As the year’s end approaches, millennials will be the largest generation in the workforce. And by 2030 they’ll compromise nearly 75 percent. Going off those numbers, Forbes offers some tips and guidelines with their piece of “Millennials In The Workplace: They Don’t Need Trophies But They Want Reinforcement.”
Those guidelines include:
- “They want to grow, even if that means growing out of your company.”
- “They want a coach, not a boss.”
- “They don’t want to waste time on the little things.”
- “They want balance and democracy.”
Millennials may not need trophies, but with such tips it seems like they may need more than reinforcement. A boss, or as Forbes suggests, a coach, will have to work more so with their employees.
It’s not just that check-ins are important, but how reviews are conducted. As point two mentions, for instance:
Point 4 reminds readers of companies such as Uber and Airbnb which “have have all built their companies on the idea of consumer equality in regards to accessibility and shared consciousness.” Forbes suggests then that “for Millennials, there is no reason why these same principles cannot be transitioned into the workplace.”
The idea of “balance and democracy” is not so much about “Millennial laziness,” but because their concern is with output.
Towards the end of the piece, with original emphasis, it is mentioned that “the most important thing to remember is that Millennials no longer work for you; they work with you.” These employees want to be part of their employer and the workforce in quite an involving way.
The ways in which millennials approach their work and their place of work may be an interesting, even bold one. How employers handle and adapt to such styles may be as equally interesting.
