I think a big part of the reason our company (and probably others) cut millennials an excessive amount of slack is the fear that we are too heavy in boomers and the those just below boomers in age. We are.
We are. Most of us not only want to work, we need to work. Plus, here in the Pittsburgh area, we probably have a better class of millennials than elsewhere in the country.
You can still encounter high school and college kids working at the mall, construction, fast food or other entry level jobs because we haven't been run over by illegals like much of the rest of the country.
This means our millennials are at least better trained to work than elsewhere.
I like where I live. North Georgia County 30,000 people. Despite having a high percentage on welfare (20% on SNAP, etc.). The younger people always address an older person as ma’am or ‘sir’ and are very polite.
It is one of very few places where you also won’t see all the entry level jobs overrun by illegals. [PS, the food they make and serve in the drive thrus, etc. looks like the pictures on the menus. Tastes better than down in Atlanta, too, I think.]
‘and the those just below boomers’. At least boomers still reread their posts. We also have a work ethic instilled into our psyche by our Depression Era parents that has not been passed on to these snot nosed millenials who think they are entitled to everything. My sister is one of them and she thinks she deserves everything. I have worked my way up from a starter house to where I live now. She thinks her starter house was the one my parents built for her and now she has moved into a $300K house. I find it shocking at how easy it is for young people to go into drowning debt.