Millennials

It's right on

It's right on

There HAS to be limits and discipline in our behavior, and what may be appropriate for one situation, can be totally out-of-line in another. "One size fits all" behavior isn't mature or even responsible.... grow up people! Professional demeanor in business indicates serious commitment and know-how. The 60s generation were the same with trying to change the world. Well, here I am telling you that you will be in my shoes 20 years from now telling the new generation the same thing I'm saying now. The world doesn't revolve around you, so GROW-UP and get real.

Being a part of this generation, I've sincerely experienced several of my colleagues lose their tenacity, focus, and business plan. As the article mentioned kids living with their parents, I believe they should be given an option of living with them for a year or less. Sometime down the road, my Generation is going to have to figure it out, shut off your cell phones, take self education courses, be smart with your money, and work your ass off....quit making excuses. To have 4 jobs in a year would be a "major turnoff" if I were a recruiter. One cannot build any credibility changing job after job in respects to organizations making a high dollar investment in you when hired for the position. If my generation continues to pursue this type of behavior it will be equivalent to a "recipe for disaster."

Wow!! I watched 9 segments and NO ads in between. Refreshing and it allowed for continuity within a great story. Thanks

Bubbles are characterized by unusual maniacal behavior at the top of the bubble. The tech bubble, the housing bubble, etc. These stories are the eqivelent of a life bubble that like all bubbles will soon come crashing down. Times are going to get tough.

Having been born in the early 80's, I am slightly insulted that this is how our "generation" is viewed. One of the interviews focuses on the question of whether this is just how the "older generation" always views the younger, and I feel that this statement is exactly the case. Every generation will have its hard workers and those who just want to do the minimum and get a paycheck. It is unfair to say that the majority of our generation is lazy and only loooking out for themselves. I work with plenty of people who are over the age of 40 who are lazy and only look out for their own interests. I also work with many people of all ages who take pride in their jobs and work hard for the benefit of everyone around them. Stories like this only serve to make it more difficult for 20 somethings to enter the workforce and be taken seriously.

We've heard this rhetoric before about the "me generation" the boomers were supposed to be. Damn kids these days got no respect! But one good thing about america is that people are encouraged to do what they are really good at rather than what everybody demands of you, and this is really an asset rather than a problem. These people are still finding their place in the world, give them a break.

Being a Generation Xer (and damn proud of it, born in 1968), I've heard this line before back in the early-mid 1990s. We were called "slackers" who were stuck in "Mc Jobs" etc. And the (you fill in the blanks) Baby Boomers were on our cases about how lazy, cynical and indfirent we were. Well, we turned out all right with young families of our own, mortgages, bills to pay etc. And I suspect my little brothers and sisters in Generation Y, aka the "Millennials" will turn out okay too. These kids are alright!!! It's those pathetic Baby Boomers who think that they are all that.

I joined Law Enforcement when I was 19 with no military background. I'm now 21, and I'll be damned if i dont have to iron and starch a uniform, polish brass and boots every day. The plus is I have a full retirement at 45 with pension. I'm set. If you want to be a slacker, thats fine. Go find your self a nice cozy position at a fryer in McDonalds, and see were you are in 20-25 years. If your 20-25, you need to hold the mind set of a 30 year old to be taken seriously, and responsible. Us younger folk are held as a large liability to alot of agencies, orginizations, and companies. If you dont take your self, and your life seriously, niether will any one else. If your happy making minimum wage for the rest of your time, good for you, all the power to you, but I myself and living very cozy on a large salery. Take the plunge. Grow up.