Opinion | A Rude Awakening Is Ahead for Young Employees
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A recession will hand the bargaining power to their bosses.

Breaking news, there's this hot new trend in financial journalism called "zombie writing."

When it's a slow news day, the author writes about something that's literally always been the case and then adds "Millennials are doing X and that's new and scary".

Symptoms of "zombie writing" can include drooling, extreme fatigue, and a lack of financial income.

  • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Honestly, that piece was infuriating. I'm an elder Millennial. I remember my dad getting laid off in the 80s. My family struggled for years after that. Just as things were starting to get better, he got laid off again. I searched for a long time for a decent job and settled for a shitty one. I've held several jobs since then, all of which I've been overqualified and undercompensated for. I have a shit job now and I'd been thinking about maybe diving into the soul-crushing task of looking for better, but now the talk of a coming recession has me more inclined to hunker down and hang on to the little I've got, because I'm afraid of being the latest hired, soonest fired. I'm terrified of being suddenly unemployed because I've been there and it sucks. In other words, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, MOTHERFUCKER???? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

    • fusion513 [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, it came up in my Android "recommended" feed and I don't know why I clicked on it, lol. Instant blood pressure raising.

      • TillieNeuen [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        It's ridiculous to get this angry at some random suit with an opinion piece, but I'm thoroughly pissed off right now.

        • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          it's entirely reasonable to get this angry at this guy for writing this article. the trouble is he is legion and one person can't maintain the emotional energy required to be angry with all of them individually

      • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        I browse the headlines of my recommended feed explicitly as a "What does :porky-happy: want me to be thinking about today?"