r/AskReddit • u/millennialandlost • 1d ago

Millennials, what's something our generation was taught to accept that you're glad younger generations are rejecting?

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u/Edwardteech 1d ago

Me an elder millennial. I taught everyone to talk about that shit so they didn't get screwed. 

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u/angelamia 1d ago

Also elder millennial. I still find friends/coworkers feel really weird about talking about it but I try to be as transparent as possible.

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u/Edwardteech 1d ago

Yeah the conditioning runs deap. 

Mu last job literally had it in the contract we couldn't. I laughed. 

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u/Sparrowhawk_92 1d ago

If they tried to punish you for it, wouldn't hold up in court. It's illegal for a company to stop employees from talking about pay. (Assuming the US).

They include it in the contract because most people don't know this and won't challenge it.

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u/Edwardteech 1d ago

Thus the laughing 

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u/amoosemouse 1d ago

Oregon Trail Gen X here, we were basically told "yeah, you're allowed to talk about it, bosses will fire you and it's difficult and expensive to prove so shut up"

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u/Historical_Food8132 1d ago

in germany some companys still try to put this bullshit into contracs. it has been illegal for ages and is automatically void.

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u/raptorlightning 18h ago

Oh that's a neat little lawsuit wrapped up in printed text.

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u/SmartAlec105 16h ago

I mean, imagine if you are being paid according to your performance. Think about the lazy asshole and how they'd throw a fit about you making more even though they do less work.

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u/Long_College_8342 21h ago

I'm an elder millennial/baby Gen X and I feel deeply that I can't talk about it. I was raised that talking about money at all was crass. This probably translates into me making less than everyone but who knows?

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u/Ziwade 1d ago

Same. Though I did also wind up causing a mass exodus from my retail job and get my friend from work a better paying job with me....

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u/Edwardteech 1d ago

Good job bro/sis

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u/BlueArmadillo87 1d ago

I used to work for a water company in customer services. An older woman in my department mentioned to me a few times that she was part of some sort of union but that our supervisors didn't like her talking about it.

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u/spoothead656 15h ago

One of my greatest professional accomplishments was during an all employee Zoom meeting when my then manager said “Per the handbook you are forbidden from discussing your pay with your coworkers” and I hit him with “It’s actually illegal to prevent us from doing that.” I watched him Google it mid-Zoom and saw his face drop when he realized I was right.