Millennials are having their midlife career crisis
Quartz reports that many millennials feel stuck or uncertain about work, even as recent coverage, including from The Economist, has declared the generation a success.
One example is Ayano Swisher, 33, of Los Angeles. Her ceramics side project, Sad Girl Lab, became a business this spring after she was laid off from managing social media at a private equity-owned entertainment marketing agency. She opened a business account and got a tax ID the same day she lost her job.
Swisher now sells handmade martini sets and dinnerware at flea markets, on Depop and on her own site, takes restaurant commissions and co-publishes a zine. She has also collected unemployment, taken freelance marketing work, and kept interviewing for full-time jobs. "My millennial hope is what drives my ambition," she said.
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