Ian F said:mtn said:So... What was the point? I don't disagree with anything he said there, but I don't think that he really came to a conclusion other than maybe that people hate millenials because they're jealous of millenials?
I think some of it is jealousy. A lot of Millennials seem to have a general F-U attitude towards the status quo Boomers and Gen-X have generally followed. Burdened with more debt than previous generations and having watched many of their parents (and Gen Xers) play it safe but still get screwed over during the financial crisis, they see a "game of life" they don't want to play. So many of them are making up their own game with their own rules - risk be damned - and enjoying life and work more on their own terms.
My company and industry is currently in a situation where workers are retiring out faster than they can be replaced. But this industry is somewhat set in an "old-school-work-in-an-office" way of thinking. As that is not conducive to the way a lot of Millennials want to work, these positions go unfilled. Management asks why and they don't like the answers they get - that they need to change - so they blame it on "PITA millennials..."
Well reasoned. Yes as a boomer manager , I’d be terrified some Millennial is at home with his feet up eating peppermint Bon- Bons while some program he downloaded with a key stroke or two is doing the assigned work.
At the end of the day though the really smart millennials won’t work for me no matter how much I pay. My obsolete ideas will lead to my companies downfall and promises like retirement and benefits will be meaningless
As my grandfather used to say, hold onto the reins too tight and the horse won’t go anyplace.
