Millennials Are "Reinventing The Concept Of Employment" AKA Quitting Their Jobs To Travel The World
NY POST - Sarah Solomon had a pretty sweet life. The 20-something publicist was always out at fashion events, dinners and parties — and even hung out with John Legend during Fashion Week.
“It was definitely New York glamourous — the black dress, leather pants and high heels, and an hour putting on my makeup,” says Solomon. “Anyone would think I had a really fun life, meeting cool people and celebrities.”
But she yearned for something more and resented only having two weeks of vacation a year. So, last August, she quit her seemingly great job at a plum downtown p.r. firm.
“I wanted to travel more — I didn’t want to have to ask for time off and grovel for extra days, you know?” says Solomon, now 25 and living in a rental house in Kauai, Hawaii, overlooking the beach.
The traditional concept of employment is the latest thing that the ever-contrarian millennial generation is reinventing. They’re quitting their jobs, without worrying about what they’ll do next.
“Burned-out millennials” lol. Ask your dad how many years he took off because of “burn out” when he was working his entire life to provide for your greedy ass and putting food on your table and a roof over your head and sending you to college. Ask your grandpa how many burn out days he got working 50 years at the steel mill. Ask your great grandfather how burnt out he got literally getting burnt out on the battlefields of World Wars. Millennial motherfuckers. Where’s the Old Man Yelling at the Cloud meme. Give it to me.
According to a 2018 Millennial Survey by Deloitte, 43 percent of millennials expect to leave their job within two years. The trend is in line with broader shifts. According to the Labor Department, the percentage of workers (of any age) quitting their jobs reached 2.4 percent in May, the highest level in more than 16 years.
New rule. You can’t be burnt-out until you’re 40. Working hard long hours isn’t a new concept. It’s just called working long hard hours. The time to regroup and relax is called “the weekend” and your 2 or 3 weeks of vacation time. I put in a lot of work defending millennials from the claims that we’re responsible for ruining everything from home ownership to motorcycles to Applebees. Stop making me fucking look bad by saying work is too hard and you just want to tan on the beaches of Thailand all year instead. If you’re 23 years old and so burnt out from working at a PR Firm that you need to quit and travel the world to find yourself, you should maybe find yourself a new planet where everyone’s not such a pussy.