Rise of the NEETS

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Men aren't the ones um that want remote work. That's women. If anything, men just want the women to leave them alone.

[00:00:06]What's up, guys? Welcome to my reaction series. Today, we are reacting to neats, which are people that are purposely opting out of the workforce. So, let's see what they have to say. All >> right, tomorrow we will be getting the new jobs report for the month of June.

[00:00:20]According to the May jobs report, unemployment right around 4%. Generally, unemployment is considered a negative thing, but some young people are opting out of the labor force on purpose. These are called NEAts, and it stands for not in employment, education, or training.

[00:00:36]And it's mostly young men between the ages of 15 to 25.

[00:00:40]>> You know what's so crazy? Um, women are more unemployed than young men. And yet they they created a term for young men that are opting out of the workforce, but women are entering into the sex workforce. So what's worse, you know, and yet they're saying this is a crisis.

[00:00:54]I'm like, I don't know. Women selling punani at alarmingly high rates and then asking for a ring after is a crisis, you know, >> for labor. Economists say this population feels left behind by the economy. For more on this, I'm joined now by Tom Gimble, founder and board member of Lasal Network. Good morning to you. Happy 4th of July. How you doing?

[00:01:16]>> I'm doing great. And just for your earlier segment, Marne, I grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, where the tragedy was a couple years ago, and my heart goes out to everybody who's there.

[00:01:24]>> Yeah, my heart goes out to you as well and all those impacted. Yeah, what a tragic day. Uh they're finding a great way though to honor those victims today.

[00:01:31]You know, this term neat was new to me and my team as we started to look into this. Is this group of people they they don't desire to work? I mean, what does this actually mean? Well, I think it's a narrative that's being painted, Marne, by every side that you can imagine, just like everything else on on some clickbait stuff to be be honest with you. And I think what we have is this demographic of 15 16 to 24 year old primarily males and and I >> I wonder if they're just getting employed in a different way because I have found um that usually when men are doing something contrary contrary to their nature like working um there's a catch and I'm guessing they're employed in other ways like Uber Eats and somehow it's not registering them as full-time working. a lot of fingerpointing, a lot of I'm the victim. And and I think that, you know, going back, I'm 52 years old.

[00:02:29]35 years ago, I would have been in a situation where my dad would have said, "Mow lawn, uh be a caddy at a golf course, wait a table, wash dishes."

[00:02:38]>> It's also that we don't have the discipline for young men, um because mothers are raising them. So, >> and we've kind of lost that bit of desire to work in in this day and age, >> right? I mean, >> yeah, it's also because before they would get something out of it, a wife, a kid, and now they get a big fat [ __ ] So, >> I think of myself 20 plus years ago, I mean, I was I was excited to get my first job, right? I was like chomping at the bit. Um, why do they feel like they're victims? Victims of of what?

[00:03:12]>> Yeah.

[00:03:12]>> Exactly right. And I think that's where we're at right now is that whether it's 15 to 24 year old males or the the demog any demographic that says they feel forgotten is we've got historically low unemployment for a continued period of time. We're still adding jobs to the economy. And walk by any restaurant and see the signs for uh cash register workers or servers or dishwashers. And I'm not saying those are the highest level of jobs or what somebody with a college degree wants, but 15 to 22 year olds don't necessarily have college degrees. And also I I think it's de um I think it's demotivating if you don't see upward mobility >> yet. And so when we're looking at this the the question is do you want to work or are you falling into this I'm the victim. I need flexibility. I need remote work.

[00:03:57]>> Yeah. So again they're kind of gaslighting men aren't the ones um they'll want remote work. That's women.

[00:04:02]If anything men just want the women to leave them alone. I think men are willing to work but they would just prefer to work without women.

[00:04:08]>> You should only have to work when I want to. And I think we've created a little bit of this victimization is if things don't come easy, especially to the younger generation, then then you don't have to do it, >> right?

[00:04:21]>> Go ahead. Go ahead. No, sorry.

[00:04:23]>> No, I just think that's the deterioration that we're dealing with.

[00:04:25]And I think the problem that we have um in major cities and in the country is that no one's willing to stand up and lead and say, you know, sometimes we need tough love. And and when you're a young person working that or looking for work or needing money, that's what you do. you go get a job and you build up a resume.

[00:04:43]>> Is this a double-edged sword, though?

[00:04:44]Because I I think about work ethic, right? And when you and I started in our respective fields, I mean, you you went into work when you were sick. You never called off. You did 10 times the work you were supposed to do because you wanted to get ahead. You were glad and happy to be there. Is part of the responsibility now on employers? Are we not setting expectations high enough when we bring on new talent, fresh green talent that I think >> this is what we expect of you? Yeah.

[00:05:10]Yeah. Go ahead.

[00:05:11]>> Well, yeah. Okay. You know, there's a few things. Female bosses, female bosses are a curse from hell. That's one issue.

[00:05:17]Um, another issue is going to be um they see these hot women just get promotions while they're doing the job for them.

[00:05:25]That's going to be an issue. And three, uh, women aren't grateful at all anymore. So, >> okay. No, my >> Do you guys have anything to add? If you're in that age demographic, put it in.

[00:05:35]>> My computer froze for a second. I think there used to be an expression, Marty, in your 20s, you you churn, in your 30s, you learn, and in your 40s, you earn.

[00:05:44]And and in the wave of the past 25 years, bull market like we've never seen. People started making so much money in their 20s and their 30s, it really changed the dynamic upside down.

[00:05:55]And so everybody's now two degrees away from somebody who's a millionaire or their sibling or parent is a multi-millionaire. And it's crazy, and you're exactly right, is that to get out there and have a work ethic, to know what it means to get up early before the sun comes up. It's not about whether somebody's taking advantage of you, you're not making enough money. We all feel that way at sometimes in our career, no matter what level of the spectrum we're on.

[00:06:20]>> And the the real issue is, do you have the ability to go in and grind it out?

[00:06:24]Whether you're the CEO, but we always talk about CEOs who make so much.

[00:06:28]>> Yeah. But like what's in it for men to work hard before they got something in return, now they don't.

[00:06:34]>> Money. There's plenty that that think they're underpaid, too. It's not just the Fortune 500 ones. And they're working 247. And it's the same way management and entry level. You've got to go in, crank it out, and show that you deserve more. whether it's >> Yeah. And a lot of times what happens is these guys become high status and they kind of stop relating to the low status men and they also don't see how miserable women make low status men's lives because women will act like two different people.

[00:07:03]>> Have you ever heard of a neat? It's the acronym that stands for not in employment, education or training. And apparently more and more Jenzers are choosing to become one. Fox Lishmid breaks it all down. Well, it seems there is a group of people in their 20s around the world who are choosing to do nothing. And this group even has its own acronym, NEAt, Ne.

[00:07:25]>> I don't know why. It's just crazy. They because women choose to do nothing all the time. Women do nothing at work.

[00:07:31]Women do nothing at home. Women just are constantly doing nothing or doing pointless things where men are doing productive things. And then when a man decides not to um they never ask, is this a rational response? It's always let's shame them for doing it.

[00:07:46]>> What that stands for is >> men are rational people usually if they do something >> not interested in education, employment or training.

[00:07:55]>> It's a motivational issue.

[00:07:57]>> But career coach Barry Drexler says it is a small group of people who are choosing not to work, get an education or learn a trade. He does not believe a recent study claiming that it includes about a quarter of the 20somes around the world.

[00:08:14]>> No, it is a thing. Uh it's a fringe issue though. Uh it's not the bulk of the population.

[00:08:20]>> I don't think it's a real thing.

[00:08:22]>> There is even a debate among experts as to whether neat even exists. It's hard to take an average from economies across the globe and draw any conclusions because what might be representative for the United States could be very different from uh less developed country uh different economies around the world.

[00:08:43]>> Human resources expert Gregory Gian Grande says the pandemic dramatically changed how people think about work, but most people are still working.

[00:08:53]>> There has been this explosion of gig workers. So people who are actually the >> what I thought it was >> who are working for themselves many of them are making money off the books books. So when uh they're not motivated to say that they are that they're employed um or in training because then they'd have to report that income.

[00:09:14]>> And for the small fringe group not interested in working or say they cannot find work >> unless their parents are supporting them and will continue to support them. They can't sustain a life of not making any money.

[00:09:28]>> Linda Schmidt, Fox 5 News.

[00:09:30]>> Yeah. Again, women have been doing this millennia. A lot of feminism is going to be men playing women's women's game. And women's game, women's game has always been doing nothing. It's like the same reason they say being a mother is the hardest job on the planet when it's not that hard. And then men do it and they're like, "This is amazing. I would love to do this job. This is way There was like a guy recently who came out and he said, "I've had every job and this is the best one by far." Because again, um, whatever women can do, men tend to do better better. So, let me know what you think in the comments, guys.