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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just read the article. I’m 50 and can identity with most of it. I think GenX women were told we could be anything we want to be and have it all, but it’s just not true. We’re expected to be Supermom and CEO and Martha Stewart and a sexy wife. It’s impossible.

Add in the stress we feel about finances, politics, the environment, aging parents, etc. and it shouldn’t be a shock to anyone that we’re all having a mid-life crisis.[/quote]

+1 Also 50 and identify with most of it. Especially the part about careers being stymied. When I was in college my professors used to tell us how the Boomers were going to retire and there would be workforce shortages all over the place. Instead what happened was that I graduated during a recession in my early 20s, got hit by two more in my early and late 30s, dealt with unrelenting harassment and gender discrimination in the male-dominated field I chose (because we can do anything, right?), getting underpaid all the while, waiting for workforce shortages that never materialized. In my field, Boomers still hold the majority of the senior positions. I don't fault the Boomers for not being able to retire, but I would have made very different career decisions as a 20yo if I had not been told to sit down, shut up, pay your dues, and wait your turn.

I really admire many in the millennial generation who simply refuse to take that horrible advice. [/quote]

I do fault the boomers. They aren't doing the jobs they are holding and when they leave, finally, they leave a huge mess.

Eff those entitled a$$holes. I too admire the millennials even though they are a  PIA to manage. They lead with the conditions under which they will be employed. Sometimes it seems like entitlement but it's not; it's perspective. (not always but still).
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I’m GenX, but I feel sorry for millennials who have no financial safety net and who face years of student loan payments. GenXers are the very last to have employer-sponsored pensions (if they’re lucky) and graduated before college costs skyrocketed.

No wonder millennials switch jobs often and don’t show much loyalty - it’s because they know employers will screw them over in a heartbeat. There’s no such thing as company loyalty anymore because workers are viewed as a replaceable commodity.[/quote]

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