Report says young people’s job gloom has tripled over past decade

A new think-tank report finds that pessimism about employment futures among young people has increased sharply, with job-related gloom tripling over the past decade. The outlets describe the trend as reflecting worsening perceptions of job prospects among younger age groups. The reporting also says that this decline in outlook is influencing attitudes and behaviour, with some young people becoming less motivated to work hard and save. While the coverage focuses on the scale of the change and its psychological and economic implications, details such as the specific survey sources, methodology, and the exact years compared are not provided in the excerpts. Overall, both items convey the same core point: that job gloom among young people rises markedly over time and that a more negative outlook correlates with reduced efforts toward work and saving. The articles attribute the findings to the think-tank report and present them as evidence of deteriorating confidence in future employment.