The Generation Y

The Generation Y
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Generation Y
The modern workplace has been staffed by unprecedented four generations whose diversity presents a challenge for most employers on how to create and manage harmonious workplace. This is because all the four generations of people possess contrasting views, values, and expectations both in their careers and lives at large. These four generations include the veteran/traditionalists, baby boomer, generation X, and generation Y. Generation Y, also called the millennials, comprises of a generation of people who were born between 1980s and 2000s. This generation of people is called generation Y because it comes after generation X (generation of people born between 1960s and 1980s). Some of the outstanding characteristics of Generation Y include their exposure to technology, that is, the internet and globalization. Other attributes associated with generation Y are negative and they include being lazy, inflate self-esteem job nomads (hoping fro one job to the other in search of satisfaction and happiness). However, others regard them as optimistic, social, optimistic, educated, and savvy tech. This work seeks to highlight that Generation Y’s emergency and triumph is attributed to their exposure to technology, optimism and need for excellence and satisfaction in both their careers and life in general.
Generation Y wants nothing more than excellence and satisfaction in their careers. As a result they are better connected through technology and they are not afraid to use their technological skills to command more attention and success. For instance, majority of the graduates enter their respective jobs with the aim of working faster (using their technology related skills) and better in order to get recognized. This might be perceived as their desire to excel in their personal lives and contribute positively towards meeting the goals of their respective organizations. Although there has been a lot of negativity about generation Y, they have always proved that they understand the correlation between hard work and success, given their desire to learn quickly in order to excel in their work.
Generation Y’s desire to have meaning and interesting work has sparked controversies among many because they consider them employees who prefer easy, exciting and fun work. The rationale for Generation Y’s need for meaningful and i...