Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
I agree with Camilo. The Millennials that I have worked with are just head and shoulders above every other generation that I have lived amongst. These young people have been handed a broken environment (with horrific prospects), a busted economy, expensive education (where we all had near-free universities) and, worst of all, terrifying STDs. What do they do? Many of the ones I know have taught themselves to program computers, learned several foreign languages, become incredibly knowledgeable about history and somehow manage to work more hours than I ever would have at their age. The best part is that they have enormous ability to work in community settings, largely because they are the least selfish generation we've had in a long time. It looks like al they need is for us oldsters to get out of the way.
While I am not a Millennial, I sympathize with their plight. If you are looking to blame someone for their supposed poor work ethic, then look at the manufacturers and employers for off-shoriing jobs for no other reason than higher profit w/ ever lower costs. There used to be a social contract of sorts between the employed and the employers. It was a civic duty to create work and prosperity. Now, it is considered poor business practice to worry about the common weal instead of maximizing quarterly profits for Wall Street. The value of a Bachelor's Degree has been so debased that is only valued as the vehicle that places you in your graduate specialty program. All to to the tune of a minimum of $20,000 per year. It costs significantly more to qualify to be exploited and underpaid.
It s not the Millennials that are the problem, but the greed and selfishness of the Boomers who run things now.