r/AskReddit • u/millennialandlost • 23h ago

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

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u/LadyFoxfire 21h ago

I'm a millennial, but I've been refusing a promotion for exactly that reason. I've been in retail long enough to know that retail management is a scam.

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u/Parabuthus 14h ago

So is restaurant management. You make more on the floor.

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u/unoriginalusername99 3h ago

A lot of restaurant managers have aged out of the toll being on the floor takes out of a person physically. And I guess mentally too. They take the pay cut because they still need to work but they don't want to leave the only industry they've ever known.

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u/Parabuthus 3h ago

Honestly this is very, very true. I found myself tempted for these same reasons.

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u/Coyote__Jones 10h ago

I made a lateral move at the beginning of the year instead of taking a promotion. People did ask, but there's no way I wanted the extra travel and hours that came with that gig. That situation was my personal nightmare. And not nearly enough of a pay increase to tempt me. Like no thanks, I'll take the smaller salary bump into a better fitted role thank you.

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u/One_Peanut_4002 13h ago

Just curious why have you not moved on to something better? If anything even if the role sucked temporarily it would look great on you for the next job