Comments on: The "Millennials" Are Coming

Morley Safer On The New Generation Of American Workers

[hypnotoad72]

DonCordier - who takes most advantage of illegal labor? Are they not a part of the problem too?

I''m not going to deny there is a problem with the Millenials of today, but the problem is rather more encompassing. From what the media hypes up, to offshoring OF entry level jobs that allow people to move on up... to higher level jobs that are also being offshored.

We have news articles flip-flopping between the "lack" of available workers, and then other articles that say there is no shortage.

For many media companies having been consolidated, there''s wide a wide stance available in terms of what''s being said.

[hypnotoad72]

Let''''s sit back and laugh as the spoiled rotten millenials return home to roost with the parents who made them this way. Now the parents will support them, cater to them and have them as their own and probably their spouses and children. These spoiled brats will think their parents ''''owe'''' it to give them everything even as adults. Hey, how about a new car. Gee mom, I''''d like a house of my own but I don''''t want to have to go to work for it. As an older, dedicated employee who values my job, I will not put up with or sanction coddling the millenials. If they don''''t like coming to work on time, dressing appropriately and doing their work then they can walk down the street and get another job. When the employers wake up to the fact they don''''t have to put up with this nonsense the quicky job switching will evaporate and the millenials will have a wake-up call. Until then, good-bye and good luck in your new job.

Posted by etta_place
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With no jobs out there to be had, what are you talking about?

Otherwise I do understand and agree with your argument.

[loveofnature]

As a Baby Boomer who is raising two millenials I found this segment of 60 Minutes extremely amusing. Imagine: old fuddy duddies complaining about how lazy kids are nowadays. Gee, that sounds familiar. I got a big kick out of the videos showing twentysomethings in various stages of repose and all those hardworking, diligent middle agers trying to help. And how about Mr. Rogers as Public Enemy Number 1. That last bit had me nearly rolling on the floor! Seriously, 60 Minutes can do better than this ***.

[sharncedar]

Maybe these kids will finally force some positive change on some of these corporations. If corporations have to bend to attract these "spoiled" workers than we will all get some of the perks too.

Unfortunately what I"m seeing at my company is they are not hiring young people at all, only hiring offshore for the "entry level". I''ve seen this at other companies too, for all the hype about the millenials they are just not hiring them for skilled positions. It appears the foreigners are cheaper and more subservient and self-abased.

[yagernot]

When people (younger or older) don''t feel valued in the workplace (intrinsically or extrinsically), they either under-perform, act obnoxiously, goof off, or just move onto another career/job. Employers, in both public and private sector, need to do a better job making their place of employment a more enjoyable experience for their employees; especially the new/younger ones. If an employer isn''t going to pay everyone a six-figure salary, the most they can do is create accommodating work environment, unique perks, a recognition program of some kind, unique work environments such as telecommuting/work from home environments, provide opportunities for growth, and solicit feedback from some of these younger employees on how to make their workplace a place to continue to their career.

[mo081558]

It''s unfortunate that Morley Safer did not ask Mr. Dorsey if he thought that his parents might have been sacrificing for him, rather than the company. Unfortunately, this was a fluff piece that lacked any real journalistic substance.

[mo081558]

Ryan Dorsey simply does not have a clue.
"I remember my dad getting laid off and all these things growing up. And that''s ''cause they sacrificed for the company. Well, the first knee jerk reaction from me is I sure don''t want to do that. I''m going to be in it for me and I''m going to make it work," Dorsey says.

His assertion suggests that his father sacrificed for the company'' underscores blissful and selfish ignorance. His father sacrificed for him and his family. Sadly this type of sacrifice and understanding is far from his grasp.

[roseisarose2]

What a bunch of narrow-focused, unread, selfish, self-possessed, spoiled brats! Any corporate entity that puts up with this *** should be prepared for what will definitely be its undoing. Well, go for it, you Millenials! Go from job to job on your never ending search! Guess what?! It ain''t there! It never was and it never will be! What is there is work. Yes, it''s called "W-O-R-K"! But, that takes brains and a sense of history and looking around at the world outside your pathetic little bubbles! Good luck, you''re gonna need it because someday daddy and mommy ain''t going to be there...

[roseisarose2]

What a bunch of narrow-focused, unread, selfish, self-possessed, spoiled brats! Any corporate entity that puts up with this *** should be prepared for what will definitely be its undoing. Well, go for it, you Millenials! Go from job to job on your never ending search! Guess what?! It ain''t there! It never was and it never will be! What is there is work. Yes, it''s called "W-O-R-K"! But, that takes brains and a sense of history and looking around at the world outside your pathetic little bubbles! Good luck, you''re gonna need it because someday daddy and mommy ain''t going to be there...

[doncordier]

Watching this presentation was a very telling example of the what I call "the New Upside Down World"!!!

It exposes but one of the classic results of pansy, feel good parenting which has totally run amuck. This has resulted in the cultivation of a narcissistic generation and the characteristic disorder of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.

Similar consequences have resulted from the push towards the use of "politically correct" words and speech, indirect support of illegal immigration resulting from no significant willingness to protect the borders and so many other unintended (unwanted) changes in our culture and everyday life that I could go on ad nauseum.

This raises the question of why employers do not see the ready solution in the recruitment and hiring of the so called "senior citizen" employees that need/want to work, are reasonable in their expectations and results and possess highly developed skills rather than pandering to the "young and spoiled", self-centered perennial twelve year olds!

All is not lost as would be evidenced if "60 Minutes" were to do another feature about our current military. Almost all of these military folks are the antithesis of the young people described as "Millennials". They are not only technically savvy and extremely competent as-well-as understand well the quid pro quo arrangement of employer and employee responsibilities and duties to others.

[etta_place]

Let''s sit back and laugh as the spoiled rotten millenials return home to roost with the parents who made them this way. Now the parents will support them, cater to them and have them as their own and probably their spouses and children. These spoiled brats will think their parents ''owe'' it to give them everything even as adults. Hey, how about a new car. Gee mom, I''d like a house of my own but I don''t want to have to go to work for it. As an older, dedicated employee who values my job, I will not put up with or sanction coddling the millenials. If they don''t like coming to work on time, dressing appropriately and doing their work then they can walk down the street and get another job. When the employers wake up to the fact they don''t have to put up with this nonsense the quicky job switching will evaporate and the millenials will have a wake-up call. Until then, good-bye and good luck in your new job.

[askworldtraveler]

Reminds me of Rome a few thousand years ago.... fasten your seat belt USA -

[askworldtraveler]

Reminds me of Rome a few thousand years ago.... fasten your seat belt USA -

[hixnthestix]

The problem with kids being pandered to and who feel that we should make the business world suit their needs all started when our government in their not so wise wisdom declared the new "No child left behind" philosphy in our schools.

Not all kids of this Millenial generation should be seen as the same. There are a lot of young people who work hard for what they earn, do not live with their parents and do the best they can in an ever changing world and economy.

[hypnotoad72]

Please make your next report on where the jobs are that allow you to: 1) Get paid well; 2)are great jobs that you will like; 3) are full of praise for everything you do and 4)allow you to have your personal life as the priority rather than the business. I am anxiously awaiting this report as I could really use a job like that.

Posted by RalphZ1952
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I''ll respond to your points:

1. With time comes greater wealth and opportunity. (in theory)
2. One doesn''t need to like every aspect of the job, or at least it should pay well so the person can have free time for hobbies to distract from normal stressors
3. Praise along with disappointments; how else do people grow? (in theory, right now it''s not about growth)
4. Should be 50/50; loyalty being a two-way street

[hypnotoad72]

The parents (and Mr. Rogers) take the blame for the alleged shortcomings of the millenial generation. Aren''t

Posted by bkind2DOGS
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Also, who introduced offshoring? Barney the Oddly Shaped Dinosaur? Or Al Gore?

[hardworker44]

Where do I find a career like this. I''m tired of the woories and stress of rising a family and paying way way through my life. If I could live at home and quit my job when ever my boss was busting my chops or in these peoples life not appreciating me enough I would, especialy if like they say "I could make more money". Tell me of one career that gives you that freedom with the responsibilities of family and living expenses and I''m there. Show me the money

[credibility2]

The fact that now businesses are pandering to this egregious form of parenting and the pathetic by-product it produced, is yet another example of how we have hit rock-bottom. The millenials are a bunch of spoiled, over-indulged, undisciplined, entitled goof-offs who are worse than the so-called me generation of the 1980s. As long as businesses accommodate this glorified form of delusion and give these derelicts their undeserved due, businesses will continue being a part of the problem, and not the solution. These aren''t representative of the greatest generation. And for the juvenile that advocated having four jobs in a year, as if this was perfectly acceptable, I recommend major psychiatric counseling for themselves and their errant parents. What a bunch of boneheads!

[ralphz1952]

Please make your next report on where the jobs are that allow you to: 1) Get paid well; 2)are great jobs that you will like; 3) are full of praise for everything you do and 4)allow you to have your personal life as the priority rather than the business. I am anxiously awaiting this report as I could really use a job like that.

[a_m_thom]

I cannot fathom the gall and arrogance of Mariann Salzman to refer to "millenials" as "the greatest generation", especially on this Memorial Day weekend. Her comments cement my belief that ad agency exectuives are one of the shallowest forms of life we know of. I ask what kinds of sacrifices has this age group made for their country? Spending all of their allowance on consumer goods? Giving everybody got a ribbon at track and field day? They and their parents have thus contributed to the decline in U.S. economic competitiveness by railroading the selfish notion that we are each the center of the universe and people should treat us so. Perhaps someone at CBS can ask Tom Brokaw to contact Ms. Salzman to explain the significance of the real greatest generation. I could also recommend she sit through a screening of Saving Private Ryan, or maybe just take a trip to a local veterans home. If she has a shred of cognitive ability, I could further recommend Ken Burns series The War. While I am%