When we were in high school we didn't "deserve" more than minimum wage because it's just a "learning experience job."

When we went to college, we had to take out loans disproportionate to any generation before, because "you have to work hard to be successful."

When we interned in college, maybe a couple times for free, we didn't deserve a wage as an intern because "you have to get experience working in your field."

When we get out of college with a B.A., and the job market is the worst in decades, I personally at least, worked my butt off to start my own business. Others went and got more education.

So, when the job market is starting to look OK for us again, and we go out to start a career, all we ask for is an entry level wage that has the purchasing power of our parents' entry level wage, and benefits that will protect us from being destitute because an employer-based healthcare system was entrenched in our lives before we were born. An employer wants to pay $10.00/hr while demanding experience, dedication, loyalty, we laugh and save our lives the trouble of wasting MORE years of getting our foot in the door with purchasing a home and saving for our retirement.

Another thing I've noticed since entering the career world is how invaluable a millennial really is. This is laughable, but because we are flexible and because we know how to type. I find it disturbing that companies in private situations, and the public in government situations, have been paying people for thirty years of ever increasing wages for their "experience" when they can't even type. High wages for the "experience" of complaining about learning new things, or caring about the quality of their work. For the "experience" of rolling eyes at people who provide good customer service to customers and coworkers.

To conclude, I have seen "experienced" coworkers rip into millenial coworkers without ever bothering to learn about all of the great experience in their background, or care about how much it shows. Some of us are thirty now, there's been time to learn a few things. The title of the link is right, the labor market is changing, and you finally need to stop abusing millenials, we don't have to take it. If you can't find workers, it's because you aren't paying enough, and in turn, probably aren't a good leader if you can't see that.