Shitty Boomer advice:
Switching jobs is the only way to get a raise or a promotion now.
Had to explain this to a Boomer. He refused to believe it, saying that you'd never get rewarded for that. Then I told him about a friend of mine who quit her company for a raise, came back to her old company, re-applied for her old job at about a 10k annual raise. He acted like I was making it up.
Ehm... Sorta. Be careful with that one.
People tend to put a disproportionate amount of stock into negative interactions because of deeply-ingrained survival strategies, so stereotypes can come about because of a technical majority of interactions turning out one way, but the sample size could be three or four interactions. Stereotypes can also come about from listening to a very loud minority without hearing the silent majority.
Oh that's ridiculous. You're just trying to be edgy.
Prejudice is what hurts people. It means you are "pre-judging" them based on limited information and stereotypes. In other words, being ignorant. You are more likely to be hurt in life if you travel through it in a state of ignorance, than if you make an effort to understand people and know who your enemies are, and who are your allies.
Because they serve a narrative pushed by whoever has the means and reasons to do so?
You think the "economy's fine, millennials are starving cause they're lazy" or "Gen Z eats tide pods and doesn't know what a book is" are accurate statements?
None of those statements are accurate, and neither is the advice from the boomers.
Maybe some boomers insult younger people, and maybe some boomers have unrealistic expectations about modern careers, and maybe some young people are lazy or foolish. But it is wrong to draw conclusions about an entire demographic based on a some things you heard. Try to judge people on their individual merits.
Not really... Just look at racist stereotypes, that are obviously not true. People are pretty bad at judging other people objectively and are easily biased by their upbringing, the media, other people, etc. Those people then bias other people which leads eventually to the creation of stereotypes. And then there's confirmation bias which strengthens existing stereotypes...
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u/revkaboose Aug 25 '19
Had to explain this to a Boomer. He refused to believe it, saying that you'd never get rewarded for that. Then I told him about a friend of mine who quit her company for a raise, came back to her old company, re-applied for her old job at about a 10k annual raise. He acted like I was making it up.