GenX entered the workforce and was able to leverage their skills while growing them only to see the job market for their skills decline or evaporate altogether.
Depending on when they started, they may have been entering during the early 90s recession, one that had the hilariously named “jobless recovery”. Which is really shitty when you are looking for one…I was lucky, I was “only” looking for a work study job at the time, or random odd jobs while I finished up school. Things still seemed pretty soft when I graduated though, and people were offering barely-subsistence wages when I finally landed a job.
Depending on when they started, they may have been entering during the early 90s recession, one that had the hilariously named “jobless recovery”. Which is really shitty when you are looking for one…I was lucky, I was “only” looking for a work study job at the time, or random odd jobs while I finished up school. Things still seemed pretty soft when I graduated though, and people were offering barely-subsistence wages when I finally landed a job.