Comments on 3Gen: Generation “bursty"?

Great blog. Let me answer your question more accur...

2008-09-18T15:56:00.000-04:00

Great blog. Let me answer your question more accurately. I am a Gen X'er who employed a gang of Gen y'ers to work in an IT shop for me. I didn't truly succeed as their supervisor, and they didn't succeed as my employees, until we came to a compromise:

I had to let them go and do things on their own schedule and their own way.

They had to care about failing.

Gen X'ers get a little overly rigid with their work ethic and 9-5style traditions I assume we learned from our grandparents. We need to be more flexible with that and have faith in the Gen Y professional. They're HIGHLY efficient. More efficient than any generation to date. That "not caring about failing" thing. That doesn't work. It IS a problem.

In all, my Y's were my best friends. More like my family. I would hire them again in a second.

This is great! Its nice to see the work style tha...

2008-09-04T12:22:00.000-04:00

This is great! Its nice to see the work style that creates change and innovativation in a company actually be quantified and recognized. Now I don't feel so bad that I was reading that article, at my desk... at 12:30 in the afternoon.

It's really funny how often we hear employers comp...

2008-07-31T18:02:00.000-04:00

It's really funny how often we hear employers complain about Gen Y in one breath, and in the next talk about how much they value initiative, creative thinking, teamwork... All the trademarks of the Gen Y work ethic! Nice post, Tasha!