Boiler: ‘91.
I took the job for 11k. Upgraded to captain (lol) in 6 weeks. Raise to 16k. Stayed there for 6 months before moving to the next workers paradise at 17k / year.
Point being that I took the job to begin with.
And to the op original question.....for the first two years here at UPS I drove a limo on the side to make ends meet. I was “that guy”, in a suit, holding up a sign at the airport looking for my client. Once I became an IOE instructor I stopped the limo driving.
You do what you gotta do. And although there are those millenials that will do that....I think there’s been a shift of the percentage that are willing to do that.
All five of my letters of recommendations to UPS have been hired by UPS. That’s 5 for 5. The last one being a millenial. That worked his as$ off through the years and earned his slot at UPS as a recent new hire. And he will be the first to tell you what “worth” is. He too did what he needed to do.