"Call me a strawberry millennial, but being passionate doesn’t mean I’m willing to be exploited" - Feel like a lot of older workers view us fresh grads as being unwilling to work hard. Any thoughts?

You need to u to understand why. In the past, hard work is the key to success and many old timer spend heap of time in office. You can't blame them. For you, since young , can you contribute to the company ? If ye, try to work together to bring the company better

Spend within your means