Humanities & Cultures

“At Gen Z’s age, older people worked 40 hours a week, and made enough money to buy a house and have barbecues on the weekend,” says Corey Seemiller, an educator, researcher and TEDx speaker on Gen Z. “Gen Z works 50 hours a week at their jobs, and another 20 hours a week side hustling, yet still make barely enough to cover rent.”

Not sure how they wrote a whole article that basically just says this same idea they quoted at the beginning with a lot more words. Gen Z's money troubles are very easy to comprehend lol

Wow I can't believe genz prefers to have enough money for food and shelter 🙃

I'm a genX. I've heard my grandparents talk about raising 4 children, owning a house, having 2 cars, on just my grandfather working as a butcher. Maybe older generations weren't motivated by pay, because they never had to worry about it because they were never under paid?

A decent amount of years into my career and with my pay renting a two bedroom apartment in my area would probably be too high of a burden. I am lucky in that I bought a house when I did in the past, but I also don't want to pull the ladder up behind me. Stick it to em gen Z.

What I hope is that millennials don't become the thing we've railed against for so long. I look at Gen Z with a ton of pride and hope. I don't claim to get everything they're into, but they seem to be open and adamant about advocating for their value. That's a good thing.