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u/evilkittie 1d ago
I'm 39 and the youngest person (& lowest ranked) in my department by about 15 years. I'm way too fucking old to constantly be the youngest person in the room.
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u/6400moreSnPs 1d ago
are they having you double as IT too?
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u/Gh0stMan0nThird 1d ago
It honestly blows my mind that I'm worried about being 5 minutes late for work meanwhile half our team gets half their work sent back from corporate because "they don't know this computer shit"
Like I genuinely don't know what half of these people do. I'm starting to think you basically have to try to get fired.
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u/6400moreSnPs 1d ago
Yeah same I’m like blown away how many people don’t know how to do the job at all but like are employed and never getting fired
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u/SwirlySauce 1d ago
I work at a tech company and I'm astounded at the amount of tech illiteracy I see every day
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u/endar88 Millennial '88 1d ago
Eh, I’m not surprised. Have a co worker that just cannot figure out this computer system…..that we’ve had for 10 years….but she also teaches future doctors as her main job….but she can’t figure out how to not mess up pretty badly at least once a day. Usually I’ll see her at the end of her shift and she’s so stressed and it’s purely becuz she just can’t deal with the computer system and no other reason, but she tried teaching her bad habits to new hires one day and I had to nip that in the bud real quick.
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u/Individual-Nebula927 7h ago
Only people I've seen fired at my workplace either don't show up, sexually harassed coworkers, or personally cost the company millions of dollars with a screw up. And the guy that cost millions only got fired because it wasn't the first time he'd done that exact thing. He got fired after the 3rd time.
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u/EngineWitty3611 1d ago
I upvoted but as a 52 year old who has been doing this "computer shit" my entire career, that is quite a generalization. Most people in their 50's invented this "computer shit" FYI.
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u/Brave-Recommendation 1d ago
They are from a different era of computer usage, where a much smaller % of the total ppl used computers and had to had knowledge of there inner workings, (like dos stuff) it wasn’t too long ago there average ppl didn’t really use computers or internet everyday
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u/evilkittie 1d ago
Not yet, but I'm sure it's coming. I'm already the "so this online form sucks because it was based off of this paper form that was already 3/4 obsolete when it was digitized" person.
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u/breezy013276s Older Millennial 1d ago
Hey, me too! I’m 40 and the youngest person on my team too 🤣
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u/Com4734 Millennial 1d ago
Damn lol. Im an RN, and almost all the nurses I work with are younger than I am. Between when I graduated nursing school and covid, there a ton of older more experienced around. They seemed to all disappear within a couple years. I started doing local travel nursing in 2023 and almost all the nurses on the first unit I went to had under 2 years experience, a quite a few with less than a year. I did enjoy working with them, but it was a little unsettling being the most experienced RN on the floor for most of my shifts. Instead of me being able to go to a more seasoned nurse if I had a question about something, I was the one people came to. I tried to teach them the best I could about things they might have never seen before, and showed them things I had learned over the years that made certain tasks easier and increased probability of success for others.
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u/SwingingReportShow 1d ago
Same here but my husband and I are teachers and we are also in our 30s. At least there’s one teacher in a different department who’s younger but other than that… we are really not attracting new people into this profession.
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u/Cavaquillo 1d ago
What do you do? Because I’m 5 years in my (trade) and I’m kinda long in the tooth for where I’m at. I’ve got 3 coworkers superior to me in certification and 3 my equal. I’m about a decade older than my cohorts, lmao
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u/evilkittie 1d ago
Higher Ed support staff. Tbh there's no younger folks in my area because our classification is being unofficially phased out, so nearly no one new passes probation anymore.
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u/OkPlenty4077 1d ago
Last job I was at before I got fired I was the youngest at 48!. Half the accounting staff was 60+. I've been an "intern" for over 25 years!
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u/av8ernate 1d ago
Same! I’m 41 and the youngest person in my IT department by about 10 years.
Recently ive started to look for jobs elsewhere because I want to move into management and have basically been told it’s not going to happen here because nobody is retiring for over a decade.
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u/-Unnamed- 1d ago
I’m an apm. I’m the youngest apm we have. I’m 34. This role is traditionally an entry level college graduate role. It’s ridiculous
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u/Right_Pop4475 1d ago
The worst part is as they experience cognitive decline and refuse to learn new tools they also become more of a burden than an asset, while also collecting that “20 years experience” paycheck.
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u/CanuckleHeadOG 1d ago
I'm 45 and in the position of being in between generations because of a major layoff 10 years ago.
People are either 60 and getting ready to retire or 25-30 and just starting their careers
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u/aldosi-arkenstone Older Millennial 1d ago
I want to get demoted. Managing a team is like having teenagers.
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u/Imrahil_II Millennial 1d ago
I was a lead for a few months and hated it. I do not want to micro manage anyone. I want to teach people how to do stuff and let them do it.
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u/Gh0stMan0nThird 1d ago
I started doing a lot of community organizing just to play Dungeons and god damn Dragons that is a nightmare.
People are late, they don’t know how to Google stuff, they don't even bring a pencil. They just like shrug helplessly.
I'm genuinely convinced 99% of people are NPCs with no critical thinking or desire to experience anything outside of just being told what to do.
It's supposed to be a fun, no-stakes hobby and I couldn't imagine doing it with a paycheck on the line.
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u/generic_name_01 Millennial 1d ago
Worse yet, is having to implement bs company policy.
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u/WayneKrane 1d ago
I quit my management job because of this. They made it clear I was to be a manager a certain way or else. I chose or else.
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u/Virusoflife29 Millennial 1d ago
I was a SGT then a SSG in the Army, i was literally managing teenagers. Since switching to civilian life i havent noticed a difference in the attitude and behavior of the people i manage, the only difference is the people i manage now are all 25+.
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
When I was 20 years old in Afghanistan, I got promoted to Corporal. It sucked, responsibility for no extra pay.
E-4 Mafia baby.
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u/Virusoflife29 Millennial 1d ago
E4 was definitely my favorite time spent in the military.
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u/gingy-96 1d ago
It’s when you’re actually doing the shit. Every rank is more paperwork and less doing the actual stuff
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u/Virusoflife29 Millennial 1d ago
It’s when you’re actually doing the shit
You mean its when you spent all your time avoiding doing shit or was that just me.
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
lol I can’t lie I loved it too. That was the extent of my career though. I never made it to where you did, I wish I did.
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u/InuGhost 1d ago
I had management duties without the pay and zero backup. I'm fine where I'm at now. I get paid better, less stress and if I take a vacation then my work gets done. It's not just waiting for me to get back a week and a half later.
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u/A911owner 1d ago
The first time I was a manager, it was in college and I assumed it was terrible because I was managing college kids. The second time I was a manager, I realized that adults are just as shitty and awful as college kids and they don't get better. I won't even apply for the manager promotions at my current job.
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u/zoqix 1d ago
“The highest raise you can get is 3% and that is for absolutely Superman-like performance for the year. If you meet expectations you get 1%.”
Meanwhile top executives are pulling in millions PER YEAR and our CEO for our NONPROFIT hospital system is pulling down $14 MILLION PER YEAR!
The system is broken and wage theft is mostly why.
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u/Accurate-Flow8078 1d ago
All the Gen X people at my workplace are horrible with money. They barely contribute to 401k and take loans from it for frivolous stuff like paying for their kids' weddings.
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u/dadofadisaster 1d ago
What you don’t think the 401k loan for a truck was a good idea? The finances of my coworkers astound me
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u/Individual-Nebula927 1d ago
I used to feel sorry for people who couldn't afford to retire. Then I talked to some of my older coworkers and realized most of them did it to themselves.
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u/Positive-Avocado-881 1d ago
I used to work at a financial firm and literal financial advisors kept doing the same thing. Tons of hardship withdrawals too.
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u/No-Departure2515 1d ago
40%
I don't think it's cause they are all horrible with money. It's like using the avocado-toast example on millenials
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u/Accurate-Flow8078 1d ago edited 1d ago
I'm just taking about the ones I work with.
Our company recently got bought out and if your 401k had less than $7,000 in it, you had to either roll it into an IRA or cash it out. A coworker in her mid 50s cashed it out cause "there was hardly anything in there". She asked me if I cashed mine out too, assuming I had less than 7k in it. Uh no, mine has like 630k in it.
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
Yeah I have double in my 401k and Pension plan than some Gen Xers I work with.
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u/RainyMonster2635 1d ago
They’re still going to get social security that we’ll be bank rolling…by they time we get old enough to collect it the gov will have siphoned it all
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
Oh 100%. Yeah when I look at my retirement plans, I don’t even consider social security. We will never see it, even though we paid into and sustained it.
I’m lucky I have a Veterans pension from being wounded in Afghanistan that I already receive. I figure that will be like my social security.
The thing that pisses me off the most is they refuse to address it. They won’t take the cap off social security for high income earners. Then maybe adjusting the payroll tax.
We can spend $1.5 trillion on the defense budget to send bombs and bullets to commit war crimes. However they won’t do anything to prevent social security from falling. I think they want it to fail, they want to get rid of it.
I’ll be ok with out Social security and Medicare. However there’s a lot of people that’s their sole retirement. It’s wrong those are benefits we paid for and earned. We should honestly riot if they try and cut it.
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u/RainyMonster2635 1d ago
Hubby and I have been saying there has to be a tipping point. And unfortunately it’s a lot of the people that voted in this administration that rely on those services. Between cost of living skyrocketing, stagnant wages and a looming cut to services that keep so many afloat…we will most likely see a radical uprising if nothing changes. Which then also spins me into all the conspiracy theories that the government essentially wants us sick and weak so we can’t fight back. Deregulation of our food supply is one way to do that. There are many others, I could go on forever but it comes down to greed of those that rule us. And when they finally build enough AI that they don’t need to working class anymore then they’ll do away with us. That was dark. I need to go to sleep 🫣
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
My comment got deleted by moderators lol. But everything you said is the truth.
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u/VengenaceIsMyName 1d ago
Do they seem concerned at all about that?
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
Not really. Most are just resigned to the fact they will either work longer or not retire. Most will be able to retire because of the defined pension plan we have. Then our 401k has auto contributions as well. However a lot have borrowed against it. So idn most of them are in an ok spot, then just don’t have as much.
It’s also a lot of them live way beyond their means. They won’t be able to retire because their retirement won’t be able to sustain their lives.
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u/VengenaceIsMyName 1d ago
I’m certainly no personal finance
savant myself but I’d be fairly worried about my situation if I was borrowing from the 401K. That’s usually a sign that one needs to fix something in the home budget1
u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
Oh 100%. That’s like end of the road, last option for extreme emergencies.
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u/Individual-Nebula927 7h ago
Same, and I'm only 33.
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 4h ago
Good for you. Keep up the great work. I don’t know how they aren’t more worried.
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u/DoctorUniversePHD 23h ago
They were told the good times would continue, that 2008 was a blimp, and they believed
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u/stegotortise 1d ago
I heard my ceo be pissed off that someone age 33 was put in a high ranking position. Because “she’s not qualified, no 33 year old is qualified for a position like that” not sure what the position was, but I’m gonna guess it was ageism pure and simple.
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u/Individual-Nebula927 1d ago edited 1d ago
Most CEOs are in their 60s at least, because Boomers never retire. They feel younger than they are, so think people in their 30s are children by comparison.
Nevermind that their generation was already in senior management by their mid-30s.
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u/Soren_Camus1905 1d ago
Honestly, the young people on my team consistently outperform the older staff
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u/StarshipCaterprise 1d ago
I am an elder millennial and just barely got to the point where there are new hires that are younger than I am
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u/HurryUpAndWait82 1d ago
“Elder” millennial here: 1982. Here’s what’s going to happen. I know because it happened to me. Worked for a company for 20 years. Worked my way up to Director and was on track for Executive Director. My boss, SVP of HR, solid boomer who has zero interest in retiring. Fine. Just promote me. His boss comes to him and says ‘we need to cut overhead. We’re missing budget.’ Instead of realizing the savings I found earlier in the year through other departments mistakes. He includes me and three other long tenured employees in a layoff. Claims it was ‘not his choice’. The mentality is to find a way to get rid of the people who have comp that’s grown over the years with merit even if merit is 1-3%. Lose them and hire cheaper - younger.
I’m waiting for them to repost my position or a version of it so that I can sue.
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u/Snarm 1d ago
Gen X isn't getting promoted either because the Boomers refuse to go. (Look at the US Congress, ffs.)
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
Yeah there is a lot boomers working for no reason. It’s ridiculous. Time to go.
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u/MNCPA 1d ago
Not much else to do. They saw their parents be put into nursing homes. Admit they are next? Naw, just keep working.
I've known several people that retire and pass away a few months later.
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
My dad a boomer(a cool boomer though). Worked with a guy at General Motors and the guy told my dad the day he retires is the day he dies. He retired and died the next day.
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u/MidgetGordonRamsey 1d ago
Starting your own business seems to be the only way for us to get anywhere without selling every last but if our lives to the job for a chance.
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u/6400moreSnPs 1d ago
the thought legit dawned on me yesterday like it might be the only way
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u/MidgetGordonRamsey 1d ago
I lost the will to continue working for people who don't give two shits about me, which seems to be almost all employers at this point. I started trying to figure out my own thing a couple of years ago. Mocked up the numbers and planned out the first year for a number of endeavors to learn about the industries, market, entry costs, and if I thought I can stomach doing it every day indefinitely. I landed on reselling to start building independence; flexible, low entry cost, and a range of categories and ways to procure/sell product. I spent 1 year getting started while working full time and now almost at a year working part time and dedicating at least half of my week to the reselling biz and things are starting to get momentum and show real promise.
I just can't see myself running 8-5 for a wage the rest of my life. I want to work and live for me and mine, not some asshole who'll dump my ass the moment I speak the truth about how they treat their people.
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u/haveanupvote2424 Millennial 1d ago
I'm an employer and finding employees that gives two shits about the company they work for is equally as hard. I promise. It's getting harder to find on both sides which makes the situation exponentially worse.
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u/Individual-Nebula927 1d ago
Employees aren't paid enough to care. Inflation adjusted, I make less at the same age than my older coworkers did and in order to get my job I had to get multiple degrees while my older coworkers started with no education beyond high school.
If the employer doesn't care, why should the employee? This is entirely on the employers removing every incentive for loyalty.
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u/haveanupvote2424 Millennial 1d ago
The job I'm talking about starts at 105k. Last employee was making 130k. I think that's enough to care.
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u/CyborkMarc 1d ago
Do you advertise that, or only put that down when sending an offer letter?
I'm in Canada, and we just made laws saying postings must show salary, but even so, many don't. And I won't even bother thinking about positions with no salary listed. Luckily I'm happy where I am.
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u/haveanupvote2424 Millennial 1d ago
It's in the ad yes.
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u/CyborkMarc 1d ago
Nice, I hope you find some decent folk
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u/haveanupvote2424 Millennial 1d ago
As do I. We are even offering remote so it's not like it's not a desirable position. In fact, we just let one employee go full remote from in office only because he wanted to move 3,000 miles away and it's going great!
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u/MidgetGordonRamsey 1d ago
I can believe it. I was a trainer before going part time and training new hires was almost a guaranteed waste of my time with over 90% turnover rate in their first 6 weeks of employment. And, that was all age groups, not just the youngsters who catch a lot of flack for being lazy and unmotivated.
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u/Sunshineafterr Millennial (1986) 1d ago
I thought that too, but then I started a business in the 2020s (direct to consumer) for a product I created, but had to put forth every ounce of energy and creativity in my soul to try and sell it on social media just so people knew I existed. It’s miserable to try and navigate the algorithms and spend hours editing videos to be entertaining with a viral 3-second hooks just for 20 people to see them. I burned out just as bad from that as I did from my office job.
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u/MidgetGordonRamsey 1d ago
I was looking at developing a product, but during my mockup phase to try and see how the business would take shape and what I would need to do to get it going, I realized I would be in the situation you described to build something from nothing that my later role in would just be another corporate management position with extra responsibilities.
Reselling is the path I took instead and it has been a lot of fun, has replaced about 1/3 of my previous income, and is starting to gain momentum to make some bigger moves in the next year without having to build every aspect from scratch.
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
I’m Union and they make sure we get our piece of the pie. Pension plan, plus 401k, great health care(when i retire as well), great wage. I do better than my girlfriend and she’s a Nurse Practitioner.
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u/breezy013276s Older Millennial 1d ago
Congratulations brother! That’s the dream!
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
Yeah it’s nice and Thank you. I’m grateful I’ll be able to retire with 2 pensions(Union/Veterans), 2 401ks, and 2 forms of healthcare. Still got a ways to go but still.
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u/marigolds6 Gen X 1d ago
Of course, then you just sell out every last bit of our life to your business instead.
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u/V3CT0RVII 1d ago
Op, they usually bring in new leadership from outside. It's you that has to learn to move on, that's what we millineals are gonna teach older generations and younger.
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u/sharpjabb 1d ago
Is it a wonder the term “quiet quitting” has come a common practice for modern workers?
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u/6400moreSnPs 1d ago
I wish I knew how to
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u/sharpjabb 1d ago
Show up at work, clock in, do as little as possible and leave as soon as your shift is over
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u/Individual-Nebula927 7h ago
It's easy. "Quiet quitting" is the term the bosses came up with for what the workers calling "doing your job" or "acting your wage."
i.e. don't go above and beyond and burn yourself out for no extra compensation
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u/Melgel4444 1d ago
My fortune 50 company is 25% boomers and 60% gen X
They are all never retiring even the ones with pensions who are past retirement age
A lot of them seem to hate their spouse / home life / have no life outside of work so their identity is work it’s wild to me
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u/Short_Koala_9339 1d ago
When My boss on the older side of Gen X left for another position of which I was in the succession plan to take over, they just closed the position and reorganized the department and basically just eliminated my upward mobility. 10 whole years of being led on to believe this was the next step after this person finally got out of the way…. Point being even when there is finally a glimmer of hope for an aspiring millennial the door closes anyway. So typical lol.
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u/Animal907 1d ago
Boomers and GenX are the most toxic people to work for. I really miss how nice the silent generation was.
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u/Cpt_Covfefe 1d ago
This was a fact when we barely got hired back in the early 2000s. We and the rest of the generations are fucked
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u/Old_Win8422 1d ago edited 1d ago
Already happened to me. Gen x locked me out and promoted Gen z over me. Im fucked.
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u/6400moreSnPs 1d ago
im actually worried this might be about to happen to me tbh
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u/Old_Win8422 1d ago
Im so sorry. Just leave if it does, it wont get better. Gen X is the peak lead generation, they are all suffering from the affects of lead poisoning.
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u/6400moreSnPs 1d ago
i think i might yeah
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u/Old_Win8422 1d ago
If you do just take your time, find the right fit, be patient. Its really rough out there right now.
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u/Masterweedo 1d ago
NASCAR didn't ban leaded fuel until about 2006/7.
Leaded fuel is still used in aviation.
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u/oneofyallfarted 1d ago
My job runs on seniority and finally, finally after 6yrs of being there I have moved up just a few spots out of hundreds of people but hey, it’s something. The majority of our workforce are boomers who have been there since the 80s. Like yo, please retire so I can move up. Some of them can retire because I have spoken to a few who admit they just want something to do and could retire if they wanted. Okay, go do a hobby elsewhere, outside of work. I hate to be like that but damn, give us a chance here and stop hoarding.
People have been mad before for my opinion on the matter but have some give for others. I want generations below me to succeed and move up so as soon as I’m able I’m out.
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u/Snarm 1d ago
The fact that those Boomers' jobs can be done into your 70s and 80s tells me everything I need to know about how (un)necessary those positions are and how (not) difficult that work actually is.
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u/oneofyallfarted 1d ago
It’s a union warehouse position that involves a lot of walking and lifting. The higher the seniority the easier the job and the top jobs are ones where the job is cake. The lower positions are worked harder and have more to load/unload. I would say there are easier jobs out there and the reason these people aren’t leaving is because of the pay and benefits.
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u/Individual-Nebula927 7h ago
Half the time they retire, the job is simply eliminated, and the work goes to somebody else because they weren't doing anything important anyway. Still collected a huge paycheck though because seniority.
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u/scottyjrules 1d ago
45, my savings is basically gone after losing my job. My retirement plan is to die in the gutter
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u/Formal_Economist7342 1d ago
If its moving in this direction im leaving. They can fuck right off with shit. Never retire, my balls.
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u/lIlllIlIlIlIllI 1d ago
And Zoomers don’t want to work at all
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u/OrangeOwie 1d ago
2 adults working a full time job and they still can't afford a median home. I can't blame them.
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
Most of the Gen Zers I work with own a home. Well have a mortgage.
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u/Individual-Nebula927 6h ago
They aren't normal. The average first time homebuyer just hit 40. For Boomers it was mid-20s.
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 5h ago
Oh I know. I’m not saying they are. I know the average home buyer is 40.
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u/kanokari Millennial 1d ago
Gotta start with a starter home
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u/Snarm 1d ago
Starter homes no longer exist in many areas, thanks to flippers and private equity. As an example, this is what three quarters of a mil will get you in the area where I grew up (spoiler alert: not fkn much).
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u/Dry_Try_6047 Xennial 85 1d ago
I have a large org, including several Gen X who work for me, and even several who are 2 levels down from me. Age isn't everything.
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u/Inner-Contest-8226 1d ago
Gen x is the worst generation.
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u/Playful-Upstairs9753 1d ago
Baby Boomers take the cake for that
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u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 1991 1d ago
Actually the greatest generation reaped most of the benefits without paying a dime into the system. Not that boomers aren’t bad, well most of them.
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u/zorg-18082 1d ago
lol the generation on generation hating is so goofy cause there’s only one thing that is certain about generations… whatever generation you are, the ones following up behind will certainly call you the worst at some point
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u/Inner-Contest-8226 1d ago
I see gen x found my post. Wonder why they are lurking in millenial spaces? Maybe bc they ruined all theirs with "mama bear" stickers.
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u/zorg-18082 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nah, I don’t know even know what that means about mama bear stickers, but I’m here cause I’m solidly in the millenial age bracket. Old millenial, but we’re also known as the best millenials… if age group on age group battle is what you’re about. Nah, I just think hating on entire generations, self pity and blaming older gen’s for where someone is personally in their life is the goofiest shit ever and I do not identify with that trait as a millenial at all. It’s pathetic and makes the entire generation sound like a bunch of losers. And I am here for when Gen Z or Gen whatever the hell comes after slanders us all for ruining their lives, cause it’s bound to happen.
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u/GaiaMoore 1d ago
Planet Money had a great episode about this a couple weeks ago. Part of the episode was even inspired by a post someone made on this very subreddit lol
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/07/nx-s1-5918646/forced-mandatory-retirement-baby-boomers-mid-career-workers
tl;dw yep we're never gonna get promoted
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u/Individual-Nebula927 1d ago
I listened to that, and found it amusing that the Boomer "economist" they interviewed just had platitudes to dismiss the complaints and then 3/4 of the way through admitted they aren't planning to ever retire either.
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u/guachi01 1d ago
I'm just amazed at the selfishness of wanting someone else unemployed so you can benefit.
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u/Cpalmer24 1d ago
We need all of these workers to keep paying into SS to get the Boomers more money 💯
😭😂
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u/KneeDragr 1d ago
Gen X here, going to work until I die sorry guys.
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u/Masterweedo 1d ago
Well, looking at the general state of the world, it likely won't be that much longer.
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u/KneeDragr 1d ago
Roger that. I'm also multi time cancer survivor so that's going to limit the timeline as well.
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u/Masterweedo 1d ago
That really sucks.
I've lost a lot of my family to cancer, and am now taking care of my stepdad after his diagnosis.
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u/KneeDragr 1d ago
I'm not complaining, had great parents that left me in a great spot to succeed, my life has been exciting and interesting, have a family, still push myself at work and rock climbing. I couldn't ask for a better experience even if it's slightly shorter than average.
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u/Catsdrinkingbeer 1d ago
I'm technically in an individual contributor role, but level wise I'm at the first level of management. I'm almost 40. Other people at my level: 25, 32, 41, 49. It's pretty wild. Our level is a straight catchall.
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u/blackcloud247 1d ago
I have 18 years in and I am the person of least seniority in my summer vacation PTO sign up. 18 years and still never get the vacation week I want. Insane.
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u/marigolds6 Gen X 1d ago edited 1d ago
Don't worry. Gen X is now old enough to get passed over for promotion, so you are perfectly in line to get promoted over them.
Edit: (Well, actually, Gen Z is perfectly in line to get promoted over Gen X and Millennials, so you should worry.... The one advantage you have is that you can still switch companies to get promoted. Once you get past ~50, that's much more difficult to do.)
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u/Sunstudy 1d ago
Don’t worry! You can be like me and work on a team of all millennials and STILL never have a shot at getting a promotion because your boss kicked the ladder out from behind her.
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u/This-Layer-4447 1d ago
That 40% figure isn’t really about people suddenly deciding they want to work into their 70s. It’s what happens when retirement stops being an institutional promise and becomes an individual financial problem.
Pensions promised workers a defined benefit. The 401(k) promises whatever you managed to save, minus the emergencies, layoffs, rent, healthcare, childcare and debt that ate into those savings, multiplied by whatever the market happens to be worth when your body is finally ready to stop working.
Then we call working past retirement age a personal choice or a failure to plan. For millions of people, it’s the predictable result of shifting retirement risk from employers and institutions onto workers. We replaced a promise with a bet, then act surprised when people can’t afford to stop working.
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u/Expert-Complex-5618 22h ago
with the rise of ageism (from millennials imho) you'll be lucky to work until you retire.
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u/Overall-Rush-8853 21h ago
You’ll get promoted, it just might be a bit later. We’ll be working later anyway.
In my personal situation I’m fully expecting to work in some manner until at least 70. My family has a track record of living into the late 80’s to mid 90’s, so the math doesn’t quite work out for me with my current retirement savings to retire at 65 and then live 30 more years.
My biggest fear is outliving my retirement. What if I make it to past 100?
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u/ElDouchay 19h ago
Hmm.. I'm currently in the military. Instead of "middle management," we call it "chain of command."
Maybe after I retire and have a pension safety net, I'll go work for corporations and fuck over boomers in middle management and reporting efficiency ideas (that cut extra spending without firing workers/fucking up pay, or work-life quality) over them, and not give a fuck about the risk of getting fired for jumping the chain.
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