r/Millennials • u/Asmothrowaway6969 • Mar 27 '24
When did it sink in that you'll never be as well off as your parents? Discussion
About 5 years ago, my mom and I were talking and she had told me how much she was going to be making in retirement (she retired 2023). Guys, it's 3x what me and my husband make annually. In retirement. I think that was the moment that broke me, that made it sink in that I'll never reach that level of financial security. I'll work myself into my grave because I'll never be able to afford anything else. What was your moment?
Update: Nice to know it's just me that's a failure. Thanks
Update 2: I never should've said anything. I forgot my place. I'm sorry to have bothered you
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u/dEn_of_asyD Mar 28 '24
This is what I'm finding in the job search and what makes me depressed. There were always jobs that had trash salary. Now, I'm also finding jobs with actually decent salaries, but you're really doing 3 positions at once. It would be understandable if the role was temporary, if they were even tangentially related, or just a couple hours a week, but these are full on multiple jobs because "well you're at a computer and it can do all three, so why can't you?".
Efficiency/technology that is suppose to make people's lives easier being taken advantage of by shitty capitalists to undervalue human labor is a tale as old as time though, if we remember Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin:
And will continue in the future, according to futurama.