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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a gen-x manager, I find millennials draining. As someone upthread pointed out, it’s the need for positive feedback, picking and choosing projects based on whether it makes them feel fulfilled, and the inability to shut up and listen and learn that makes me crazy. Part of that is based on characteristics of my generation. - many of our parents were silent generation and we were a lot of latchkey kids. It was kind of ingrained that no one really cared what we thought and you just be quiet and get things done. I’m actually uncomfortable when people gush about my work, and I don’t need rewards - I figure if someone is unhappy they’ll let me know. My workplace is not there to make me feel validated as a human being. I don’t normally think about providing lots of positive feedback. I am very aware of being respectful of peoples’ time out of work and wanting people to have down time, but when it’s your turn to take the grunt work and spend actual time becoming good in what you do, you need to do it. [/quote]

That’s interesting, because my older managers regularly praise me (early 30s millennial) for being the hardest working person in our office and willing to take on any grunt task.  Frankly, they are too lazy to do it themselves and own that, which is kind of funny and refreshing. I don’t mind it because they have my back and award/promote me regularly. Just goes to show you that it’s pointless to generalize. [/quote]

I'm an older millennial in management and I love when we hire millennials, especially younger ones. They're self motivated and hard working, they take on all kinds of extra projects, and they're ready to learn. Far and away our best employees.[/quote]

Then I hope they get paid what they’re worth which is a livable salary.
We graduates of the 2008 recession are hustlers who work for peanuts. Problem is, we’ve gotten so used to working for peanuts that the Boomers and Gen Xers and Pre-Recession older millennials get away with continuing to pay us peanuts. Meanwhile y’all sit on soaring property values.[/quote]

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