Most of Michael’s colleagues are younger than him and have only been hired by Gemini Co. recently, whereas Michael has been working there for a while. When the other employees ask Michael just how long he’s been at Gemini Co., he avoids giving a straight answer and instead tells them that he arrived at the company at the same time that smartphones were starting to appear in the workplace. In which decade was Michael MOST likely hired by Gemini Co.?

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1970s 1970s 1980s 1980s 1990s 1990s 2000s

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Michael is likely to have been hired by Gemini Co. in the 2000s. The appearance of smartphones in the workplace started to gain significant traction with the launch of devices like the BlackBerry in the late 1990s and the introduction of the iPhone in 2007. Given that he avoids giving a straight answer about how long he has been there, he most likely joined during the early years of this trend in the 2000s, when smartphones started becoming common in professional settings.