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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Yuritopiaposadism@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/gen-z-grad-two-degrees-breaks-down-tears-minimum-wage-employers-resume-in-person/

“I was so upset and disappointed in myself because growing up, I was told that if I get an education, if I go to college, then I’ll be successful,” Santos told Business Insider—and she’s not the first Gen Zer to complain about feeling tricked into pursuing further education.

Just last month, 27-year-old Robbie Scott similarly went viral on TikTok for insisting that Gen Z isn’t any less willing to work than generations before. Instead, he said, they are “getting angry and entitled and whiny” about the prospect of having to work hard for the rest of their adult life, only to “get nothing in return.”

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[-] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 121 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Anytime I hear "The economy is doing great" I parse it as "The king is so wealthy. The Lord of treasury boasts of his boundless coffers, he is rich, so I am too."

[-] Yurt_Owl@hexbear.net 69 points 9 months ago

Same feeling in company meetings when they tell us how much money they are making

[-] DyingOfDeBordom@hexbear.net 33 points 9 months ago

but GDP up??? what you mean standard of living low??

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