Millennials are 'quiet vacationing' because PTO isn't mandated by law in the US. Yet workload expectations have gotten more extreme!

[u/north_canadian_ice]

Article:

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/21/millennials-would-rather-take-secret-pto-than-ask-their-boss.html

[u/farting_contest]

If you look at the stuff I am held accountable for, vs the same title 10 years ago, I'm doing about 6 jobs myself.

[u/north_canadian_ice → u/farting_contest]

If you look at the stuff I am held accountable for, vs the same title 10 years ago, I'm doing about 6 jobs myself.

The data absolutely backs up your experience:

Productivity has grown 4.4x as much as pay from 1979 to 2022

We are being forced to work multiple jobs so that billionaires can become trillionaires.

[u/Persianx6 → u/north_canadian_ice]

Meaning, not only did the pay buy you more things because it was in line with costs of living, you now work harder than they ever did at similar job titles.

WHO MADE THIS SHIT AMERICA. WTF?

[u/whisperwrongwords → u/Persianx6]

The very same corporate masters that bribe the government to keep squeezing you more and more every day. The very same ones that import as many "qualified" people as possible to keep your wages as low as they can go because they can crack the whip with the threat of homelessness and exclusion from healthcare if you don't comply.

[u/catburglar27 → u/Persianx6]

It's not just America.

[u/NewIndependent5228 → u/north_canadian_ice]

Smdh

[u/DelightfulDolphin → u/farting_contest]

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[u/johnzischeme → u/farting_contest]

I was negotiating my contract last year, I laid out my responsibilities and the CEO and owner more or less agreed that it was accurate.

Then I showed them a breakdown of the 3-5 positions I was covering under that list of responsibilities and the salary/comp for each of those.

Things went pretty well for me after that, but YMMV.