Why do people hate on Millennials

Would you hire a millennial? I would. Last night I was scrolling through LinkedIn and got deep into a rabbit hole. Saw a guy bashing millennials and how they have no work ethic and use technology as toys?. I feel this is a huge sweeping statement to say that work ethic is only a part of older generations. It’s not exclusive to an age group imo, it’s a mindset and personal determination. I was going to comment but am always weary of kicking up shit publicly. My daughter (a millennial) came home from work (ironically) and we read the post together- she was so annoyed . She works her ass off, works overtime and gets mad praise from her ownership, as do many of her colleagues her age. I also have a girl on our team that literally presented how to improve your professional persona /create your own brand on Social media - to the whole company …in her first week.

can we just stop bashing these kids for the “toys” we provided them? And realize they can teach us to utilize them to create much more impactful content and stay relative?


maybe I’m alone in this?

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Kinonez
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We are weak. -  "My grandpa" 
Jbeans
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Lmao. 🤣 *shakes fist* 
AlphaCharlie
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Love this!
Incognito
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Master of Disaster
Before it was Millennials, it was those angsty Gen Xers. Now it's Gen Z. 

Every generation idolizes some "Golden Age" that doesn't exist. As much as I despise the director, go watch Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" for some perspective. 
hh456
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Whoa. That's my favorite movie. I love the music, love the visuals, love the entire film. It's amazing.

"Why do you always take the side of the help?!?"

"I see...RHINOCEROS..." *distant gaze*

"I believe that love that is true and real creates a respite from death. All cowardice comes from not loving, or not loving well, which is the same thing."

I actually went and bought The Sun Also Rises so I could read Hemingway after that movie and the book is fantastic. Reading it after watching the movie took me to Paris in the 20's. His ability to tell a story with such detail in the first person, written in plain speak is amazing. Loved that book. Love the movie!
SammySandbags
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great movie, got a real nice ambiance 
FattySnacks
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Why do people think millennials are kids? I’m a millennial and I’m 30…
FattySnacks
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But also why even pay attention to people who say things like that? Does it affect you or your daughter? Why waste the mental energy over some angry boomer who was obviously hurt by a millennial 😂
Diablo
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100%, I care a shit about what people do or say. 
Jbeans
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Yah it just annoys me bc I raised one and she’s awesome af. Don’t discredit her whole generation. You know? Gotta stick up for my fam. 🙏🏻
FattySnacks
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@Jbeans respect! 🤙🏻
CaneWolf
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The oldest millennials have an age that starts with a 4 now.
KingofGIF
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Right, OG Millenials know wasup 
poweredbycaffeine
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This reads like a LinkedIn post...are you testing the waters 😂. I joke, of course, with love.

Hating on millennials (1980-1996) is so faux pas as we are the prop that keeps the economy afloat at the moment. Boomers are all retired (or they can't retire, sorry about that), and GenX hit the expiration date on their milk bottle about 5 years ago when it comes to creating new ideas and/or affecting real-world change via innovation. Oh, and GenZ is a walking disaster of melodrama and disillusion that we cannot expect much from at this stage.

We are the best hope for the future. Why? Because we all graduated into economic peril and had to hustle our absolute asses off to make money as we tried to pick up the pieces of multiple crashes and recessions. We will not tolerate your condecension. We will rise like a phoenix from your roasts...after I eat this avocado toast and take my zoloft.
Jbeans
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Lol! Maybe. 🤣  As I said I don’t like to kick shit up on my LinkedIn. Our company likes us to keep it clean and positive. Sales -bot🤖
Avon
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The irony is that the people who bash millennials are really just shitting on their own generations parenting skills.
Jbeans
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Right?! Hahaha 
happyhunter
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Whether someone is making fun of millenials, vegans, or gym bros, haters gonna hate. People love to hate!

As a culture, we are addicted to the negative and enjoy making fun of/putting down others to make ourselves feel good. We do this for many reasons...because we are jealous and live in the comparison culture and because we have forgotten that we are all more common than different and choose to spread hate based on the differences. Millenials vs Gen Z, vegans vs Paleo...haters gonna hate!!!

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Projecting onto another generation a lack of some sort of characteristic that one sees as virtuous has always been an issue. 

My personal favorite was when there was a time that everyone was saying 'Millennials are killing ______'. Those articles always cracked me up because it's like no Kodak, no one needs a digital camera anymore I didn't kill it, you just didn't adapt. 
alecabral
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I honestly never cared about labels, and in particular, not those related to age. I myself fall into the gen-x category and the guys that were 10-15 years older than me had a similar opinion on how my "generation" worked. I never cared, and actually I just got the job done anyway. 
SaaSyBee
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hahahahaha Millennials are old now so I do not get this. My husband is a Millennial. He is 40.
CaneWolf
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Because people are stupid, lazy and prejudiced. People have also lumped Gen Z in with Millennials so we get fucked by that as well.
Jbeans
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I actually went and googled this today and you’re sooo right! I think people myself included clearly have been using the term Millennials for the wrong years?! And apparently the “greatest generation” was 1901-27. We missed it 😒😂so that sucks. 
pirate
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Gen Z is jealous
cw95
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Ah, mortgages are high.
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Bro. Mid-Late 30s here... We are 83-01 
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