Millennials Are Killing the Oil Industry

[DetlefK]

http://inthesetimes.com/article/20372/oil-industry-millennials-climate-change-socialism-capitalism

Depending on who you ask, millennials are either lazy, trophy-weaned basement dwellers or ruthlessly efficient killing machines, taking down everything from Buffalo Wild Wings to department stores.

But unless you peruse the business press and semi-obscure trade publications, you may have missed the news about our latest mark: the fossil fuel industry. A handful of articles have pointed out that the workforce of the oil industry is rapidly aging, and companies are having trouble attracting younger workers into their folds.

According to a recent report by pollsters EY, 57 percent of teens now see the fossil fuel industry as bad for society, and 62 percent of those aged 16 to 19 say working for oil and gas companies is unappealing. Other findings suggest that millennials dislike the oil industry the most of any potential employer, with only 2 percent of college graduates in the United States listing the oil and gas industry as their first-choice job placement.

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millennial workers also want more from their jobs than a paycheck—including a sense of doing something halfway decent for the world.

[crazycatlady]

1. Ages 16-19 are not millennials

They're Gen Z/iGeneration, etc.

If you're too young to remember 9/11 you're Gen Z (or younger).

[DetlefK]

2. Funny thing is, those "generations" don't have fixed definitions.

"Generation X" was coined by a journalist, "Generation Y" by another one, "Generation Z" by another one, "Millenial" by another one...

[crazycatlady]

4. I have cousins born in 2000 and 2001

They don't know what a payphone is. When I explained to them what AOL/dialup internet was it was a lost concept.

They're definitely the post millennial generation.

[Gabi Hayes]

3. The iPhone zombie generation

Oops

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/534198/


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Scarrrry!!!