Comments on Into My Own: CBS's Hit Job on The Millenial Generation

Quote: "What are the mechanics of this?* Sub-par w...

2008-03-18T12:08:00.000-04:00

Quote:
"What are the mechanics of this?

* Sub-par work that they expect high-praise for

* Ambition that exceeds their actual level of responsibility and capability

* A know-it-all sensibility with and a lack of respect for older co-workers experience

* Unwillingness to take responsibility for their mistakes"

The mechanics of that are lazy, spoiled kids (which are not exclusive to this generation) thinking everything should go as they like. End of story. It's not all of us, just the ones whose parents didn't care enough to teach them about respect and humility.

As a 23 year old in America today, I completely ag...

2008-03-18T12:03:00.000-04:00

As a 23 year old in America today, I completely agree with your statements. Maybe it's because I was never rich but I have never been spoiled. I had 2 different jobs during high school and not just over the summer. It wasn't a matter of helping out the family or anything, I wanted and felt I needed a job. I think, if anything, the CBS piece made it a little more difficult for some like myself who are not brats to be taken seriously because of a few "babies" out there. By the way, I've had my own apartment since 19 though I very much love my family.

Although, I wouldn't go so far as to stereotype th...

2007-11-20T12:06:00.000-05:00

Although, I wouldn't go so far as to stereotype the "Millenials", I can definitely say that my workplace experience with the 20-somethings has been awful. I have seen and experienced numerous examples of a Millennial, hanging around a company just long enough to screw things up in their immediate vicinity, complain vociferously about the working conditions that they have amply contributed to, and then move on to do it again somewhere else, leaving a gen-xer, or baby boomer, holding the drawstrings of a big bag of s**t.

What are the mechanics of this?

* Sub-par work that they expect high-praise for

* Ambition that exceeds their actual level of responsibility and capability

* A know-it-all sensibility with and a lack of respect for older co-workers experience

* Unwillingness to take responsibility for their mistakes

It isn't about company loyalty. If you haven't figured out that the company isn't exactly looking out for you by now, then you obviously have your head in the sand. It's about respect for your co-workers and accountability, which I have seen very little of.

I wouldn't go so far as to generalize from my experiences to an entire generation, but I have to say that the frequency of these experiences leads me to conclude that it is bit too common to be completely random.

You've already said most of it for me, so I'll tel...

2007-11-17T21:07:00.000-05:00

You've already said most of it for me, so I'll tell you about male twins, 23, not spoiled, both with good jobs. One was holding down 2 jobs, but finally quit his old one of 3 years (at a fast food restaurant on the UCSD campus) so he could take on the newer job as a manager at a private tutoring company full time. He teaches and promotes the tutoring, overseeing others. As of January he will be forced to leave a job he loves because the branch is closing.

The other twin interned for a famous pop psychologist months longer than he wanted to (the guy wasn't fun to work for) to learn what he could, then went on to do case work with autistic kids. He's doing well, and wants to eventually move on, but is happy where he is, too.

They have their own apartment. They love their parents.

And we love them.