Why are so many millennials such moaners?

goob3r wrote: ↑ Because successful millennial don't spend their time on the Internet complaining and are doing things to move their life forward.

blahraptors wrote: ↑ All the complaints are valid though (not sure about tax cheats, but probably also has some truth).

Full time jobs with benefits and sick days are hard to come by. Jobs with pension plans are even more rare. Takes more time and money to finish school, and only going the STEM route seems to lead to decent job prospects. Cost of housing skyrocketing in major cities. Without blaming anyone, this is the reality these days.

Millennials also have a spending problem. Do the math and it's easy to see why so many are broke and complaining.

DaveTheDude wrote: ↑ On a different note I am hearing that Gen Z that follows the millennials will not be the same entitled whiners and moaners. Gen Z are being compared with the greatest generation who lived through the depression and WWII. Basically dedicated to working hard, making sacrifices and achieving without complaining about the obstacles in the way.

garmium wrote: ↑ Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years.

That would make them anywhere from 10-23

So a significant number of them are already perusing the interwebs and are probably echoing the same whining as millennials

DaveTheDude wrote: ↑ Well that is your assumption. It is interesting to see how many Gen Z's are already investing and buying property on Reddit forums asking intelligent questions. Oldest Gen Z's are 25.

blahraptors wrote: ↑ All the complaints are valid though (not sure about tax cheats, but probably also has some truth).

Full time jobs with benefits and sick days are hard to come by. Jobs with pension plans are even more rare. Takes more time and money to finish school, and only going the STEM route seems to lead to decent job prospects. Cost of housing skyrocketing in major cities. Without blaming anyone, this is the reality these days.

Millennials also have a spending problem. Do the math and it's easy to see why so many are broke and complaining.

garmium wrote: ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalFinanceCanada/

I myself am a millennial but god these guys are such whiners and moaners.

If you ever visit this that reddit, you will see what I am talking about:
-Woe is me
-Real estate is too high for me to afford anything
-Job market is stagnant

Basically all around finger pointing and blaming:
-Provincial/Federal Government
-Baby boomers (this is a big one)
-Big corporations/big banks
-Immigrants
-Wealthy investors
-Criminals. As if all of Markham million+ homes is filled with criminals and tax cheats?

blahraptors wrote: ↑ Gen Z has the luxury of seeing a clearer path towards a successful career. When millennials graduated, the tech industry we know today was still pretty new, so I bet a lot of students had useless degrees and couldn't land good jobs after the financial crisis.

bear20 wrote: ↑ Millennial here too.

Tbh there is some legit points and some of it is outright whining.

-Good paying skilled full time jobs with benefits, career development and clear upward mobility etc are hard to get. Especially after this pandemic, so many people out of work will cause downward pressure on wages and increased competition for even menial jobs.
-RE (either rent or buy) is expensive but there are sacrifices one can do to fix that situation - either slum it up in a shthole or live at home to save up for a down payment (I did the latter, no complaints.)
-Corporate greed is at an all time high and quite arguably execs only care about P&L and shareholder returns. It doesn't surprise me for those people to think like that, but long gone are the days where someone can "retire" after 25 years tenure at the same company. Everyone (not just millennials) needs to constantly evolve and adapt to the workforce and not be so sedentary at one job/position.
-Millennial and (some?) gen z are the kids of boomers. When boomers pass on, who's inheriting their assets? lol
-Immigrants/investors? Don't want to get political but I think thats a government issue and there are lots of arguments on both sides.
-Criminals and tax cheats? Idk about that one, but as someone who lives in Markham, there are a lot of successful small businesses that write off expenses legitimately and are savvy RE investors on the side. If someone has access to capital/innovative idea - try going on your own. Running a successful small business will payout much more than being a slave to the cubicle.

garmium wrote: ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/PersonalFinanceCanada/

I myself am a millennial but god these guys are such whiners and moaners.

If you ever visit this that reddit, you will see what I am talking about:
-Woe is me
-Real estate is too high for me to afford anything
-Job market is stagnant

Basically all around finger pointing and blaming:
-Provincial/Federal Government
-Baby boomers (this is a big one)
-Big corporations/big banks
-Immigrants
-Wealthy investors
-Criminals. As if all of Markham million+ homes is filled with criminals and tax cheats?

It seems like these millennial are financial incels.

To paraphrase the wikipedia definition: Discussions in financial incel forums are often characterized by resentment, misanthropy,[1] self-pity,[5] self-loathing,[4][7][8] a sense of entitlement to a financially good life

garmium wrote: ↑ Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years.

That would make them anywhere from 10-23

So a significant number of them are already perusing the interwebs and are probably echoing the same whining as millennials