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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really don't have much sympathy here. I assume these are Gen X or Boomer people. As a Millennial, I have had to change jobs, navigate bad job markets, and deal with job uncertainty all my life, and it's just part of it. I'm not sure who these "job for lifers" are, but I look at you as weak, sad, and entitled.[/quote]

Half of GenX has had basically the same job market as you -- dot.bomb which you missed, the GFC (which hit us mid-career) and then did NOT benefit from the roaring job market of the 2010s because we were too old to job hop in tech.  Oh and houses exploded just like for you where we could not afford housing.

I've always had job uncertainty, it's been a thing since the 80s, and I've been moving from job to job every 5 years. I went into gov in my 40s because I know ageism is very strong, and my company was shutting down and it seemed like a solid plan for the coda of my career.

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/05/08/why-gen-x-is-the-real-loser-generation[/quote]

+1 and try getting kicked off your parents’ health insurance at age 22 (in the best case) or not even having 12 weeks of FMLA for child birth. [/quote]

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