In her words, she finds it odd that “the current generation” switched jobs so often – not because of her still believing in company loyalty or whatever but rather because she thinks people should put into consideration how much they enjoy what they’re doing over how much they’re getting paid. I don’t know how to explain more plainly that people wouldn’t feel the need to switch jobs if they were happy where they were and that money plays a crucial role in that, nor can I find a way to explain that in our global economy “focusing on the price tag” is just a facet of living normally?? That making a living wage tends to be the prerequisite to job satisfaction??? That people working several jobs and failing to make ends meet don’t have the privilege of deciding whether or not Amazon makes their insides glow????????
Additional information: she grew up in poverty and put herself through college and has now been working in the (highly in demand) field of her choice for almost 40 years, switching from public institutions to running her own business. She hasnt not been doing what she loved since the 80s at best. She and my dad did the American dream, working hard so that their kids have it much easier and I’m grateful for that and she’s bankrolling me trying to finish my own degree and art, but that’s almost held as leverage over any opinion I voice about her being wildly out of touch with the reality of modern work.