millennial

"Why is more important than what or how"

January 28, 2010

Every month Morgan walks over to my desk and drops off a copy of Inc. Magazine. She started doing this initially because it had “young people” on the cover (even though Morgan is really only a few years older than me), but now I find myself reading it every month. This past month there was [...]

Never listen to the critics

January 24, 2010

Millennials have a ton of critics. There are the people who say we are entitled, sensitive, lazy and ego-driven. But I’m tired of listening to the critics, and Millennials everywhere should be too. Seriously though, just look at Brett Favre. Everything thought he should retire and thought he was making a mistake, but why would [...]

Do Millennials care if they are appreciated?

January 22, 2010

It’s employee appreciation week where I work and I have to be honest with you, before the week started I thought it was a bunch of crap. I didn’t really think that Millennials cared if they were appreciated. I care if I get to work on big projects, and I care if I get big [...]

Millennials at Work: My Six Month Review

January 19, 2010

Tomorrow is my six month review at work. Tomorrow will be the most terrifying day of my life. My review could pretty much go one of two ways. The first way would be my boss saying something like this… The second way would involve my boss going over what I did the last few months and [...]

Millennials are not good at waiting

January 18, 2010

Rudyard Kipling knows exactly how I’ve been feeling lately. “If you can wait and not be tired by waiting…” But I know I am not the only one who is tired of waiting. Morgan is about to become my first friend to have a baby. Morgan’s baby doesn’t know this, but it is about to [...]