Why are young people old?

[Anonymous]

Seems like they have made enough money and/or have enough coming in to take it easy at work. Find people who thrive on climbing up and having a career and bonuses, raises.
I would never change my low wage job for the office job where I have to dress up, be somewhat on time, and do presentations. Minimum job ( at times not even minimum met) made me realize fast I needed to make more money outside of work. I would have never had time for it working in the office, sweating about meetings and whatever else they all have.
If an idiot like myself is retired now and on DCUM, I can only imagine how much money highly educated people who have been working for awhile have as 2nd/3rd generation Americans. I'm not sure why they all didn't tell you they want to retire tomorrow. This working hard bullshit is so 1990s.

[Anonymous]

Are you recruiting upper class folks with trust funds? You need to recruit hungrier people who may have attended less expensive schools with merit aid.

[Anonymous]

The one company I worked at where someone spoke to me this way, telling me they could “get me a lot more money” if I did XYZ, also happened to be a really crooked company where all the senior leaders had no scruples and I would have rather been poor than join their ranks. I was doing my 18 months there and moving on to a new job asap. Not sure if that applies here but it it reminded me of that place. If you are offering people a 250k raise and they’re turning you down they either 1) don’t believe you or 2) don’t have a price on their soul and for whatever reason have determined it’s not worth the $$

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you three jobs guy

I think it is. The writing (and grammar errors) are similar.

[Anonymous]

That poster is SO WEIRD. Why are the posts so long and detailed? What’s the goal? One of the strangest reoccurring troll posters on this site. Him and that brunch granny

[Anonymous]

If my boss told me I had to work until I was 70 I’d still be laughing. I’m Gen X, mid-level fed with zero desire to become management. I love my job and your subordinates may love theirs, although you do sound incredibly condescending. You don’t actually know their financial situations. You don’t. I don’t have to work (thanks to an inheritance) but I do because I want to. Maybe your subordinates are in the same situation.

[Anonymous]

My favorite part of the OP's approach is the condescension.. "I was nice and explained medical school and college costs." It sounds as though these are highly educated professionals yet you feel the need to explain the costs associated with education and retirement. Yes, they know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boomers really really screwed the pooch here. And this is why my new supervisor is 15 years younger than the youngest employee she supervises.

Can you elaborate? Were you not offered the role or like others here (and gen x) you finally said whatever, nevermind. Go to it young gal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of the OP's approach is the condescension.. "I was nice and explained medical school and college costs." It sounds as though these are highly educated professionals yet you feel the need to explain the costs associated with education and retirement. Yes, they know.

That's how you know it's cut from whole cloth. These conversations didn't take place, no one would share this much personal details with such a person. The comments from OP are just anticipating criticism, which tells you how many bogus posts came before.

[Anonymous]

Dual career households. Our combined HHI is over $700k and we’re more than comfortable. Senior enough to have somewhat flexible jobs, have three young kids, and absolutely not willing to sacrifice that to drive for c-suite.

[Anonymous]

I'm class of 2005. I'm hoping I have less than 10 years left. I'll still work, just not doing this!

[Anonymous]

OP I am brutally honest. But all positive and
I am always honest. But to be honest I often don’t answer. For instance bonuses come out next May 2024. This Guy who started January 2023 I can tell you is getting zero. He already screwed the pooch. Then I will be told to drag him maybe till spring 2025 when he will quit.

After my conversation he should have resigned. Why. Now I got to hunt externally hire a possible succession person put that guy on top of him.

His frail ego will be hurt. New guy will ride him as wants to move up. Now he gets the stress with no added money.

No one listens. In his case I gave him a rope to pull him up and he instead used the rope to hang himself.

Well on to hiring my successor externally. The staff I have are as motivated as a 14 year old blind and deaf Shih Tzu.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Graduated in 1993 and has a 10 year old? Ouch.

Where do you live? It’s not at all uncommon for women in the DMV to have babies in their early 40s. A 1993 graduate with a 10-year-old had the child at 42.

The average age for a woman to have her first baby in DC is 28.9. 29.4 in FFX. 31.0 in Arlington. 29.2 in MoCo.

We are talking about professional women. Not the poors who bring down the average a lot.

[Anonymous]

Class of 08 here, I am definitely done in 10 years when I hit late 40s - early 50s. Already 2mm in net worth today, was never management / no leadership potential, it's more beneficial for me to focus on de-stress and live until 90 than trying to grind for people like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Graduated in 1993 and has a 10 year old? Ouch.

Where do you live? It’s not at all uncommon for women in the DMV to have babies in their early 40s. A 1993 graduate with a 10-year-old had the child at 42.

Right - where are they posting from - Iowa?