Almost 90% of people made unemployed in the past year are under 35s

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Shocking statistics from the ONS today showing 88% of jobs lost in the year from feb 2020--feb 2021 were jobs of people under 35, more than 60% in those under 25. Feels like a poweder keg of resentment will go off soon, the social impact of such a generational divide will be massive (especially as under 35s are largely not at risk from the virus).

www.politicshome.com/news/article/ons-employment-young-people-face-employment-crisis-as-88-of-job-losses-affect-under-35s

I can't say I'm shocked.
That is definitely the experience of people I know.
That will include all the young people who work PT - both school and Higher Education students, who tend to fill all the 'casual' jobs in retail, leisure, and hospitality....... waiting tables, lifeguarding, barwork, clothes shops, takeaways, etc etc.

Doesn't suprise me at all. I think you are right there is a whole group of people who have suffered worst with regards employment, leisure etc and are also bottom of the pile for a vaccine. All this talk of vaccine passports will not make them feel any better when they won't be getting theirs for a long time yet.

So sad for that age group. And still locked up with no vaccine in sight either. I wouldn't be surprised if we get civil unrest soon.

I agree @daisiesinmay. Let's hope they get their vaccines soon.

@Macaroni46

I agree *@daisiesinmay*. Let's hope they get their vaccines soon.

Vaccines won't make a difference if we're all still locked up. People are angry.

Doesn’t surprise me at all. If you think about the sectors most affected - hospitality and retail - they’re mainly staffed by younger people. The young have been very much fucked over.

@daisiesinmay

So sad for that age group. And still locked up with no vaccine in sight either. I wouldn't be surprised if we get civil unrest soon.

We’re decent, intelligent people. We get why we need to sacrifice.

Would be nice if the older generations perhaps realised the huge inequality that already existed between the under 35s and the overs, and fucking did something about it.

Not going to hold my breath though.

Doomsdayiscoming I for one recognise the massive inequality the under 35s are suffering. Not just the pandemic, but on Brexit, which they largely didn't vote for, on wages generally, on house prices and rents, on pensions, on student loans. I think it's so so bad, something has gone very seriously wrong.

Sadly, expecting older selfish people to do something about it won't work though. Young people will eventually get angry and it's justifiable

I’m 36 and this genuinely upsets me. For a year we’ve been told we are least at risk physically from COVID. But I’m self employed (part of the excluded) and was told I was entitled to absolutely nothing. Thankfully I was able to continue trading but combined with home schooling my daughter, it nearly broke me.

I’ve held on thinking we were so close for the vaccine - in our area we had moved onto the over 40s so I was estimating that it would be mid April before I got mine. Now we are told that we’ve got to wait for at least six weeks minimum, whilst now being most at risk of catching the virus because we’re the ones with the kids at school / having to do pick ups on the playground etc

With no jab it means that the emerging two tier society won’t be open to us. And no one seems to fucking care.

The data comes from:

www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/march2021

68,000 more people were in payrolled employment in February 2021, when compared with January 2021; this is the third consecutive monthly increase.

Of the 693,000 decrease in payrolled employees since February 2020, 368,000 can be attributed to employees working in the accommodation and food service activities sector, 123,000 in the wholesale and retail trade sector, while only 1,000 can be attributed to employees working in the construction sector. This decrease is net of an increase of 43,000 employees working in public administration, and 132,000 employees in health and social work.

Looking at the annual decrease by age-band, 437,000 (63.1%) were under 25 years, 174,000 (25.2%) were aged 25 to 34 years and 109,000 (15.7%) were aged 35 to 49 years. Only 5,000 (0.7%) were aged 65 years and over. This decrease is net of an increase of 32,000 aged 50 to 64 years.

The young have been forced to sacrifice their tomorrows so that the old can have their todays.

It's always been that way because old people vote and young people don't.

Financial abuse of women in this age group on the rise too.

www.redonline.co.uk/health-self/relationships/a35794452/signs-of-financial-abuse/

There’s been a rise in cases in the last year as a result of the pandemic. Research* found that since March 2020, a further 1.6m people are having their finances controlled by someone else and the increase is sharpest among women under 35

Im 47 and DH is 71 and we both agree the young have been screwed over.

Just saw this newsnight.

It's awful.

Probably a combo of the types of sectors struggling, ageism (they can move home, less responsibility, got plenty of time and opportunities in the future) and DH said maybe easy to get rid of as many might have less than 2 years service.

Just really awful.

Also they're always going on about how society needs the young to pay the taxes to look after an ageing population.

The point about women-

A double whammy for young women?

I’m 48, I’ve had both vaccines. I’m employed, I own my home.

I’m furious about this, all of it. It’s not about what affects me, it’s my kids, my community.

It’s an absolute scandal.

Where was all the support for under 35s who were made redundant following the 2008 crash?

Redundancies happen, they’re part of life.

Society doesn't really work, this is just an extreme example of the unfairness/imbalance amongst generations.

The fertility rate is going to go on falling. Of course, that could be a good thing for the environment, but I sure hope we're all prepared for how tough things are going to get for us all as we age.

Suspending the triple-lock for the next decade might be a good start.

Disgusting!!!! I said right from the beginning how unfair and unjust these lockdowns were on the younger generations- here’s a virus that won’t really affect you directly but we want you to give up freedoms and oh we’re fucking up your income too- well done U.K.!
If the pandemic had affected the young people and not the elderly I’d love to see how many would have accepted staying at home etc.

No great surprise given the nature of some of the employment of young people in the so-called gig economy, and where jobs are most likely to have been lost. The same seemed to apply to the recession of the late noughties.

@Tippexy

Where was all the support for under 35s who were made redundant following the 2008 crash?

Redundancies happen, they’re part of life.

Exactly.

There weren’t any and the already cemented age inequality grew further.

Instead of making education affordable, university fees were increased to 9k/year.

Instead of pumping money into the economy of the young, public sector austerity stripped the opportunities from the young, and the safety net that comes with a decently funded welfare state.

Instead of getting a grip on the housing market, property developers were given schemes that would inflate the prices of new builds whilst a few MEN at the top made bank (see Jeff Fairburn, Persimmon). Allowing the housing market to become increasingly disconnected from the average salaries of people in this country. This relentless increase is always the Tories first concern, even now in 2020/21. (See the ridiculous Stamp Duty Holiday for all, fucking over the 1st time buyers once again).

Instead of spreading opportunities around the country, jobs/hubs were created in affluent areas in close proximity to London, in London, or in other big cities (example: life science sector, golden triangle Oxford/Cambridge/London). And to this day the Tories want to build a coal (ridiculous for so many reasons) mine in Cumbria, a levelling up plan that says “Right, want a job? Get back down the mine. Just remember to have a back up career when we close the thing in 15 years time, and devastate the local people once again, making the newest young kids who just turned up years prior utterly unemployable once again”.

I could go on.

It's disgusting, I feel awful for them. But also let's remember this will only get worse.

Our kids who are in school now, will still be paying the debt for covid when they reach adulthood. We have screwed over our children in more ways than just their education.

Not to mention that the cuts likely to happen in social care for us 40+ year olds will experience in our elder years also will be a direct result of covid. The debt is billions! That isnt being paid off in a few years, we just finished paying of WW2.

That’s awful. It’s still dragging on too. We were supposed to be protecting the NHS with the lockdown. We’ve vaccinated the most vulnerable groups now so this is all starting to feel disproportionate.

@Tippexy

Where was all the support for under 35s who were made redundant following the 2008 crash?

Redundancies happen, they’re part of life.

You know, this is the same generation?

My husband was made redundant during the 2008 crash, twice in quick succession, and is now at risk of redundancy again he's 33.

I don't resent being asked to stay home, but I do resent that the government is blithely continuing with triple locked pensions instead of putting more money where it is actually needed eg tax credits.