Letters: Readers respond to an article about quitting the rat race, with some saying their generation was handed an untenable position and others saying the struggle is nothing new
Millennials are the youngest generation that's left their college years behind, outside of people attending at later points in their lives, so they make the best example in this case.
You could be Gen Z and working a decent job without a degree, or just working a minimum wage job, but discussing the latest generations batch of university graduates struggling to keep up with cost of living makes more of a statement.
Older Gen Z are, but not all of them are at that point yet. It's easier to make blanket statements regarding Millennials since you still have half of Gen Z in their teen years.