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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience the real issue is that they're not willing to take jobs "beneath" them. They come out of college expecting to earn at least $50K without any prior work experience and then want to be rewarded/promoted for doing the basics of their job. Their outrageous expectations and entitlement have led them to believe that no job at all is better than a lower paying job.[/quote]

Agree with this to an extent. My SIL has a very specialized masters degree and felt like it was beneath her to do anything that wasn't directly related to that degree, as if she was entitled to a high-paying petroleum engineering job as soon as she had her diploma in hand. (Not her field, but just for illustrative purposes.) She sat in front of her computer at her parents' house nearly every day under the guise of "job hunting", sporadically substitute taught, slept until 11 a.m. all other days, and contributed nothing except constant complaints about how hard her life was. The whole situation infuriated my DH. I do think anxiety and depression played into it, but it was hard to tell if it was there from the beginning or exacerbated by sitting around doing literally nothing for years. She finally got a job in her field (making 40k) and is still living at home. I blame my ILs in this as well, they are well-meaning people but should have forced SIL's hand a lot sooner.[/quote]

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