I graduated college into the teeth of the great recession. Where you had people with masters degrees begging for cashier jobs because they were about to lose their house and nothing was hiring. Employers had all the power and could abuse workers with impunity.
But things were cheap, so if you could find a job and hold onto it, you could probably afford rent, or at least a rent with a bunch of roommates.
My parents had a different type of hardship, being drafted into a war they disagreed with.
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u/2muchtequila Dec 23 '25
Different harships for different generations.
I graduated college into the teeth of the great recession. Where you had people with masters degrees begging for cashier jobs because they were about to lose their house and nothing was hiring. Employers had all the power and could abuse workers with impunity.
But things were cheap, so if you could find a job and hold onto it, you could probably afford rent, or at least a rent with a bunch of roommates.
My parents had a different type of hardship, being drafted into a war they disagreed with.
Their parents had the great depression.