to secure an internship. This really impacted his time for his studies. It’s totally normal to need to apply to this many and most students don’t manage to obtain internships.

I can see why content creation is way more attractive and don’t blame anyone who chooses that.

Or she thought it was morally good to do a job that has a positive impact on the world if you can?

Oh please. Have you any idea of how shift work affects the body?

Numerous studies have indicated that it's highly detrimental to a person's health in the long-term.
We are not meant to sleep during daylight hours.
Yes maybe the body can recover in the short-term but over a period of time?
Maybe a nurse who quits is 'helping others' and her friends and family by not getting ill herself.
Especially if she is not one of those people who can sleep at any time.

Honestly unless a person has worked nights themselves (doesn't have to be as a nurse, could be shelf-stacking, though obviously the latter is not such a responsible job) they don't know what they're talking about.

Maybe you have. I've no way of knowing.

This doesn't really work when you're talking about someone whose income depends on making their personal choices everyone else's business!

So don’t watch them. They won’t get any of your tax money if you don’t watch them. They also won’t be getting sick pay, holiday pay, maternity pay or pension plans and most will earn very little.

Its a job. Nobody has to do it, nobody has to watch them do it.

Its also a job done by those prepared to work long hours to try and build a business and earn an independent living.

I don't care how anyone makes their money good luck to them