Hey, I remember. . . .

herodotus

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When they made the same complaints about us millennials and then they figured out we are in our 40s, own homes, have families and responsibilities and they moved on to bitching about the next generation. I know a lot of you guys are gen X and there are even a few boomers here so clue me in, was there a lot of derision about you and your generation from older generations when you entered the work force?

I posted this vid because so many of the complaints from employers being made about Gen Z were the ones that used to be made about mine. The vid suggests something an idea I have been toying with for some time namely that the younger generations are not too far removed from the older generations and most of their excesses are more attributable to youth and life inexperience than they are to radicalism and stupidity.


There is a political dimension to this as well. Many years ago there was a study that suggested that the older one gets the more conservative he becomes. I don't mean conservative as in GOP, but as in set in their ways and much slower to change a mindset. The older one gets the slower, more cautious, and nuanced someone gets. I don't mean Trump, he's a fucktard and insane with something my money is still on the syphilis but I mean in general. Meanwhile the younger cohorts are more radical and urgent and less nuanced. They need it done and they need it done yesterday.
 
I think it's a right of passage that the generations before complain about the current generations. Things are so different than decades past especially with technology. I will say this the greatest generation WWII at least had decispline. I am not sure today's generation could take on the Nazis and win. We do coddle kids waaaaaay to much today. IMHO
 
Work was all about making money. If I had to wear a uniform or tie as part of dress code so be it. Didn’t like it but I wanted to make money. That’s why I chose commissions jobs outside my final medical career. There wasn’t any commentary on younger generations coming up. I just wanted to outsell them.
 
Work was all about making money. If I had to wear a uniform or tie as part of dress code so be it. Didn’t like it but I wanted to make money. That’s why I chose commissions jobs outside my final medical career. There wasn’t any commentary on younger generations coming up. I just wanted to outsell them.
What part of the medical field did you work in?
 
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