Julia Kiss’ Blog

The following is written in regard to the article “Why bosses hate gen Y” by Mike Preston, 2007, which looks to evaluate the new Gen Y and the apparent verdict that they are short on skills, demanding, impatient and far from loyal, according to a survey.

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Wow…didn’t really know there was so many problems… but either away apparently “poor spelling and grammar and a failure to understand what constitutes appropriate corporate behaviour are the biggest issues”, with almost 70 per cent of surveyed employers reporting dissatisfaction with their Gen-Y employees’ performance in those areas. The question is “why would anyone hire a Gen-Y?” And as depressing as it sounds, it seems as though the only reason is that employers have no choice! “Chronic labour shortages across the Australian economy mean few businesses can afford not to hire anyone that might have a chance of doing a good job, let alone a whole generation”. Seriously speaking though…could this really be true?

Okay so seriously… lets think about what Gen Y does have…. aha TECHNOLOGY! They may be brats but the one thing we can be sure about is that the new generations definetly have the upper hand when it comes to technology. And if companies are lurching as hard as they seem to be into the new millennium and wanting for their place in the digital generation than they should be grateful for what they have… as in the article “older business owners are relying on their younger employees to help them keep up with the latest technology trends”.

Okay and so lets just say they are a bunch of demanding brats… “They think it’s their right to have what they want, they’re brash and naive and they can really be like spoilt kids who say ‘I want a pony now, I’ve got four ponies at home but I want another one and I want it now’. You don’t want that at work.” Well so what? Lets just say instead of brash… they are willing to go full steam ahead… instead of spoilt… they know what their goals are and they are willing to go for them… and instead of thinking they have the right to everything… they are well aware of themselves and those around them what they can achieve. Not only this but they work in a manner that wont kill them from a heart attack at 30. They know what the good life is and they want to enjoy themselves… they have realised that you only live once. Thank you to our parents who worked themselves to the bone for us… but now that we are here… lets all just enjoy ourselves. The new generation… and so this is what i say about the gen Y… they are go getters, they want the big house on the water and they want the big flat screen tv… and they want all this while they party like its 1999… so what!… its a new generation… get over it!

For some more into the Gen Y click on the following article:

“4 things managers must know about gen Y talents”