Kathryn Tyler, a freelance writer and frequent contributor to HR Magazine, describes in her article “The Tethered Generation” how technology has affected the way the work place is run. She describes the Millennial Generation, or Generation Y, as the first generation to grow up using technology for entertainment and communication since their childhood. She tells the reader this dependency on technology is causing this generation to have develop a different work ethic that what big corporations are used to with older generations. Tyler writes this article in a direct attempt to help business’s human resources and company training realize how this dependency on technology and new style of working isn’t something that can be totally abolished in the work place, but it can be integrated with older policies and ways of running business.…
Eastman 6 and we want to wear clothes that are comfortable. We want to be able to spice up the dull workday by listening to our iPods. If corporate America doesn't like that, too bad” (para 8). Millennials may require employers to treat them differently than they treat their Gen X and Boomer employees. Millennials aren’t satisfied with annual or semiannual evaluations, but need feedback on their work performance on a weekly or even daily basis.…
Simon Sinek argues that the millennial generation in a workplace want everything handed to them. In the video “Simon Sinek on Millennial in the workplace” he describes how the millennial generation are entitle, narcissistic, self-interested, unfocused, and lazy. Sinek goes on saying how there are four categories that play a role in the millennial generation, which are parenting, inpatient, environment, and technology. I agree with Sinek that the millennial generation are addicted, we have low self-esteem, and very impatience.…
Notable generational differences in the work place include money management, the importance of work/life balance, and discipline. As each generation changed, their spending habits changed as well. You…
The working world is changing, it is transforming and at every step becoming more cut throat and ruthless than it is at present. Amidst this fast paced, technology fueled arena there are workers of all kinds who vary from young - year 1employees to old - year 20 employees. These employees differ in various aspects, the key ones being age, experience and work style. These employees are further classified as Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials Generation Y. To summarize, Baby Boomers are those workers that were born between the 1940’s to 60’s, Gen X are those born mid 1960’s to 80’s and Gen Y are the ones born mid to end 1980’s to 1995.…
The main cause of this friction will be intensified by the new revolution of technology, and the different ages in the workforce. Some of the strategies to study and understand will be sending managers and people in charge of their companies to classes. This classes can teach managers, and bosses the basics of how to recognized generational differences. Another method that could help the relationship between Baby Boomers and Xers is how younger people need to learn how look for the experienced and wisdom that can offer an older employees. In the other hand older generation such as the Baby Boomer should also learn to be opened minded on the perspective that a younger employee could offer.…
The generation is also seen as idealistic, optimistic and driven workers. Unfortunately, Baby Boomers are viewed as being bad with technology and resistant to change (Perry et al., 2013; Gibson…
The “silo” strategy fails to provide leaders the possible synergistic effects that the “multigenerational team” strategy does. “By having a multigenerational workforce, employees step out of their comfort zones and begin to collaborate with colleagues from all stages of life. Younger hires, who are less experienced when it comes to being in the “real world,” are often open to mentoring advice from workers with more experience under their belt. On the other hand, younger generations are able to teach older workers how to keep up with ever-advancing technology and evolving social norms.”…
With each new generation, influences come from broad forces such as parents, media, social events, popular culture, natural disasters, world events, and peers (Schullery, 2013). These groups may have participated in “equivalent historical experiences” or were subjected to similar social forces and as a result have “consonant world views” (Alderfer, 1987, p. 238). These shape generations and create common value systems that distinguish them from people who were raised in different times (Twenge et al., 2010). These value systems can then transfer with each generation into the workplace (Twenge et al, 2010). As Twenge et al.…
By reviewing generations X, Y and Z, it is possible identify the negative and positive effects the baby boom had on the workplace. After the…
From these keys points, I noticed that between Gen Y and older generations, there are some differences in the characteristics that could be attributed to factors such as their attitudes and professional values other than generational belonging. It is important to find the ways to break the stereotypes because managing the mixture of ages, faces, values and views is an easy task. Since the differences and generational stereotypes are known to exist, there is no need to overstate them in the workplace but focus to eliminate them. Managers can use statistics to study the employees ‘behaviors from different generations to understand their attitude towards work.…
A generation is a group of individuals born and raised at about the same time and place, falling into the same category in terms of their characteristics, preferences and values. They have similarities upon communication, influence and motivation as they go through the similar life phases, experiencing similar trends. As the generation shares similar values and expectations, the characteristics and behaviors of people of a particular generation can be predicted. In America, currently, there is involvement of five generations in workplaces and societies.…
Employment continues to be one of the fastest growing industries. Employment can be found in any professional occupations. Jobs vary from small business, food industry and big manufacture company. Employer is looking for a specific set of skills from jobseekers that match the skills necessary to perform a particular job. But beyond these job specific technical skills, certain skills are nearly universally sought by employers.…
Meaning that, younger generations would rather work in a field that is fun and full of creativity while other generations set a boundary between work and play and how work is not for play but to make money. Lastly, I think technology and communication may clash as well. The older generations are typically not very tech savvy and believe in communicating in person whereas the younger generations are very tech savvy because of how advanced our technology has grown and communicate not only in person but through emails as…
Recently, there have been debates on millennials, also known as Generation Y (people born roughly between the 1980’s and 2000), and whether older generation love or hate the generation that is ‘so full of themselves’. How Those Spoiled Millennials Will Make the Work Place Better for Everyone, written by Emily Matchar (2012), argues that millennials aren’t all bad and will better the workplace. At the beginning of her article, Matchar describes millennials negatively, “teacup kids, for their supposed emotional fragility; boomerang kids, who always wind up back home; trophy kids — everyone’s a winner! ; the Peter Pan generation, who’ll never grow up” (pg. 1). The use of these negative names for millennials helps the writer connect with the reader’s…