Jul 13, 2026 · 22 min · 11 segments
*Career Series | Part 1* We're back! And we're kicking off a brand-new season of **Unlearning in Progress** with a series on one of the biggest topics showing up in conversations everywhere: **our…
Jamie WaterfieldHost
Angela CopeHost
That's what's showing up within my algorithms and a lot of conversations that I'm having with friends as well.
And the social media term for it is the great millennial career crisis, which I'm not even going to get into my whole, why do we have to use the word crisis? Like, why are we adding to the anxiety in the world? But it's this concept that the millennial generation is really struggling with what they're doing within their careers.
And now folks are feeling burnt out, not making enough money, unable to complete all the tasks that are required from them in their day
And I'm seeing within my own circles that I'm in, women, 45 to 65, making the decision to take a very hard pivot in their career, walk away from what they have built up over decades for various reasons.
I'm doing all this work and I just don't feel like I'm getting to where I thought I should be by now, and maybe it's just not worth it.
It's not like we were given the skills to manage today's cultures and environments when we started in our careers 20, 30, 40 years ago.
Five years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago, like so much has changed in the last couple of years alone that is shifting the way that people are working and what jobs are available and what jobs are becoming available.
So there's this new opportunity, but there is also this tremendous amount of exhaustion that folks are facing right now.
Do I quit? Do I leave? Do I stay? Do I go? What do I do? Where do I go? All this noise is happening.
Social media is telling me I can go be rich in 15 easy steps if I follow this plan.
So many people are in this slew of chaos right now when it comes to their career.
And I think what's so important about this conversation is the grass is not always greener on the other side.
That's what's showing up within my algorithms and a lot of conversations that I'm having with friends as well.
And the social media term for it is the great millennial career crisis, which I'm not even going to get into my whole, why do we have to use the word crisis? Like, why are we adding to the anxiety in the world? But it's this concept that the millennial generation is really struggling with what they're doing within their careers.
And now folks are feeling burnt out, not making enough money, unable to complete all the tasks that are required from them in their day
And I'm seeing within my own circles that I'm in, women, 45 to 65, making the decision to take a very hard pivot in their career, walk away from what they have built up over decades for various reasons.
I'm doing all this work and I just don't feel like I'm getting to where I thought I should be by now, and maybe it's just not worth it.
It's not like we were given the skills to manage today's cultures and environments when we started in our careers 20, 30, 40 years ago.
Five years ago, 10 years ago, 15 years ago, like so much has changed in the last couple of years alone that is shifting the way that people are working and what jobs are available and what jobs are becoming available.
So there's this new opportunity, but there is also this tremendous amount of exhaustion that folks are facing right now.
Do I quit? Do I leave? Do I stay? Do I go? What do I do? Where do I go? All this noise is happening.
Social media is telling me I can go be rich in 15 easy steps if I follow this plan.
So many people are in this slew of chaos right now when it comes to their career.
And I think what's so important about this conversation is the grass is not always greener on the other side.
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