Boomers say that shit because back when they were young, you could actually advance by working hard in a shitty job. Of course, they pulled the ladder up once they got to the cushy positions.

I had a colleague who loved to opine on a bit of everything including "millennials". He was talking about "soft resignations" and explained them succinctly as "it's when you're annoyed that you're overlooked at work so you don't put any extra effort in don't work any extra hours and only do the minimum and then wonder why you don't get promoted".

It was hilarious but sad how he could just so utterly fail to grasp the point that to me was just staring him right in the face as he struggled to explain. He's an okay guy really, and it's just a shame that his penchant for everything to fit in to nice neat stories with conveniently stupid straw men to beat in each of them really gets in the way of him having any more than the shallowest understanding of the people and world around him.

So that they can take their kids to the doctor.

Medicare For All would go far to stop that.

It is time to stop letting your boss hold your child's healthcare hostage.

There are some people complain, very loudly, when others fail to validate their life choices.

I'll add that the pandemic did a lot to change baselines, priorities, long-range thinking, and more. Basically, a watershed moment for millions of people. The kind of thing that causes a lot of change, social, economic, and otherwise. The kind of thing that scares people who can't cope when society seems to change shape overnight. The article is one of those things.

You could stick around and try to start a union at your job

I think a lot of the people sticking around at one job are the ones with pensions.

• One step further : Unionize
• One step further : Kick your boss out
• One step further : Kick every boss out

As unfortunate as it is, some people really don't have a choice. My dad, for example, gets paid something like 30 an hour, but his job absolutely sucks. He wants to quit, but he knows he can't find a job that will pay the same, especially with how old he's getting.

My wife and I were discussing how she has worked hard all her life and tried to be a model employee everywhere only to be accused of embezzlement when others stole from her till (and were eventually caught) and casually dismissed and insurance cut off after a lifetime of paying into it. I have dealt with the same sort of treatment when working for others. We're both honest people and naively thought that work was rewarded. It is not.

Either work for yourself or dont work at all. Also, disability insurance and SS are a fucking farce so cover your own ass and quit giving the government your money.

I'll lick boots for a living if it allows me to afford my own home and support a family on a single income. I imagine I could get very into it.

They say that with the same energy that a slasher villain has when he cusses you out for hiding from him

Whiney voice: "But I want my workers to worship me!!"

-- some boss, probably.