Listen to the Voices of Gen Y:
[My employers] were nice people, but they didn’t treat me with any type of respect. Didn’t assume that I had any sort of abilities. It made me not as enthusiastic about going to work or doing what they asked.
— 21-Year-Old Office Worker at an Investment Firm
[My boss] was formalistic, harsh, and demanding. Rather than treat me as a person, he preferred to address me as a worthless subordinate and unworthy addition to the workplace.
— 22-Year-Old Congressional Legislative Intern
My manager was horrendous. We were not slackers, we were not lazy, and we were definitely not incompetent; yet she treated us like all of those things. I ran a computer lab by myself and taught kids all day long on computers. I never had ...
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