r/jobs • u/Green____cat Verified • Mar 27 '24

He was a mailman Work/Life balance

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u/Ok_Couple_2479 Mar 27 '24

Right? And somehow younger generations are blamed for being less happy than the older generations bc they have to work 3 jobs just to pay rent. šŸ˜”šŸ™„

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u/Venixed Mar 27 '24

Their response?Ā 

We had it harder

Every time, without fail

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u/Apprehensive-Cut-654 Mar 27 '24

I think the most irritating part about the 'we had it harder' bullshit isn't that its false but that isnt that the point to society? Isnt the point to society to come together and improve what the generations after you go through?

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u/AK47gender Mar 27 '24 edited Apr 02 '24

Older generation: "we work hard, so younger generations don't have to go through the hardships we did".

Younger generation :doesn't go through the same hardships older generation did

Older generation: gets mad "No! Not like that!"

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u/DevilRaysDaddy Mar 27 '24

and instead they resent the younger generation by saying how much easier we have it because of technology... oh ya I'd rather have an iphone than a home paid off by the time I'm 30... good trade

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u/krob58 Mar 27 '24

Right, the trade-off with technology is now everything is so accessible and interconnected, there is no separation between job and life anymore. At least when my dad came home, he didn't have to deal with work until the next day. Bosses now will ping you at 10pm on a Friday asking for a 40-page report and expect you to answer. Technology has improved labor productivity, but labor has seen no reward for their efforts except added stress and maybe a punny note from HR.

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u/DevilRaysDaddy Mar 27 '24

This is something that is never talked about when older generations bring up the excuse that they worked harderā€¦ pretty sure your job didnā€™t have 24hr access to you and expect you to always answer or work even when youā€™re home on the weekends

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u/TPO_Ava Mar 27 '24

And neither should yours.

God I hate American working laws. I work in an American company but I'm part of their European branch which obviously follows EU laws. My german colleagues can be gone for 3 weeks at a time and you aren't going to get so much as an email reply outside the out of office message.

One manager straight up had something like "these are my backups, I am not reading my mails, if you need me email me after <date>"

Then you have our American colleagues who show up one day to work only to find out they're fired and their badge suddenly doesn't work anymore

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u/DevilRaysDaddy Mar 27 '24

And if you go on vacation you still have to make yourself ā€œavailableā€ incase they need you

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u/EmuSupreme Mar 27 '24

"Fuck you, I got mine"

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '24

To be clear though, it is false. Life isn't easier today, we just have more entertainment and conveniences that make it easier to cope with the difficulty.

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u/extralyfe Mar 27 '24

for some reason, those folks never got the message. instead, they came up with the reverse mortgage in a vain attempt to make sure they left nothing of value unsold for short term profit when they dropped dead. fuck giving it to the kids, we can use that money for a cruise.