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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: I think it depends. Gen Yers are less likely to buy a car or a house. They may like gadgets, or trips, but those sorts of luxuries aren't near as excessive as boomer Cadillacs and gen x McMansions. What telegraphs "success" has changed. I don't think this generation is more materialistic, they just want different material goods than previous generations did
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This was interesting! This is how I felt right out of college (with my mostly useless art degree). I was unhappy working front desk positions and after a few years decided to go back to school to pursue a more technical degree. Unfortunately life caught up with us and DH and I decided to get married and buy a house (and more recently have a baby) and couldn't do this with one income so I stopped my classes and went back to working full time. I basically ended up having to start back at the bottom. I still feel frustrated and unhappy but I do feel that I have matured and understand that I will have to work longer and harder to get closer to where I would like to be. I will probably never be in the flowery garden meadow with prancing unicorns and that's ok with me.
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@Mrs. High Heels: I had always heard it was the boomers who got the US into its current financial rut?
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@mrbee: oops I meant the boomers then wrote Gen X, but that's who I meant. Sorry!
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@mediagirl: The entitlement part of that question gets me as I'm dealing with a coworker who acts like this and is about 5-7 years older than me (39-40 years old). If I didn't know any better, she acts like the entitled younger ones I've come across. What grinds my gears about it is that I've worked for 7 years to get where I am, have a degree in the field, etc. She took the position 6 months ago and has more flexibility than me. She acts super superior to me. So annoying. Sorry if this is turning into a vent, but the entitlement thing happens in all generations and workplaces.
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@mae: all good points, I agree!
On a personal note, I wasn't frustrated after college because I couldn't get a lucrative job... I was frustrated because I couldn't get any job, with a decent work history (for a 20 year old) that started at 16 (really I worked at 15 summers for my dad but I never put that down) and a college degree albeit a useless one. I would have been happy to answer the phones or work at Starbucks or retail to start... I did eventually get job offers but in the meantime it was frustrating, yes. Dh was flat out lied to by the city he works for about pay. The older people always tell the younger ones to leave for greener pastures if they can (not sure if there are any but dh may leave anyway.) So I don't think being disappointed necessarily means we were totally delusional.
Also on a personal note I know very few of these types of people and lots who work where they can and make do.. But that of course could be just because I don't associate with a certain type?
While pretty exaggerated there was a kernel of truth in there about having realistic expectations. Who is to blame? That I'm not sure of.. I don't think those described got their expectations from thin air...
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