https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/gen-z-grad-two-degrees-breaks-down-tears-minimum-wage-employers-resume-in-person/

“I was so upset and disappointed in myself because growing up, I was told that if I get an education, if I go to college, then I’ll be successful,” Santos told Business Insider—and she’s not the first Gen Zer to complain about feeling tricked into pursuing further education.

Just last month, 27-year-old Robbie Scott similarly went viral on TikTok for insisting that Gen Z isn’t any less willing to work than generations before. Instead, he said, they are “getting angry and entitled and whiny” about the prospect of having to work hard for the rest of their adult life, only to “get nothing in return.”

  • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
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    11 months ago

    first-time I just applied to a nursing home dietary aid the other day and never got even a fuck you back, college degree too lmao

    • TheSpectreOfGay [he/him, she/her]
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      11 months ago

      yea i think i get ignored by half the jobs i apply for, and the other half is an automated decline message. i think i get 1 callback for like... 100-200 applications. kinda hard to keep going.

      and i have a degree + 2 years of experience in the industry :3

        • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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          11 months ago

          grillman: "Just get STEM only, bro."

          Biology is laughed at as useless

          grillman: "Lol JK, just learn to code, bro."

          Coding becomes oversaturated

          grillman: "Lol JK, just learn a trade, bro."

          They come up with whatever excuse to not hire us this time

          grillman: "Lol JK, just start your own business, bro."

          With what money? We reinvented feudalism

          grillman: "Well if you don't like it, just be reborn as a god and create your own planet, bro."

      • SerLava [he/him]
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        11 months ago

        I want to leave my current job and I have 12 years of experience, applying to jobs that need anywhere from 3 to 10 years, applied to just over 100 so far, and I've had one interview for a posting requiring 5 years. No others. In that interview the guy said wow that experience is exactly what we need, about 3 times, then they emailed me the next day saying nah no thanks

        • TheSpectreOfGay [he/him, she/her]
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          11 months ago

          Oof, that's rough. I feel like everywhere wants the exact perfect candidate now, and would rather not hire anyone and keep throwing money at interviews rather than hire someone else.

          Good luck with your hunt comrade meow-hug

    • Dessa [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      never got even a fuck you back

      If you want, I can give you a fuck you. I know it's not much, but every little bit helps

    • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      When I was job hunting I probably sent out 100+ applications

      I heard back from around 10 companies, around 5 rejections and 5 interviews

      I got lucky enough that one of them got me a gig

      And this was back in 2015 too, with me hot off the degree line and in the top 10% of my class

      It's bad

      ed. Remembered that one of the companies I interviewed with sent me a rejection letter after I'd been working at my current job for around 6 months