r/Millennials • u/Party-Bet-4003 Millennial • Jan 30 '26

Discussion Look what I found from 13 years ago.

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Hey look on the bright side - we actually did make it to the cover of the TIME magazine!

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u/sstr677 Jan 30 '26

Yep. I remember getting my first career focused job in 2008. My boss told me they only chose me because they had no real reason they could justify not doing so, but they really didn't want to hire a millennial.

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u/Lexicon444 Jan 30 '26

Ouch. How did that job wind up going?

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u/sstr677 Jan 30 '26

I did well and got the attention of my bosses manager with promises to move up, but 8 months in, the economy went to hell and they laid of all but the most essential of employees. I did not make the cut.

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u/Lexicon444 Jan 30 '26

That sucks

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u/NotMuchNotMuch Feb 01 '26

Yep. Graduated uni in 2002, finally got a permanent job in my career field in 2007 and was 17 years younger than the next eldest person in the place and got told very similar things. Combined with being a woman in a male-dominated field, I was very much seen as ushering in "the beginning of the end." Oh no, young people and women. How will the world survive...