People born in 1985 entered the workforce in 2006 when finishing a three year degree. The worst financial crisis since the great depression started two years later.

Not sure what sort of rose tinted glasses you have about the 00s but they were a lot worse than today.

Millenials cover the mid-80s to mid-90s, 70s and 80s is mostly GenX as far as I know.

Millenials definitely didn't have it as easy, most were in their first years of career (1-5 years) when 2008 happened.