Generation Y

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by WhiteWhale

IT's perception, not reality.

People haven't changed. The world has changed around them.

I think it's ****ed that generation Y has been fighting and dying in foreign wars for the past 12 years and then listen to morons tell them how they're ruining it.

The whole generational breakdown is ****ing stupid anyway. A person born in 1978 has a helluva lot more in common with someone born in 1982 than they do someone born in 1965.

This whole conversation is based on a false premise and is simpy a means to yell 'get those kids offa my lawn!"

Yup. For every one of those premises, Gen Y can throw a few back. Why are we moving at a snail's pace to get our company digital, social, and mobile? Why do we continue to insist on an 8 to 8 office culture when you can knock several of those remote? Why do we have leaders who continue to pump money into typical sales tactics and not embracing sales enabled by technology? Why does my company not embrace moving around to different roles and jobs?

Gen Y has plenty of blind spots. They're too easily distracted, have short attention spans, and lack basic life and social skills for most generations at that age. But they also have a frustratingly lack of power to change companies that refuse to adopt to a new environment.