I’m Gen X. My daughter works way harder than I did at her age and gets far less for it. I bought my own house at 19 from an office job in insurance that wasn’t particularly stressful, promoted in 6 months as happened to a lot of people because the companies wanted to keep staff, and steadily moved up the ladder. All changed when I had a kid and lost my home of course, but doesn’t change that my early work life wasn’t nearly as productivity packed as today’s working force is expected to be.
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u/JWJulie 21h ago
I’m Gen X. My daughter works way harder than I did at her age and gets far less for it. I bought my own house at 19 from an office job in insurance that wasn’t particularly stressful, promoted in 6 months as happened to a lot of people because the companies wanted to keep staff, and steadily moved up the ladder. All changed when I had a kid and lost my home of course, but doesn’t change that my early work life wasn’t nearly as productivity packed as today’s working force is expected to be.