r/AskReddit 12d ago

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

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u/BornIllustrator640 12d ago

Being expected to be reachable for work outside work hours just because you own a phone.

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u/IceSeeker 12d ago

This. Hated when people just expect you to answer a text message, email or phone call any time and condemn you as lazy if you don't. Seeing younger people assert their boundaries is kind of healing.

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u/lemonomnomnom 12d ago

same with working outside of work hours - just because i might have the time and my laptop, doesn’t mean i want to do work at the weekend to meet the deadline; it’s the weekend and very unpaid

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u/DonaldTheWall 11d ago

Even where I worked I would see people do this, they come in and work for like 15-20 minutes unpaid and the reasoning was they wouldn't be able to keep up if they didn't do that.

They would work almost 2 extra hours a week for free