Interesting perspective you shared. It was well written, and thank you for that.
Generally speaking, each generation tends to take issue with the generation that follows them. My parents were the same way, and their parents also had their complaints.
As you stated, the technology end of things has made a major impact upon businesses, and how employees (in certain situations, work with flex hours, etc. -- once approved by their employer). And you're right that millennials have basically grown up with technology at the forefront, of pretty much everything they're involved in. Technology expertise is an excellent skill to have when they enter the workforce.
Yet, what I've noticed from time to time (with "some" millennials) is a certain
disconnect with the other part of the equation. I think that some of them believe that they can work for a company, but
assume that the company will let them make their own rules from day one on the job -- flex hours, working off-site, extra time off, etc. (Note: Nothing against flex hours or working off site, for companies that have approved it, and had success with this model.) But looking back at my own generation, you just did what the boss said to do, and rarely had additional requests.
Where I worked, flex hours, working from home, etc., would have never been allowed as everyone in our office was needed there full-time, and we worked our butts off, supporting each other as well. Before I retired, a woman in her 20s joined the office. She flat out didn't want to work on Fridays and whined about a friend of hers (in another company) that had a keg of beer in the office on Fridays. She didn't last long, by the way.
However, we also had another 20-something person join the office, who was excellent and the salt of the earth.
Maybe a big part of this (as
@donaldtoo shared) is more about how you are raised -- with good role models, knowing the value of work, etc.). Regardless of any generation, maybe that's the real answer here.
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