# I hired a herd of Millennials

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**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")\
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**Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hired-a-herd-of-millennials/716113/121 "2015-04-06T16:57:05Z")

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> [@GrumpyBunny](#):
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> I also don’t like the question in part because a young woman’s 5-year plan might include having kids and cutting back on work for a while. And I wouldn’t mention that until I was actually announcing my pregnancy and putting in for leave.

Definitely a valid concern that guys don’t have to worry about. When I was interviewing for my first job after leaving the Navy, I was pregnant but not yet showing. I know they’d have never hired me if they’d known. Lucky for them, I NEEDED the job and literally worked up until the day before my daughter was born, and I was back in the office in 3 weeks because I didn’t have any sick time left. So being female, millennial or not, has additional issues in the workplace.

That aside, I don’t see a problem with finding out what an employee sees in his or her future. An employee who likes his job, does it well, and really isn’t interested in moving up a corporate ladder can still be a valuable employee. Unless you have a boss like I had once. When I told him I wasn’t interested in following a management track, he proceeded to tell me why I was wrong. I was so glad when they had a reorganization and I was no longer working for him.

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