DARREN E. DUMAOP

Whether we like it or not, people from different generations meet at work. These meetings are not always pleasant. Throughout the trimester, my graduate school students complain about being accused – as millennials – by their older colleagues of all sorts of negative stereotypes. One evening, we discussed these accusations and tried to respond to them. After all, each one of us is a millennial (yes, including me). Various sources say millennials were born between 1985 and 2000. They (or should I say, we) compose a huge population in the workforce ranging from entry-level jobs to mid-level/supervisory positions. Here, I present our response to some of the usual slurs.

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