Millenials in the workplace

[hockeywriter110]

I too hate the millennial bashing, and no, not everyone my age (late 20s) is lazy, entitled or whatever. I work in a company largely employing 20 and early 30-somethings, and we are all hard workers who work all kinds of ridiculous hours to make sure there is enough coverage at peak periods. Since we work in a 24/7 business, everyone knows upon taking the job that evenings and weekends might be involved. We've all worked weekend nights as late as 2 or 3 a.m. I started at this company as an unpaid intern three years ago, two years after I graduated college and was laid off, and have worked my way into a full-time role with salary and benefits. Even my manager is in his mid-20s and, while not perfect, cares about his team and is very supportive.

I graduated in 2008 and worked at a call center, which has to be the worst job I've ever had second to working in collections for my first job and calling people who were overdue on utility bills. (I was actually kinda happy when the call center laid me off!) I worked in food service and retail before my current company hired me full-time. (I was part-time during my internship and for about a year after.) I'm trying to break into a competitive industry now and have a lot of work for no pay left ahead of me, which I do on top of the full-time job I've had.

And yes, I live with my parents, but so what? I give them rent money (no, it is none of your business how much) and help out around the house, particularly with animal care. I never ask my parents for cash unless it's a birthday or Christmas present. Yes, I have a smartphone, but if I contribute to part of the cell phone bill, what is it your business? I am writing this from my laptop which I paid for, not something my parents gave me. If I didn't have this laptop, I couldn't do my job. Why would I want to share the computer I need for my job with someone else or not own one?

By the way, I have had phone interview for many jobs out of state, but I've dealt with a lot of broken promises, being told I would be contacted and never hearing from a company again. I made it to the top three finalists of a job that would've required a substantial move, but they hired someone else who I believe was more local. The hiring manager said competition for that job was very tight and that I gave a solid interview. I would love to move to NYC, but I would need a roommate and am waiting until I save enough money for the exorbitant amount you have to put down even to rent a room.

So please, don't feed me the line about being entitled. I was not raised this way, and a lot of my friends and coworkers have had to work hard for everything they had. I don't know anyone whose parents are giving them handouts. One of my friends still cannot find a full-time teaching job three years after graduation and subs and has a part-time job because there is a lot of nepotism in the school district where we reside. The mayor's brother was hired for a job, and funny, these relatives are always "the most qualified."

But yeah, keep talking about how entitled I am.

[Ralph_Kirk]

Originally Posted by anifani821

Maybe YOU failed but I sure didn't. And neither did my friends and business associates.

Ah, see you don't get it at all, if you're concept of a generational success or failure is locked into "me and the people I know." That right there is the hallmark of the failure of the Boomer generation.

[S.S. Lazio]

Lol, I was just gonna say, the, "I got mine, I don't care what YOU did or didn't do" is boomer 101.

[mkpunk]

Originally Posted by S.S. Lazio

Lol, I was just gonna say, the, "I got mine, I don't care what YOU did or didn't do" is boomer 101.

Exactly, then they claim I did it this way and you can to (even without knowing the actual situation.)

[timberline742]

The dot come bust was brutal on hiring. I got out if grad school at that time. I thought it was going to be simple. I'm ok now, but it took me close to 10 years to get where I thought I could get in 1-2.