Millennials in the Workforce: Performance Matters

According to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics, Millennials, or also known as Gen Y, are the approximately the 80 million young adults born between the years of 1976 and 2001. In the essay “Note to Gen Y Workers: Performance on the Job Actually Matters”, the authors Jane Buckingham and Marcus Buckingham tend to overemphasize that millennials expect appraisal and promotions without earning them, but also, in fact, they argue that Gen Y’s can contribute to the workforce in many positive ways.
Now that The millennial generation has entered the working world, there are many things being discussed, such as their performance on the job. In the article “Note to Gen Y Workers: Performance on the Job Actually Matters”, the Buckingham’s claim that

Although this may be true, I still tend to disagree. As a millennial, I have knowledge and understanding from where the authors are coming from, but I believe that millennials are very hard workers. I stand by this thought because I am constantly surrounded by millennials, at school, at work, and at home, everyone that I am surrounded by are extremely passionate and dedicated to their work and responsibilities. Millennials are “sheltered from critique and failure…this generation ooze unearned confidence” said Buckingham. The authors believe that millennials do not want to hear the truth. Since millennials have been overly praised by their “helicopter parents”, they do not know what it really is like to

A statistic the Buckingham’s use to support their argument is 60 percent of millennial employees recognized their current positions are mere stepping stones. We all can not become doctors, teachers or lawyers in a matter of days, we have to go through school and work jobs, and internships to get there. for myself, I hope to become a dentist in the future, but for now I am searching for a job as a receptionist in a dental office to become familiar with the environment, that way when the time comes I know what to expect. I also agree with the authors statement that millennials have qualities that can be “extremely beneficial in the workplace”. Because Gen Y is so familiar with technology, it makes it easier for businesses to become more compatible on technology. I have noticed that many things in school have changed while I have been growing up. Schools are much more dependent on technology than ever. We were given school issued devices at my high school where we had to submit everything electronically. As I made my way to Joliet Junior College, the same thing, my math class is taught in a Computer lab where we do our homework online. There are companies such as Apple and Google that have already been more successful in hiring millennials that are familiar with their different software’s. These companies are not aiming for millennial based employees, but their staff is majority