Be as it may, the boomers have been leaving at accelerated rates the past few years. And while their productivity can be questioned it was still a net positive on aggregate. And now there is a skill gap where today's youth simply can't fill. And genx doesn't have the numbers to fill all the gaps. On the plus side, if you do have marketable skills, you can use to your advantage...
My daughter is 27 and she just got back from her 20 day vacation. She went back to work and on her first day back, she was called into the boss's office. She sat down and it was explained to her what happened while she was on vacation.
She was told that the 2 people were told to pick up 1/2 of my daughter's responsibilities. Those 2 girls came back to the boss and said they could get her the work done. So, the boss told another girl to pick up what the first 2 girls couldn't do. She came back and told the boss it was no good. They put a 4th girl on job and finally they were able to keep up.
Her boss then told her she put her in for a 5% raise and HR approved the raise and they are requesting a promotion too. That's going to take some time, but she was assured she would get the promotion.
There are those who are workers. All of my kids make more than $120k and as you can see, I am very proud of them. I believe it's the home that dictates how the kids work and their work ethics.