Plus, it’s hard to see the generation above you going home to their cosy homes and children when you may never be able to afford them. “People on my team can log on at 9.30am and log off at 3pm to do the school run, but I’m expected to be available from 8am to 8pm because I don’t have kids,” Rowan says. You decided to have kids, I decided not to. But they get off so easily, like leaving in the middle of the workday, but I would never receive that in return, just because I’m in my twenties. One woman used to work 10am until 3pm Monday to Wednesday then I had to do the rest of her meetings.

Source: The Times August 02, 2025 00:51 UTC