The other day, I read a Bloomberg article which caught my eye. Apparently, more and more companies are starting to help employees pay off student loan debt. In addition to health options and 401(k) matching, this fringe benefit makes a benefits package even more attractive to the group dominating today's workforce: the millennials.

Speaking as a member of this group, and one who has almost $30,000 of student loan debt to her name, I feel I need to get some things out in the open before I go any further.

I went to an expensive college knowing it would be expensive. While I did get a small scholarship, it was not remotely enough to cover my costs, which were nearly three times the amount of my hometown's in-state university. But still, I made my choice knowing full well the havoc it would wreak on my adulthood finances. I chalked it up as a "future Erin" problem, and man, was I right.