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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.”

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[-] [email protected] 91 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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

[-] [email protected] 56 points 1 year 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

[-] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago

I was at 300 applications for 4 interviews and one offer, go into STEM they said, you'll be employable they said

[-] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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."

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