What is a popular view of young people nowadays? Why do many hate their jobs? What do most people need so as to love both the work they do and the company they work for?
Nowadays, according to the social studies, people born from 1982 through the present are the generation of the Millennials.
You may have heard the knocks against Millennials. They are narcissistic, coddled, and work-shy, not to mention spoiled. But there’s more to their story. It is the largest and most diverse generation in world history, and they are goal-orientated/oriented, less ideological than their Baby Boom parents, and far more tolerant. While their parents and grandparents preferred to work alone, young Americans are team-oriented and seek collaboration. Almost literary wired to the world through various social media, they are more likely than past generations to see the globe’s problems as their own. They are concerned citizens, keenly aware that it is their civic duty to vote. But at the same time, they are increasingly negative and cynical about the political process. They think about politicians as some dry, dull people who do not really know what they are talking about and, more importantly, who do not have the solutions to the problems of the modern era.
At their workplace, Millennials are good team players, but they are also particularly ambitious and seek constant appraisal and lightning-fast promotions up the corporate ladder. However, they desire a good work-life balance, and, and in order to get a fulfilling job-for-life, they often change/hop jobs.
But their career-oriented attitude often leads them into hating their jobs. For example, as it usually happens, 22-year-old graduates start their job hunt, take up some job, and start climbing the career ladder, but:
• They have no idea what they want to do with their lives;
• They don’t really know all the career options available for them;
• They feel the need to earn money since they have graduated and become independent;
Then, 7-10 years later they end up with a job they truly hate. There is often an incompetent boss involved, who changes their protocols every now and again, picks your
You may have heard the knocks against Millennials. They are narcissistic, coddled, and work-shy, not to mention spoiled. But there’s more to their story. It is the largest and most diverse generation in world history, and they are goal-orientated/oriented, less ideological than their Baby Boom parents, and far more tolerant. While their parents and grandparents preferred to work alone, young Americans are team-oriented and seek collaboration. Almost literary wired to the world through various social media, they are more likely than past generations to see the globe’s problems as their own. They are concerned citizens, keenly aware that it is their civic duty to vote. But at the same time, they are increasingly negative and cynical about the political process. They think about politicians as some dry, dull people who do not really know what they are talking about and, more importantly, who do not have the solutions to the problems of the modern era.
At their workplace, Millennials are good team players, but they are also particularly ambitious and seek constant appraisal and lightning-fast promotions up the corporate ladder. However, they desire a good work-life balance, and, and in order to get a fulfilling job-for-life, they often change/hop jobs.
But their career-oriented attitude often leads them into hating their jobs. For example, as it usually happens, 22-year-old graduates start their job hunt, take up some job, and start climbing the career ladder, but:
• They have no idea what they want to do with their lives;
• They don’t really know all the career options available for them;
• They feel the need to earn money since they have graduated and become independent;
Then, 7-10 years later they end up with a job they truly hate. There is often an incompetent boss involved, who changes their protocols every now and again, picks your