Johnson, Meagan. "Stop Talking About Work/Life Balance! TEQ and the Millennial Generation." Workforce Solutions Review 6.2 (2015): 4-7. Business Source Complete. Web. 31 Mar. 2016.
In the article “Stop Talking about Work/Life Balance” the author Meagan Johnson begins by introducing what exactly the millennial generation is by saying that they are people who are born between the years of 1980 and the year 2000. They are often called "the generation y". She talks about how the new generation is taking over the workforce and they are also the first generation to be transferring to adulthood while in the new millennium. We were socially acceptable to society much more than anyone else in the past. We always want things to be our way in the work …show more content…
Oh, and I am taking it of me, not you, so don’t worry" and then starts talking about hashtags. After this Kelly goes into a sarcastic tone and begins discussing how she is a millennial and that she is a horrible person because of it. She is just full of narcissism, and that she gets trophies for participation, which made her feel really special and important. She begins to bring up possibilities as to why millennials are the way they are from this point.
She makes emphasis to the word “entitlement” and says that it’s how Time Magazine used to describe what millennials think about themselves. She goes into discussing how the amount of millennials in the world is about the size of 10 different states combined. That is a very large amount of people so when Baby Boomers call us narcissistic they are calling so many people out at once. You can’t define a whole generation like that, which Brown agrees with. It’s also very offensive. Brown states there is only one thing that is true and that is the bold known fact that all millennials are young or somewhat …show more content…
Howe goes and does tons of speeches all over the world about the millennials. Howe actually speaks good things about the new generation. He says that “we’re out to do very big things." So Howe actually believes in the millennial generation and that were capable of a lot. He talks about how when how went of present information about the new millennial generation a lot of teachers were not on board with it because they could see some of the criticisms about the new generation in his speech. Teachers believe in their students. They don’t want to put them down. The critics are saying that we are narcissistic, self-centered and just plain out selfish. He talks about a woman named Ms. Twinge who is a professor in psychology who was completely against the idea of telling millennials that they are special. She says they shouldn’t just be just told that because it’s simply not true because no one person is more special than the last. The author does not believe these things to be true. Other critics also say that we are told from birth that we are special. For example, getting participation trophies as a child just for being a member of a sports team even if you weren 't good and capable of a lot. While we are capable of a lot, the critics say that we are definitely not special. That’s just something our parents tell
In the article “Stop Talking about Work/Life Balance” the author Meagan Johnson begins by introducing what exactly the millennial generation is by saying that they are people who are born between the years of 1980 and the year 2000. They are often called "the generation y". She talks about how the new generation is taking over the workforce and they are also the first generation to be transferring to adulthood while in the new millennium. We were socially acceptable to society much more than anyone else in the past. We always want things to be our way in the work …show more content…
Oh, and I am taking it of me, not you, so don’t worry" and then starts talking about hashtags. After this Kelly goes into a sarcastic tone and begins discussing how she is a millennial and that she is a horrible person because of it. She is just full of narcissism, and that she gets trophies for participation, which made her feel really special and important. She begins to bring up possibilities as to why millennials are the way they are from this point.
She makes emphasis to the word “entitlement” and says that it’s how Time Magazine used to describe what millennials think about themselves. She goes into discussing how the amount of millennials in the world is about the size of 10 different states combined. That is a very large amount of people so when Baby Boomers call us narcissistic they are calling so many people out at once. You can’t define a whole generation like that, which Brown agrees with. It’s also very offensive. Brown states there is only one thing that is true and that is the bold known fact that all millennials are young or somewhat …show more content…
Howe goes and does tons of speeches all over the world about the millennials. Howe actually speaks good things about the new generation. He says that “we’re out to do very big things." So Howe actually believes in the millennial generation and that were capable of a lot. He talks about how when how went of present information about the new millennial generation a lot of teachers were not on board with it because they could see some of the criticisms about the new generation in his speech. Teachers believe in their students. They don’t want to put them down. The critics are saying that we are narcissistic, self-centered and just plain out selfish. He talks about a woman named Ms. Twinge who is a professor in psychology who was completely against the idea of telling millennials that they are special. She says they shouldn’t just be just told that because it’s simply not true because no one person is more special than the last. The author does not believe these things to be true. Other critics also say that we are told from birth that we are special. For example, getting participation trophies as a child just for being a member of a sports team even if you weren 't good and capable of a lot. While we are capable of a lot, the critics say that we are definitely not special. That’s just something our parents tell