Generation Entitlement crashes into a job market squeeze.
Sana has been no stranger to rejections, as she has applied to hundreds of jobs since getting laid off last year.
“The hiring system is pretty broken,” said Sana, 27, who did not want her last name used because she continues to look for work.
She notes the issues she has faced are not unique to her industry. In fact, she is one of the large number of under-35-year-olds who are driving an increase in the unemployment rate in Canada.
“There’s no loyalty from organizations; they’re not approaching things from a way that’s recognizing the systemic failures that they have, like actually supporting and uplifting young people.”
But wait, there’s more punchline!
Sana, who lives with her family, said she did some unpaid work for a company that specialized in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) work before landing her first full-time job there after completing her master’s program.
“It was definitely a role that I learned the most from, but it was also exploitative,” Sana said, explaining that she worked in an fast-paced and demanding environment for little pay and no work-life balance. She said she ended up working long hours, sometimes ending the workday at 8 p.m.
You knew it was coming.