Gen Z grad says being unemployed is ‘harder than a 9-5’ because ‘most workers would have a breakdown' dealing with the admin—he’s among the NEET men frozen out of the workforce

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• College-educated Gen Z men are stuck in the class of NEETs—not in employment, education, or training. Many are watching their careers derail before they’ve even started.

“It's a full-time job trying to claim benefits, with none of the positives,” a Gen Z grad has complained in a series of TikTok videos. “Been working harder than a 9-5 employee lately,” the male user blasts in another—and the brutal wake-up call has struck a generational nerve.