The Impact Of Millennials In The Workplace

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1. Introduction
Not many people fully know the implications of the Millennials entering the workforce, but as more research has been gathered it helps company executives and hiring managers make sense of the changing nature of the workplace. This new generation entering the workforce is known as “Generation Y” for their curiosity and questioning of multiple aspects of their lives. As noted in an article, “By 2025, they will become 75 per cent of the global work force and more are stepping into management positions every day” (Schawbel 1). The millennials will make up a vast majority of the workforce and their entrance combined with the population already in the workplace, who are working longer to support themselves financially after …show more content…

For example, Millennials are regarded as being sheltered by their parents, which hinders their ability to get out and do things for themselves. Millennial parents have been described as “helicopter parents” as their parents have always been close by to prevent mistakes that their children could make or make decisions on behalf of their children. Another weakness is that some Millennials experience is the fact that they are not willing to go the extra mile or be hardworking like older generations. In an article written by William Browning spoke with Heather Downs who stated, “But the biggest issues being seen deal with time. Traditionalists and baby boomers tend to believe that the more eight-hour days a person can get in, the better. Workers in their 20s, though, lean more toward the notion that if a person can finish an eight-hour job in four, they can go home early” (1). Instead of working extra hours to get ahead or seek out extra responsibilities to demonstrate their ability, Millennials finish the work that they have been assigned and when finished they feel as if they can leave. Not always, are promotions given out based on an employee’s ability to complete projects in a timely fashion, but given on an employee’s willingness to work for the things that they want and expect a pat on the back for doing what is expected of …show more content…

Millennials are overconfident in categories that they have been questioned about as compared to what surveys of hiring executives say. One topic that has been repeatedly criticized about Millennials is the fact that they do not stay with companies for long periods of time. Baby Boomers and even Generation X’ers for the most part get a job with a company after they have finished college and stay with them until they retire, excluding extreme cases. The moving of locations did not occur due to getting a job with a competitor, but rather relocation to a new region that the company operated in as one advanced their career. Loyalty is something that means a lot to older generations, who feel as if the Millennials are too willing to jump ship when times get tough or they are not satisfied with the ways things are going in their job instead of sticking things through. The idea of instant gratification notes that when Millennials do not get a reward or feel some kind of benefit from the things that they do, they are not satisfied, because they do not see things in the long term, but rather the short term. Surveys showed the disparity in what is thought about company loyalty. “82 per cent of Millennials say they 're loyal to employers - one per cent of HR professionals said Millennials were loyal to

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