Will Millennials Ever Find a Job?

Are millennials the unluckiest generation ever? That was a headline to an article I didn't read because I didn't want to get more sad about my future. But it asks a real question that old people don't find to be true. Millennials probably have the most debt, probably have the worst job options with the worst pay (seriously, I've seen listings that require a Master's degree but pay $12 an HOUR), little vacation days and entry-level jobs that require years of experience. Like do bosses and managers not understand what entry-level jobs are? I don't care that it's a fancy corporate job, it's entry level calm down.

We got stuck with COVID-19 and the whole unemployment fiasco plus a lot of writing jobs are freelance. Why is that? You run a magazine, consulting firm, publishing firm, etc but want your writers to NOT be employees? Girl, bye. Most are also part time and freelance with no benefits. Trash. And then you have the science nerds that are working 80 hour weeks with little vacation days and so stressed they mix their coffee with their wine (yea I had a friend confess that she did that). That's what she gets for being a fancy corporate employee and not a liberal arts unemployed loser. She makes $60k a year (which is a whole lot for a 23 year old plus gets an evaluation for a raise every quarter) and still can barely pay her apartment rent. Yikes. On the other side, I don't get a call back for receptionist listings I apply to.

I also have those friends that get bachelors, were in organizations, and volunteer and ended up working at Target during all of this and get critiqued by hiring managers for having gaps on their resume or working at a store during a pandemic instead of their chosen career field. We as a collective seem to never win. This is tiring, no wonder wine sales have risen. No wonder millennials have taken an interest into witchcraft (job spells are a thing people), day drinking (if you're an entrepreneur start a wine company), and normalizing mental health crises.

Mental health crises have increases I'm assuming, especially the normalization of them. Oh I haven't slept in 30 hours but my boss approved my marketing strategy and I forgot to eat today but I kept drinking wine and that has antioxidants, right? Last week i showed up to my employed friend's apartment and what did i do? I cleaned her apartment because she literally doesn't have the time for it. She ate like once while I was there and it was banana bread. (Like yea she's White so she doesn't know how to cook but still, I was concern). She has a fancy corporate job with a nice pay but her parents keep blaming her for not hanging out with them, not eating enough, not having a boyfriend, and other things she can't control because her life revolves around pleasing her managers. Okay rant over.

Point is old people ruined everything and blamed the young ones for it. Boom, there. We live in this weird country where you can become a millionaire making dance videos online but not with a Master's degree in a STEM field. Like, okay. Our minimum wage is now where near $15 an hour and other country have $25 minimum hourly wage (cries in broke 'Murican). Old people told us we can't have the right to a decent pay, job in our field, clean food, or healthcare, and then are mad the youngins are pissed and don't want to get higher educations.

We're unlucky but make it work (with 1-3 jobs to still borrow money to pay rent).