The entitlement and shamelessness of millennials cannot be good for our future
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https://medium.com/@taliajane/an-open-letter-to-my-ceo-fb73df021e7a#.t4utcdfjc
http://qz.com/621182/i-cant-afford-to-buy-groceries-yelp-fired-an-employee-after-her-scathing-open-letter-to-the-ceo/
Reading this, I was somewhat sympathetic but overall, just annoyed. An English Literature major, who moved to one of the most expensive places in the country is complaining because she can't make ends meet? Bringing negative attention to an employer who is paying her for a job that can be done by literally anyone and giving her free healthcare on top of that? Then updating the post to beg for money when she inevitably gets fired?
Then again, what a great ploy to get money from the public who will mostly side with the little guy against "The man". Maybe I should change my post to "The ingenuity and resourcefulfulness of millennials is great for our future" lol
http://qz.com/621182/i-cant-afford-to-buy-groceries-yelp-fired-an-employee-after-her-scathing-open-letter-to-the-ceo/
Reading this, I was somewhat sympathetic but overall, just annoyed. An English Literature major, who moved to one of the most expensive places in the country is complaining because she can't make ends meet? Bringing negative attention to an employer who is paying her for a job that can be done by literally anyone and giving her free healthcare on top of that? Then updating the post to beg for money when she inevitably gets fired?
Then again, what a great ploy to get money from the public who will mostly side with the little guy against "The man". Maybe I should change my post to "The ingenuity and resourcefulfulness of millennials is great for our future" lol
The fuck at that title, baby boomers are the entitled generation.
They had unions, some had free college, the rest didn't pay out of the ass for it, they could afford a house, they were paid a decent wage, they had protections in place in various industries so you couldn't be demoted or have your hours cut, benefits, pensions and they could actually rent places in inner cities. You could get a decent fucking job without a college degree.
We get absolutely none of that.
Please fucking spare me on millennial trashing.
They had unions, some had free college, the rest didn't pay out of the ass for it, they could afford a house, they were paid a decent wage, they had protections in place in various industries so you couldn't be demoted or have your hours cut, benefits, pensions and they could actually rent places in inner cities. You could get a decent fucking job without a college degree.
We get absolutely none of that.
Please fucking spare me on millennial trashing.
I personally love the term "millenials" and how everyone born in roughly a twenty year period somehow ends up being the exact same person with the exact same mentality and the exact same faults.
It is nice when everything fits in neatly defined boxes you can complain about since you are, of course, the only person that doesn't fit in any one predefined box.
It is nice when everything fits in neatly defined boxes you can complain about since you are, of course, the only person that doesn't fit in any one predefined box.
I can't stop laughing. The second anybody unironically complains about people and even says the word "millenials" it just gives me a seizure laughing
Companies are telling people that college degrees are useless without experience and have made it so that only relevant path to gain experience fresh out of school is through typically unpaid internships. Can't pay off your loans, can't move away from home, wages are stagnant, loyalty isn't rewarded.
But let's shit on people who haven't even been given a chance to make it yet instead of taking corporate America to task for fucking over workers or the federal government for allowing it to happen.
But let's shit on people who haven't even been given a chance to make it yet instead of taking corporate America to task for fucking over workers or the federal government for allowing it to happen.
Well I'm sorry but I save my shame for the generation that got coddled by all kinds of job security, unions, health benefits, cheaper college and reaped all other financial rewards from the 50s tax era then made sure subsequent generations saw less and less of that. And definitely didn't want to pay the tax rates their parents did.
Don't even get me started on how public education has turned into absolute shit thanks to generations PRIOR to millennials either.
Don't even get me started on how public education has turned into absolute shit thanks to generations PRIOR to millennials either.
Hold up. I love how baby boomers and people who already got their foot half way out the fucking door want to talk down to millenials that they're entitled and spoiled when they themselves had it much better than millenials in a number of ways. Millenials are the one inheriting this country, you can't be so dismissive of an entire group by characterizing them as entitled or lazy when quality of life is down and income inequality has a huge gulf, jobs pay shit etc. This is some revisionist history bullshit and op is drinking the kool aid. Entitlement is such a lame and lazy descriptor that's usually used for dog whistle politics anyways. Now you got young people buying into the shit too. "Oh you can't afford groceries? Suck it up buttercup!! Back in Nam' rabble rabble...." stfu.
But let's shit on people who haven't even been given a chance to make it yet instead of taking corporate America to task for fucking over workers or the federal government for allowing it to happen.
Sorry but I just can't take someone seriously who's not patient enough to do an entry-level job for a year before "making it" (Read her post). Considering she has a degree in English Literature which by itself is just not coveted by most employers...
She could have sent the same letter to the CEO in private instead of bringing negative attention to the company for things they can't control. In a capitalistic society, no one will pay you more than they feel you're worth just because. The author thought she was special but reality kicked in and she couldn't accept it. So she threw a verbal tantrum...
Live on stagnant wages despite the long rising costs of everything else and stop crying.
Oh, okay.
Oh, okay.
By cloudy Go To PostSorry but I just can't take someone seriously who's not patient enough to do an entry-level job for a year before "making it" (Read her post). Considering she has a degree in English Literature which by itself is just not coveted by most employers…Keep living in that bubble of yours though, where you project her supposed entitlement onto the rest of our generation because they want the same things their parents got. That's really you know pushing the bar in terms of progress am I right.
She could have sent the same letter to the CEO in private instead of bringing negative attention to the company for things they can't control. In a capitalistic society, no one will pay you more than they feel you're worth just because. The author thought she was special but reality kicked in and she couldn't accept it. So she threw a verbal tantrum…
By 33MillionDollarMen Go To PostLive on stagnant wages despite the long rising costs of everything else and stop crying.
Oh, okay.
If you read her post, she CHOSE to move out there (while incurring debt) for a bullshit entry-level, high-turnover job that hired her the same day she interviewed. If she can't take responsibility for that decision, what exactly is she responsible for as an adult?
By 33MillionDollarMen Go To PostLive on stagnant wages despite the long rising costs of everything else and stop crying.wages stagnate while the top of the company pyramid is getting relatively top heavy, so much for trickling down. You think you should be able to eat? Aint nobody eatin' round here.
Oh, okay.
*eats filet mignon
By cloudy Go To PostIf you read her post, she CHOSE to get move out there (while incurring debt) for a bullshit entry-level, high-turnover job that hired her the same day she interviewed. If she can't take responsibility for that decision, what exactly is she responsible for as an adult?And you can't take the responsibility of calling our entire generation entitled when we've been given a huge bag of shit to hold. Again, what's your fucking problem?
By Imm0rt4l Go To Postwages stagnate while the top of the company pyramid is getting relatively top heavy, so much for trickling down. You think you should be able to eat? Aint nobody eatin' round here.Hey man our generation can't want the same basic shit our parents or grandparents got, that's just off the table now because capitalism or something.
*eats filet mignon
I think you're taking my title way too seriously. The joke at the end should have clued you in that this is mainly about this woman.
By 33MillionDollarMen Go To PostHey man our generation can't want the same basic shit our parents or grandparents got, that's just off the table now because capitalism or something.Unfettered Capitalism is as American as apple pie ergo it's infallibe. Oh, that huge disparity in income and quality of life that happened within in a single generation? That's not caused by people being inherently greedy, don't mind that. The real problem is those GODDAMNED ENTITLED MILLENNIALS.
By cloudy Go To PostIf you read her post, she CHOSE to move out there (while incurring debt) for a bullshit entry-level, high-turnover job that hired her the same day she interviewed. If she can't take responsibility for that decision, what exactly is she responsible for as an adult?
You need to let go of the idea that an entry level job isn't supposed to pay a living wage. They've got you trained to think that's OK.
By cloudy Go To PostI'm 35. By some definitions, I'm technically a millennial myself
I find the 1980 cutoff definition for millennials to be inadequate.
Decade-based cutoffs mean little if there's no major event or world shift at that point. I find the generational differences to more prominently exist between those who grew up while the USSR and soviet power still existed, and then saw it fall, versus those who grew up after that had happened, and whose first major world-wide event was terrorism in America with 911. This is very much an American view though, as other parts of the world had dealt with terrorism before, but this sort of generational discussion is always heavily vested in American pop culture.
Every generation has its problems. This is a particularly whiny blog post. It reeks of "give me it now!" However, those aren't the issues I would ascribe entirely to being Millennial issues. Every generation has to deal with the harsh reality of life not being anywhere close to a sitcom and takes it hard.
The Millennial aspect is the public blog post, and the follow up article. Current generational issues tend to be a mental darkout on the problems with state authoritarianism, poor understanding of the value and nature of free expression, expectations born of helicopter parenting, the quiet removal of critical thinking classes in college years, a terrorism-born view of the world, and the narcissistic power of new media and the internet.
Basically, the previous generations would have the same issue, and perhaps the same disappointment, anger or disillusionment. Their response would be different. It could be self-contained and depressive(Gen X), seek other employment or ask for a raise to your boss (any generation), or it could be just working hard and enduring. Here, the response is a very public post, making the personal political, and the individual famous. These bring in the Millennial factors.
By Imm0rt4l Go To PostUnfettered Capitalism is as American as apple pie ergo it's infallibe. Oh, that huge disparity in income and quality of life that happened within in a single generation? That's not caused by people being inherently greedy, don't mind that. The real problem is those GODDAMNED ENTITLED MILLENNIALS.Socialism for the rich, capitalism for the poor.