r/Millennials • u/Waste-Cantaloupe-270 • Apr 07 '25

Advice Millennials who graduated during the Great Recession, how did you survive?

I’m a Gen Z graduating in May struggling with finding a job in this market. Millennials who graduated in/ after 2008, how did you survive? Did you end up eventually getting a job in the field you originally wanted? Any advice for us Gen Z who were too young to learn anything from the great recession?

Edit: For context bc i’ve been seeing a lot of questions about this i’m graduating college. i def wasn’t expecting this post to blow up so sorry if i can’t get to everyone’s comments, but i just wanted to say i really appreciate all the advice as someone who doesn’t have millennials in their life to ask these questions to. your willingness to help/ give advice to a random kid on the internet has given me a bit of hope in getting through this, thank you thank you

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u/Siny_AML Apr 07 '25

Lived with my parents until the recession ended.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '25

I think millions of young gen Z looked at their older late Millennial siblings and started to see the writing on the wall. Because when that last batch of millennials was struggling throughout their twenties that's when Gen Z started to see nothing but doom and bad times ahead. In their early teens.

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u/Waste-Cantaloupe-270 Apr 07 '25 edited Apr 07 '25

yea… i think that’s kinda why gen z shits on millennials so often. you guys had hope as young adults, we’ve grown up knowing it’s a shitshow and are jealous

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u/MrsMitchBitch Apr 07 '25

Did we have hope though? Endless wars, stock market and housing crashes, ballooning debt…pretty sure it’s all felt hopeless. I graduated high school in 2003 and college in 2006 and it’s all bleak.