LEAVE YOUR GEN Y
JUDGEMENT AT THE
DOOR
Fiona Craig
“WE CANNOT DESPAIR OF HUMANITY, SINCE
WE OURSELVES ARE HUMAN BEINGS”
-ALBERT EINSTEIN
L
et’s talk about Generation Y.
Surely it’s the most maligned
generation to currently participate
in the workforce? “Participate?!” I
hear you splutter. “Generation Y are
nothing but a bunch of spoilt kids who
have been mollycoddled and wouldn’t
know what hard work was if it came
• they have no loyalty
• they don’t understand what it means
to work hard
• they have a sense of entitlement
• they expect the world on a plate
without working for it
• they don’t play by the rules
• they value pleasure over ambition
HOW TO GET THE BEST OUT OF PEOPLE BY UNDERSTANDING
WHAT IT IS THAT MOTIVATES THEM AND MAKES THEM TICK.
up, slapped them and said ‘this is hard
work!’
I hear all sorts of stories about
Generation Y employees. Some of the
common complaints are:
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GLOSS JULY 2015
At a dinner I attended recently there
was discussion around the table
about how to deal with Generation Y
employees. What could have transpired
was a lively debate about working with
different generations and discussion