Millenials are they lazy bastards?

[EyExR]

These days it's difficult for a kid to get a job at mcdonalds because some loser 45 year old wasted his life in the 80's doing lines of coke and that's the only job he can get now.

[nando]

it's both, but mostly real wages have been flat or even declining. Unless you're in the top 1%.

[rturbo 930]

They basically could breeze through high school and get a good paying job right away, and afford a house/2 kids/stay at home wife/new car etc.

On top of that, and someone can correct me if I'm wrong here, but things just weren't as expensive back then either. I don't know if things are more expensive now because they're more complicated, or because wages have not kept up with the cost of living. My guess is that it's a combination of both.

[mrsleeve]

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I agree in some ways, as its still possible if you hit the right situation or pick the right trades to do those things out of highschool still. Its just not going college is not socially acceptable, "not cool" and not fun since you dont get to party every night, since you have to go to work in the a.m. Plus have been told since middle school bye almost everyone that you will never amount to anything or have any kind of success in your life if you dont go to college and get a degree.

Kickin :
Your pops is a Wildland FF or a forester I take it. This explains a lot about how and why they have the property they have in the location they have it ;) (yes I remember that conversation)

Supposedly I am a "millennial" since I am a circa 1980 model. Yet raised in large part by 4 members of the greatest generation ( my Grandparents and great aunt and uncle). Needless to say most of you dont need me to express my views on this topic. Safe to say I am big on bootstraps, hard work, personal sacrifice to get where you need to be, one of the newer buzz word phrases I hate the most is " Work Life Balance" that I hear coming out out the little shits mouths when faced with actually working more than 8 hours a day or more than 5 days a week.

My thoughts Shut up, put your head down, do the job you have been hired to do to the best of your ability in the most efficient manner you can muster. Keep your eyes and ears open for new opertunity to move up either where your at or else where, be willing to move more than 10 miles form Mommy, and your buddies for that opportunity to better your self.

[nando]

Worst. Generation. Ever.

said every previous generation about the next one..

the millennial thing is just another tired stereotype. Just like how the gen-X/Y thing was really tired 10 years ago. The funny thing is I don't end up fitting into any of those, because the late 70's had really low birth rates and I fall into a gap that is neither gen-X nor gen-Y (whatever those really are).

also, all the baby boomers complaining about how easy young kids have it are idiots. They basically could breeze through high school and get a good paying job right away, and afford a house/2 kids/stay at home wife/new car etc. These days it's difficult for a kid to get a job at mcdonalds because some loser 45 year old wasted his life in the 80's doing lines of coke and that's the only job he can get now.

[kickinindian]

Hell, a lot of jobs are applied for online and there's no real idea of what they'll hire until the interview. What happened to walking into an establishment, meeting the management or supervisor, giving them your resume and greeting them with a smile and the assurance that you want to work at their company?

this is a huge erking point for me. you need to meet someone to know what kind of person they are. my father and i were talking, he was raised super poor, government cheese and all. if he would have tried to apply today he never would of had a chance. the sterotypes and his location alone would have made him "unhireable". he met the manager in person showed his hard work and now 20+yrs later he certifies all the government employees in california to run chainsaws and all kind of cool shit.

[Vincent Brick]

I am on the cusp of Gen X/Y, and I feel the millennials I know and work with are pretty evenly divided between normal hardworking, lazy stoners with no hope for the world, and whiny bitches pissed because they aren't rich. The more money they have, the more they seem to complain about how they don't have enough money.

[TimeMachinE30]

Success is not measured in paychecks and degrees, certificates. You have been lied to.

[Dozyproductions]

Definitely a nurture over nature on this topic. Many baby boomers raised their kids like shit and didn't prepare them for how aggressive advertisements have become lately. We, admittedly or not, attain a lot of our values through the television, news, internet and the advertisements that come in those mediums. Control, or a handle of any of those and you can mold the minds of the youth.

Why do boys have to like blue and girls pink? Boys chemistry sets and girls dolls? I know it's traditional but in this world, that trend can change within a year and it hasn't because retailers don't market that shit like that. If real change isn't marketable then it isn't done.



My boy Melle also makes a great point for the people who aren't spoiled fucking assholes. It works both ways, if you don't know any other way, then how can you break out of your bringing up unless there's a serious kick in the ass?

[Wschnitz]

I'm a millennial.
i work 60+ hours a week.
i don't feel entitled
my life isnt easy.
i don't think grouping everyone together is a fair statement

Exactly why I said there are many sides to this Issue.

Maybe you guys all work with the lame ass millennials who had daddy pay for their business administration degree and want to make bank without working cause they had their hands held?

[oliver.r]

I'm a millennial.
i work 60+ hours a week.
i don't feel entitled
my life isnt easy.
i don't think grouping everyone together is a fair statement

[Wschnitz]

I'm a millennial.




DOes this mean I'm gay?

Extremely, wanna be gaybros?

[phreshkid]

I'm a millennial.




DOes this mean I'm gay?

[Wschnitz]

Millennials are born in 1980-2000 for those who dont remember. So like more then half of r3v.


I think theres many parts to this argument.

For one I agree that schools pound into your head that school = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for days and that you will get treated like a god once you are out. I also think lots of people in their respective fields become sour to newcomers because they often replace other well learned coworkers, and the company does this cause they are cheaper. So you get stuck with a Baby who doesnt know what hes doing instead of your old coworker whos been in the field for 30 years.

I also think Older generations have kinda been brainwashed into thinking they have to work until they die, so when they see a millennial going home early, taking a break, etc Or complaining about having to work more then 40 hours, they get upset.

Its also kind of judging a book by its cover, Lots of people act like millennials are the first generation to act this way. When that is far from the case.

Personally, Im not lazy, but im not going to work myself to death, Im a Millennial, I work hard at school, work even harder at the jobs I had. But I dont think I should work my life away, which is what some employers want. Especially in the IT field.

And finally, out of all previous generations we pay an obnoxious amount of money for college education, so its obvious why some feel entitled to more pay.

Also fucking this

In closing, quit looking at what others are doing and worry about yourself. You are your own limitation in this world. If you want it bad enough, you'll get it.

[ST1G]

In closing, quit looking at what others are doing and worry about yourself. You are your own limitation in this world. If you want it bad enough, you'll get it.

Reminds me of Think and Grow Rich. Ever read it?