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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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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 91 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 47 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

never got even a fuck you back

If you want, I can give you a fuck you. I know it's not much, but every little bit helps

[-] SocialistWombat@hexbear.net 37 points 9 months ago

That's the kind of solidarity that I come to Hexbear to see solidarity

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