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Without sounding judgy, this is something that I joke with my fellow Gen-x'rs and Boomers with. Millenials expect prepayment for what they're about to do, in h
by heyflyguy 7y ago
Without sounding judgy, this is something that I joke with my fellow Gen-x'rs and Boomers with. Millenials expect prepayment for what they're about to do, in hopes they can actually do it.
I was raised in a generation that you had to prove you could in fact, do the work.
I appreciate and enjoy their confidence, and don't much care for what you might call "being entitled", though I can see this will become a protected phrase in the near future.
- wayoutthere 7y agoYou’re not wrong, but we have those expectations because we often have to go deep into educational debt to get the job in the first place. The costs always get passed along.
- unlinked_dll 7y agoThis reflects more on our generation’s distrust of the systems that we work in than any kind of entitlement or misplaced confidence. As well as our general economic adversity/anxiety, debt, lack of future prospects, exploitation, etc.
- war1025 7y agoThis comment amuses me because the same people seem to have a high level of trust in the government as a general rule. Or at least in candidates on the left who advocate for a government that is more involved in day-to-day life.