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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My job the “young staff” are getting older at a way younger age than prior generations.

I have a 36 year old working for me who is near useless. She reminds me of when I was young of a 64 year old who already put in retirement papers counting down the days and refusing to learn new things and doing bare minimum.

Last year a 42 year man shut down on me burnt out long commute and in his words being “chained to office” wish he had more time at home, time to hang out. In my one in one I tried to motivate and tell him he has up to 25 years left in corporate world. He could get to CEO if he wanted. He quit

I also lost a 52 year old women juggling her sick mom and work too much.

Next week I am bringing in someone young. Maybe I will get 3-5 years out of him before his 31 year old mid life crisis.

30 is the new 50 at some IT companies 
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Sure? 30 years ago the worker had a spouse at home doing all the household work, commutes were way shorter and less traffic, and houses cost far less so in general a slower pace of life. Now your average 30 year old has slotted what the average 60 year old did over his entire career, and is on call and tethered to work [/quote]

You’re off on this. Thirty years ago many/most did not have a spouse at home. We have become more busy in our heads thanks to tech and therefore more exhausted. We are in bubbles and socialize less in person. Thi is having a significant effect on our well-being.  About 50-60% of 18yo teens today spend time socializing with friends two or more times a week outside of school / organized activities (eg, sports teams). I can’t recall if that does or does not include online interactions of any kind like texting, gaming, video chat. As a society, we are more depressed — and this started BEFORE COVID. We are trading mental well-being for work efficiency (both for our employer and household) by staying home more. This is true for extroverts as well as introverts. And the upcoming generations Z and Alpha are anxious before they even get to the adult work stage. [/quote]

Maybe spouse wasn't at home, but spouse did not have a professional job because the share of women in corporate america was tiny back then.  So worked full time as a teache or similar pink collar job which was more accomdoting to family life.  Now both parents need to go full tilt in career and its aged us.[/quote]

I’m PP you’re responding to but that was not my experience or those of my college friends at all. Many of us married in our 30s if all and most didn’t have kids. I also had plenty of older women colleges, some of which had transitioned from teaching or admin in their 40s to IT consulting — and did very well. I had plenty of women bosses too and we got stuff done. One boss was a former NASA nurse.

My aunt and mom worked in mortgage banking, my aunt was a vice President. My grandma worked with the engineers developing and building planes during WWII. She did the math. None of these family members had college degrees but were recognized as pretty smart cookies. They had a lot but not necesssrily all at the same time.

BTW I graduated from college early ‘90s. I swear, a lot of people pin pre-1980 on the 80s and after.

Too many of us are chasing what people see online even though so much is an illusion. We are stressing ourselves out and it is taking a toll and employers are taking advantage of that. [/quote]

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