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24% of laid off Gen Xers can't find a new job
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Date: July 6th, 2026 10:24 AM Author: Olive wild shrine https://fortune.com/article/baby-boomers-gen-xers-laid-off-still-unemployed-take-pay-cuts-to-work/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981395) |
Date: July 6th, 2026 11:26 AM Author: Multi-colored massive school reading party I thought this was one of those AI-generated clickbaits, but it's a quality media brand clickbait instead.
The generational problem with Gen X is that America turned into an Asian striver culture while they were in their late 20s and 30s, when it was too late for them to Asian-ify their resumes and educational histories. |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:57 PM Author: Bespoke Address Idiot It seemed like the vibe pre-ITE was that a Normal Bro could just be Normal and not fall into peril. Like the long tail of institutional boomerism. There were people on the internet who argued that your major in college “doesn’t matter,” in earnest. I can’t even imagine that world now. Now it seems like you’re shut out of society if you don’t ace OCI. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981780) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:00 PM Author: Multi-colored massive school reading party That was precisely it. Their TV growing up was all blue collar types, or non-STEM white collars, with houses and families. Only two races: black and white. Anyone else was portrayed as a weird mysterious old man. If the economy got bad you might get laid off and have to live off of unemployment for an unpleasant 6-8 weeks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49982422) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:10 AM Author: geriatric exciting state (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983669) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:38 PM Author: bistre sweet tailpipe Otoh Gen Xers were very familiar with Latinos and their culture through the various portrayals they viewed in Looney Tunes cartoons. Specifically Speedy Gonzalez and when Bugs Bunny would dress up as Chiquita Banana. Boomers censored all the Bugs nips the Nips content from the 40s, unfortunately or they might’ve been more knowledgeable about Asians. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984298) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:36 PM Author: thriller amber background story (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49985315) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:38 PM Author: heady market is it a striver culture? i feel like Gen Z are all borderline retarded and lazy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984191) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:37 AM Author: cheese-eating appetizing corner huh, i look out my window and see a lawn that could be mowed, an apartment complex that could be tidied up, and a taco truck that could use some competition work is easy to find unless you don't want to work |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:49 AM Author: Multi-colored massive school reading party Food trucks are money printers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981537) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:50 AM Author: histrionic resort With the way they aren't generally price competitive with sit down establishments, they'd better be (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981538) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 5:14 PM Author: cobalt alpha kike fag ljl (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49982173) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:47 AM Author: Motley stage halford Gen X is lazy as shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981531) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:49 AM Author: histrionic resort Proof that, even though I'm part of the inaugural millennial group, my soul is forever with genX. My non-faggy upbringing is also a million times closer to genX than later millennial cohorts (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981536) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:51 AM Author: Jet-lagged hall not as lazy at entitled millenials who want to blog their daily life for a living, and travel the world defiling landmarks and disrespecting cultures for clicks. the concept of a 9-5 job, sitting in an office, having a 'manager' manage you does not register with them, its not real and its not a good work-life balance, like, ok? Please dont forget to subscribe. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981542) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 11:58 AM Author: Motley stage halford that's largely late millennials/Gen Z. early to mid millennials bullied weak Gen Xers out of the way (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981559) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:49 PM Author: histrionic resort "having managers manage them" is exactly the mentality that underscores genX loserdom. Even though my soul was with genX, I backed into the c suite before 40
But now I'm looking at a non c level gig that is largely autonomous and auto pilot level of difficulty for me. So maybe my squishy gen allocation properties is letting loserdom catch up and grab me |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 6:10 PM Author: slap-happy boyish queen of the night hospital what age were you a "director" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49982275) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:14 PM Author: histrionic resort That's the board. I said c suite. Are you genX, by any chance? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49982447) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 6:12 PM Author: Concupiscible Pearl Private Investor As a Gen-Xer I can confirm. I am so fucking lazy. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49982281) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 12:04 PM Author: fluffy bawdyhouse This is just because they’re old (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981569) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:51 PM Author: odious primrose volcanic crater In other words despite historically low unemployment, 75% of the people who've lost their jobs were able to find suitable replacement employment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981762) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:53 PM Author: Bespoke Address Idiot Despite? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981769) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:54 PM Author: odious primrose volcanic crater yes. Even though only a few people are event getting laid off, almost all of them are able to find new jobs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981774) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 1:57 PM Author: Bespoke Address Idiot So not “despite.” You aren’t spiting anything. You’re just saying “economy is good atm.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49981781) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 5:16 PM Author: cobalt alpha he seems extremely and delusionally invested in the point he's making but i dont get what it is
i think he hates gen x |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 5:33 PM Author: fluffy bawdyhouse I don’t think that would be despite low employment - it is an effect of low employment. Unless you were being sarcastic. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49982204) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:39 PM Author: Bespoke Address Idiot Isn’t he that guy who collects Knives lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49982520) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 7:55 PM Author: odious primrose volcanic crater It would and it was actually the correct usage of “despite”. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49982562) |
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Date: July 6th, 2026 8:07 PM Author: Bespoke Address Idiot what was your Major (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49982592) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 8:28 AM Author: odious primrose volcanic crater i don't even remember to be honest. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983536) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:48 AM Author: rusted bull headed legend wow. 11% took a pay cut to work. Thats CRAZY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983631) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:52 AM Author: zombie-like cracking marketing idea base I have taken pay cuts twice in my career. It's something that happens. You just keep on rolling. Overall it's better to accept something at a pay cut than to be unemployed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983639) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:53 AM Author: rusted bull headed legend I am making less, inflation adjusted, than I did in 2015. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983642) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:56 AM Author: zombie-like cracking marketing idea base Yeah, I know that happens too. I told my wife that on an inflation-adjusted basis she's about 8% behind her historical average salary and she didn't believe me, but it's true. Wages have generally gone down in the last 20 years. Some people choose to ignore this fact, but it's real. Rich people have gotten way, way richer and real wages have fallen. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983648) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:09 AM Author: rusted bull headed legend sad part is i am still top 10%, but LOL only the top 1-3% are actually better off now... and yet Americans keep voting for the same Jewish controlled parties, no healthcare, PE owned homes, lol. just lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983664) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:43 AM Author: Bespoke Address Idiot Trump 45 Incomes were immense in hindsight but that was the kill shot to affordable housing I guess. He was too populist to allow ITE2 to unfold. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983713) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:21 PM Author: rusted bull headed legend I was referring to my Obama comp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984168) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 6:11 PM Author: Bespoke Address Idiot Trump won the gen retroactively (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984700) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:54 PM Author: Purple Messiness Right?? That's what jumped out at me. Imagine taking a paycut after a layoff! Better to just live home with mommy.
Not to "i walked uphill both ways in a snowstorm" this conversation, but I remember biglaw--> unemployment--> applying and getting REJECTED for doc review gigs that were minimum wage and free lunch. And i would have taken that job for the fucking work experience. |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 8:41 PM Author: rusted bull headed legend 96% of these fags have never seen a pay decrease (the 11% were only those who were fired). Basically every year MOAR MONEY. No wonder they are ok leveraging the future (other people's future) for their NOW (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49985063) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 9:52 AM Author: ruddy hell mood don't forget that many Gen Xers still have student loan balances (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983640) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:42 AM Author: Bespoke Address Idiot They have the HIGHEST balance of any gen! How does that make any sense? Gen X had lower college attendance and therefore grads should be less dumb on average…. It should be a stratified cohort of less-dumb Xers….. somewhat…. Relatively… (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983712) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 10:44 AM Author: brilliant big nursing home athletic conference Oh I get it. Surely by now they have millions in their brokerage accounts, they're just hitting the FIRE parachute (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49983714) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:50 PM Author: self-centered senate I know a couple people, all in tech/programming, who had good jobs for decades and some have been unemployed for over a year. mostly they won't accept pay cuts, but man it seems brutal (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984213) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:58 PM Author: heady market shouldnt these people have 10 million+ invested by now? they were in tech (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984228) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:03 PM Author: doobsian home These are Doodikoffs friends though (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984233) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:06 PM Author: heady market true (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984240) |
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Date: July 8th, 2026 12:10 AM Author: self-centered senate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49985490) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:01 PM Author: galvanic crimson space There are a gazillion temp jobs for tech bros paying $400 a day. They can work at will remotely on short projects unless they cant actually code and were just project manager types. Those guys are fucked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984232) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 2:59 PM Author: galvanic crimson space A house maid makes $200 a day in cash and works 3-4 hours a day. She pays nothing in taxes. Her effective hourly rate is $60. This country is so insanely rich that literal spic garbage that cant read or write makes $60 an hour cleaning toilets. Nobody who wants to work is unemployed in a country like this. The 60 year old boomer scumbag who replaced the boiler is my house billed $12k for an afternoon of work. Materials set him back maybe $4500. He pocketed $7k. I dont feel bad for any of these people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984230) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 3:43 PM Author: bearded henna school cafeteria getting a job has never been easier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984310) |
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Date: July 7th, 2026 6:15 PM Author: Multi-colored massive school reading party what about a job that doesn't involve sex with men? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5880028&forum_id=2/en-en/#49984721) |