No idea who this chap is but he's got a point. Last time I looked to have any chance of being able to get a mortgage to buy the house my parents have I would need to earn at least £145K. My Dad wasn't particularly senior or doing anything well paid. He got a job at Courtaulds out of school and stayed in the same job until they closed.
The thing about one person always being at home is often overlooked. My Dad would walk through the door to a home cooked meal every night and by 6pm he'd be sat in front of the TV or off out with his evening to himself. And he certainly wasn't spending his weekends doing batch cooking, cleaning, washing etc.
Has to be a factor in the rise in mental health issues, there's no downtime for people. No time to enjoy yourself, relax & recharge.
A while back I listened to a podcast that expanded on this. They suggested that we're creating 'non-jobs' for the sake of people being employed. Just pushing money round in a circle. People paying out for childcare, petcare, cleaners, gardeners etc because they're at work and don't have the time for those things but barely making enough to cover the cost.
