“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.”
and i have a degree + 2 years of experience in the industry :3
I was at 300 applications for 4 interviews and one offer, go into STEM they said, you'll be employable they said
Biology is laughed at as useless
Coding becomes oversaturated
They come up with whatever excuse to not hire us this time
With what money? We reinvented feudalism
I want to leave my current job and I have 12 years of experience, applying to jobs that need anywhere from 3 to 10 years, applied to just over 100 so far, and I've had one interview for a posting requiring 5 years. No others. In that interview the guy said wow that experience is exactly what we need, about 3 times, then they emailed me the next day saying nah no thanks
Oof, that's rough. I feel like everywhere wants the exact perfect candidate now, and would rather not hire anyone and keep throwing money at interviews rather than hire someone else.
Good luck with your hunt comrade
If you want, I can give you a fuck you. I know it's not much, but every little bit helps
That's the kind of solidarity that I come to Hexbear to see
When I was job hunting I probably sent out 100+ applications
I heard back from around 10 companies, around 5 rejections and 5 interviews
I got lucky enough that one of them got me a gig
And this was back in 2015 too, with me hot off the degree line and in the top 10% of my class
It's bad
ed. Remembered that one of the companies I interviewed with sent me a rejection letter after I'd been working at my current job for around 6 months