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The GYPSY generation deserves a unicorn on the flowered lawn

How familiar does some of this sound? LOL! :)

Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy

THAT WAS GREAT! SO GREAT!!!

This article explains so much. I had to post to my FB. Thanks for sharing!

I actually like that article way more than I thought I was going to.

Especially this

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With a smoother, more positive life experience than that of their own parents, Lucy's parents raised Lucy with a sense of optimism and unbounded possibility. And they weren't alone. Baby Boomers all around the country and world told their Gen Y kids that they could be whatever they wanted to be, instilling the special protagonist identity deep within their psyches.

;)

But seriously, it was truthful without being all "YOU GEN Y'ERS ARE THE WORST PEOPLE EVER" which feels like the tone of many of these types of articles. I particularly enjoyed the illustrations :D

I have to admit that I definitely suffer from that social media envy.

3 months into starting my career, I really felt like I was doing a so-so job. I didn't think I was doing a bad job at all, but I didn't think I was anything outstanding.

Within a year, I had 2 glowing reviews, a promotion, 33% in raises (maybe I was just severely underpaid? lol) and CONSTANT praise by superiors. Needless to say that boosted my confidence, and perhaps inflated my ego, just a bit.

So take that and the fact that due to the way my agency (and most big agencies) was structured, and I was left feeling that I would be promoted to a supervisory role sometime next year or so.

Then I moved and started a job in the same field but at a place that is structured very differently. It immediately became very clear to me that as long as I am out here, I will NOT become a supervisor. There are others who have 10+ years experience on me that share my job title--they are obviously up for a promotion before I am.

That realization left me very upset and jealous. I felt like years from now, old co-workers might come across me on LinkedIn and see that I am still in the same position I was in when I left my job back home. That made me feel like others would see me as a failure--a horrible thought after having so much "early success". I was super jealous when I saw a sorority sister in my industry just recently get promoted to "supervisor". "WHY NOT ME?!"

I'm not looking for any sympathy and in fact, I feel VERY silly admitting all of this. I guess my point is I understand 100% how people can let something like social media put some sort of extra, non-really-existent-in-reality pressure on themselves. It's dumb, but I completely get it.

ETA: And for the record, I'm accepting the differences between here and my old job. I am realizing that a title is not something that is a true measure of your success.

I saw this and thought of my husband. ;) He's 5 years younger than me but we were in school together. We have very different ideas about work, however. This explains a lot.

Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed reading it and posted it to my Facebook too!

I'm glad people liked it. Unicorn jokes aside, it really is the best general explanation I've seen of the situation.

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Originally Posted by lovespink88 (Post 2240778)

I actually like that article way more than I thought I was going to.

Especially this

;)

But seriously, it was truthful without being all "YOU GEN Y'ERS ARE THE WORST PEOPLE EVER" which feels like the tone of many of these types of articles. I particularly enjoyed the illustrations :D

I have to admit that I definitely suffer from that social media envy.

3 months into starting my career, I really felt like I was doing a so-so job. I didn't think I was doing a bad job at all, but I didn't think I was anything outstanding.

Within a year, I had 2 glowing reviews, a promotion, 33% in raises (maybe I was just severely underpaid? lol) and CONSTANT praise by superiors. Needless to say that boosted my confidence, and perhaps inflated my ego, just a bit.

So take that and the fact that due to the way my agency (and most big agencies) was structured, and I was left feeling that I would be promoted to a supervisory role sometime next year or so.

Then I moved and started a job in the same field but at a place that is structured very differently. It immediately became very clear to me that as long as I am out here, I will NOT become a supervisor. There are others who have 10+ years experience on me that share my job title--they are obviously up for a promotion before I am.

That realization left me very upset and jealous. I felt like years from now, old co-workers might come across me on LinkedIn and see that I am still in the same position I was in when I left my job back home. That made me feel like others would see me as a failure--a horrible thought after having so much "early success". I was super jealous when I saw a sorority sister in my industry just recently get promoted to "supervisor". "WHY NOT ME?!"

I'm not looking for any sympathy and in fact, I feel VERY silly admitting all of this. I guess my point is I understand 100% how people can let something like social media put some sort of extra, non-really-existent-in-reality pressure on themselves. It's dumb, but I completely get it.

ETA: And for the record, I'm accepting the differences between here and my old job. I am realizing that a title is not something that is a true measure of your success.

You shouldn't feel silly at all for sharing this. I think many of us can relate to that. There have been times I've seen pictures of friends who are always (or so it seems) on vacation and out at the clubs/ bars. I sometimes see that and think, "I'm busting my butt to make a living doing something I love but, I'm not able to be out and about all the time. Why not?" I totally agree with the social media situation making people feel bad about themselves. Thanks for sharing your experience. It normalizes what many of us already feel.

Here's the follow up:

Yuppies: Under Pressure

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Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie (Post 2240756)

How familiar does some of this sound? LOL! :)

Why Generation Y Yuppies Are Unhappy

I was going to pull some quotes out but there are just. too. many. The headlines cracked me up, the graphs were a riot, I'm adopting that interview question immediately, and the whole advice section at the bottom should be emailed to every GenYer.

I had to, though, re-post this with the grandpa: http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2013-09-15-Geny4.jpg

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Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie (Post 2241370)

Here's the follow up:

Yuppies: Under Pressure

I can't add anything to the comments under the article.

Hey, I'm an early GenXer. I'm going to be pissed if some GenYer gets their shiny unicorn before I do. My peers and I have been working for decades and NO ONE has a unicorn. Despite what Facebook tells you.

(and btw, solution #1, delete your friggin Facebook account - does anyone really think that's real life?)

Read this on MSN today.

Must be nice to quit when you don't get your way.

Hope it works out for them....

Why are 60 percent of Millennials leaving their dream jobs?

http://http://msn.careerbuilder.com/...JS_3512_advice

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Originally Posted by sigmadiva (Post 2248400)

FYI - this link didn't work for me, but I searched and found the article:

http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article...ir-dream-jobs/

I find it interesting that the "blame" is being put on the employers, rather than analyzing the employees and their potentially unrealistic expectations from an entry-level job.

I just read this thread, and thought there were interesting points in all of the articles listed. As a Gen Y-er, I'm finding it difficult right now. It might be my location, but with two undergraduate degrees, an MA, 2 years experience in admin, as well as 4 in customer service, I can't even get a callback for a receptionist position. I have had my resume looked at by two different services, and have applied to over 70 jobs in the past two months. The consensus- I didn't take the "secretary diploma", so I won't be able to handle it. It's frustrating to see my peers turning down jobs and quitting because it isn't perfect when I am struggling to find an entry-level position. If a job offered me everything that last article said my generation wants, I would be highly suspicious, to be honest.

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06 (Post 2248413)

Exactly, WTF!!!! Why didn't they just sum this all up with "you didn't suck their dicks enough." I would worry more if I had great experienced people with years of connections in my industry leaving than I would worry about a 22 year old who gets their job and realizes "ohhhhh, being a _____ means I have to do it EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE."

Was that Careerbuilder tongue-in-cheek or was the author serious? Plus, what economy are these Gen Y'ers living in where they can just hop from job to job?

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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 2248446)

I agree and I love this article - one of the men who reported to me is 27 and had this attitude. "I have to show up on time? Every day? I have to do this AGAIN this month? I don't like doing data entry. I have a degree, you know."

Plus he had called in sick because:
He left his iPhone at a friend's and had to get it
He woke up in some strange girl's bed and was "quite frankly, too drunk to come into work", and didn't know where his car was anyway (on a work night)
He missed his flight out of Las Vegas because he got "confused as to the day" - the flight was at 12 AM and he showed up the next day at the airport

And finally, what got him fired - got caught sleeping in one of our supply rooms. When asked why he thought that was a good idea, "I only sleep when I have downtime."

Meanwhile, he was constantly asking me when he would be promoted, why he wasn't making more money, why he wasn't given higher level stuff to do, etc. Really?

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Originally Posted by AOIILisa (Post 2248500)

the flight was at 12 AM and he showed up the next day at the airport

LOL.

This guy is dumb. Dumb knows no generation.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil (Post 2248502)

LOL.

This guy is dumb. Dumb knows no generation.

I don't know if he was dumb (although missing a plane because you're there on the wrong day certainly qualifies) because he was an "ok" performer as a financial analyst, but he did made a lot of stupid decisions which caused him to be an overall poor employee. Because he wasn't horrible at the job, he thought he was a star performer without taking into account that he was chronically late, called out frequently, etc., which also factors into total performance.

When I was writing him up or otherwise giving him verbal warnings, I had to educate him on the concept of C/PA, which is the ratio of how much someone contributes (C) divided by how much of a pain in the ass (PA) they are. His C was low compared to his PA, so out the door he went.

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Originally Posted by AOIILisa (Post 2248514)

His C was low compared to his PA, so out the door he went.

How did he ever get out of school? Was promoted for social reasons?

I love the C/PA concept. I will use that in the future. Lisa, I like you more and more everyday.