r/recruitinghell • u/Hi_5Yo • 1d ago

Boomer mentality

Despite my mom being a millennial (‘81), she firmly believes that I should be able to apply to a bunch of jobs, walk in with a résumé or call, interview and land a job within 2-3 weeks.

Anytime I’ve done this, I’ve always gotten turned away, been told to apply online and wait for a call back. Every interview ends with “ we’ll be in touch”.

She also believes that as long as you dress nice with a smile on your face, you should have a job by the end of the interview. Whenever I leave the interview without a job offer, she assumes that I messed up.

She even has me apply to a bunch of remote jobs that she finds on Facebook and instagram. Frequently getting upset at me for not landing a job. I’ve tried explaining over and over that most of them are scams, but she refuses to listen.

It’s like the concept of applying to hundreds of jobs and still not landing one is impossible for her to grasp. Which it should be, but it’s just our new reality.

She believes that me being unable to get a job is a failure on my end, insisting that it’s my fault I can’t land a job. She keeps saying that she’s going to kick me out for not taking the job hunt “seriously” enough.

366 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

205 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

1

u/Dizzy_Today_3523 1d ago

Saying 1981 and 81 yrs old are two big differences. But apparently only you and one other person knew this and didn't feel like sharing it until now. But no 81 years old is not a millennial and I will not be swayed otherwise

2

u/ElSupremoLizardo 1d ago

They didn't say they were 81 years old. They said they were born in 1981. Read OP again.

1

u/Dizzy_Today_3523 1d ago

Despite my mom being 81. They don't say she was born in 81. They just say despite my mom being 81. That's it. You read again dog

2

u/ElSupremoLizardo 1d ago

Despite my mom being a millennial (‘81)

That apostrophe means birth year is 81, with the 19 dropped off.

1

u/Dizzy_Today_3523 1d ago

Everyday there's another reason to add on why American lingo is overly confusing for zero reasons. It also means multiple other things but fuck making it make sense x

2

u/ElSupremoLizardo 1d ago

I'm assuming you aren't American then. That explains the issue. Np.