Comments on: The real Generation Y work ethic http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/ Career and life advice for the new generation Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: djelia » Lack of Sleep http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-280886 djelia » Lack of Sleep Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:18:39 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-280886 [...] THIS [...] [...] THIS [...]

]]> By: Economic Mess: Are we better off than our parents? - GenPink http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-254366 Economic Mess: Are we better off than our parents? - GenPink Thu, 07 May 2009 07:42:53 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-254366 [...] want it all and we are willing to do whatever it takes, including not sleep. When we are passionate about something we are full steam ahead and that’s really the only [...] [...] want it all and we are willing to do whatever it takes, including not sleep. When we are passionate about something we are full steam ahead and that’s really the only [...]

]]> By: Entrepreneur Magazine » Blog Archive » Economic Mess: Are We Better Off Than Our Parents? http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-251194 Entrepreneur Magazine » Blog Archive » Economic Mess: Are We Better Off Than Our Parents? Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:16:37 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-251194 [...] want it all and we are willing to do whatever it takes, including not sleep. When we are passionate about something we are full steam ahead and that’s really the only [...] [...] want it all and we are willing to do whatever it takes, including not sleep. When we are passionate about something we are full steam ahead and that’s really the only [...]

]]> By: J http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-251124 J Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:08:25 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-251124 Grant - an entire generation was born to helicopter parents in the wealthiest demographic? Really? And aren't the interns of the same generation? Sounds like you're just grumpy with a particular set of co-workers. Grant – an entire generation was born to helicopter parents in the wealthiest demographic? Really? And aren’t the interns of the same generation?

Sounds like you’re just grumpy with a particular set of co-workers.

]]> By: helen http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-199439 helen Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:50:40 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-199439 Dear Rebecca, I'm Gen X and I work and manage Gen Y-ers. Gen Y-ers are lazzy; They believe that having ideas is enough to justify their salary. They put out ideas and then play on their computers. Ideas are often very goods but G Y-ers have difficulty taking responsability and making them come alive. Dear Rebecca,

I’m Gen X and I work and manage Gen Y-ers. Gen Y-ers are lazzy; They believe that having ideas is enough to justify their salary. They put out ideas and then play on their computers. Ideas are often very goods but G Y-ers have difficulty taking responsability and making them come alive.

]]> By: keith http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-82286 keith Sat, 24 May 2008 05:29:11 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-82286 Modite. I don't think we work hard because we love to work, but it's more so to help us meet our much needed ends and goals. For the most part our generation is one of the first that has to deal with stresses and forces that have an affect on the human mind and body like never before. At the same rate the requirements to even more an inch is over demanding for us to do. But we do it because we were told by our parents to work hard and you could achieve. So we work hard. Very hard, and for the most part you're either in the category of our generation in which we work hard to try to make change, and then the other side who realize what the status-quo really is and become extremely cynical. But for the most part that as a lot to do with how our generation views society today. For the most part we do what we need to do to advance our personal lives, but in terms of our society. Many try, and many become cynical of the gov't and society in general. For the most part we're going to be that generation that might have to deal with a crisis really soon. But for the most part in terms of personal lives, and trying to find ways to live a unique lifestyle. We work hard for that. We work to fulfill our personal lives instead of thinking of ways to contribute and become a long term member of a corporation. Because trust me even the ones who work hard to change their lives are cynical. To the point that many realize that things in the corporate world don't last forever, and so yea we switch jobs as fast as we get them. For the most part we are also having to cope with graduating from college or even graduate school, and having to take up blue collar or minimum wage jobs because we can't compete with the previous generations or we don't have the necessary connections needed for a job. That's the way this economy works today, and it isn't going to get better for us. For the most part we are extremely underrated. Modite. I don’t think we work hard because we love to work, but it’s more so to help us meet our much needed ends and goals.

For the most part our generation is one of the first that has to deal with stresses and forces that have an affect on the human mind and body like never before.

At the same rate the requirements to even more an inch is over demanding for us to do. But we do it because we were told by our parents to work hard and you could achieve. So we work hard. Very hard, and for the most part you’re either in the category of our generation in which we work hard to try to make change, and then the other side who realize what the status-quo really is and become extremely cynical. But for the most part that as a lot to do with how our generation views society today.

For the most part we do what we need to do to advance our personal lives, but in terms of our society. Many try, and many become cynical of the gov’t and society in general. For the most part we’re going to be that generation that might have to deal with a crisis really soon.

But for the most part in terms of personal lives, and trying to find ways to live a unique lifestyle. We work hard for that. We work to fulfill our personal lives instead of thinking of ways to contribute and become a long term member of a corporation. Because trust me even the ones who work hard to change their lives are cynical. To the point that many realize that things in the corporate world don’t last forever, and so yea we switch jobs as fast as we get them.

For the most part we are also having to cope with graduating from college or even graduate school, and having to take up blue collar or minimum wage jobs because we can’t compete with the previous generations or we don’t have the necessary connections needed for a job.

That’s the way this economy works today, and it isn’t going to get better for us.

For the most part we are extremely underrated.

]]> By: Modite - Social media doesn’t create new generation leaders http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-18253 Modite - Social media doesn’t create new generation leaders Fri, 28 Dec 2007 04:50:51 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-18253 [...] Restlessness courses through our veins, for we are never doing enough or being enough. Volunteering, leadership, and entrepreneurship, nor the eventual acceptance of the mundane satisfies our edge. [...] [...] Restlessness courses through our veins, for we are never doing enough or being enough. Volunteering, leadership, and entrepreneurship, nor the eventual acceptance of the mundane satisfies our edge. [...]

]]> By: Modite - Life as a Gen Y leader - week eleven http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-7310 Modite - Life as a Gen Y leader - week eleven Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:57:19 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-7310 [...] And I’m wondering if what I really want is to become a workaholic. [...] [...] And I’m wondering if what I really want is to become a workaholic. [...]

]]> By: Modite - How to be productive when you’re sick http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-4897 Modite - How to be productive when you’re sick Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:23:06 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-4897 [...] Don’t the sick fairies know I have stuff to do? Really. My nose is so red and my skin is so pale, I look like Rudolph died. It’s not fun. And I’m trying to figure out how I can get some work done. Any work whatsoever. So I do a little work, and then I call my mom to check in on her, because as it turns out, even hundreds of miles away, she’s sick too. [...] [...] Don’t the sick fairies know I have stuff to do? Really. My nose is so red and my skin is so pale, I look like Rudolph died. It’s not fun. And I’m trying to figure out how I can get some work done. Any work whatsoever. So I do a little work, and then I call my mom to check in on her, because as it turns out, even hundreds of miles away, she’s sick too. [...]

]]> By: The Scratching Post http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/comment-page-1/#comment-4190 The Scratching Post Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:35:45 +0000 http://modite.com/blog/2007/10/12/the-real-generation-y-work-ethic/#comment-4190 <strong>Gen Y Work Ethic...</strong> This week I got to participate in interviews of some of our personnel who were applying for a coveted educational grant to do graduate work at local universities. It was my first exposure to the stereotyped Gen-Y narcissist... Gen Y Work Ethic…

This week I got to participate in interviews of some of our personnel who were applying for a coveted educational grant to do graduate work at local universities. It was my first exposure to the stereotyped Gen-Y narcissist…

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