http://workingwithothers.com/2007/05/the-praise-generation/ Remembering what you learned in kindergarten... how to work and play well with others! Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:51:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://workingwithothers.com/2007/05/the-praise-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-1334 MKR Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:19:35 +0000 http://www.workingwithothers.com/?p=53#comment-1334 I am a baby boomer struggling with the new millennials. I've no problem with the motivated ones, but the ones who spend half the day surfing the net and fail to deliver quality work are a real pain. On top of that they have this smug attitude (Perhaps from identifying a bit too much with the characters on "The Office"). My company has had generational seminars, but they all seemed to involve having older workers learn how to adapt to the millennials. But hey, guys, these people are all over 21 and they are all drawing a paycheck. Why should it be so one sided? They are not babies any more and because they job hop so much the chances are that they will have left the company well before the boomers. So why all the catering to them? It seems like companies are terrified they will lack workers when the boomers die off. But there is a better solution than kissing up to millenials with attitude: off shore outsourcing. I am a baby boomer struggling with the new millennials. I’ve no problem with the motivated ones, but the ones who spend half the day surfing the net and fail to deliver quality work are a real pain. On top of that they have this smug attitude (Perhaps from identifying a bit too much with the characters on “The Office”). My company has had generational seminars, but they all seemed to involve having older workers learn how to adapt to the millennials. But hey, guys, these people are all over 21 and they are all drawing a paycheck. Why should it be so one sided? They are not babies any more and because they job hop so much the chances are that they will have left the company well before the boomers. So why all the catering to them? It seems like companies are terrified they will lack workers when the boomers die off. But there is a better solution than kissing up to millenials with attitude: off shore outsourcing.

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