Generation Y = Work to Live
Moby | 18/5/2005Apparently I’m not alone:
Prepare for generation Y or suffer staff shortages
Organizations keen to retain IT staff better start preparing for Generation Y.
The next generation of workers are more interested in achieving a work/life balance, an environment for which the IT industry isn’t exactly famous.
Andrew Cross, NSW sales and delivery manager for ICT specialist recruiter Diversiti, said retaining Gen-Y employees challenge companies.
Defined as those born between 1980 and 1995, these new workers are less motivated by money than previous generations because their focus is on personal fulfillment.
“They work to live, and they expect to go straight into a role with a lot of responsibility, instead of expecting to first pay their dues and prove their loyalty,” Cross said.
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Well I miss out on work to live by 2
Kat | 23/5/2005Well I miss out on work to live by 2 years. I guess that explains my tendancy to try to suffocate myself with my career. It creeps me out that according to those numbers you are a member of my little sisters generation and not mine.. weird! hehe.