[ClearCase_guy]

As a very broad statement — jobs have changed over the past 5-10-15 years. People in management often have no training in management. They can be toxic and ineffective. Older adults who can do the work and who want to do the work, can be stymied by bad managers who just get in the way. This can be frustrating to experienced workers.

Younger people didn’t get the summer jobs, haven’t had to struggle, have spent a lot of time “quarantined” during COVID — and the standard difficulties of commuting time and 40-hr work weeks really hits them hard.

Also, dating these days is 100% social media and breeds all kinds of awful behavior. Finding a partner and going through life as a team is harder for young people today than it was when most of us were young.

Also, the American dream is gone. You want to buy a starter home? In much of the country, your starter home may cost you $700,000. So, you’re not buying that. And wages haven’t kept pace with inflation over the past 40 years. And we’re heading into a recession. And the stock market is going to crash.

Older people say “It was tough when I was young too” but I think that misses the essence of what is going on. America has changed. Dramatically after 9/11 (but you could see it under Clinton too). The changes are bad and they keep accelerating.

If I were young, I’d cry too.

[dfwgator]

Also, the American dream is gone. You want to buy a starter home? In much of the country, your starter home may cost you $700,000. So, you’re not buying that. And wages haven’t kept pace with inflation over the past 40 years. And we’re heading into a recession. And the stock market is going to crash.

Thanks to foreigners buying all the houses and driving up the prices. Folks in China and India want that safe haven in the US for when the STHF in their countries, and are willing to pay top-dollar for whatever they can get.

[madison10]

Same. I have no idea how nieces and nephew will be able to afford homes, even with the property itself gifted to them.

[Varsity Flight]

The Lost Generation.

Don’t give in..

* Prayer

* Faith

* Integrity

[Chgogal]

Oh please! I started my career right after the Carter Years and the beginning of Reagan’s two terms. The inflation rate was near 20%, high unemployment and mortgage rates were astronomical.

My starting salary was $15,000/yr. The first year was probation, one whole year! No vacation days, no sick days.

You and she can cry me a river.

[Stravinsky]

It’s true that it’s harder today. OTOH, much better in the US than China, Somalia, etc. Americans are fortunate. Even the poorest.