tb: Agreed, the nisayon is the same for a working guy. However, people don’t pressure him into doing something he’s not cut out for. When someone is looking for a job, they usually look for something they are good at, and at least somewhat enjoy doing. People are pressured into sitting and learning even when they’re not cut out for it. I have to imagine the Rabbonim who pressure them are at least somewhat responsible for any stealing which occurs due to this.
I’ve written before about how when I was leaving the Yeshiva I was in to go to college (the yeshiva didn’t allow any college, I switched to a smaller, half day yeshiva), one of the Roshei Yeshiva (there are 2) told me “You’re throwing your life down the drain.”
Luckily for me, the other Rosh Yeshiva (who I happened to be closer to anyway. I didn’t have a great relationship with the first one) told me to ignore it, and that he didn’t know what he was talking about.
It happens to be, a year or so later, the first RY called my parents and apologized. Basically, he said he had thought I was like my brothers (who ended up in Lakewood), and didn’t judge me for who I was.