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

I think the issue is way bigger and more serious than ‘exciting careers’.

Young people can no longer be sure if they start a career that it will turn into something that will buy them a house / lifestyle (quality of life) that previous generations have taken for granted.

So instead of choosing a path where they grind out an existence which is all graft and minimal reward, they instead prioritise quality of life. Why should they be martyrs for nothing?

I can’t blame them for that. Unless we as a society get to grips with why this is happening, we’re all going to suffer the consequences. If they feel they have more opportunity online, then again, we need to ask why.

I am teaching my children to trade, because I no longer believe - even if they become lawyers or doctors - that this will guarantee them a secure future. I want them to have skills they can fall back on independently of the world of work.

I also don’t know what on earth you’re trying to say …

I didn't know what you were getting at either. Your post didn't make sense.

And I think you've spelt your own username wrong 🤔

I don’t get this? Are you saying she is disgusting for leaving the nursing profession? If so, it’s not disgusting to get out if you feel you done. You want somebody looking after you who loves being a nurse, it’s a tough gig but if your heart isn’t in it it’s not fair on the patients and you need to walk away. Nurses don’t owe anybody anything.

This makes as much sense as your first post!

Maybe they think life is too short to do soul destroying boring jobs. I have a "proper job" but if someone can make up their own career, be entrepreneurial and make money their own way instead of going for a standard path then good luck to them. I often say to DDs that the most interesting jobs or careers are ones that you create yourself. What will happen to "normal jobs" is that many will be done by AI, or won't exist in the future, but hopefully other jobs will that we haven't even thought of at the moment.

firstly, good on her sticking up for her sister and that journalist. Secondly, who can blame Jemma for picking a more flexible career with 3 kids to care for. Thirdly, yes, content creators are making a fortune, some of those I follow on instagram do clips of how much they earn and it’s insane. There’s 3 ex nurses I follow, all living a very different lifestyle now due to content creation. NHS or normal paying jobs can’t keep up, but not everyone is going to be successful putting their life online.

In lockdown my son gained 200k followers on Tiktok, football related content. But thankfully, he dropped it once his A level restarted and he works in finance in the city now. I do think he is the type who can make money online, but i’m pleased he has chosen a more normal job. My DD would rather die than post online about herself and my eldest is way to lazy to edit a video!

I wonder what will happen to “normal” jobs when so many people are chasing exciting careers in social media and/or trying to generate passive income through investments.

I work in Finance and we’re getting nowhere near the number of applicants for junior roles that we did 10-15 years ago. I go to recruitment fairs at universities and I just don’t see the same kind of hunger for internships that my cohort had in the late 2000s/early 2010s.

Then there’s all the people permanently leaving Finance in their late 20s or 30s - it has become such a flex to quit the rat race, even if it makes you economically worse off. Having a ‘I can take it or leave it’ attitude to one’s 9-5 is rather in vogue right now.

There are people all over tiktok who have left their jobs and earn big money via TikTok and tiktok shop. Many say it’s changed their lives.

If she is saying that her friends and sisters etc can get more money being influences online without taking the time to care for people, ???what don't you understand about that ?

Sorry what?

Any form of shift work is difficult with caring responsibilities- I don’t blame this lady for choosing a more flexible path. She can always return to nursing later.

They’re the type of people who want to make money from putting their whole lives online but in the same breath complain when people have an opinion on what they see.

Just like in the real world, not everyone is going to like you or agree with you and if you want to make a lot of money from doing F all quite frankly people may get rubbed up the wrong way.

Just shows what she thinks about people who only care about money instead of lives.
Disgusting