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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world • 1 year ago

‘I cannot afford to live’: Gen Z is full of financial angst despite inheriting a golden job market

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‘I cannot afford to live’: Gen Z is full of financial angst despite inheriting a golden job market

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@return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world • 1 year ago
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Gen Z is full of financial angst despite inheriting a golden labor market | CNN Business
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Gen Z is coming into the workforce and — in the grand tradition of what Millennials cringe-ily called “adulting” — they’re complaining about how much easier older generations have had it financially.
  • HobbitFoot
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    41•1 year ago

    You can get a job. It will just pay shit.

    • defunct_punk
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      removed by mod

      • @Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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        12•1 year ago

        Yes, in the same way that this author’s showers are golden.

      • @Empricorn@feddit.nl
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        9•1 year ago

        That’s the “trickle down” part.

      • @Altofaltception@lemmy.world
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        6•1 year ago

        Same way as living in a cramped <300 sqft studio is better than being homeless.

      • HobbitFoot
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        6•1 year ago

        Compared to graduating in a recession, yes.

        • @almar_quigley@lemmy.world
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          How about both suck just in different ways.

          • HobbitFoot
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            2•1 year ago

            Sure. I never said both don’t suck.

      • @dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
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        With the right (or wrong) diet it is.

    • @PapaStevesy@midwest.social
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      5•1 year ago

      Exactly, it’s a shit-colored job market.

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