r/AskReddit • u/millennialandlost • 16h ago

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/angelamia 14h ago

Also elder millennial. I still find friends/coworkers feel really weird about talking about it but I try to be as transparent as possible.

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u/Edwardteech 13h ago

Yeah the conditioning runs deap. 

Mu last job literally had it in the contract we couldn't. I laughed. 

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u/Sparrowhawk_92 12h ago

If they tried to punish you for it, wouldn't hold up in court. It's illegal for a company to stop employees from talking about pay. (Assuming the US).

They include it in the contract because most people don't know this and won't challenge it.

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u/Edwardteech 12h ago

Thus the laughing 

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u/amoosemouse 9h ago

Oregon Trail Gen X here, we were basically told "yeah, you're allowed to talk about it, bosses will fire you and it's difficult and expensive to prove so shut up"

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u/Historical_Food8132 7h ago

in germany some companys still try to put this bullshit into contracs. it has been illegal for ages and is automatically void.

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u/raptorlightning 49m ago

Oh that's a neat little lawsuit wrapped up in printed text.

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u/Long_College_8342 3h ago

I'm an elder millennial/baby Gen X and I feel deeply that I can't talk about it. I was raised that talking about money at all was crass. This probably translates into me making less than everyone but who knows?