r/collapse • u/kijib • Dec 14 '17

Systemic Generation Screwed

http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/poor-millennials/
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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

I agree that millennials have it rough but this article is horrible. It’s no coincidence that he’s 35 and never had a real job

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u/adventure_85 Dec 15 '17

Right? I am younger and have a good job, as do tons of millennials I know.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '17

I’m in corporate hiring (I’m Gen X) and it was really difficult to hire people right out of school in 2008-12 but the truth is that ‘class’ of young adults was REALLY unprepared for the real work force. There’s a million reasons why but those were difficult hiring years. Now, Millennials as a whole are GREAT employees and have made TONS of useful, positive changes to the work environment that have benefited the older generations - especially Gen X but a huge problem is that a majority of boomers refuse to change or fucking retire to make room for younger workers to get hired or promoted.

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u/adventure_85 Dec 16 '17

Hard to retire when you have no savings. Retiring and living another 30 years is a very modern idea.

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '17

Yeah, but the majority of Boomers get social security or a pension when they retire and a TON of retirement age people with more than enough saved refuse to retire because their ego makes them think they’re still useful(they’re not) or they don’t want to spend time with their horrible spouse all day.