Millennials large and in charge

18 07 2008

All right, baby boomers, let’s get one thing straight: If I’m going to be paying for your Social Security, I’d like a lot less lip from you on the way in which I’m going to do it.I was born in the spring of 1986, and that makes me a member of Generation Y, also known as Echo Boomers or Millennials. We’re a group of around 80 million Americans born between 1980 and 1995 (though the specific years vary depending on the source).

While the specific years that define us as a group aren’t settled upon, one thing seems to be: We bring a lot of baggage to the workplace.

Traditionalists report that they are put off by a number of Millennials’ qualities. Whether it’s arriving at work showing too much cleavage, using a form of written communication that makes us appear illiterate, or lacking loyalty to one employer, one can find myriad articles detailing the terrors that can come with hiring one of us.

Much of the conflict has been reported in the Internet technology field. With these tech-savvy new kids coming into a work force once dominated by baby boomers still trying to find a way to deal with the issues of Generation X, conflict is an eventuality.

And the truth is, we can be guilty of these crimes.

Click here to read the full article from the Denver Post

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