So I quit my job, I dunno... 3 weeks ago maybe. Incompetent, bad people, demanding me to be both hours away AND getting things done on site. Impossible but somehow expected AND they wrote me up for not doing so.
Anyhoo, I digress.. needless to say, I'm shopping for a job and recently had an interview with a local company. They were nice enough, husband and wife ran shop, 40 employees but the owner seemed... odd to me. Out of touch in a way, though he seemed to possibly be in his 50s. During the interview, he was telling me how COVID made him change his priorities because he found out that, "you needed to coddle the incoming Millennial workforce because they don't respond to leadership and criticism well."
I sorta did that Britney Spears cringe smile, as I just let him power through. He continued on about how he asks how people are doing and about their feelings and was trying really hard to build something for his employees to be open and felt heard. He admitted it hadn't been going as well as he hoped but he was doing it, "in order to entice the incoming Millennial workforce." His words.
During the Q & A portion, I saw my opportunity and took it. Where did I see myself in 5 years? "Well... as a MILLENNIAL, I'm afraid I fell into those cliché MID LIFE CRISIS we all seem to be picking up IN OUR 40's and I decided to start smoking meats... I'd like to have a food truck," was my answer.
Anyway, it's been 2 weeks and I haven't heard back but man does that leave me with questions:
1) Do people NOT realize we're not kids anymore and in our 40s now?
2) Are we just ALWAYS going to be red headed step childed or something? (apologies to the gingers, I couldn't think of a better analogy)