Disloyal, distrustful and disappointed.
A global survey conducted by professional services firm Deloitte has shown people born between 1983 and 1994 - known to demographers as Millennials - are pessimistic when it comes to work, those in power and the future.
Terrorism, climate change and income inequality are among the top concerns for young workers in developed countries.
CEO of Youth Action Katie Acheson says the survey's results point to issues that have been around for years.
"We're starting to see in Australia that people are realising, or older people are realising 'hey maybe it is a little harder for young people and it's not just that they're not trying hard enough, that actually there aren't the jobs that we thought...that were there.' Or that they have different skillsets - the education system is preparing them for jobs of yesterday when we actually need to be preparing them for the jobs of tomorrow." she says.
The survey also revealed Millennials are sick of businesses making profit their number one priority instead of positive impact.
In 2017, close to 65 per cent believed businesses behaved ethically.
In 2018 that fell to 48 per cent.
Deloitte Australia's Chief Operating Officer, David Hill, says business needs to improve.
The uncertainty of Millennials' futures is clearly weighing on them, with only 43 per cent believing they'll be happier than their parents.
In Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, that number is even lower.
David Hill, however, argues this could be due to the very different circumstances between developing and mature countries, saying in 2017, this number was only eight per cent.
Even more encouragingly, Mr Hill says, there has been a jump in the number of Australian Millennials feeling positive about the economy, from 28 to 34 per cent.
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