Wow! As a current manager this video really hit home

[Syrch]

http://www.cbsnews.com/section...0251.shtml?id=3486473n


A really interesting video. Please discuss i'd love to hear what everyone has to say.

 

[FoBoT]

sounds like too many generalizations

and some job security for us older obiedient cube zombies

 

[aphex]

i couldn't stand that lady from JWT's voice.

 

[ElFenix]

is that the coddled generation after Y? or is it the new name for Y?

 

[Syrch]

I am pretty sure this is the generation created by the Y generation

 

[Queasy]

Morley Safer reports on the new generation of "millennials." They are in their late teens to early twenties and could be ill prepared for a demanding workplace.

If they are, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. We've done nothing but pamper kids and worry about their self-esteem and do everything but put them into a plastic bubble to make sure they never get hurt instead of instilling a work ethic and competency so that they can achieve and be productive in life. (I'm speaking in the same generalities as this piece from ABC News).

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
is that the coddled generation after Y? or is it the new name for Y?

after, my oldest daughter falls at the end of it, i guess they decided it is peoples born between 1980 and 1995

 

[kranky]

I commented in the previous thread.

 

[aphex]

BTW, I thought we were called Generation XL

 

[ryan256]

Interesting. Being born in 75 I don't think I hit the generation they're referring to though. But I admit I can identify with alot of their ideas.

 

[TheTony]

Originally posted by: Syrch
I am pretty sure this is the generation created by the Y generation

I'm a little wary of the labels, since they tend to be used to stereotype and generalize a whole generation, but in terms of stating age I suppose it's useful.

Anyway, Generation Y and Millenials refer to the same group of people. I assume Millenials is an attempt to give them their own title. Most would likely be children of baby boomers/generation jones, and some Generation X parents.

 

[BigJ]

We have nobody to thank for this but the previous generation for being shitty parents. Good job guys :thumbsup:

 

[Linflas]

Getting fired a few times and not being able to pay their bills will change that attitude pretty quickly.

 

[TheTony]

Originally posted by: BigJ
We have nobody to thank for this but the previous generation for being shitty parents. Good job guys :thumbsup:

Most of these parents aren't from the previous generation...not the one that immediately preceeded them, anyway.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: TheTony

Originally posted by: BigJ
We have nobody to thank for this but the previous generation for being shitty parents. Good job guys :thumbsup:

Most of these parents aren't from the previous generation...not the one that immediately preceeded them, anyway.

I'm not coinciding with the generation bullshit and labeling a new one every 10-15 years. I'm talking about those born in the 50s and 60s. Which is the generation before me (my parents).

 

[TheTony]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: TheTony

Originally posted by: BigJ
We have nobody to thank for this but the previous generation for being shitty parents. Good job guys :thumbsup:

Most of these parents aren't from the previous generation...not the one that immediately preceeded them, anyway.

I'm not coinciding with the generation bullshit and labeling a new one every 10-15 years. I'm talking about those born in the 50s and 60s. Which is the generation before me (my parents).

Then take the word generation out of the statement - it still makes sense. "Blame it on their parents."

:thumbsup:

 

[CycloWizard]

It seems like every 5-10 years or so, a report comes out sticking the new generation with some derogatory label, then saying a lot of very negative things about them. Perhaps many of these things are true, but isn't there anything good to say about any generation since "The Greatest Generation?" These people need to get real jobs like they suggest from the kids they're mocking here.

 

[purbeast0]

lol ... i like the part when she says that some of them are the hardest working people that are out there and will work very hard, where the others either have it their way or the highway.

i bet that took her her whole career to realize.

 

[everman]

Sounds like a bunch of consultants invented a new problem for them to consult on to keep the cash coming in

 

[TheTony]

Originally posted by: everman
Sounds like a bunch of consultants invented a new problem for them to consult on to keep the cash coming in

Yup. The latest iteration of "Kids these days...."

It's probably only a problem in fields currently largely populated by older employees, and therefore a possible culture clash, with some.

 

[paulxcook]

The crappy CBS video player keeps stopping less than a minute into it.

 

[Pheran]

Interesting, but definitely contains some nonsense - I just about laughed out loud when they pointed the finger at Mr. Rogers. And the bonehead who says "no longer is it bad to have 4 job hops on your resume in a year" has absolutely no idea what he's talking about. Occasionally I review resumes and am involved in the interview/hiring process, and too many job hops is a giant red flag for us. On the flipside, there's absolutely nothing wrong with trying to create a fun work environment - that's a good thing.

It does boggle my mind that some idiot parent would call up HR and complain about their grown child's job review, though.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: FoBoT

Originally posted by: ElFenix
is that the coddled generation after Y? or is it the new name for Y?

after, my oldest daughter falls at the end of it, i guess they decided it is peoples born between 1980 and 1995

that's Y.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: aphex
BTW, I thought we were called Generation XL

XXXL

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Originally posted by: Linflas
Getting fired a few times and not being able to pay their bills will change that attitude pretty quickly.

Why, they'll just move back in with mommy and daddy. We've seen it on the forums in the housing threads. People say if they can't pay their mortgage they'll just turn in the keys to the house and walk away from it. That's because they don't have the attitude to work their asses off and overcome adversity. They give up, quit, and bitch because it didn't go their way. They lost. They don't understand losing and that losing is motivation to do better and be better.
My youngest is 4 and I've already had a talk with her daycare about the everyones a winner bullshit. I told them straight up that you can't have winners if there are no losers. I told them they are not helping the children by making them all fell like winners. They are actually hurting them in that they are not letting kids learn at an early age that you can learn from mistakes and that if you are not as good at something a someone else, you can strive and work hard to be better. By everyone being winners now they will be losers and failures later.