You’re making some assumptions here that I won’t look for another employer or won’t get a promotion. With my promotion and pay raises, my pay did out pace inflation since I started this job in 2019. But, you’re correct otherwise.

As a younger millenial, please don’t just slip into the same old tired horseshit that the people before you did

I don’t think that’s the problem. I think the problem is the same for Gen X and Millenials. Boomers absolutely refused to give up power and would rather die than retire. Feingold died and ruined her legacy, RBG died and ruined her legacy, Pelosi stayed in long enough to lead the democratic party to where it is now (neo conservative), Biden called it quits too late for a true primary basically handing over the country to whom he claimed was an existential threat ruining his legacy, we just elected the oldest person to ever to run for president… We never got our chance to run things. Our voices were crushed by the largest generation to exist. They were the party generation, and I’m afraid Gen Z and Alpha are more the hangover generations. With boomers finally being forced to retire or dying, I think we’ll finally have a chance to at least start fixing some of the damage.