Why are people so hard on young people when it comes to work?

Reason I ask is because I’m seeing a lot of uk related posts regarding young people out of work. As somebody who is reaching my mid 40s, I really can’t blame them. If I was under 25 now and had to do the same jobs as I done at that age I’m not sure if I could could have kept it up due to lack of enthusiasm because of the lack of reward for working.

When I was 18 I was working as a shelf stacker in a supermarket and was paid enough money and things were cheap enough for me to, 1 - go out clubbing every weekend, 2- buy new clothes (obviously with limitations) 3 - have a big “lads holiday” every year and 4 - still pay my parents a small amount of money for rent and board.

This was in the late 90s early 00s. And It was things like that that kept me motivated. Somebody doing the same job today could never afford to do that. So I completely understand why the younger generation are working less. What’s the point?

I always see posts about how they are lazy and lying about their mental health, but in my opinion that could not be further from the truth and the lack of reward should be highlighted more