gen y will change the way we work
Interesting analysis from the May 28 Philadelphia Inquirer:
What Generation Y - people born after 1980 - wants to know is: How quickly will I take on new responsibilities? How meaningful will my work be immediately? I grew up in a digital world; why shouldn’t I be able to work from home? Most important, perhaps, they will be constantly questioning how long they should continue in their first, second, third or fourth jobs.
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June 2nd, 2006 at 2:01 pm
But of course! I can multi-task and work jobs 2 and 4 from home whilst working job 1, like, duh!
June 3rd, 2006 at 10:56 pm
“How quickly will I take on new responsibilities?”…that will depend to a large extent on how quickly they can drop the attitude on entitlement and focus on how they can contribute, rather than only on what can be done for them.
June 5th, 2006 at 12:43 am
David, I think companies are the ones with the entitlement. Thinking that they can treat every employee, generation and culture exactly the same is a huge block in the road for companies interested in competing in the global marketplace. Thinking that they don’t have to change is the major entitlement here.
June 5th, 2006 at 12:46 am
Gen Y — The most demanding workforce…
Magic Pot of Jobs - gen y will change the way we work
The best part about this post isn’t the actual content of the post or the commentary, it is the comment section where one commenter has already thrown around the “entitlement” atta…
June 5th, 2006 at 9:21 am
HR Guy…I think differences among individuals are much greater than differences between generations, “cultures,” and so forth.
June 5th, 2006 at 9:52 am
The differences between individuals ARE greater, but that doesn’t mean generational differences can be ignored. The Boomers grew up in a time where their parents (fathers in particular) worked for the same companies for years and had pensions and job security. Young Gen X-ers and Gen Y workers are the ones who watched their parents get downsized, sometimes repeatedly.
As a result, these two groups have wildly different ideas about how much loyalty they should give to, or expect from, their employers. And that’s just one example of how generational differences can impact the workplace.
June 7th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Ambiguous meanderings…
Some days, do you ever just feel like a bona fide fraud? That maybe you’re a complete fucking lunatic to want more, more, more from life when you can’t even manage to make work what you’ve already gotten? That how dare you even want t…