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From my perspective as a millennial...it's because getting enough money seems like an impossible task. Salaries at companies are not keeping up with inflation,
by vinyl7 5y ago
From my perspective as a millennial...it's because getting enough money seems like an impossible task. Salaries at companies are not keeping up with inflation, it is difficult to get a higher paying job. Companies don't reward loyalty. Housing and rent are increasing at an absurd rate. We're getting married in our 30s+ (if we get married, a lot of people in my generation don't want to start a family) rather than starting a family in the early 20s like older generations did so there's not much need for money. It increasingly seems like hard work and effort are not rewarded.
And so life for millennials and younger is way different than it was for boomers and older. Life is more like being a vagabond rather than the stereotypical financially-successful family-oriented life of older generations. I blame the social breakdown over the last two decades and I blame the failed economy. Just have to live life day-by-day and whatever happens, happens.
- xwdv 5y agoDo not blame social breakdown and failed economies, first and foremost blame yourself. It is not difficult to get high paying jobs. I also don’t understand what loyalty has to do with anything. I’ve not been loyal to any company and have only gotten better and better jobs with ever increasing salaries.
- DougN7 5y agoThat may or may not be true in general, but individuals can still make a good life for themselves. Education is usually they key (there are always exceptions). As older people retire, people move up in companies. There will be and are people of your exact generation and age moving up and making a good living. You can do it too.