Our generation lives a very uncertain life. We have no idea what will happen in ten or twenty years, what the world will look like, or whether the skills we learned in college and university will be useful or useless at that time. We don’t know anything; the world is changing at a rapid speed. Every field is being automated, and at the same time, our population is increasing. The millennial generation had assurance when they were studying that their skills would be used and they would get the job. Previously, people knew they had to work in agriculture, labour, and artisanship or join the military.

Today, no one is in a position to give career advice because they are not sure what the world looks like. The basic thing that governments and corporations do not understand is that they have to create more stable jobs. Yes, automation is required, but it should not become a tool in the hands of a few that they use for their own benefit. We will see more and more conflict if the issue is not addressed.

It is said that the Bangladeshi protest was the first protest led by Gen Z. Bangladesh has a dense population, with the majority of them being young and unemployed. Jobless GDP growth benefits only a few people, increasing inequality and competition for resources that remain for the rest of the population.

There are very few jobs in the government sector; they are vying for them, and if they see that they are being diverted to other parts of society, they will fight for them. It only creates anxiety. First, the private sector is not investing (we saw this in the case of India when they used government tax incentives to clear their balance sheet). Second, there is no stability in this sector, you don’t know when you will be fired. We don’t see any plans or policies to tackle this problem by any governments or corporations. It seems their thinking is one-dimensional, with efficiency and profit maximization, certainly, it is not helping.