Of all metaphorical punching bags the world currently favours, millennial habits are right there at the top.

“Generation me”, it seems, are to blame for everything from pretentious social media trends to the demise of mayonnaise. This is an age group with staggering form in entitlement, fake outrage and an inability to take a joke (or so the story goes).

But perhaps millennials have real reason to be angry. Not just with the property ladder - a mere fantasy for most - but also for the frankly terrible hand dealt to them at the start of their careers.

A new report by the Resolution Foundation reveals that people who were in their 20s at the time of the financial crisis in 2008 were hardest hit by the resulting fallout on pay.

Research by the think tank shows that millennials, more than any other group, have been “scarred” by the crash, with their pay still 7% below where it stood at its pre-crisis peak.

Unable to keep up with inflation, millennial salaries fell by 11% from 2009 to 2014. And even now, with inflation-adjusted pay coming into effect, millennials will still be worse off compared to younger and older generations.

The all too real reason why millennial women deserve to be angry