Lazy, arrogant, ignorant, selfish, unprofessional, immature, wimpy

This is what critics have to say about millennials. They describe our work ethic as, in simple terms, nonexistent.

I have had multiple professors make us read articles on how not to become the “Generation Me,” and although there are valid points in the articles I want to be the one to say society needs millennials.

We are creative.

Our generation is one of the few that knows how to learn and adapt to ever changing technology.

People in generations before us have spent their lives mastering skills that those in my generation can just teach themselves in a few days from YouTube.

We learned from those who raised us.

I will never have the negative characteristics of a “millennial” because I was raised better than that, as were most of my peers.

I have learned manners, timeliness, motivation, and intelligence from my parents. If people do not know how to do these things chances are they never learned from their parents.

Times are changing

It’s easy to blame the change in the workplace on millennials but it may just be time to adapt. Hiring someone with tattoos will not kill your business!

I take pride in the generation that I am growing up in. We are learning things that people have never learned before, acquiring skills that people before us have do not have, and we have fresh minds.

So to group my generation into a category of “laziness,” is uncalled for. There will always be people who slack, people who need their parents to do things for them, and people that just never want to grow up. However, I want to be just as successful as anyone before me. I want to look and act professional in the workplace just like anyone before me. I want to be taken seriously just like anyone before me.

We have made so much progress with getting equality for all genders, races, and religions in the workplace so why discriminate against a generation?