How can people afford to rent?

pawlala

marksoton wrote: »

I'm sorry but with that lack of articulation no you won't. Not for a second.

Heaven only knows what PPPv1 must have been like! :eek:

Cakeguts

cyantist wrote: »

To be fair to the OP, I know a lot of people with degrees earning what I consider to be very low wages. I know some who are out of work entirely. When we advertise for positions we get hundreds of applications for each role. Unfortunately someone decided that 50% of young people should be going to Uni when there just aren't enough good jobs for all those people at the end of their studies.

However to answer the question PPPv2. Most people earning these low wages would be looking to rent a room in a shared house or lodge in someone's house. I know you feel you can't share because of OCD but that is not a usual situation.

Regarding sharing, your current situation sounds less than ideal already, especially if there's not enough room. I've lived in a lot of shared houses, and rented rooms to several lodgers as well and there's a lot more freedom with that than living with the in-laws!

More than 50% of young people attend universities and take courses that do not lead to jobs. There appears to be less research done by students and parents of students on the quality of the university and the university course than they might do on buying a new washing machine. There are only about 30 universities where the degrees will help you get a better job than one that you could get by doing an apprenticeship or going straight to work.

The OP might well have a good degree from a dud university and might be forced to take any job.

Cakeguts

marksoton wrote: »

Then they chose a very poor degree.

I'd expect anyone to at least be in full time employment and earning £30K if properly qualified.

I don't have a degree. Should they really be going to Uni?

It is quite possible to have a good degree from a university that offers the kind of degrees that wouldn't traditionally be a graduate level of education. A diploma of the level that you used to get from a technical college is now called a degree. So you could have a first class degree from a university that has changed its name from a technical college ( yes there are some) where the degrees are the level of the old style A levels of 30 or 40 years ago. There has been a lot of dumbing down done over the years in order for more people to go to an establishment called a university and to get something called a degree. So just because someone has something that is called a good degree doesn't mean that they are educated to a traditional degree level. They could have a qualification that used to be called 3 A levels.

StumpyPumpy

always_sunny wrote: »

labourers with degrees?? Is that because preparation school are so bad that a degree guarantees they can read at least? It is going mad!

Depends. My nephew took a degree in archaeology and most of his alumni spend their time with a shovel digging a ditch in the middle of a field earning less than a guy with a shovel digging a ditch on the side of the road. Archaeology was his passion; he now works in an unrelated role as a shop assistant on slightly over minimum wage and the promise not to get laid off every time it starts raining.


SP