I don't think it's just Gen Xers who feel this way. A lot of employers are in for a rude awakening when - and it will - the economy eventually turns around.
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On behalf of all my fellow Generation Xers I want to thank the self-proclaimed Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers for leaving us a country in such a strong moral, economic, and political position.
For my fellow Generation Xers and upcoming Yers, enjoy the illusion cast upon you by American Idol while you can. In the meantime, pick up “Atlas Shrugged” and go through a few pages during commercial breaks.
I don’t see much of a chance at an economic turn around as long as the democrat and rhinos wield power.
We are going to need to fundamentally transform America. Vast cuts in government agencies and government spending. Punitive corporate taxes and taxes on small businesses must go if we are to succeed in transforming our economy. Entitlement programs need to be cut off for future generations.
More generational generalizing. There has always been a lack of promotion possibilities. “promotional possibilities” are always there for self-promoters.
I think this likely describes the majority of Gen Xers like I was Maynard Krebs.
Gen X and Yers if you want to preserve your jobs and have a chance for higher pay, establish an American management system that understands that if America keeps her high tech secrets, she keeps her high standard of living. The boomers blew it by accepting the notion of globalism that everything and everyone can be outsourced without thinking what is the impact on the people of the United States. I remember an old saying, if we give everything the unions want, we will have no trade, but if we give corporate America everything they want we will have no good paying jobs. I think we swung too much to corporate America (just look at what the Wall Street lead, government enablement did to our economy and finances). Somewhere between the two extreme viewpoints is the answer. I think that will be the challenge our new generation of leaders must resolve.
Just as an example, China and the emerging world is a good example where the stable concepts of socialism and the freedom of capitalism are mixed together that meets the unique characteristics of the country. These nations are emerging and prospering. Europe sticks to pure socialism and they stagnate, the US sticks to free for all capitalism and they just destroyed themselves with one gigantic financial bubble and believe it or not are trying to inflate an even larger one. Europe and the US style of economics is not the answer.
Yeah, we'll they may have resumes, but the Baby-Boomers will still have the jobs. I am a well paid Boomer manager. I am 63. Why should I "fire myself" and retire at 66??! We'll, I won't. I am healthy and fit and maybe at 70 I'll consider retirement. But just maybe. And the X'ers waiting..will just have to wait. That's life. Get over it. And the comment, "once economic recovery begins" is a joke. That may take 10 years! Sorry Xer's, you may be out of luck. Poor timing on when you were born. Lot's of luck.
Yeah, we'll they may have resumes, but the Baby-Boomers will still have the jobs. I am a well paid Boomer manager. I am 63. Why should I "fire myself" and retire at 66??! We'll, I won't. I am healthy and fit and maybe at 70 I'll consider retirement. But just maybe. And the X'ers waiting..will just have to wait. That's life. Get over it. And the comment, "once economic recovery begins" is a joke. That may take 10 years! Sorry Xer's, you may be out of luck. Poor timing on when you were born. Lot's of luck.
My GF learned the phrase "curmudgeon" by trying to figure out a good English word for my "critical grouchiness." In this sense, I guess I am a typical GenXer.
BTW: What's orange and looks good on a Millennial/Gen Yer?
Fire, of course...
Young people in today’s America haven’t a chance for the most part...
They’re screwed, as our government and politicians completely sold them and the rest of us out.
These spoiled brats will whine no matter what shape the economy is in. They just plain don’t want to work!
Perhaps if their "boomer" parents had not spent so much on them giving them everything they wanted, including paying for them to go to college, then those "boomers" would have had enough money to retire long ago.
Perhaps if the "boomers" had not bought into the psychobabble school of raising children where "everyone is a winner" and all the other overprotective crap then perhaps these "Gen X & Y'er's" would know the universal truth that life is hard-there is no such thing as a free lunch and no one gives a damn about your "self esteem".
I have to laugh at these "Gen X & Y'er's" who apply for employment where I work and expect 100k to start, to write their own hours, have weekends and every holiday off and get a company car. Needless to say their resume's hit the trash after their interviews.
I have to laugh at my nephew's girlfriend who racked up 179k in student loans to go through law school and party and when she graduated decided she wanted to be a massage therapist. She fully expects her parents to sell their house to pay off her loans and buy her a car. They finally wised up and told her the harsh truth that she is an adult now. She is the one who got the loans, she is the one who signed the papers and she is responsible for paying them back. Taking responsibility for her own actions is something she does not want to do.
So "Gen X & Y'er's"...
You are adults now-get out of your parents basements and wean yourself off your parents wallets. You are responsible for yourselves and your actions. Only children blame everyone but themselves for their own problems.
we’ll just have to sift through them and take the ones that actually get it and hope the rest find employment in fast food,” she quips. Spoken like a truly jaded Gen Xer.
TRUELY SAD TO BE SO JADED!~
They can go to hell with him as far as I'm concerned.
How is that “hope and change” working for those who foolishly and irresponsibly executed their right to vote for an inexperienced Democrat who is undermining the foundations of this country.
It was a tough decision with a lot of risk. I was unemployed for 10 months and drew on unemployment benefits for a month before getting a contract position in the same industry, but a much smaller and friendly company. During those months of unemployment, I panicked a few times, especially at the thought of possibly losing my house.
But I never regretted the decision to leave. It was the right thing to do for me. Now, I'm going to be offered a full time position at this new company in January, doing things I'd never be able to do at the old place.
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See, that right there is bullshit, and it's the first line of this whine. Cream rises. When I was younger I advanced over older guys and when I was older I worked for younger guys. I repeat...cream rises.