Now as The Workplace Diva, the definitive workplace source for all things trivial and annoying, reading that the Millennials are verging into my turf got my attention. I'm kidding, of course, but this survey could be all kinds of serious so let's take a quick look.
While the CFOs surveyed said the Millennials as a whole are more tech-savvy than employees over age 35, they're increasingly way too entitled and disloyal to be worth the trouble. It sounds like the Millennials are sort of like dating a high-maintenance person who expects to be catered to without bringing much of anything to the table? It gets tiring after awhile, and we start to wonder what our old flame (the one over age 35, ahem) is up to these days.
Now for the real kicker: More than one-quarter (27%) of CFOs surveyed said that the Millennials care more about their own development (gasp!) than furthering the interests of the company!
It can't help that the Millennials don't like to be in the office, which we discussed earlier this year while they were out kayaking during the work week.
Perhaps there's hope yet for employees and job seekers over the age of 35 as management re-discovers our hard-working, diligent, semi-loyal ways? We Gen Xers (and Baby Boomers) are like Navin Johnson in that scene from "The Jerk" when he finds out he's listed in the new phone book. I'm somebody now! Things are going to start happening to me!
Then again, the CFOs surveyed could be on the somewhat older side and are just giving off a "get off my lawn" vibe. I, for one, hope that the older-employees-are-an-asset-instead-of-a-cost mantra is an idea whose time has come. The underemployment of Americans over age 40 is a very serious issue that will eventually impact the Millennials unless we work it out.
Besides, many employees are like fine wine; they get only better (at what they do) as they age. It's far past time for management to have this (rather obvious) epiphany, isn't it? Older employees bring maturity, experience, gravitas, and Pets.com sock puppets to work. What's not to love?
To paraphrase a very famous quote from a very famous person over the age of 35: Think not what your employer can do for you, but what you can do for your employer. And stop being such a workplace diva, Mr. and Ms. Millennial. That's my job.
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