86drainy

London underground mole rat that is a lover of cycling and uttley useless racer

[Josh Hunt @iAmJoshHunt]

I find articles like this hilarious. They're written as though there's this thing happening that we can't explain.

Look at the data... quiet quitting is particularly pronounced among Gen Z and younger millennials.

Then look at the backdrop to their careers. These people have watched their futures being spent on bailouts, lockdowns and furlough.

Even if you work extremely hard and earn promotions (which is far from guaranteed), wages in the UK are so crap, and the cost of living so high, that the rewards often amount to very little.

The extra pay can be negligible. The extra effort and responsibility are not.

And if you've worked hard, trained and made your way up the greasy corporate pole, there's a good chance you've watched entry-level wages creep ever closer to yours. You might reasonably be asking yourself why you bothered in the first place.

Since the pandemic began, the National Living Wage has increased by nearly 55%. If you're someone with years of experience, training, progression and hard work under your belt, and your wages haven't kept pace, why wouldn't you question the value of all that effort?

The incentive has been inverted.

This is wage compression, and we're now witnessing the second- and third-order effects governments seem so oblivious to. When the financial reward for taking on more responsibility diminishes, so does the incentive to do it.

And this is what's happening. People are moving the dial they actually have control over… how much they give a shit about their job. And I don't blame them.

I think people are also starting to realise that much of the reward for their hard work is swallowed up by the ever-growing, increasingly wasteful blob that is the British state.

It's like having someone sitting on your shoulders, stealing half your food, getting heavier by the day, and repeatedly slapping you around the face as you try to go about your life.

[86drainy @86drainy]

@elonmusk You don't always have to agree with what he says, but you do have to admit that some of his tweets brighten up the day with stupidity.

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@PeterRuffhead It's has now Peter 🤦‍♂️, what an absolute joke.

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@Alec_Pedaler I think he's hit his head a bit harder then he thinks, as it's knocked the sense out of 😂😂

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@FieldyCX 🤔

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@mathieuvdpoel @thijszonneveld Hahah that's brilliant,🤣🤣

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@stu05b @UKCycleChat Snowcard stu, I've used them for year when either snowboarding or cycling.

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@Alec_Pedaler Racings been so off and on over the last few years, people either found new hobbies or went back to old ones. Cycling for general fitness is easy as you just jump on your bike, but racing on the other hand is hard, it takes a lot of time and energy in every aspect of your life.

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@GeraintThomas86 @DanDeakins Fair play for keeping it upright after swerving one handed, and you didn't drop your food. I bet you wouldn't spill a drop in a bar fight 🤣🤣.

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@Alec_Pedaler @CafeRoubaix I like that one, but a sneaky £20 on him wearing it in 2023 would be a nice little bet 😉.

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@Alec_Pedaler My resting and training HR still isn't right 6 weeks after COVID. From reading a few articles online it could take almost 3 month to go back to normal 😩.

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@philipglowinski @BritishCycling 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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@EastKentCX Leave it out, the crit season hasn't even started properly yet or should I say my crit season hasn't started yet 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣🤣😂🤣🤣. #needtogetmyassingear

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@deceuninck_qst @BeelWout @MarkCavendish Go hard or go home. Marks showing that true champions never give up, even if their backs are against the wall and the wolf's are snapping at your heels.

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@stu05b @Jody_W80 Life doesn't get much better 🚴🍺👸🏼

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@nedboulting You can't park that there mate 🤣🤣

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@atulett @AlexandarRicha2 @AlpecinFenix @bentulett01 @LiegeBastogneL @AlpecinCycling @canyon_bikes Well there is a way to find out 😉😂😂😂

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@philipglowinski @baldersdale If you can afford it, why not use it. Well that's my excuse 😂😂😂😂

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@4thcatproblems @Sarahjgall80 Dignity goes out of the window when the allure of winning a club 10 is in reach 🤣🤣🤣.