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I think it's ridiculous to look at these issues through the lens of generational stereotypes, though I suppose that works for clickbait purposes. Companies have treated people as fungible cogs in the machine for decades and of course people won't feel loyalty to a company. Employers will cut you loose and never give it a second thought.
We job hopped every 2-4 years, which was considered short compared to older generations staying for 30+ years. Gen z will quit in a month with nothing lined up if the vibes aren’t right 😂
Yeah that might be true. I learned early on in my millennial career that the only way to get a raise was starting a new job altogether. If employers valued employees enough to pay them more to stay and promote them, we wouldn't be having this problem though
I feel like both Gen Z and millennials never had a chance, lol. We will never own homes, most of us are going to either not have kids or wait until way later in life, our careers will constantly be cut short by layoffs and being forced to switch jobs. Thanks a lot, former generations!
I've never had to interview I was Right out of high school and my dad worked for the Drywall company that I went to work for. I work there for 20 years then me and a buddy did drywall on our own after we got laid off our 20-year job. Then I went in to remodeling. Didn't have to interview for that. I know after working in the construction field I've never had to have an interview till now. I've been in drywall since 1983 and now I got to have a resume that tells my qualifications for drywall it's drywall it's nothing technical it shouldn't be any problem getting another drywall job but companies I know see me as too old. So what do I do now? Let me know
Listen. Listen. I've been doing construction since 1983. I worked for a great drywall company for 20 years. Something happened. I don't know how it all came about. But anyway they got rid of me and another guy so we went on with life doing drywall then I got into remodeling for a bit and thought I would try something else so I went to work for a machine shop. Didn't work out. Didn't want to pay nothing. Couldn't live on what they paid me so I thought well. I'll get back into remodeling again. I Did remodeling The second time around for about 10 years up until about 4 months ago everything kind of slowed down so I've been looking for a job for 4 months. I'm 59 years old and can't find a remodeling or drywall job. I don't think anybody wants to hire at my age because we are a risk if we get hurt their workman's comp goes up so I believe it's an age thing. It's getting to where they could foreclose on my home because I have made a payment in a couple months cuz I can't find any work cuz I probably am too old.
I am with you. I definitely think that millenials started it and then Gen Z just followed suit. I have been job hopping since I got into the job market.
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I think this is less so a generational thing and more so employers started completely underinvesting in employees and treating them as disposable. In fact, companies such as Amazon intentionally create turnover at their warehouses so that you don't get too comfortable and start agitating too much. I know an older person who worked somewhere for 40 years, getting in around the 1970's. Their benefits, which got locked in, are unreal by todays standards - affordable healthcare for life, defined pension that doesn't even require a contribution. Maybe if employers offered things like that there wouldn't be so much job hopping.
I started as a temp and was hired permanent. I was then promoted twice and remained with the company for 5 years. I would still be with the same company but unfortunately there was an agency merger. The company went from 800+ employees to approximately 150 employees in a 2 year span. Sincerely, a millennial job hopper