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>>> NOW,
>>> NOW, HERE IS RENA. >>> A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH WILL
TELL YOU HOW MILLENNIAL'S HAVE
RUINED EVERYTHING FROM LUNCH,
TO VACATION, TO THE SERIAL
INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRY.
INDUSTRY. ARCTIC SAY THEY DO NOT TAKE
ENOUGH VACATION TIME AND THAT
THEY WON'T EAT CEREAL BECAUSE
THEY ARE TOO LAZY TO CLEAN UP
AFTER THEMSELVES.
AFTER THEMSELVES. >> EVEN THE WORD MINUTE --
MILLENNIAL MAKES SOME PEOPLE
CRINGE.
CRINGE.
CRINGE. IS THIS GENERATION REALLY THAT
BAD?
BAD?
BAD? OR,
BAD? OR, HAVE WE JUST DECIDED TO
BLAME THEM FOR EVERYTHING?
TRUCK IT WAS A SIMPLE ASK ON
FACEBOOK.
FACEBOOK.
FACEBOOK. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR
THE WORD MILLENNIAL?
THE RESPONSE WAS LESS THAN
FLATTERING.
FLATTERING. >> NARCISSISTIC MY LAZY, THE
LOVE -- NARCISSISTIC, LAZY,
THEY LOVE AVOCADO TOAST, THE
BASHING IS VERY REAL AND IT IS
FOR A LARGE PART WHY
MILLENNIAL'S HATE BEING CALLED
MILLENNIAL'S.>> Reporter: THEY
ARE FROM BRIDGE WORKS, A
COMPANY WITH A MISSION TO BREAK
DOWN GENERATIONAL -- WITHIN
COMPANIES.
COMPANIES. >> I THINK A BIG DIFFERENCE
TODAY IS, WHEN THERE WASN'T
SOCIAL MEDIA TO BROADCAST AND
TO SHARE THE STORIES, IT WAS
NOT BLASTED.
NOT BLASTED. >> Reporter: MILLENNIAL'S ARE
SPECIFICALLY THE GROUP OF FOLKS
BORN BETWEEN 1981 AND 1996.
THIS YEAR, THE OLDEST
MILLENNIAL'S WILL TURN 37.
THAT'S NOT EXACTLY A KID.
THIS LAZY, ENTITLED, SELF-
ABSORBED GENERATION HAS
ACCOMPLISHED A FEW THINGS.
THEY STARTED COMPANIES THAT YOU
MAY HAVE HEARD OF.
EVERYTHING FROM FACEBOOK TO
PINTEREST TO AIRBNB AND BE.
TO LUMP EVERYONE FROM A
GENERATION TOGETHER IS NEITHER
FAIR NOR ACCURATE, AND QUITE
FRANKLY, A DISSERVICE.
>> WHEN YOU ARE BASHING
EVERYONE FROM A GENERATION,
WHATEVER THE LABEL IS, IT SETS
UP FOR A TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT.
>> Reporter: THE GREATEST
GENERATION, CALLED BOOMERS WERE
CALLED THE ME GENERATION.
WE DUB MILLENNIAL'S ENTITLED.
ON SOME LEVEL, EACH OF THOSE
STEREOTYPES IS TRUE, BUT THEY
WERE ALL PRODUCTS OF THE
ENVIRONMENT
ENVIRONMENT >> WE DO NOT HAVE BIKE HELMETS
AND OUR PARENTS RULE WAS DON'T
COME HOME UNTIL THE
STREETLIGHTS COME ON.
WE WERE LEFT TO MAKE LIFE
HAPPEN ON AROUND.
WE DON'T HAVE AN EXPECTATION
THAT THINGS SHOULD BE EASY.
THE NEXT GENERATION THAT GREW
UP UNDER A COMPLETE DIFFERENT
THIS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SET
OF EXPERIENCES IS NOW THINKING
THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO
ARRANGE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
ME AND IF I DON'T LIKE IT THEY
WILL HELP ME FIND SOMETHING I
DO LIKE BETTER INSTEAD.
IT IS HARD TO BLAME OR BE UPSET
WHEN SOMEONE EXPECTS SOMETHING
THE WAY THEY HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN.
THAT IS THEIR EXPERIENCE.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU SAY
MILLENNIAL'S ARE LAZY AND DON'T
LIKE TO WORK, YOU CAN ACTUALLY
TRACE THAT BACK.
>> MANY MILLENNIAL'S WE TALKED
TO, THEIR BOOMER PARENTS SAY
YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING YOU
LOVE, YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT,
SO THERE IS A CONSTANT QUEST
WITH MANY MILLENNIAL'S TO FEEL
PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE
DOING EVERY SINGLE DAY.>>
Reporter: A SELF ABSORBED?
THEY DID GROW UP IN AN AREA --
ERA OF SOCIAL MEDIA WHERE YOU
HAVE TO CREATE A BRAND TO STAND
OUT OR GET NOTICED.
>> IN ORDER TO SUCCEED I HAVE
TO BE UNIQUE AND SPECIAL IN
SOME WAY.
SOME WAY.
SOME WAY. BUT THAT'S, AGAIN, HOW CAN BE
MISINTERPRETED AS OU SPECIAL
SNOWFLAKE.
SNOWFLAKE. THIS ONE PERSON THAT SO
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. AREN'T I SUPPOSED TO THINK THAT
IN ORDER TO SHOW THAT I CAN
DIFFERENTIATE MYSELF IN THE
WORKFORCE?
WORKFORCE? IT IS A VERY INTERESTING MISS
COMMUNICATED -- MISCOMMUNICATED
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. >> Reporter: THEY HAVE NOT
RUINED BRUNCH OR VACATIONS OR
THE FOOD INDUSTRY, THEY ARE
JUST DIFFERENT LIKE ALL THE
GENERATIONS BEFORE US.
THE AVOCADO TOAST THING IS VERY
REAL.
REAL.
REAL. >>
REAL. >> I ACTUALLY DO LOVE IT.
IT IS SO EMBARRASSING.
>> Reporter: OF 40% OF
MILLENNIAL'S OUR PARENTS.
THEY OWN HOMES, WORK HARD AND
THEY ARE JUST DOING WHAT EVERY
GENERATION BEFORE THEM HAS
DONE.
DONE.
DONE. >>
DONE. >> NO GENERATION LIVES IN A
VACUUM.
VACUUM.
VACUUM. I
VACUUM. I WAS SHAPED BY MY PARENTS,
MILLENNIAL'S ARE SHAPED BY
THERE'S.
THERE'S.
THERE'S. AS A PARENT, I AM MESSING UP MY
OWN KIDS.
OWN KIDS.
OWN KIDS. I AM CREATING THAT NEXT REALITY.
>>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL
CHANGE ANYONE'S MIND, WE'VE GOT
THIS WHOLE, GET OFF MY LAWN!
MILLENNIAL'S ARE ALREADY SEEING
THE SAME THINGS ABOUT THIS NEXT
GENERATION.
GENERATION. THE POST MILLENNIAL'S.
THEY ARE ENTITLED, NOT WORKING
HARD ENOUGH TO MOVE UP THE
RANKS, SO IT HAS ALREADY
STARTED WITH THE MILLENNIAL'S.
THE NEXT ONE HAS NOT BEEN NAMED
YET.
YET.
YET. >>
YET. >> BOTH MY BOYS ARE