[BenLurkin]

I have the responsibility of supervising some of these kids coming into the workforce -- and I'm talking young men and women with postgraduate educations. My observations on this articles major points:

1. They won't do work that's meaningless. Translation -- They are lazy and spoiled. Think Paris Hilton drawing a check off your payroll every month.

2. They won't play the face-time game. Translation -- They have no loyalty to anything other than themselves. No loyalty to their employer, their boss OR their coworkers.

3. They're great team players. Translation -- they will try to get you (or anyone else) to do their work for them. Research? Forget it. They'll usually come to the boss and ask him or her to solve their problems. Otherwise they sit and complain to each other about the "lack of training".

4. They have no patience for jerks. Translation - They have no idea about how to show respect for anyone. Their "self-esteem" levels peg the ego meter.

[EarthBound]

Allright Lurkin, you got me, what’s to barf about here. As a full-fledged member of Gen Y, all of the above is true. Do you just not like the idea of change?

[KC_Conspirator]

This is possibly the stupidest article I have seen in weeks, since I read something on that idiot Paris Hilton.

For ONE, "Generations" used to be when one age group had children, ergo, the Baby Boomers had Gen X. So that means that Gen Y should be the children of Gen X. Gen Y would be the grandchildren of the baby boomer generation, which is getting close to retirement age.

Not so in today's moronic liberal press. Apparently generations happen with each new fad and sweeps week.

[AUJenn]

Who wrote this? It sounds like something from a cheesy high school newspaper. I am 26 and totally disagree with pretty much everything in this hokey article.

[Tribune7]

I kind of like Gen Y

[Sunshine Sister]

For all the platitudes, the work place never really changes. You do the job, or not. I have seen many a person both young and old get shown the door because of malfeasance of one kind or another.

[gura]

Can someone refresh me on which age group of our all-volunteer army is bearing the brunt of the fighting and dying right now?

[jude24]

I don't think any of these concessions are out of line. Employers already violated the social contract - gone are the days where, if you did your job well, you would have a steady middle-class paycheck.

It's going to be a tougher economy than my grandfather had. So if I want flex-time to be with my family, I'm not "spoiled." It's entirely reasonable.

[Sam's Army]

"Chances are they saw their parents get laid off in the '80s,"

No, the "chances are" they saw their parents make more money than they had the decade before.

[caver]

This article is so full of tripe, it is difficult to know where to start.

[lndrvr1972]

Damn I miss the 80’s!