There's a decent, short BusinessWeek article posted up on AOL.com titled "A Boomer's Guide to Communicating with Gen X and Gen Y" that is actually pretty decent. I'd love to see this presented to a couple of my old bosses so that they might try to understand why most of us didn't enjoy working for them! :)
If I were to add anything, it would be under the "Compensation" section: Time off is compensation, and should always be negotiable. Give me 5 weeks off per year plus sick leave and I'll settle for a lower salary no problem. However, put stupid limits on what is and is not negotiable and, well, you already have me thinking your org is outmoded and outdated, needing a major HR overhaul (of course, what org doesn't need a major HR overhaul these days?). fwiw.
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Bingo. Most HR is still of the old corporate type and introducing new and still effective ways of managing employees and talent is tough. Flexible schedules and (god forbid) alternate dress just throw the entire school into an uproar.
I have a feeling that in 15 years, things will alter significantly as the older generation passes out of the business and X and Y start taking over; I can only hope for some new ideas that are more family and person friendly vs. the old "company man" strategy.
Posted by Nathan Pralle | September 30, 2008 11:10 AM
Posted on September 30, 2008 11:10