Selina Raymond Mrs. Hildebrand English 102 9 February 2018 Benefits of Having Millennials in the Workplace What words come to mind when you hear millennial? Many people would say lazy, narcissistic, and entitled. Millennials have had many challenges over the years, it seems as though every credible well-known figure has said something pessimistic about the generation. The reputation millennials have makes people question whether or not they are going to help improve their businesses. While millennials are starting to get more prominent in the workplace, it is causing the older generations to become uneasy. Though, many people do believe most millennials are lazy, narcissistic, and entitled the population is beginning to have a new outlook …show more content…
Being invested in a business not only benefits the business it also benefits the employee. According to “Why You Should Be Hiring Millennials” claims, “According to the study, Millennials are highly ambitious, with a majority placing importance on jobs with chances for career progression and personal growth” (Miller). The amount of time the employee invests into the job demonstrations the work ethic the employee has to offer, which can protect the employee from being unemployed and is satisfied by the personal success and growth one may achieve from the time being invested. The investment millennials offer show how valuable they are in the workplace as well. “What Millennials Want from a New Job,” “However, millennials place a greater emphasis on opportunities to lean and grow and opportunites for advancement” (Rigoni et al.). A person who is willing to invest in a job is eager to know their strengths and weaknesses and is willing to improve. Not only are they willing to improve, they are also willing to continue to develop more on the skills they already have increasing their value. Their eagerness to improve and develop their strength and weaknesses displays millennials potential to be excellent. According to “Why Millennial Workers Aren’t As Useless As You Thought” states, “Millennials are well known for prioritizing value and meaning in their work over money, and that’s an …show more content…
Working well with colleagues can be very beneficial in enhancing productivity. When working as a team, tasks can be completed faster and efficiently, which increases productivity tremendously. Having a strong team can create support system in the work environment. The article “11 Key Business Benefits of Team Collaboration” claims, “Widespread collaboration leads to fully engaged workers eager to take on new projects, and who embrace change not as another burden but as a challenge that will take them to the next level (Valdellon). Working well with one another can allow employees to confide in each other for confidence or guidance in a difficult situation. If an employee is stressed and alone it may lead to bad decision that can affect the company. Technology is not the only factor with creating creativity; teamwork is a big factor as well. “11 Key Business Benefits of Team Collaboration,” “With proactive teamwork enriching the corporate culture, workers need fewer meetings as they accomplish their tasks and use tools to document work progress or delegate work yet to be done” (Valdellon). Two people are better than one especially when discussing new innovations being made. Not only does talking to someone help form new ideas, it also gives people confidence to say out of the box ideas they normally would not. Strong relationships in the work environment also aids in better
Good working relationships are imperative to a successful team. However, this cannot be a one sided measure.
According to Professor Jeffrey Bosworth, in his editorial “Hunting for Hope in Modern America,” he discusses the “screwed” millennial generation and the potential they have to be successful, despite current existing United States problems. Bosworth explains this from three different perspectives: the current issues in America, the positive attributes of the millennial generation, and what the millennial generation should do to succeed. In Bosworth’s opening proposition he elucidates the “[millennial] generation is screwed”. He expounds the millennial generation is predicted to “do worse than the previous generation”.
Everywhere we go, Millennials are a topic of discussion; however more often than not they are being spoken about in a negative tone. Within Johnny Oleksinski’s article “I’m a Millennial and My Generation Sucks,” he argues how everything said about the Millennials is absolutely correct and how his generation sucks. He goes on to say that he falls into the “old soul” group: the ones that are 26 but feel like they belong in an older generation. His audience is primarily the Millennials and his argument is addressing how everything said about them is true and logical and he can prove it because he is apart of the generation. Oleksinski talks about how difficult it is to be so different compared to everyone else in his generation and then goes on to say: “This is my number one rule:
The study found Gen Y are tech savvy but not great team player, Gen X are entrepreneurial thinking but rank low on executive presence and boomers are team player and loyal but do not adapt so well (Giang, 2013). 78% of the responders agree member of Gen Y are believed to be the most tech savvy who know how to utilize social media to leverage opportunities. 68% of the responders agree that this young workers are most “enthusiastic” about their job. In contrast, Gen Y scored lowest on being team player, hardworking, and productive part of an organization. More Gen Y were interested in how to get a promotion compared to Gen X or Baby Boomers (Giang, 2013).
Companies will also need to anticipate and assess which new skills and training older employees will require, particularly in the realm of technology where they may feel less comfortable than many of their younger colleagues. The federal workforce is building toward a potential retirement wave in coming years, with more than a third of career federal employees projected to be eligible for collecting their end-of-career benefits by September 2017, compared to just 14 percent at the same time in 2012. The dynamic of this workforce is the wealth of knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience that will be walking out the door never to return. Millennials will make up 50 percent of the U.S. workforce by 2020 and 75 percent of the global workforce by 2030. At issue is how to attract and retain
She uses stereotypes as one way to prove how predecessor generations feel about millennials, stating that they are just narcissistic, self-absorbed, opinionated, whiny individuals who are uneducated, lack focus and are not responsible (Ellin 205). The main rivalry is between the baby boomers and the millennials because they have opposing perspectives and characteristics. “Millennials have self-confidence and assuredness, and these characteristics can be off-putting to people in older generations who feel that because of their age and experience young people should be more deferential towards them”, says Julie Coates, an adult-learning specialist in River Falls, Wisconsin (Ellin 208).
On the other hand, Millennials may not have the same opportunities as the generations before them, and they may
“The Beat (Up) Generation: Millennials’ Attitudes about Work” is an article written by Abby Ellin and published in Psychology Today. It talks about the generation born between 1982 and 2004, how they react to working around the older generation and why they are hated by the older generation. The millennial generation was born during the rise of technology. They can do a lot of work remotely and not have to work as hard because of all the technology they have access to and the boomer generation doesn’t understand it they equate working hard with time and physical work. The boomers feel that millennials are just lazy and have no respect.
Julie Hanus wrote the “The Kid in the Corner Office” which made many assumptions about our generation in the workplace. She simply thinks that we are self-centered and generally only think about instant gratification and ourselves. Which she believes makes us near useless in the workplace, because we are afraid of taking risks. She also believes that our generation has become one that skips from job to job in search of more praise from management. Counter to this Hanus states that our generation is loyal to our employers.
An opinion may be appealing to the ear; however, appealingness does not make a statement accurate. In Joel Stein's article, “The New Greatest Generation,” his overall message is generalized to the idea of what effect do millennials have on society. In the first portion of his writing, Stein criticizes millennials’ ways of life using statistical data and stereotypes the entire generation as indolent and selfcentered. The second portion of Stein’s article is a counterargument that millennials are not a fruitless generation, and that their way of life may be beneficial to all. Stein creates a compelling argument, however his counter argument is entirely opinionated making his writing an unreliable source.
LEARNER’S NAME: EMMANUEL DIBIAGWU ASSIGNMENT 2 UNDERSTAND HOW TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS 1.1 Explain the benefits of effective working relationships in developing and maintaining the team (20 marks) The benefits of effective working relationship in developing a team include the following: Improved Morale Good working relationships in teams help to improve the morale of team members. When there is effective working relationship among employees as well as managers, the employees feel that they are respected, and their voice are heard, thereby fostering an enabling workplace full of energy and overall happiness. Effective working relationship between employees enables them to support each other when improvement is called for and helps to develop their esteem.
Me-llennials In “The New Greatest Generation,” Joel Steins focuses on his opinion that millennials are “lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow”(Stein). Stein argues that millennials are narcissistic and self-entitled. Also, that technology is weakening millennials brains. He believes that with each generation it get lazier.
The millennial generation are people born from 1980 to 2000. The millennial generation is claimed to be lazy, narcissistic, and stunted in growth. A study showed that 58% more college students scored higher on a narcissism scale in 2009 than in 1982. It also talks about how the millennial generation have been patted on the back too much, because the millennials got so many participation awards growing up, they believe they should be promoted every two years. Not only that, most emerging adults 18 to 29 still live with their parents rather than a spouse.
Teamwork is vital and important to the success of the company. Without teamwork the process to achieve higher level will be slow down. Working in a group or team will automatically develop a system that allow us to complete our task perfectly and quickly. For example, during this internship I was given a task by the project manager to create a schedule based on the projects site. I was very glad to have a cooperative team which works as team to come out with the perfect schedule without clashing with other project site.
Some people argue that Millennials are entitled, self-centred, and uninterested in anything other than their own Facebook and Twitter page. This generation has been known to have high self-esteem, assertiveness, self-importance, narcissism, and high expectations. Having a higher self-esteem comes with many positive outcomes and benefits. People high in self-esteem claim to be more likable, attractive and make better impressions on others in a working environment than other people with low self-esteem. Millennials with greater self-importance are the ones who help others and care about large social