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Paul Riddell's avatar

And the part that’s the most aggravating? All through the 1990s, we were told over and over that if we stuck with it and paid our dues, the boomers might - MIGHT - step aside and let us move up. During the Aughts, we were told over and over that we had to keep reinventing ourselves if we wanted to get to the levels our boomer parents already achieved. Now, we’re being told that the positions our parents had are being taken away, we’re unemployable because we aren’t 18 years old (with 30 years of experience), and we’re expected to fight two generations for the few entry-level positions remaining, but we’re watching as all of the perks we were told over and over that came with persistence and experience are being ripped away as being too expensive. Meanwhile, the boomers are crying “Why is nobody buying our crappy McMansions for four times for what we paid for them?” Who indeed?

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Andrea Johnson Beck's avatar

We are an adaptable generation and will be just a-okay.

Thanks for their concern, but we’re good🖤

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