Gen Z crying about having to work 9-5
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Anonymous
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Unbelievable. A young woman in her first job out of college is complaining that having to commute to a 9-5 job, she has to leave by 7:30am and doesn't get home to 6:15 and then doesn't even have the energy to make dinner. She laments that she doesn't have time for friends or "her life".
She should be glad that she only has an office job and not a laborer or factory job and that thanks to the way paved by labor unions in the past, that employers can only have a 40 hour work week without paying overtime (to non-salaried workers). Gen Z is so amazingly entitled. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/viral-tiktok-college-graduate-9-to-5-job-b2435504.html |
Anonymous
| This is a bit unfair - her main complaint is being unable to afford living closer to her job. Housing unaffordablity is a big deal. |
Anonymous
| There’s already a thread. |
Anonymous
| Well, I understand her completely. It is no way to live. |
Anonymous
Yup. And she asks people how they do it all. Sorry, but I was a college graduate once and I remember having the same complaints. I just didn't have a tiktok to post it to. I love you people who forget how rough the transition was. SO annoying. |
Anonymous
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^ PP and I am 49 and have a wonderful commute and full life because I can afford to take a close in job with very low pay because my spouse makes a ton.
No 24 year old has that. |
Anonymous
| She’s right and OP is terrible. |
Anonymous
Do we know where she lives, where she works and how much she makes? I can’t comment without knowing those details. But I watched about 5 seconds of that video with the sound turned down, and I can’t believe we’re giving this person more and more attention. |
Anonymous
She works in New York and commutes in from outside the city. |
Anonymous
So, like millions of people who have come before her. And continue to do so, on purpose. |
Anonymous
Or, she has a valid point. |
Anonymous
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When I read about her, I thought 'big deal, everyone has to do that'. But then i gave it more thought and realized she's right. It does suck. We all just accepted that working meant commute, long hours, essentially 'donating' work to the company when we worked extra and didn't get paid extra, getting home at 6 or 7 and then jamming the rest of our lives into 4 to 6 hours at the end of the day. That allows mostly for maintenance (washing clothes, cooking, shopping, paying bills, bathing, hair cuts, doctor/dentist appointments, car maintenance, cleaning house, etc.). Oh, you want kids? Well, double up on the chores plus attending to your child.
Why did I -- or anyone -- think that was an OK way to live? And I agree with her and thought, "this is how change happens." We shouldn't live this way. |
Anonymous
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I graduated 30 years ago and remember struggling with the transition from college to full-time work too. I don't think this is necessarily a "Gen Z" thing, with the exception of housing. I was able to at least live within a 30-45 minute one-way drive of my work in a one-bedroom apartment with a roommate. Things changed for me when I changed jobs a year later to something that I liked much more (and it paid more too!). It made my schedule much more bearable when I was spending my work hours doing something I enjoyed with people I liked. (Which, again, is not necessarily a Gen Z thing.)
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Anonymous
| They aren't wrong. Usually there is even more pressure to work longer, on top of a long commute because you can't afford to live closer. |
Anonymous
It’s what Americans do. We work. |