Talking about my generation
Generation Y, also known as The Millennial Generation , Generation Next, Net Genners or Echo boomers are born between 1980 and 1996. They are the generation after Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980.
These age groups have a lot of differences, Generation Y grew up on in a digital world, while most of Generation X got introduced to a computer in their late twenties. According to several studies the main characteristics of the so-called generation Y are being able to multitask, have a good hand-eye coordination, being critical but willing to collaborate and have the need to be free; it is a mixed bag.
It is proven that the Y genners are more impatient, they have a small attention-span and they want instant gratification.
Also job wise they demand success quickly. While the X genners strongly believe in the “working your way up” concept.
Now that more Net genners enter the workplace, both generations grow further apart form each other.
What does the Y generation think?
Lisa Messenger, 36, is the director manager of Messenger Marketing and Messenger Publishing in Sydney. She comments:”Starting my first job in the early 1990s, I believed in the concept of “working my way up”. And after finding my niche in event and conference management, I did exactly that for the next eight years – putting in the hours, fitting into the culture, and steadily scoring promotions. Generation Y don’t seem to understand this concept. They keep asking, “How can we fast track?” and my answer to them is, “You can’t, really, because you need to make your mistakes along the way and learn from them.”
source:http://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com
Some elderly do not find trouble integrating into the Y generation.
What are the differences between Generation X and Y according you?
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