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.
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”.
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).
“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.
My Views On Lewis Chart A British linguist who can speaks ten languages named Richard Lewis wrote a book called “When Culture Collide”. In this book, Lewis divided countries in relation to three categories: Linear-actives, Multi-actives and Reactive. People from Linear-active countries talk half of the time, like planning and organizing everything.
On the other hand, Millennials may not have the same opportunities as the generations before them, and they may
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
Journal Entry # 2: Second Culture Kids by Dian Curtis Regan The teenage girl in the short story “Second Culture Kids” is named Amina. She was originally from Guanta, Venezuela and had recently immigrated to Houston, Texas. The reason that Amina’s family immigrated to the U.S. was to get away from the major rioting that was occurring to kick out Cesar Chavez or to move up his election date. As a result of the rioting there was mass violence, and all communication to the outside world was shut down.
If I had to choose whom I would share my cubical with between Traditionalist/Veterans, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y. I would choose Baby Boomers. They are stable, built with optimisms and make decisions base on the process and practice what they preach. Today’s society is built solely on technology. I would rather share my goals and aspirations with someone who is well- established in their career and will most likely hold power and authority. Someone who has the same characteristic as I. Someone who will remain devoted, career focused, team player, competitive, strives for change, resourceful and motivated.
Where these culturally sensitive people reside, there isn’t enough effort being put into making them feel at home. Instead these efforts are being exerted to make them feel out of place. In 2012 Wu, Schimmele, and Hou, social researchers at University of Victoria stated that, “In 2002, about one in five racial minorities reported experiencing discrimination or unfair treatment” (p. 387) One in five, that is quite a few. Still to this day prejudice and discrimination are major issues at hand.
All first generation experiences in America have common grounds but have some differences. From the first Americans in the 1700s till current immigrants, which included the Irish, Germans, Africans, Chinese, Scandinavians, Hispanics, South Americans, etc; They all had to adjust to American culture, adjust to the way of life, and struggled financially and emotionally. Some improved their lives in society while others had it terrible. I can sort of relate to the emotional and financial pain like most immigrants, especially of my age. I’ve had the good times and the bad, but I’ve managed to pull through.
The Stolen Generation was a generation of half-caste (half Aboriginal and half white European) children taken away from their Aboriginal families by white settlers, in a period of time lasting from around 1890-1970. Aboriginal communities were either approached by government officials, who left with their half-caste children, or mothers were given documents to sign, and told that this would be granting permission for their children to be vaccinated, when it was actually to let their children be taken away. The stolen half-caste children were either sent to live in foster families, or institutions specifically run to assimilate Indigenous children into the European community. Inside the institutions, children experienced highly controlled environments,
The University Playhouse’s recent production of Naomi Wallace’s One Flea Spare utilized both Restoration and Modern staging conventions. The performance embraced Restoration conventions through character types, epithets, and expressions of space, place, values, social structure, and beauty by the character of Mr. Snelgrave. The performance also embraced the Modern conventions of Naturalism and Realism through satire and representational aspects such as time appropriate costumes, realistic props, and a localized set. It strayed from these conventions through presentational aspects such as the half-walled room that served as the set, the nonlinear plotline, and the small symbolic crosses painted into the cobblestones of the stage.
Millennials are a part of demographic cohort causing changes in the workplace. Individuals born between 1980 and 2000 are considered Millennials .They are currently the largest generations that will be joining the workforce as Baby Boomer are starting to retire. In a few short years, Millennials will soon make up about 70% of the workforce, however their generation has stirred up some controversy as they start their careers and enter the workforce. In recent times, there have been issues arising in organizations with multigenerational workforces due to the differences of each generation.
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
