I don't know how to fix this, and it wont be in my lifetime (one of the reasons I don't have kids). Honestly. I know that for as much crap we give the younger generations, I learned to set boundaries from Gen Z and baby millennials. I think they're crazy, but I realized I need to stop going "I did this, to get here so you should too" and go "damn, if the 23 year old realizes the job will replace them tomorrow with no remorse, there's no reason I'm thinking of skipping a doctor's visit with my mom."
We are in 1000% agreement with all this. It goes against everything I was brought up to believe but I think I have finally wrapped my head around the concept of "the company doesn't care about you, so stop caring so much about the company". I can't quite yet give less than 100% but I've learned not to try to give OVER 100%, if that makes sense.
I come from a family where some weeks, we couldn't afford string cheese (though I was never hungry, always had 3 meals, etc). My parents came from families where they never had enough food; would have to go to school with holes in clothing, etc. I was told, get good grades, go to college, and you can have a fairly lovely, safe life. And that was a lie.
It's increasingly becoming so but I place much of the blame for that on the ridiculous increase in the cost of a college education (inflation there far outpaced inflation in other areas) and increasing demands from businesses for college educations when the job previously required little or no secondary education. How can one get ahead when they're saddled with $100K in college loan debt?
I really don't know how to fix the system or to make it fair. I doubt it will be in my life time, but I think I owe it to the baby Jenners to keep pointing out how corporations play us against each other, that future workers need to be smarter in what they ask for.
Yep, I don't see a solution in my lifetime either, and unfortunately, I don't wield nearly enough power to change the system.
