As I approach thirty, I seem to be at a crossroads of adulting. Crazy right? You'd think I'd have a lot more figured out by now...But I don't- especially on the career front and being able to financially sustain this thing we call life.
I feel completely broken down as I am constantly being told that millennials simply aren't 'working hard enough', or that they are lazy, and entitled. First off, I'd like to preface my rant by saying that although some younger, inexperienced adolescents are guilty of contributing to that stereotype, work ethic is directly related to how one is raised and not exactly an accurate reflection or truthful statement of a generation as a whole.
Millennials are always the one's being thrown under the bus, like we have it so easy. Everything is done for us, duh. Between advanced technologies, social media, and words like 'FLEEK”, we don't exactly know how to properly communicate or think for ourselves either, right? Not necessarily true.
Take memes for instance, some of these creatives are innovated by absolute geniuses if you ask me. Like I always say, people's FB statuses make me lose all patience for the world, while hysterical memes restore my faith in humanity. Sorry, side tracked. Moving along…
Reality is, we are having a really late send-off into society. With astronomical student loans and debts, young adults are settling down a lot later in life and for a wide variety of understandable reasons- they simply can't afford to live, especially all by themselves.
The problem of today is we are being taken advantage of by the same people calling us spoiled and unproductive! My experience thus far, similar to my close circle of friends, is we are dealing with incompetent leaders and bosses. And attitude echoes leadership. I mean seriously, how are these people in charge of companies, own businesses, and morally able to make the decisions that dramatically affect the lives of those who drive and support their very own livelihood?
Exposing the top influential heads of smaller agencies, all of the way up to major corporations, is like a mirrored sentiment of the movie Horrible Bosses- only in real life, financially speaking, they have you by the balls, and there are no monumental plot twists based on nothing more than Karmic justice.
They feel we should be honored to even have a job, despite the services we provide to their enterprise. They feel we should display an all-encompassing level of dedication just to show our appreciation. Late hours, weekends, unreasonable expectations, no regulation or source to stabilize legal policies in order to protect ourselves, all on the vain promise that it will all payoff in the end or that because I am a salaried employee, I am ultimately their slave (and when I say salaried, I am still referring to annual income below poverty level).
Nope. Sorry. I believe in work/life balance. I earn every dollar and I take pride in my work, as well as my struggle. I have never once asked for a handout, but I am not here to make another inept sociopath rich, while I sacrifice my time and hard work, which I value strongly.
Most of the young adults I speak with put forth the effort to take control. They want to work! They want to have security and stability in their job. They want provision. If the net results are going to be exactly the same regardless of one's expertise, education or willingness to survive, than why would or should anyone go above and beyond? Do I believe this way of thinking in life? No, absolutely not. But in life you always have the ability, or potential control to change the net results. When you work under someone as an employee, money is the only motivation. It's the only power one has over you. People need to live. I'm not working for a hobby. I've got those, and they cost dollars too! And yes, I know what you are all thinking…Well, don't work for someone. Be your own boss- an entrepreneur, the America Dream. Well, isn't that cute in theory.
Our nation thrives on a functioning middle-class, not an economy of get rich quick outlets.
That's the true tragedy. Millennials have trouble seeing the trend changing or believe that their voices or concerns are being heard so they figure what's the point. We get more blame for the state of this country when in fact, we aren't the one's running the show. We simply inhabited this domino effect of a sh*t-storm . We refuse to be America's scapegoat.
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