The millennial living with me (33) just got fired. From her 4th job. This year.
She sheepishly admitted she was busy partying. Also, she kept complaining about her employees or managers.
While intelligent, she seems to have a problem with authority or long-term responsibility. She's decided to do gig work instead, so she can just basically do her own thing.
The other millennial living with me has spent the past few days lying in bed -- too depressed to go to work or even light Hanukkah candles. (Or buy them -- she had to buy off of me.)
I can't figure it out with her, either. I never had that luxury. If I don't work -- or respect the boss -- I don't eat. Or pay rent.
Haha. (You don’t kick them out because.....?)
But in a sort-of defense of these people, it’s hard to take things seriously these days. You can have the best attitude, great work ethic, sturdy constitution, all kinds of knowledge and expertise, and.......your job ends up being a joke. A bad joke.
Or - as has happened to me - people see you doing okay and decide to take revenge over petty grudges. Bye, bye employment.
Or someone who just got hired complains about you because you won’t be “nice” and let them take some of your work or hours. (I’ve been fired and forced out of many jobs that I did well in because I wasn’t nice enough, and a lot of the time not being nice meant I didn’t want to date people.)
So, I’m not saying these youngsters have a great excuse for being lazy, useless puds or anything, but I can see part of the reason of how they get there with startling clarity.
And: Merry Christmas! (I almost typed “Merry Xmas!” because that’s how I usually type it, but then I was like, “OH WOW I CAN’T DO THAT ON THIS BOARD!!!”)