Millennials

Interesting video.  I have had some debates with my mother regarding the kids of today.  She's convinced the world will end since they are all worthless and self absorbed.

I countered that human beings are always organized and directed by about 3 to 5% of the population at a maximum.  Among every generation there are there are now and always have been geniuses that save everyone else from themselves.  They invent, lead and shape the world for the other 95%.  

The only threat to that is not Millennials per se - the threat is if the 5% are stifled by the 95% thinking they are worth more than they are and should have the same outcome as everyone else.  

In the USA you can look through every generation and find these people, Ford, Watson, Sloan, Rockefeller, Morgan and on and on.  Some born to wealth and privilege and others like Gates - college drop outs.  As long as we leave enough room for these types to be what they were born to be - we'll be OK. 

There are 20 somethings out there that are about to take their place in this line.  Let's hope we don't stop them. 

Stereotypes are so limiting. Judge each person on their own merits. My (then 7yo) son threw his trophy in the trash. He said the only award for third place is knowing you need to get better. 

My daughter kept all the trophies until middle school. At that point she said if you didn’t earn them they don’t mean anything. In 8th grade she was quiet on the ride home after her softball team lost 1-0. They would have gone undefeated for two years. When I pulled into the driveway she said her first words in the car, “Losing sucks.” 

I only taught my kids how to compete and sportsmanship. The rest they picked up on their own (probably watching two former college athlete parents compete in Scrabble). We were at full stare Scrabble. The next step would have been full contact. 

Didn't watch the video but society will have to adapt to the new generation. There are some millenials who think they are worth more than they are but there are also a lot of well educated millenials who are motivated in live and job but just don't want to do 60 hour week and put up with tyrannical bosses for 10 years to earn their right to say something.

The super low performers will get weeded out but economy will have to adapt to the fact that the new generation does value career but not at the cost of free time, hobbies and family.

I actually think the future will be that people do 30-40 hours of quality work and use the rest of the time for free time. Technology is taking away work and people thus don't need to work 60 hours to be productive anymore, especially in the new economy sector.

Companies can expect performance but to get the best guys they need to offer work life balance and not just a big salary. Silicon valley is starting to get that.

Now the low performers and low educated can't afford to demand that much but the highly educated can demand better work life balance and companies will adapt to that.

Dominik85 posted:

Didn't watch the video but society will have to adapt to the new generation. There are some millenials who think they are worth more than they are but there are also a lot of well educated millenials who are motivated in live and job but just don't want to do 60 hour week and put up with tyrannical bosses for 10 years to earn their right to say something.

The super low performers will get weeded out but economy will have to adapt to the fact that the new generation does value career but not at the cost of free time, hobbies and family.

I actually think the future will be that people do 30-40 hours of quality work and use the rest of the time for free time. Technology is taking away work and people thus don't need to work 60 hours to be productive anymore, especially in the new economy sector.

Companies can expect performance but to get the best guys they need to offer work life balance and not just a big salary. Silicon valley is starting to get that.

Now the low performers and low educated can't afford to demand that much but the highly educated can demand better work life balance and companies will adapt to that.

I disagree. No one gets to the top without putting in a lot of time and effort. I doubt anyone is playing college baseball by putting forth the same time and effort as other competent high school teammates. 

My kids are thirty and twenty five. They’re not working 30-40 hours. They have no desire to be competent. They want to be the best and always on the rise. 

My guess is that "What's the matter with kids these days?" has been a lament since the dawn of time.

I don't know about  millennial kids in general.  Maybe, as the video suggests, they're overly "tough to manage", "entitled", "narcissistic", "self-interested," and "lazy."

But I could not be more impressed with the character and work ethic of millennial HS baseball players.

My perspective--I've been "coaching" for a long time.  40-plus years ago, as a foreman on house-framing crews,  I "coached" lot of 18-20 yr-olds over about a ten-year stretch of time.. 

Btw, I run my teams exactly the same way I ran my framing crews.  Lots of structure and  humor. 

Dominik85 posted:

Didn't watch the video but society will have to adapt to the new generation. There are some millenials who think they are worth more than they are but there are also a lot of well educated millenials who are motivated in live and job but just don't want to do 60 hour week and put up with tyrannical bosses for 10 years to earn their right to say something.

The super low performers will get weeded out but economy will have to adapt to the fact that the new generation does value career but not at the cost of free time, hobbies and family.

I actually think the future will be that people do 30-40 hours of quality work and use the rest of the time for free time. Technology is taking away work and people thus don't need to work 60 hours to be productive anymore, especially in the new economy sector.

Companies can expect performance but to get the best guys they need to offer work life balance and not just a big salary. Silicon valley is starting to get that.

Now the low performers and low educated can't afford to demand that much but the highly educated can demand better work life balance and companies will adapt to that.

I agree that many of them want to work 35-40 hrs a week and then get their teeth kicked in by life, demands and the lure of promotion and success.

I like the ones who start their own business as a means to not work so hard...LOL good luck.

I have found many athletes to be great people to hire. Don't forget boy scouts they are in a broad way very good to hire as well.

We are where we are as a result of the decisions and actions of the previous generation.
Is the world growing progressively better or worse? Are we in a good state or a bad state?
I guess it depends who you ask.