Generation Y Entitled To $50,000 Per Year Jobs? May 13, 2006
Saw this article in the New York Post about how Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton lashed out at the instant-gratification generation, saying young adults “think work is a four-letter word.”
“Kids, for whatever reason, think they’re entitled to go right to the top with $50,000 or $75,000 jobs when they have not done anything to earn their way up,” the Dems’ 2008 White House front-runner said.
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“A lot of kids don’t know what work is. They think work is a four-letter word,”
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“We’ve got to send a different message to our young people. America didn’t happen by accident. A lot of people worked really hard. They’ve got to do their part, too.”
Gen Y’ers (born between 1978 and 1986), are in a culture that has a premium on instant gratification. Instant consumerism is said to be part of the Gen Y life. Is this generation raised to treat debt as a normal part of life? Rob Frankel, author of The Revenge of Brand X
“Boomers bought stuff because they needed it; X’ers buy because they want it. Gen Y is less rooted in traditional social mores and ethics. They are easier targets, because they have grown up in a culture of pure consumerism. They’re more likely to buy because they see buying as a part of life.”
Generation X (born between 1965 and 1978) may be the ones who started feeling entitled to certain standard of living, but I think it’s unfair to label all Gen Y feeling entitled to $50,000 jobs right out of college. But seeing shows like My Super Sweet 16 makes me wonder about the Millenial generation (or whatever the generation after Generation Y is called). Is our society doomed to debt?
Source:
HILL SCOLDS LAZY GEN. Y
By IAN BISHOP, New York Post