Despite the overall
assumption that members of the millennial generation are difficult to please,
recent evidence has indicated that millennials are most commonly their
employer’s most fervent supporters.
The millennial stigma
comes with labels of lazy, expecting everything to be handed to them and their
excessive need for approval. However, millennials are proving this wrong with
their dedication and enthusiasm for their jobs.
Businesswire.com[1]
recently released an analysis of employee engagement surveys, polled from 350
companies and 6.8 million workers. The results showed that 73% of millennials
would recommend their organizations and places of work to others, as “good
places to work compared to the 70% of the overall workforce.”
This research also
indicated that millennials are more positive about moving up in the company,
“54 percent favorable, compared to the 46 percent of the overall workforce,”
and 71% feel that their managers support their development. This not only shows
their enthusiasm for their current job, but it showcases a willingness to
create a name for themselves.
The analysis also
unearthed where millennials core values and faith lies within the company. This
generation tends to stake their belief in creating change and making this world
a better place. They’re thinking big, optimistically and are looking to
inspire. 71%, compared to 65% of the entire workforce, said they were in favor
of “the extent to which their companies are responding effectively to changes
in the business environment.” 78% were also in favor of the prospects of
success for their companies over the next 2-3 years. They were overwhelmingly
in favor of their companies treatment of people with respect as well as promoting
diversity in the workplace.
This analysis seems to
refute the common millennial stigma as it shows dedication and hard working
business men and women taking on the workplace challenges with an overarching
positivity.
They are not
intrinsically different humans from all who came before them, as most books,
articles, podcasts and business journals often suggest. New strategies are
being crafted every day on how to manage millennials’ sense of entitlement and
perceived laziness. It seems a bit silly to go through all this work in order
to understand this generation.
It is estimated that by
2025, millennials will make up 75% of the workforce. But based on the evidence
of this analysis combined with the fact that millennials are highly educated
and extremely tech savvy, it seems as though they will become a force of their
own in the business world.
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