r/Millennials • • 9h ago

Discussion Are you tired yet?

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u/MusicMeetsMadness 8h ago

I’ve been working since I was 14. Do you know anyone with 20 years experience before 40?

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u/Automatic-writer9170 7h ago

Since 15 here. More than 20 years of experience in bullshittery

Edit: remember when they did to us what they are doing to gen z now saying our generation was lazy and people don’t want to work?

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u/KnowledgeMediocre404 5h ago

Right?!? I worked 2 jobs IN UNIVERSITY. This was also 2008 when money actually paid for things.

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u/arrrrrffffff 3h ago

Only 2!? I needed 3 just to not even be able to afford gas to get to them!

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u/KnowledgeMediocre404 2h ago

One was doing laundry at a hospital for $16 an hour which was a small fortune next to $7 min wage.

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u/No_Can_7713 3h ago

Man, I was making $21 an hour in 06 at a summer job. I paid cash for my college tuition I made so much that summer. 2 years later after I graduated, I was making $32. I felt like I was absolutely loaded.