I’ll cop to being a “feminist.” But I’ve been wondering over the last few years why we tried so hard to “pave the way” for our sisters in succeeding generations as we did. Gen Y, in particular, doesn’t seem to appreciate it. The young female workers of today seem to be dropping like flies from FT jobs once they have kids. If they can’t get the exact “flex-schedules” they want after coming off maternity leave (unreasonable in my mind and unheard of in my day), they walk. Given that most of them have varying amounts of student loan debt gathering interest by the month, it is all incredulous to me.
OTOH, employers don’t want older, very experienced workers, even though WE know how to get up in the morning and dress properly for business and actually have a work ethic when we get to the office (we don’t text and stare at our phones all day).
It seems employers would rather play games repeatedly replacing Gen Y, only to get another employee asking for 6 months of FMLA after only six months on the job!
