# I hired a herd of Millennials **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113 "2015-03-27T14:21:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/81 "2015-03-31T21:21:24Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > There are plenty of statistics and data that I can pull up to show the exact opposite of what you’re saying. If your analysis is based on data, bring it. If not, then I won’t even bother entering into a serious data driven discussion about the matter. Seriously? You’re asking for _data_ that people have always bitched about their jobs? For fuck’s sake. If you must, Gallup finds [the number of people “completely satisfied”](http://www.gallup.com/poll/1720/work-work-place.aspx) with their job to have risen dramatically between 1989 and 2014, and the number “somewhat” or “completely dissatisfied” to be constant. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/82 "2015-03-31T23:15:52Z")
Apparently they don’t have a roadmap to adulthood and it isn’t their fault. > **[We millennials lack a roadmap to adulthood | Zach Stafford](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/30/we-millennials-lack-a-roadmap-to-adulthood)** > > My parents and grandparents knew just what kind of adult they should be at 25. I don’t - but it’s not my fault I like the Guardian, but they have been doing a spate of millennial articles, including one about why we should stop labeling millenials millenials, which is making me a bit grumpy, stabby and getoffmy lawny. I think the millenials has become the Guardians version of the Daily Fails does/does not cause cancer schtick. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/83 "2015-03-31T23:18:10Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > But more and more, employers overwork their employees, give them impossible deadlines, hold them to unreasonable standards, have become more and more intrusive in their lives, relentlessly hammer them over any perceived transgression of policy or procedure, allow or enable environments that are hostile and abusive and will terminate employment at the whim of some capricious manager. As opposed to what, serfdom? The days of the Industrial Revolution? Things aren’t ideal, but they’re better than before. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/84 "2015-04-01T02:04:43Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Seriously? You’re asking for _data_ that people have always bitched about their jobs? For fuck’s sake. If you must, Gallup finds [the number of people “completely satisfied”](http://www.gallup.com/poll/1720/work-work-place.aspx) with their job to have risen dramatically between 1989 and 2014, and the number “somewhat” or “completely dissatisfied” to be constant. Well, that’s a data point, a pretty weak one, but tomorrow I’ll give cites that show another side to things. Perhaps you’ll be able to convinnce me that your first point was valid, perhaps not. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/85 "2015-04-01T11:18:37Z")
The expectations employers have of workers of workers is different and the expectations workers have of employers has also changed. I think most of these changes are just rational outcomes that have developed through the changing needs of the market. The average american will have 9 jobs between the ages of 18 and 32 - [http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-04-23/the-new-rules-for-the-modern-workplace](http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-04-23/the-new-rules-for-the-modern-workplace) Freelance is becoming the new norm, in large part due to a change in companies’ willingness to hire. > **[5 Ways the Workforce Will Change in 5 Years](https://mashable.com/archive/workforce-in-5-years)** > > 5 Ways the Workforce Will Change in 5 Years Many companies, even older traditional companies such as google and PWC are embracing these differences, and adapting to take advantage of them. [http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/managing-tomorrows-people/future-of-work/managing-millennials.jhtml](http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/managing-tomorrows-people/future-of-work/managing-millennials.jhtml) ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/86 "2015-04-01T12:30:27Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > 1. The are rigid and inflexible. Why do you need to do something in a certain way? Because you have always done it that way? Eh, is it still justifiable in light of present realities? What about initiative and innovation? (None whatsoever). Personally I’m all for initiative or innovation. If you find another way of doing something which produces the required results, great. The issue arises when you don’t produce the required results. There’s a reason why “standard practice” procedures exist. > [@](#): > > 1. They remain married to meaningless metrics sans any context. So, you worked ten hours and I worked two? Well, you were much less productive than me and got less work done. You made 100 widgits and I made 15? Well yours are quite flimsy and mine are robust. Those metrics are directly related to your hours the following week. If the metric isn’t met, you, the PT worker, will have your hours cut. You’ll be angry about that because no hours = no money. You, along with your fellow PT coworkers, will grouse about it. No matter how many times I point out the metric and amount of work done vs. not done, you’ll either 1) not get it or refuse to get it, or 2) see the light and buckle down the next time you’re scheduled. Or maybe this job simply isn’t for you and if that’s the case, then I don’t want you either. > [@](#): > > 1. Quite obtuse and pig headed.No I was not at my desk for these hours. But,that does not mean I did not work. While travelling to that meeting, I finished with all outstanding correspondences on my smartphone and also cleared two documents for issuance while I say having coffee. There is no point in sitting late in the office doing all that shit, unless there are circumstance which dictate that. You should use your phone for more than candy crush. That makes sense since a smartphone is, at its core, a portable computer. Before smartphones staying late was imperative in some industries. I’m willing to bet, though, that you cannot perform every single job-related program on your smartphone and that you’re going to have to stay late at some point because of a project or what-have-you. > [@](#): > > 1. Seem to be limited to only a “work” and “play” mode which are mutually exclusive. To take an example, its 11:54 p.m right now where I am. I got home at 7:00, changed, ate, went out for a movie, met with some friends. From 10:30 p.m I got home and then, I sent out a couple of emails and a completed a memo needed to do before tomorrow. I could have sat in the office doing that. But, I actually lived my life, refreshed myself and did a better job in less time than I could have sitting late in the office. And I will send out a couple of more emails and requests before I go to bed, See #3. There’s nothing wrong with work and play being mutually exclusive. Work is work and play is play. When I walk though those doors on Monday morning I need to be an “edgier” version of my usual self in order to get whatever needs to be done done. I’m not the only one either. > [@](#): > > With such bad workers as the previous generations had, no wonder the world is in the sorry state it is now. Just remember we’re the workers who paved the way for your privileged backside. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/87 "2015-04-01T12:36:04Z")
It’s also your priviledged backhanded attitude which raises ires like mine. Give me lip and I’ll give it right back to you. And no, I’m not going to say get off my lawn either. Good luck in your job search. You’ll need it. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/88 "2015-04-01T13:39:54Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > But unless that job is teaching real skills and experience, is on a track to something more senior or even equity, let’s not pretend that the only reason employees will work harder than they have to is the threat of taking away their livelihood. **Peter Gibbons** : The thing is, Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care. **Bob Porter:** Don’t… don’t care? **Peter Gibbons:** It’s a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don’t see another dime, so where’s the motivation? And here’s something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now. \*\*Bob Slydell: \*\*I beg your pardon? **Peter Gibbons:** Eight bosses. **Bob Slydell:** Eight? **Peter Gibbons:** Eight, Bob. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That’s my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/89 "2015-04-01T17:26:59Z")
Except that Peter Gibbons is a stereotypical Gen-X IT employee. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/90 "2015-04-01T18:02:30Z")
Broad brush warning: a few observations about my younger colleagues and direct reports are that many seem to have cell-phone syndrome. And I don’t mean they talk on them all the time, but they talk as loud as if they were on them all the time when they’re using a conventional phone. They also seem to have less respect for the people around them when it comes to noise control. Almost all our work is done virtually, so most of us are on the phone for meetings all day. 9 times out of 10 it’s the younger men and women who sit around with their speaker phones on in the cube farm. Also, they seem to expect promotions far more quickly than others. If they did a good job on a project, I’m sometimes asked, “So, when will I move up?” You’ve been here 6 months and I give you a kudos and suddenly you’re eligible for promotion? One of the things I do appreciate about our younger crowd though is that they almost force the rest of us to work less. I don’t like it when people “not my job” me. Nor do I appreciate it when people think it’s acceptable to come in late and leave early. But I do appreciate people who value work-life balance, which is a HUGE, HUGE problem in my company (it was rated one of the worst companies to work for in the US). I also like that the younger colleagues of mine who do come into the office (many telecommute) tend toward non-traditional meetings, like walking meetings or standing meetings, for in-person discussions. I’m chained to my desk sometimes 10-12 hours a day. Having a chance to get up for a reason other than to pee is nice. My older colleagues often look at me like I’ve grown another head if I suggest something other than a meeting at a desk or in a conference room. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/91 "2015-04-01T18:45:49Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > … Many companies, even older traditional companies such as google and PWC are embracing these differences, and adapting to take advantage of them. > > [Workforce | PwC](http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/managing-tomorrows-people/future-of-work/managing-millennials.jhtml) Waitaminnut. Google is an “older traditional compan[y]” now? 😕 And I guess PWC = [PricewaterhouseCoopers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PricewaterhouseCoopers)(a staffing agency) so I suppose you’re talking about the overall workforce including more and more millenials, which is … obvious, I’d think, as the older workers age out and retire. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/92 "2015-04-01T19:27:57Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Waitaminnut. Google is an “older traditional compan[y]” now? 😕 And I guess PWC = [PricewaterhouseCoopers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PricewaterhouseCoopers)(a staffing agency) so I suppose you’re talking about the overall workforce including more and more millenials, which is … obvious, I’d think, as the older workers age out and retire. Yeah, some terrible posting on my part. I tried to edit it but missed the window and just gave up:( I’m even worse than those millenials. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/93 "2015-04-01T20:20:54Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > I’m even worse than those millenials. Impossible! ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/94 "2015-04-01T20:28:02Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Except that Peter Gibbons is a stereotypical Gen-X IT employee. Sure, but what the OP is describing is more or less what Peter’s describing, minus the part about eight bosses. If they bust their asses, show up on time, etc… there’s nothing in it for them relative to slacking and showing up late. And the only real fear they have is losing their jobs. So they work just hard enough not to get fired. That part’s universal; I suspect it’s always been the case wherever someone’s paid to do work and doesn’t have a reasonable stake in the company. IMO, that’s why companies make so much noise about “The Company X Way” and all sorts of other corporate-culture BS- they’re basically trying to guilt/fear the employees into giving them something (more work, more dedication) for nothing (no raises, no more loyalty, same working conditions). ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/aeb1de/32.png) [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/95 "2015-04-01T21:57:25Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > I’m sure that article isn’t biased even one bit; I mean everyone knows that all the millenials have giant plug earrings, almost all of them, it’s totally normal, not unusual at all. Er… huh? Who cares about giant plug earrings? At most it’s probably a lazy editor’s ill-conceived notion of visual shorthand for “young people these days.” I wouldn’t at all ascribe bias to the article based on such a thing, especially since the Web is full of articles on the same subject, almost none of which feature any visual or other references to giant plug earrings. 😃 Maybe you’re the one who’s biased if you think such a thing matters in most work settings?! Bit of anecdotal, just for the record. I know three people with gauged ears. One is 42 and the others are closer to 40 than 30. It’s not hard to find material online that is truly biased “against” millennials, so I could understand a certain amount of sensitivity to that possibility. To me, the article wasn’t biased in such a way. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/96 "2015-04-02T15:49:12Z")
> [@Winston\_Smith](#): > > They’re really high maintenance, they all seem to have a deplorable work ethic, think nothing of rolling in late and leaving early, they do as little actual work as possible, and waste even more time on the internet than I do (which is a _lot_). So, I’m reading up on how to manage Millennials, and a lot of what I’m reading is that my experience is typical, that Millennials tend to be narcissistic and lazy, and that I need to creatively work around that in order to manage them. > > Anyways. Share your experiences, comments, etc. I think this is a really awesome thing about that generation. I’ve been hoping for social mores to shift in that direction for-freaking-ever, so I’m psyched about it. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/97 "2015-04-02T15:59:51Z")
A nice defense, from author Elizabeth Gilbert, of “teenagers”, so either the youngest Millennials or the leading edge of the succeeding generation: > [@](#): > > IN DEFENSE OF TEENAGERS > > Dear Ones - > > I was recently speaking at a public event, when a lovely 17-year-old girl stood up in the audience to ask me a question. She said, “What advice do you have for my generation? And where do you think we are going wrong?” > > I looked at her sternly and said, “You know what’s wrong with your generation?” > > She braced herself bravely and said, “Tell me.” > > I replied, “Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I love your generation. You guys are wonderful. And don’t listen to anybody who says otherwise.” > > The relief on her face was instant and immeasurable. It was clear she had never yet heard a good thing said about her generation. > > But I meant it. > > Today’s American teenagers are the most sensitive, least violent, least bullying, least racist, least homophobic, most globally-minded, most compassionate, most environmentally-conscious, least dogmatic, and overall kindest group of young people this country has ever known. > > They were raised to be nice to each other. They have always been encouraged to be tolerant with each other. They weren’t allowed to hit each other in the sandbox while adults looked the other way and let them “work it out on their own”. They don’t smoke as much as my generation did, they don’t drink (or drink and drive) as much as my generation did, they don’t beat each other up as much as my generation did, and they aren’t as mean to each other as my generation was. They don’t even have as much sex as my generation did. > > Are they a little bit coddled, a little bit “soft”? > > You bet. And I love then for that. This world could use more a bit more softness, and a lot less toughness. > > They’re gentler than we were at their age, truly. > > So let’s be gentle with them, in return. > > Let’s give them a break, and stop complaining about them. > > Are they perfect? Of course not — they’re teenagers. Do they live on their cellphones, and say “like” too much? Do they have short attention spans? Sure, but was there ever a teenager who had a long attention span? Do they listen to music that offends and even scares you? Whatever. (In fact: whatevs. When I was a teenager, adults were terrified that Satanic music was going to destroy the souls of our entire generation, and that Madonna’s midriff would make us all grow up to be strippers —and is anybody worried now about the threat of Satanic music or Madonna’s midriff ? Trust me, Miley’s sexual provocations will someday seem just as quaint and harmless, in retrospect.) > > Are some kids today jerks? Sure, but show me a generation without jerks. I submit, in fact, that this is the least jerky generation yet. > > Do today’s teenagers seem somewhat less motivated and ambitious than generations in the past? Could that possibly be because they have watched their elders drive themselves into a frenzy of debt and depression through constant consumer striving? Could it be that maybe they are questioning the whole rat race? > > And are there perhaps better virtues to cultivate than mere ambition? > > I think so. > > Like consider this, for instance: I know a 17 year-old straight boy who recently took his gay 17 year-old neighbor (his childhood best friend) to the prom. The straight boy wanted his gay friend to enjoy the experience of prom, and the gay boy didn’t have a date, so the straight boy gallantly invited him. They rented tuxedos, a limo, took photos, danced, and had a ball. Nobody in their school batted an eye. And the real miracle is — the straight kid couldn’t even understand why i thought this was such a big deal. To his mind, it was simple: He loved his buddy, and saw no reason why they couldn’t go to the prom together as friends. Nothing about the situation made him feel threatened in the least. Nor did their classmates see it as strange. > > Such a scenario would have been unthinkable in my high school back in 1987, where kids who even seemed gay were routinely bullied — not only by their fellow students, but sometimes even by their teachers. And I went to school in the liberal Northeast. We considered ourselves PROGRESSIVE! > > Do we still have farther to go? Of course, but my hopes are that this generation will keep showing us the way to greater kindness. > > If you have a teenager in your life, then, do try to appreciate him or her. I know they can be maddening, but they are also something quite special. (And as my 102 year-old grandmother once said to a room full of her descendants, who were complaining about KIDS THESE DAYS, “Hey! I knew ALL of you when you were 14, and you were all difficult. But you all turned out pretty good. These kids will turn out good, too.”) > > In fact, I think they will turn out great. > > And if you ARE a teenager (which I know is unlikely, because this is Facebook, not Instagram, or Snapchat) just know that I think you’re terrific. I admire your generation immensely. Don’t let anyone try to tell you that we were better than you were, back when we were your age. Trust me: we were not better. I was there. I remember. > > I can’t wait to see what this generation is going to make of the world, with such decency and such compassion bred into their bones. > > It’s an exciting time in history, and a good time. Believe me. > > ONWARD, > LG ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/98 "2015-04-02T18:57:24Z")
> [@Lee\_Q](#): > > It’s not hard to find material online that is truly biased “against” millennials, so I could understand a certain amount of sensitivity to that possibility. To me, the article wasn’t biased in such a way. Ok, FINE, you’ve convinced me. I’ll actually read the friggin article and see if has any validity. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/99 "2015-04-03T01:20:27Z")
My wife and I are renting our old apartment to a millennials age couple. They do seem a bit needy. The heat doesn’t work right (and yet it worked right when we lived there for ten years and seems to work fine the three times I checked it), the hot water pressure isn’t as high as we’d like (it’s fine). The latest is the upstairs neighbors make too much noise and the building management won’t do anything about it. I’m not your neighbor’s landlord and I don’t own the damn building. Do what I used to do. Go upstairs yourself and ask them to shut the fuck up or call the police who will be happy to fine them for violation of local noise ordinances. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/100 "2015-04-03T01:41:46Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Your full-timers are presumably serious workers supporting their families. And you compare them with your part-timers, who…aren’t. > It may have nothing to do with the differences betwen the millenial generation vs other generations. It’s just that these are just college kids who know that this job isn’t important;…they’ll be leaving in a few months, the job has no future, and may not even get listed on their resume. So they goof off. I’ll never understand that attitude. Hell I gave a two week notice when I left my fast food job at age 18. Even working for a temp service I did my best in every assignment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113.md?page=6)