Sorry to hear that. Many people view meaningful and rewarding jobs as a personal matter, meaning the person is responsible for the greatness or depravity of their employment situation. This likely used to be at least partially true.
However, I would argue that many times (and increasingly so), it's not a personal matter at all, but a societal one. There are things going on in a variety of facets of "society" (all sorts of stuff from the lack of regulation, measly labor laws, changes in supply and demand of "labor," changes in the perceived role of "family," technological advancements, etc.) that are greatly impacting everyone's career. Whether the see it or not; whether it's immediate or delayed; whether there's confounding variables or if it's clear cut. We could probably write several academic papers on everything that's involved in the labor market/economy/society.
The point being, that it's increasingly less personal and more societal reasons that impact one's employment situation. Now of course let's through out the strawman argument about how if someone doesn't want a good job they can purposely lose it. That's extraneous and irrelevant. No one is saying that the problem is people wanting shitty lives and I don't want to even talk about that.
What's important to look at is people that want good jobs. Looking at people trying to find good careers what do we see. A lot of people doing everything in the "personal" category to succeed. Only a few of the many are able to achieve good careers: one's in which they have dignity, some measure of personal influence in their workplace, job stability, a wage sufficient to not only meet their immediate needs but also save, invest, recreate, etc.
What we see is that what separates those with good careers and those without, is frequently not something personal. Therefore, societal pressures are at play.
Many may not agree with this perspective, at least not yet. But with time and experience, I think it will become clearer. People like to tell themselves that they're above average, or that they worked harder than others to get to where they are in life. I won't say that's never true, but often it's more a coping mechanism. It's understandable, the world is changing under our feet, so to speak. There are ways forward, no need to be afraid. But the way forward is by examining the issues with objectivity and a keen desire to get to the truth, and not just deny, belittle (make it seem less important without actually denying the problem), or settle for easy answers that don't fully address the issues at hand.
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