Why We Should Be Grateful for Gen Y [barf]

http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/careerist/38889 ^ | Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 12:00AM | Penelope Trunk

[BenLurkin]

I have the responsibility of supervising some of these kids coming into the workforce -- and I'm talking young men and women with postgraduate educations. My observations on this articles major points:

1. They won't do work that's meaningless. Translation -- They are lazy and spoiled. Think Paris Hilton drawing a check off your payroll every month.

2. They won't play the face-time game. Translation -- They have no loyalty to anything other than themselves. No loyalty to their employer, their boss OR their coworkers.

3. They're great team players. Translation -- they will try to get you (or anyone else) to do their work for them. Research? Forget it. They'll usually come to the boss and ask him or her to solve their problems. Otherwise they sit and complain to each other about the "lack of training".

4. They have no patience for jerks. Translation - They have no idea about how to show respect for anyone. Their "self-esteem" levels peg the ego meter.

[EarthBound]

Allright Lurkin, you got me, what’s to barf about here. As a full-fledged member of Gen Y, all of the above is true. Do you just not like the idea of change?

[weegee]

Companies stopped showing any loyalty to their employees around 25 years ago.

[BenLurkin]

That's Mister Lurkin to you.

JUST KIDDING!

[qam1]

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[EarthBound]

1. False, I am my fellows work hard, and long hours to get the proper stuff done. If you ask my to improve a process that's going to be changed several times over the next year, EXPECT me to put it on the backburner, it's a waste of time.

2. My loyalty is : God/Family/Country/Self/ then, a distant fifth: work.

3. I think you're misreading us. Asking a ton of questions is faster than plumbing the knowledge base for out-of-date documentation materials. When I get a task, I expect that the Analysis is fully completed. Going back for clarification is necessary and unfortunately wasteful.

4. Utter hog-wash. I respect my peers and superiors, I will not abide someone who doesn't do the same. Applies to most of us.

And anyway, it ain't as if you have a choice, we're coming on strong to replace y'all!

[poobear]

I still say the main problem with Y’s attitude is they’ve never lived through a decade of high interest rates sky rocketing unemployment and gas lines. Humble pie sets in real quick when you’ve been out of work for months and can’t afford to finance a car for transportation.

[KC_Conspirator]

This is possibly the stupidest article I have seen in weeks, since I read something on that idiot Paris Hilton.

For ONE, "Generations" used to be when one age group had children, ergo, the Baby Boomers had Gen X. So that means that Gen Y should be the children of Gen X. Gen Y would be the grandchildren of the baby boomer generation, which is getting close to retirement age.

Not so in today's moronic liberal press. Apparently generations happen with each new fad and sweeps week.

[AUJenn]

Who wrote this? It sounds like something from a cheesy high school newspaper. I am 26 and totally disagree with pretty much everything in this hokey article.

[Tribune7]

I kind of like Gen Y

[Vinny]

No, it’s just that Boomers think they are the Greatest Generation ever to grace America w/ their presence and they can’t stand the fact that any other generation could be greater or even worse that we won’t even recognize their greatness.

[EarthBound]

Who wrote this? It sounds like something from a cheesy high school newspaper. I am 26 and totally disagree with pretty much everything in this hokey article.

You've piqued my interest: which parts don't you agree with? It's pretty close to on the money for the people I know around my age. I'll be 25 this year.

[Vinny]

I think the boomers problem is that they didn’t live through a World War and the Great Depression - The real Greatest Generation did.

And they overcame the Depression and won the War.

[EarthBound]

Going to a long meeting at work, will be back in a couple hours to check replies.

[steve-b]

Who moved your cheese?

[poobear]

Well, if the Y’s keep voting for all the entitlements they seem to think they have a ‘right’ to then we will all be living through a depression. We will all be equally miserable for generations to come! (That’s your children and theirs BTW)

[NittanyLion]

I’m 29, and have to say I don’t see your observations in practice. I find those in their 20s and 30s to be far more efficient, I don’t see a lot of disrespect (although I for one don’t automatically grant respect due to position), and I see them working less hours only when the work is completed.

[NittanyLion]

Well, if the Y’s keep voting for all the entitlements they seem to think they have a ‘right’ to then we will all be living through a depression.

I could just as easily say the same thing about the 65+ crowd. Pro big-government views don't seem to be restricted to any one generation.

[ketsu]

Companies stopped showing any loyalty to their employees around 25 years ago.

ding ding ding.