A work friend made a choice 12 months ago to give up a full time permanent staff position to work the same job with another organisation through an agency.
At the time she was very smug about the better wages, the lack of responsibility (not taking work home etc) and was a little rude about the rest of us who were "daft" enough to stay on as staff.
At the time I told her that I preferred the security and comfort of a staff job etc, pointed out that the perks of going contract are offset by the risks. Don't think this was really considered as a risk and she was blinded by the positives.
Roll on 12 months and a change in funding/economic outlook has seen her role cut and her being let go with a week's notice. I've endured 6 weeks of how this isn't fair and daily facebook/twitter/news links about how the downturn and job losses in the sector is everyone else fault.
Told her today that I'm bored of hearing it and can she stop spamming my WhatsApp with links to things I'm not interested in. Told her she's made her bed and that she was happy to take the perks 12 months ago so needs to be accepting of the risks.
AIBU to wonder if people seem to have a problem with responsibility more than previous generations and that it's not too much to expect people to accept at least some of the consequences of their decisions?