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What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace?
- greenyoda 11y ago"Then, several days later, he noticed Mr. Pavelski tweet a link to Medium, a popular blog for cathartic, personal essays. In a post titled, 'How to Lose Your Mind and Build a Treehouse,' Mr. Pavelski wrote about feeling burned out at work and wanting to rebuild a childhood treehouse as therapy. The first line read, 'I said that I was leaving town for a funeral, but I lied.'" If employees feel that they need to make up a fictitious funeral to be able to justify a week's vacation (which they're probably entitled to by company policy), that suggests a work environment where management doesn't value work-life balance. No amount of "aggressively playful vibe" at work is a substitute for being able to take time off for yourself when you need it.
- pink_dinner 11y agoThe bit about respecting everyone's religion reminded me of my old company. They would celebrate everyone's birthday with a cake. As we gained more employees, we ended up having a cake day nearly every day of the week. Whether you like it or not, with more stories like this, many employers will eventually just avoid hiring millennials altogether. I honestly wouldn't want the hassle and there are plenty of people willing to follow the rules and actually work. It's also pretty easy to get an idea of a person's work ethic on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites. The environment described here sounds like a place that probably won't get much work done (and will not stay competitive). No discipline and workers that clearly have no respect for the bosses that hired them. With a 'frat-like' work environment, how are they not getting sued out of existence?