I’ve traveled quite a bit during my five-plus years with BNP Media — first covering the HVAC industry, and now plumbing. One thing both trades have in common is their overwhelming distaste of millennials in the workforce. Millennials get a bad rap, which is probably why I don’t often claim to be part of my own generation. We are stereotyped as being lazy, entitled, overly sensitive and in need of constant hand-holding.
Lumping an entire generation together is asinine. Not to mention, it could be disastrous for your company. According to the Pew Research Center, millennials are the largest generation in the U.S. labor workforce. And if you think that’s scary — millennials are forecast to make up well over half the workforce by 2025.