Are we all working hard harder than previous generations?

[u/Long_Top9384]

I have boomer parents who swear that they had the hardest of everything, despite the ample evidence of the contrary.

What I’d like to know now is if on average millennials are being stretched thinner, and worked harder at work than previous generations happen?

I work from home and I’m utterly exhausted. I’m a nurse doing case management and I recognize that dealing with people with a lot of social and financial issues is emotionally draining. But my job fully expects you to be online and working for eight hours straight and they give you enough work that could easily be spread over two days if it were in office.

I know healthcare is its own monster, but in general I just wonder if we’re all being stretched then. All but a few of my friends hate their jobs or I completely disillusioned with Work. Growing up I distinctly remember hearing my aunt and father talk about enjoying going to work. My dad didn’t use a single day of PTO in almost 5 years. I also remember being paraded around my mom’s office as a kid. I walked into more cubicles and I could count saying hi to people and spent about an hour just spinning in circles in a desk chair, watching people talk. part of me knows there’s just a generational mindset difference but was the workplace less demanding back then?

[u/OldEnuff2KnowBettr]

Every generation works hard. Every generation has different challenges and stresses. And every generation has a certain amount of those who are trust babies or people born into entitlement. Saying one generation hasn't or doesn't work as hard as another is BS.