Thread: Millenials - What's wrong with this generation :p

Originally Posted by Tombie

Once they learn they aren't special, or unique, until they earn that distinction - they need to work hard to earn that..

You are Unique - just like everyone else.

Just like Brian said in Monty Python's The Life of Brian; "You're all individuals" & the crowd chants - "we're all individuals" & some wit up the back says "I'm not".

Nothings wrong with the millenials.

Theyre just like I was when I was that age except I had long hair down my back and wore cotton drawstring trousers and paisley shirts.

I used to run around saying things like "**** the establishment.....no wars...ban the bomb...etc etc"

I also thought I'd never own a home and wanted everything like a transistor radio or a tv set.

I got told I was a hippy and wanted "everything" now and to shut up and save and that there were no entitlements and that if I wanted something I had to work hard to get it.

Doesn't this all sound very familiar to what is being said about the millenials?

BTW they are all better educated and smarter than us.

No they're not RB42... not by a long shot...
I was educated and continued to learn including the latest technologies as they evolved...

It's amazing how narrow the education of the millenials is (broad not specific cases) - they really are struggling to have a rounded knowledge.. and wow, are they often politically influenced by the Universities.. it's mind blowing.

Inability to socially interact face to face is a growing challenge for them, and conflict resolution seems to challenge many of them as well...

They're very self confident the ones I worked with, but when things get tough... that's an eye opener. They've never seen a big X in red ink, or been told they failed at a task... when something like that happens in the workplace it's a seriously traumatic experience for them...

"Runs on the board" and "Earn your stripes" means nothing to many of them... and certainly requires some different approaches to manage.

They also have a very strong "you can do anything, you can be anything" ideal, driven into them at school. When in the workplace they can't grasp a task/concept/activity they insist they can learn. The reality is that natural aptitude is a genuine skill for certain tasks (ability to see patterns, influencing skills, planning skills etc)..

The most amazing thing - has me shaking my head - AND occurs on here as well...

Have the most powerful research tools: Laptops, Smart Phones and Google.
Yet insist on being lazy arses and asking rather than researching. Ask away, but put the effort in first!!!

Originally Posted by Tombie

They're very self confident the ones I worked with, but when things get tough... that's an eye opener. They've never seen a big X in red ink, or been told they failed at a task... when something like that happens in the workplace it's a seriously traumatic experience for them...

Im 20 and when i read this i agreed. Im actually guilty of this. I had my first job out of school, a sales rep/front desk job at an industrial shop when i was 18. I was still coming down from the school rhetoric of "you can do anything, be anything!".. Boy was i shocked when my boss pulled me in to his office and gave me a ear full about how i had to "earn my keep" as it happened to turn out the first month of my employment i had only made a few hundred dollars for the company. Anyway, i was pretty taken back. but it was what i needed to get my arse into gear and re-asses a few things.


Now i know this is going to russel a few feathers here, but i think the advancements in technology have been just as much of a curse as they have been a blessing. The millennial's live in a highly synthetic world. Damn, i personally have trouble if i dont get my social media/phone fix for the day. Im not sure what it was like before my time but i have found many friends completely useless with committing to plans, because its so easy to make plans these days using phones/social media, and its just as easy to cancel plans.

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My millennial is hopeless. I've been sitting here (the above photo) since about 30 minutes before sunrise. She's mad keen on triathlon and doing okay in them.
She somehow manages to fit school, which she does well at, training at least four hours a day six days a week into her hectic mobile phone life.
Some millennials have a lot of drive.

And I get to drive her to a lot of pretty locations for her training and events.

Kenley

I think millennial is just a label. Every generation gets criticised by the previous one. I copped it.
I know some who are wonderful young people, most are OK and some haven't figured their way out yet.
Technology usage is just a symptom of character. The technology is here to stay. What we do with it is the key.