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Generational Encounters: Goodbye Boomers, 
Welcome Millennials 
Tanyeka Alexander 
Accounting Major 
University of Baltimore 
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Generational Encounters: Goodbye Boomers, Welcome Millennials 
“This is the fast future… we understand how the old world worked and how to 
effectively solve problems in the new one.” David Burstein 
When it comes to the topic of generational differences, most of us will readily agree that 
the shift from generation to generation is perpetual and inevitable. The greatest generational 
transformation in three decades is taking place directly; the arrival of Millennials in the 
workplace. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of what to do about 
the entry of the adjoining Millennials. Whereas some are convinced that a company must 
understand, embrace, engage and retain the innovative Millennial generation, others maintain 
that companies must dread the arrival of the spoiled Millennials, as the "dumbest generation" 
brings gloom, despair, and narcissism to the workplace. In this essay, I aim to explain 
generations and their generational groups, discuss the differences of values amongst two 
generational groups, speak of complaints amidst generational groups and combat the negative 
assertions about Millennials. I also want confer how managers can bridge the generational gap 
by proposing possible solutions and making changes to bring the generations to harmony; 
including advising Millennials about what they should understand about cultural norms of the 
workplace and what they need to know in order to become essential to an organization. In 
conclusion, then, as I suggested earlier, change is inevitable, the Millennials have arrived. 
Although the Millennial generation are a large contrast to their successors, the focus should be 
on welcoming them to the workforce and encouraging the retiring Baby Boomers to relinquish 
their wisdom to prepare and empower the Millennials in order to sustain future success of the 
organization.
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What bought on the inspiration for this discussion? 
Inspired by attending the Generational Symposium lectured by the Maryland 
Association of CPAs CEO Tom Hood and held by the New Young Professionals 
Network; a dynamic group within the MACPA, I left the event with a thirst to learn 
more. I wanted to further explore the subject of generational controversies in the 
workplace, particularly those generational cohorts leaving and approaching the 
career world. Within my research, I discovered a great deal of information. 
What is a generation and what divides them into generational groups? 
According to the International Journal of Management Reviews, a generation is largely 
interpreted as an “identifiable group that shares birth years, age, location and significant life 
events at critical developmental stages” (Parry and Urwin 79). Yet, there are some variations 
within the definition of generations. In her article in the Business Communication Quarterly, 
Nancy Schullery asserts that a generation is usually interpreted as having been born in an 
indicated range of birth years. Schullery also articulates that some even argue that those within 
common developmental years share life experiences like world events, natural disasters, 
economic conditions, pop culture and technology (Schullery 253). Cam Marston, an author with 
exceptional experience in workplace demographics, proclaims that, “Most people born in the 
same generation have very similar attitudes and value systems that they acquire while they are 
young and that remain with them throughout their lives” (Marston 22). There are four 
generational types in today’s workplace; listed by birth years, the types consist of those (born 
1920s – 1945) called the Silent Generation, (born 1946 – 1964) termed the Baby Boomers, (born 
1965 – 1980) dubbed Generation X, and the newest in the workplace (born 1981-2000) popularly 
labeled the Millennial Generation (Marston, 3).
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Certain attributes closely define these generational types. For instance, the Silent 
Generation also known as the Traditionalists, crowded around the radio. They were reared by 
hardworking farmers and as society transformed into industrialization, it was the Traditionalists 
who brought along a vigorous work ethic to the work force (Schullery 254). The Baby Boomers’ 
formative years were shaped by the arrival of television; it was historical for families to assemble 
around the television. They had the capability to view as well as listen about protests, 
movements, and assassinations such as Rev. Martin Luther King, and the brothers John F. 
Kennedy and Robert Kennedy (Schullery 254). Generation X, often termed the Lost Generation, 
were the first latch-key kids and grew up with Sesame Street (Schullery 254). One could assume 
their childhood details were lost as well, since they spent the majority of their after school time at 
home unsupervised until a parent came home. However, they are “truly a sandwich generation, 
who grew up in the shadow of the 80 million Baby Boomers and the 85 million Millennial 
generations” (Sujansky and Ferri-Reed 61). 
Lastly, the futuristic and adaptive Millennials, fondly termed Echo Boomers; they are the 
offspring of the Baby Boomers. The largest generation in history after the Boomers, the 
Millennials or Generation Y, “share the characteristic of having had one foot in the pre-Internet, 
pre-cell phone, pre-Facebook world, while the other foot is in the new world, as changed and 
redefined by the proliferation of web, mobile and social technologies” (Burstein xv). The 
Millennials came up as televisions took a back seat at to the birth of computers, where 
information 24/7 is possible due to the Internet. Millennials found out about the 2001 terrorist 
attacks online as well as the death of Nelson Mandela. The election of the first black President 
Barack Obama is another monumental event in time largely because of Millennials. “An 
emerging civic generation, Millennials, in numbers larger than Boomers, had elected him
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president” (Winograd and Hais 10). As a Millennial, I can verify that we’re most likely the last 
generation have had a pen pal, to record songs via cassette player, carry a Walkman or a boom 
box; now music is downloaded and carried on IPods, MP3 players and cell phones. I’ve 
witnessed using Polaroid and disposable cameras and now digital cameras are everywhere; in my 
youth computer games were Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Bejeweled and now you can play a 
mass multitude of games with anyone across the globe. We truly have evolved in this now 
futuristic, technical, and global world. 
Differences of Values within Generational Groups 
The focus of this paper is mainly on the generational types preparing to leave the 
workplace, the Boomers and the arriving generation, the Millennials. A blog post on CPA 
Success, by Bill Sheridan’s reflected on the MACPA’s 2013 Generational Symposium, where he 
paraphrased CEO Tom Hood’s statement “Everyone is talking about generational issues that are 
impacting the workforce… the Boomers complain to each other about the Millennials. The 
Millennials complain to each other about the Boomers (“Want to Solve”). Business Credit did a 
review on Motivating The "What's In It For Me?" Workforce by Cam Marston whom they quote: 
There is a clash of ideals brewing in today’s workplace: on the one side is the Baby 
Boomers who are in charge, experienced, averaging more than 50 hours per work week 
and used to getting things done their way; on the other is the Millennials who possess 
superior technical skills, are hardworking, but have different strategies for life and little 
regard for becoming part of the establishment… they have different definitions of 
success, are more interested in self-fulfillment and believe that a strong work ethic is no 
longer mandated by a 10-hour workday. (Motivating)
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There are differences amongst the two generational cohorts; The Boomers and the 
Millennials. One of Bill Sheridan’s blogs on CPA Success features an interview with author Cam 
Marston, who shares that both the Boomers and Millennials have similarities, like the love for 
interaction with other people (“Turning”). During that interview with Cam Marston, stereotypes 
were mentioned on both groups. About the Millennials: “They’re impetuous, shortsighted, 
demanding, unreasonable” while the Boomers “cling to “tribal knowledge”—all the stuff they 
know that can’t be printed or learned in a book” (“Turning”). Boomers habitually grumble about 
how the Millennials “just don’t have the same work ethic as they do. Well guess what? They 
don’t! This doesn’t mean they don’t have as good of a work ethic, it just means that they have a 
different work ethic than their parents” (Sujansky and Ferri-Reed 49). An article in Forbes 
defends Millennials in saying, “This generation’s priorities are not radically different than those 
of earlier generations – they are just attempting to meet their needs in different ways” (Taylor). 
Which this is true, there are several different ways to achieve results. 
Millennials hold a multitude of different values. For instance, in the book review on "The 
2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, And Keep Tomorrow’s 
Employees Today" Futurist depicts that the authors describe unique values of the Millennial 
generation, such as “freedom, personal choice, collaboration, corporate integrity, and 
innovation—and how these priorities will influence their professional lives” (The 2020 
Workplace). Speaking of their professional lives, authors Sujansky and Ferri-Reed emphasize 
how “Millennials look for companies that take an interest in their employees; companies whose 
leaders inspire and challenge them… Millennials relate best to companies that provide 
opportunities for advancement, interesting work and regular training. They want flexibility and 
control over both use of time on the job and time spent off the job” (Sujansky and Ferri-Reed
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49). As a Millennial utilizing on-campus career search resources, we’re taught we have to prove 
that we’re the best fit for the position and demonstrate what we can bring to the culture of the 
company. However, we’re also taught that we interview the company to be sure that the position 
is a good fit for our lifestyle. We’re taught to negotiate time, pay, and benefits; we’re also taught 
to ask about chances for advancement and many other values that may be of importance us. In an 
article on the study of the Millennial generation, the authors state “it is more important than ever 
for employers to understand the expectations that young people bring to the labor market… 
we’re not interviewing [Millennials], they’re interviewing us” (qtd. in Ng Schweitzer and Lyons 
282). 
Work-life balance is a value that Millennials hold dear. Values such as work-life balance 
means the same, if not more to the Millennial generation than it did to previous generations 
(Sujansky and Ferri-Reed 5). Millennials have witnessed their Boomer parents work those long 
hours just to fall prey to corporate downsizing and frequent layoffs (Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 
282). Due to this result, the authors Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons believe Millennials have become 
wary of being put in the same position, and choose “making a life” over “making a living” (qtd. 
in Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 282). To some Millennials, work-life balance can mean over and 
above their salary. The intense grasp of work-life balance seems to have come from the remorse 
over the nonappearance of their Boomer parents from occasions significantly important to them 
while growing up. Therefore their way of life does not include any of the substantial dedication 
to work that their Boomer parents have lived by. “They truly work to live rather than live to 
work” (Sujansky and Ferri-Reed 6-7). 
Time is treasured to the Millennial generation; it is costly and needs to be controlled as 
strictly and securely as money itself. “Time has become a very real currency” (Marston 122).
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This reminds me of one of my first mandatory college courses termed Becoming a Master 
Student. In this course, we learned about time management by being assigned to keeping a log of 
what we did every hour for one week. Upon completion, many of us found that while working, 
we may not have spent enough time studying or spent too much time sleeping or hanging out 
with friends and family, or more astonishing, found that we didn’t incorporate enough time in 
our schedules to even sit down to eat. Overall, we learned just how valuable those 168 hours 
were. “Time has always been a currency. But different generations value this currency in 
different ways. For Boomers, time has always been something to invest in the future… 
Millennials regard time as something they want to control, just like their money…. to them, time 
has an equal value to money” (Marston 5). Hence the common cliché “Time is money.” 
Millennials just don’t value the same things the way that previous generations deem as 
significant to them on the job. “Whichever generation you’re from, you can assume Millennials 
won’t necessarily be motivated by the same things that turn you on” (Lancaster and Stillman 72). 
The study by Parry and Urwin found that Boomer “employees were found generally to want to 
progress in terms of income, responsibility and influence within the organization” (Parry and 
Urwin 86). Their study also found that “members of Generation Y [Millennials] were attracted to 
organizations that invested heavily in training and development, cared about their employees as 
individuals, provided clear opportunities for long-term career progression, allowed variety in 
their daily work and had a dynamic forward-looking approach to their business” (Parry and 
Urwin 87). Within their article titled New Generation, Great Expectations: A Field Study of the 
Millennial Generation, authors Ng, Schweitzer, and Lyons discovered that Millennials “will 
have a high degree of choice in selecting the organizations for which they want to work, based
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on the kind of working conditions, opportunities, and flexibility employers can offer” (Ng, 
Schweitzer, and Lyons 282). 
Millennials want jobs with meanings. In the article New Generation, Great Expectations, 
the authors quote Lancaster and Stillman affirming that “Millennials are seeking much more in 
return for their hard work than a paycheck. They are also looking for work that is meaningful and 
fulfilling” (Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 283). The authors also assert that Millennials “have a low 
tolerance for less-than-challenging work” (qtd. in Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 283). A survey 
piloted by Millennial Branding revealed that 60% of Millennials left their corporation in under 
three years… “Millennials increasingly require some aspect of personal fulfillment from their 
jobs, and are willing to walk if they do not find it” (Meister). 
This is a problem that companies must face. Within an article in the New York Times, 
authors Smith and Aaker finds data which paints the picture that “Millennials appear to be more 
interested in living lives defined by meaning than by what some would call happiness” 
(Millennial Searchers). Their data also consists of a commissioned report by the Career Advisory 
Board which surveyed that “of nearly three-quarters of [Millennials] meaningful work was 
among the three most important factors defining career success… workers who find their jobs 
meaningful are more engaged and less likely to leave their current positions” (Millennial 
Searchers). The 2020 Workplace book review finds that “as dissatisfaction with their boss has 
become the number one reason they quit, they often switch from job to job… The Bureau of 
Labor Statistics reports that the average [Millennial] employee leaves his or her job every 1.3 
years” (qtd. in The 2020 Workplace). Authors Lancaster and Stillman proclaim that the outlook 
of changing occupations isn’t at all intimidating to Millennials. Many of them anticipate finding 
employment fairly easily (Lancaster and Stillman 4).
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Another important value amongst Millennials is immediate feedback and advancement in 
the workplace sooner, rather than later. Authors Lancaster and Stillman state “we will need to 
pick up the pace of feedback and rewards if we want to maximize their value” (Lancaster and 
Stillman 73). The authors also place an emphasis on the importance of feedback. “When a 
Millennial turns in an assignment, you’re likely to get an email ten minutes later asking of you 
received it and a text message five minutes after that asking if you got the e-mail” (Lancaster and 
Stillman 73). When speaking on rewards, the authors say “rewards don’t have to be BIG to be 
meaningful… small things go a long way” (Lancaster and Stillman 72-73). They suggest gift 
cards or gadgets, a personal day off, decorating a deserving Millennial’s chair, letting them plan 
the next party. They also suggest that managers “reward while it’s still rewarding… [A reward] 
isn’t half as meaningful a month later as it would have been on the day of the accomplishment” 
(Lancaster and Stillman 73). 
Other facts on the Millennials’ career-related expectations involve the prospect of rapid 
advancement. In their field study, authors Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons find that “more than two-thirds 
of respondents [Millennials] expect to be promoted within the first 18 months in their first 
job. The average expectation for promotion was 15.1 months” (Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 285). 
In Keeping the Millennials, Sujansky and Ferri-Reed proclaim that Millennials expect to 
progress along their career paths more swiftly than their parents. They watched their moms and 
dads wait for years on end to receive the advancements they earned. “Millennials want 
promotions, too, but they want them now; not 5, 10, or 20 years from now (Sujansky and Ferri- 
Reed 7). This reminds me of the movie Click, with actor Adam Sandler who plays Michael, a 
workhorse trying to impress his thankless boss and earn a much deserved promotion. In the 
movie Michael finds a magical remote that can accelerate time, in which he utilizes to skip
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forward pieces of his life to his promotions. Motivated by promises of advancement from his 
ungracious boss, he skipped one year of his life to become partner and skips another 10 years to 
become CEO. The moral learned by Michael was that he sacrificed time with family and that he 
wasn’t there for his wife and children. When thinking of this significant amount of time spent 
waiting on a promotion, the vision brings to mind Kimberly Wilkins a.k.a. Sweet Brown whose 
YouTube video went viral because she exclaimed “Ain’t nobody got time for that!” As stated 
earlier, time is valuable to Millennials, more valuable than money. The time that Boomers have 
sacrificed, we Millennials don’t want to sacrifice that kind of time. While we value work, we 
want to attend to life as well. 
Negative Assertions 
Some claim that Millennials are troubling. Even make claims that the 
Millennial generation is an entitled bunch. Joel Stein calls Millennials the “Me Me 
Me Generation” in the Times magazine (Stein and Sanburn). Stein claims “poor 
Millennials have even higher rates of narcissism, materialism and technology 
addiction in their ghetto-fabulous lives” (Stein and Sanburn). Stein says his claims 
have proof, which are based on facts like studies, statistics, and even quotes from 
esteemed academics as to why he can call Millennials “lazy, entitled, selfish and 
shallow” (Stein and Sanburn). In the Times article, Stein clams that “Millennials got 
so many participation trophies growing up that a recent study showed that 40% 
believe they should be promoted every two years, regardless of performance” (Stein 
and Sanburn). On the topic of socializing, he says they [Millennials] socialize every 
hour via cellphones, “they send and receive an average of 88 texts a day… they’re 
living under the constant influence of their friends” (Stein and Sanburn). Stein even
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goes as far as to quote an English professor at Emory, Mark Bauerlein, who wrote 
The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and 
Jeopardizes our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone under 30) who says that “Peer 
pressure is anti-intellectual. It is anti-historical. It is anti-eloquence” (qtd. in Stein 
and Sanburn). Stein quotes Bauerlein again “To develop intellectually you’ve got to 
relate to older people, older things” (qtd. in Stein and Sanburn). To Stein, 
Millennials are connecting all day but mostly through a screen. “Seventy percent of 
them check their phones every hour… they’re deeply anxious about missing out on 
something better” (Stein and Sanburn). According to Stein, “What they 
[Millennials] do understand is how to turn themselves into brands, with “friend” 
and “follower” tallies that serve as sales figures” (Stein and Sanburn). Mark 
Bauerlein expresses how several books have joined his book The Dumbest 
Generation, claiming that together they form an “alliance to slow the headlong rush 
to technologize learning, reading, writing, and social and intellectual life” 
(Bauerlein viii). Bauerlein declares that “Maturity follows a formula: the more kids 
[Millennials or people under 30] contact one another, the less they heed the tutelage 
of adults” (Bauerlein ix). Utilizing Sheridan’s blog post on solving generational 
issues to provide insight to Boomers such as Stein and Bauerlein, “Millennials are 
not selfish, lazy and uncaring job-hoppers. They just don’t look at a job as a career 
until it helps them make a difference. Research shows most Millennials would 
prefer not to job-hop” (Want To Solve). 
I have to agree with the authors of the M-Factor who say “It’s too easy to go negative 
and sound a warning cry about the troubling generation… the negativity trap is appealing, but
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it’s a big waste of time (Lancaster and Stillman 12). David Burstein, a Millennial, stated in Fast 
Future “Millennials are not strangers to criticism-- or, for that matter to having our power and 
influence overlooked, ignored, or doubted” (Burstein xix). I concur that negativity and 
complaints are big waste of time because the Millennials have arrived, change is inevitable. 
Burstein said it best in his book, “Change is fast and constant” (Burstein xv). Forbes staff 
member Kate Taylor wrote that Millennials are deemed as the generation faithful to change 
(Taylor). 
Implications for Managers 
It’s time to communicate and work together to figure out exactly how to work together. 
Management must address this situation appropriately, or they lose out deeply. Forbes 
contributor, Jeanne Meister posted in the Leadership section in reference to hiring managers, 
“After all, they can’t simply avoid Millennials – 40 million of them are already in the workforce, 
and by the year 2025, they’ll make up three out of every four workers worldwide, according to 
Time magazine” (Meister). An article within the CPA Insider provides insight as to how 
managers can get the most out of Millennials. Share meaning; help Millennial employees see the 
bigger picture as to how their work fits into the overall process and affects the work of others 
within the company (Griffiths). The article also shares that managers need to contemplate 
altering older hierarchical models that are intended to control and restrict the flow of information 
(Griffiths). This makes perfect sense, I mean, why have a company with an “open door policy” 
yet the flow of information is restricted? A most favored suggestion on how to engage 
Millennials as they need to feel that company managers have an interest in their career 
development and are open to sharing their wisdom. The implication is for managers to “share 
your knowledge and perspective… what is your firm doing to transfer knowledge and
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perspective from experienced partners to younger generations?” (Griffiths) Meister also gives a 
few action steps for managers to address in the employee on-boarding process: 
! Making training and mentoring a main concern; you’re dealing with a cohort that’s 
accustomed to getting a lot of feedback and one-on-one treatment. 
! Provide feedback frequently and promptly; Millennials are familiar with constant 
feedback. 
! Pause before responding; generational indignation does not lead to the behavior 
transformation you’re looking for in the workplace. (Meister) 
What Millennials Need to Know 
A few suggestions for Millennials to understand workplace cultural norms are in order as 
well. Millennials will need to learn a lot of skills that aren’t taught in the classroom. Jenna 
Gourdreau shares a few to the Millennial generation entering the workforce: 
! You are the future; you have to situate yourself to take one of these chief leadership 
roles when the workforce switches and older generations retire. 
! You’ll need to collaborate with people from other generations; by learning how to 
manage relationships with those in other generations, you will become more 
advantageous. 
! You’ll need a lot of skills you possibly don’t have right now; it’s never been 
uncomplicated to obtain hard skills — and those abilities will only get you so far. 
Companies are looking for leadership, organizational, teamwork, listening, and 
coaching talents. (Gourdreau)
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Conclusion: What I Say 
The point Jeanne Meister and Jenna Gourdreau is trying to make along with Bill 
Sheridan, Tom Hood, and even Cam Marston is that communication is key and preparation for 
changes should be in order. Ignoring problems retaining the new Millennials or complaining 
about generational issues won’t fix the problem. As an aspiring accountant, approaching 
graduation, I concur. An article within the Journal of Accountancy expresses that the supply and 
demand for accounting talent is at its highest levels. This is great news, for the article reports that 
this extremely high hiring activity has also lead to a recruiting competition for the up-and-coming 
accountants’ talents. The author of the article Chris Baysden affirms that “With so many 
members of the Baby Boomer generation set to retire in the coming decade, it is important for 
firms to retain all the new hires they are making… Generation Y [Millennials] will continue to 
ramp up its presence—bringing with it the need for more coaching on how to work together as a 
multigenerational workforce” (Supply and Demand). 
Thinking of Turning Generational Issues into Opportunities, where Cam Marston shares 
with Bill Sheridan that the Boomers leaving the workplace should shift their wisdom to the 
succeeding generations by taking the first step, which is mentoring (Turning). “They need to be 
thinking of the legacy of their practice, and that will be gained through mentoring” (Turning). 
Upon reading this, I immediately pictured Dennis Haysbert from the Allstate commercials 
popping up behind complaining Boomers asking “Is the future of your organization in good 
hands?” 
Which is a great question—inquiring minds would like to know, why would managers, 
directors, or those who hold higher positions who’ve invested time and worked their way up the 
ladder go search for “fresh and innovative talent” (terms I’ve seen stressed during searches for
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employment) and then complain when you get diamonds in the rough? It would make sense to 
find ways to help those jewels to shine in ways that they can feel great about improving the 
company and the improvement of themselves within the company. This should be viewed as a 
gift that keeps on giving. Preparing to leave the company, one should engage, nurture and share 
wisdom with the succeeding generation that will eventually be running the company. Time is 
being wasted resenting and complaining; eventually the predecessors have to go. Why not leave 
your organization in good hands?
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Generational Encounters: Welcoming Millennials and Harnessing Boomer Wisdom

  • 1. Alexander) 1) Generational Encounters: Goodbye Boomers, Welcome Millennials Tanyeka Alexander Accounting Major University of Baltimore )
  • 2. Alexander) 2) Generational Encounters: Goodbye Boomers, Welcome Millennials “This is the fast future… we understand how the old world worked and how to effectively solve problems in the new one.” David Burstein When it comes to the topic of generational differences, most of us will readily agree that the shift from generation to generation is perpetual and inevitable. The greatest generational transformation in three decades is taking place directly; the arrival of Millennials in the workplace. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of what to do about the entry of the adjoining Millennials. Whereas some are convinced that a company must understand, embrace, engage and retain the innovative Millennial generation, others maintain that companies must dread the arrival of the spoiled Millennials, as the "dumbest generation" brings gloom, despair, and narcissism to the workplace. In this essay, I aim to explain generations and their generational groups, discuss the differences of values amongst two generational groups, speak of complaints amidst generational groups and combat the negative assertions about Millennials. I also want confer how managers can bridge the generational gap by proposing possible solutions and making changes to bring the generations to harmony; including advising Millennials about what they should understand about cultural norms of the workplace and what they need to know in order to become essential to an organization. In conclusion, then, as I suggested earlier, change is inevitable, the Millennials have arrived. Although the Millennial generation are a large contrast to their successors, the focus should be on welcoming them to the workforce and encouraging the retiring Baby Boomers to relinquish their wisdom to prepare and empower the Millennials in order to sustain future success of the organization.
  • 3. Alexander) 3) What bought on the inspiration for this discussion? Inspired by attending the Generational Symposium lectured by the Maryland Association of CPAs CEO Tom Hood and held by the New Young Professionals Network; a dynamic group within the MACPA, I left the event with a thirst to learn more. I wanted to further explore the subject of generational controversies in the workplace, particularly those generational cohorts leaving and approaching the career world. Within my research, I discovered a great deal of information. What is a generation and what divides them into generational groups? According to the International Journal of Management Reviews, a generation is largely interpreted as an “identifiable group that shares birth years, age, location and significant life events at critical developmental stages” (Parry and Urwin 79). Yet, there are some variations within the definition of generations. In her article in the Business Communication Quarterly, Nancy Schullery asserts that a generation is usually interpreted as having been born in an indicated range of birth years. Schullery also articulates that some even argue that those within common developmental years share life experiences like world events, natural disasters, economic conditions, pop culture and technology (Schullery 253). Cam Marston, an author with exceptional experience in workplace demographics, proclaims that, “Most people born in the same generation have very similar attitudes and value systems that they acquire while they are young and that remain with them throughout their lives” (Marston 22). There are four generational types in today’s workplace; listed by birth years, the types consist of those (born 1920s – 1945) called the Silent Generation, (born 1946 – 1964) termed the Baby Boomers, (born 1965 – 1980) dubbed Generation X, and the newest in the workplace (born 1981-2000) popularly labeled the Millennial Generation (Marston, 3).
  • 4. Alexander) 4) Certain attributes closely define these generational types. For instance, the Silent Generation also known as the Traditionalists, crowded around the radio. They were reared by hardworking farmers and as society transformed into industrialization, it was the Traditionalists who brought along a vigorous work ethic to the work force (Schullery 254). The Baby Boomers’ formative years were shaped by the arrival of television; it was historical for families to assemble around the television. They had the capability to view as well as listen about protests, movements, and assassinations such as Rev. Martin Luther King, and the brothers John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy (Schullery 254). Generation X, often termed the Lost Generation, were the first latch-key kids and grew up with Sesame Street (Schullery 254). One could assume their childhood details were lost as well, since they spent the majority of their after school time at home unsupervised until a parent came home. However, they are “truly a sandwich generation, who grew up in the shadow of the 80 million Baby Boomers and the 85 million Millennial generations” (Sujansky and Ferri-Reed 61). Lastly, the futuristic and adaptive Millennials, fondly termed Echo Boomers; they are the offspring of the Baby Boomers. The largest generation in history after the Boomers, the Millennials or Generation Y, “share the characteristic of having had one foot in the pre-Internet, pre-cell phone, pre-Facebook world, while the other foot is in the new world, as changed and redefined by the proliferation of web, mobile and social technologies” (Burstein xv). The Millennials came up as televisions took a back seat at to the birth of computers, where information 24/7 is possible due to the Internet. Millennials found out about the 2001 terrorist attacks online as well as the death of Nelson Mandela. The election of the first black President Barack Obama is another monumental event in time largely because of Millennials. “An emerging civic generation, Millennials, in numbers larger than Boomers, had elected him
  • 5. Alexander) 5) president” (Winograd and Hais 10). As a Millennial, I can verify that we’re most likely the last generation have had a pen pal, to record songs via cassette player, carry a Walkman or a boom box; now music is downloaded and carried on IPods, MP3 players and cell phones. I’ve witnessed using Polaroid and disposable cameras and now digital cameras are everywhere; in my youth computer games were Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Bejeweled and now you can play a mass multitude of games with anyone across the globe. We truly have evolved in this now futuristic, technical, and global world. Differences of Values within Generational Groups The focus of this paper is mainly on the generational types preparing to leave the workplace, the Boomers and the arriving generation, the Millennials. A blog post on CPA Success, by Bill Sheridan’s reflected on the MACPA’s 2013 Generational Symposium, where he paraphrased CEO Tom Hood’s statement “Everyone is talking about generational issues that are impacting the workforce… the Boomers complain to each other about the Millennials. The Millennials complain to each other about the Boomers (“Want to Solve”). Business Credit did a review on Motivating The "What's In It For Me?" Workforce by Cam Marston whom they quote: There is a clash of ideals brewing in today’s workplace: on the one side is the Baby Boomers who are in charge, experienced, averaging more than 50 hours per work week and used to getting things done their way; on the other is the Millennials who possess superior technical skills, are hardworking, but have different strategies for life and little regard for becoming part of the establishment… they have different definitions of success, are more interested in self-fulfillment and believe that a strong work ethic is no longer mandated by a 10-hour workday. (Motivating)
  • 6. Alexander) 6) There are differences amongst the two generational cohorts; The Boomers and the Millennials. One of Bill Sheridan’s blogs on CPA Success features an interview with author Cam Marston, who shares that both the Boomers and Millennials have similarities, like the love for interaction with other people (“Turning”). During that interview with Cam Marston, stereotypes were mentioned on both groups. About the Millennials: “They’re impetuous, shortsighted, demanding, unreasonable” while the Boomers “cling to “tribal knowledge”—all the stuff they know that can’t be printed or learned in a book” (“Turning”). Boomers habitually grumble about how the Millennials “just don’t have the same work ethic as they do. Well guess what? They don’t! This doesn’t mean they don’t have as good of a work ethic, it just means that they have a different work ethic than their parents” (Sujansky and Ferri-Reed 49). An article in Forbes defends Millennials in saying, “This generation’s priorities are not radically different than those of earlier generations – they are just attempting to meet their needs in different ways” (Taylor). Which this is true, there are several different ways to achieve results. Millennials hold a multitude of different values. For instance, in the book review on "The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop, And Keep Tomorrow’s Employees Today" Futurist depicts that the authors describe unique values of the Millennial generation, such as “freedom, personal choice, collaboration, corporate integrity, and innovation—and how these priorities will influence their professional lives” (The 2020 Workplace). Speaking of their professional lives, authors Sujansky and Ferri-Reed emphasize how “Millennials look for companies that take an interest in their employees; companies whose leaders inspire and challenge them… Millennials relate best to companies that provide opportunities for advancement, interesting work and regular training. They want flexibility and control over both use of time on the job and time spent off the job” (Sujansky and Ferri-Reed
  • 7. Alexander) 7) 49). As a Millennial utilizing on-campus career search resources, we’re taught we have to prove that we’re the best fit for the position and demonstrate what we can bring to the culture of the company. However, we’re also taught that we interview the company to be sure that the position is a good fit for our lifestyle. We’re taught to negotiate time, pay, and benefits; we’re also taught to ask about chances for advancement and many other values that may be of importance us. In an article on the study of the Millennial generation, the authors state “it is more important than ever for employers to understand the expectations that young people bring to the labor market… we’re not interviewing [Millennials], they’re interviewing us” (qtd. in Ng Schweitzer and Lyons 282). Work-life balance is a value that Millennials hold dear. Values such as work-life balance means the same, if not more to the Millennial generation than it did to previous generations (Sujansky and Ferri-Reed 5). Millennials have witnessed their Boomer parents work those long hours just to fall prey to corporate downsizing and frequent layoffs (Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 282). Due to this result, the authors Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons believe Millennials have become wary of being put in the same position, and choose “making a life” over “making a living” (qtd. in Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 282). To some Millennials, work-life balance can mean over and above their salary. The intense grasp of work-life balance seems to have come from the remorse over the nonappearance of their Boomer parents from occasions significantly important to them while growing up. Therefore their way of life does not include any of the substantial dedication to work that their Boomer parents have lived by. “They truly work to live rather than live to work” (Sujansky and Ferri-Reed 6-7). Time is treasured to the Millennial generation; it is costly and needs to be controlled as strictly and securely as money itself. “Time has become a very real currency” (Marston 122).
  • 8. Alexander) 8) This reminds me of one of my first mandatory college courses termed Becoming a Master Student. In this course, we learned about time management by being assigned to keeping a log of what we did every hour for one week. Upon completion, many of us found that while working, we may not have spent enough time studying or spent too much time sleeping or hanging out with friends and family, or more astonishing, found that we didn’t incorporate enough time in our schedules to even sit down to eat. Overall, we learned just how valuable those 168 hours were. “Time has always been a currency. But different generations value this currency in different ways. For Boomers, time has always been something to invest in the future… Millennials regard time as something they want to control, just like their money…. to them, time has an equal value to money” (Marston 5). Hence the common cliché “Time is money.” Millennials just don’t value the same things the way that previous generations deem as significant to them on the job. “Whichever generation you’re from, you can assume Millennials won’t necessarily be motivated by the same things that turn you on” (Lancaster and Stillman 72). The study by Parry and Urwin found that Boomer “employees were found generally to want to progress in terms of income, responsibility and influence within the organization” (Parry and Urwin 86). Their study also found that “members of Generation Y [Millennials] were attracted to organizations that invested heavily in training and development, cared about their employees as individuals, provided clear opportunities for long-term career progression, allowed variety in their daily work and had a dynamic forward-looking approach to their business” (Parry and Urwin 87). Within their article titled New Generation, Great Expectations: A Field Study of the Millennial Generation, authors Ng, Schweitzer, and Lyons discovered that Millennials “will have a high degree of choice in selecting the organizations for which they want to work, based
  • 9. Alexander) 9) on the kind of working conditions, opportunities, and flexibility employers can offer” (Ng, Schweitzer, and Lyons 282). Millennials want jobs with meanings. In the article New Generation, Great Expectations, the authors quote Lancaster and Stillman affirming that “Millennials are seeking much more in return for their hard work than a paycheck. They are also looking for work that is meaningful and fulfilling” (Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 283). The authors also assert that Millennials “have a low tolerance for less-than-challenging work” (qtd. in Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 283). A survey piloted by Millennial Branding revealed that 60% of Millennials left their corporation in under three years… “Millennials increasingly require some aspect of personal fulfillment from their jobs, and are willing to walk if they do not find it” (Meister). This is a problem that companies must face. Within an article in the New York Times, authors Smith and Aaker finds data which paints the picture that “Millennials appear to be more interested in living lives defined by meaning than by what some would call happiness” (Millennial Searchers). Their data also consists of a commissioned report by the Career Advisory Board which surveyed that “of nearly three-quarters of [Millennials] meaningful work was among the three most important factors defining career success… workers who find their jobs meaningful are more engaged and less likely to leave their current positions” (Millennial Searchers). The 2020 Workplace book review finds that “as dissatisfaction with their boss has become the number one reason they quit, they often switch from job to job… The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average [Millennial] employee leaves his or her job every 1.3 years” (qtd. in The 2020 Workplace). Authors Lancaster and Stillman proclaim that the outlook of changing occupations isn’t at all intimidating to Millennials. Many of them anticipate finding employment fairly easily (Lancaster and Stillman 4).
  • 10. Alexander) 10) Another important value amongst Millennials is immediate feedback and advancement in the workplace sooner, rather than later. Authors Lancaster and Stillman state “we will need to pick up the pace of feedback and rewards if we want to maximize their value” (Lancaster and Stillman 73). The authors also place an emphasis on the importance of feedback. “When a Millennial turns in an assignment, you’re likely to get an email ten minutes later asking of you received it and a text message five minutes after that asking if you got the e-mail” (Lancaster and Stillman 73). When speaking on rewards, the authors say “rewards don’t have to be BIG to be meaningful… small things go a long way” (Lancaster and Stillman 72-73). They suggest gift cards or gadgets, a personal day off, decorating a deserving Millennial’s chair, letting them plan the next party. They also suggest that managers “reward while it’s still rewarding… [A reward] isn’t half as meaningful a month later as it would have been on the day of the accomplishment” (Lancaster and Stillman 73). Other facts on the Millennials’ career-related expectations involve the prospect of rapid advancement. In their field study, authors Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons find that “more than two-thirds of respondents [Millennials] expect to be promoted within the first 18 months in their first job. The average expectation for promotion was 15.1 months” (Ng, Schweitzer and Lyons 285). In Keeping the Millennials, Sujansky and Ferri-Reed proclaim that Millennials expect to progress along their career paths more swiftly than their parents. They watched their moms and dads wait for years on end to receive the advancements they earned. “Millennials want promotions, too, but they want them now; not 5, 10, or 20 years from now (Sujansky and Ferri- Reed 7). This reminds me of the movie Click, with actor Adam Sandler who plays Michael, a workhorse trying to impress his thankless boss and earn a much deserved promotion. In the movie Michael finds a magical remote that can accelerate time, in which he utilizes to skip
  • 11. Alexander) 11) forward pieces of his life to his promotions. Motivated by promises of advancement from his ungracious boss, he skipped one year of his life to become partner and skips another 10 years to become CEO. The moral learned by Michael was that he sacrificed time with family and that he wasn’t there for his wife and children. When thinking of this significant amount of time spent waiting on a promotion, the vision brings to mind Kimberly Wilkins a.k.a. Sweet Brown whose YouTube video went viral because she exclaimed “Ain’t nobody got time for that!” As stated earlier, time is valuable to Millennials, more valuable than money. The time that Boomers have sacrificed, we Millennials don’t want to sacrifice that kind of time. While we value work, we want to attend to life as well. Negative Assertions Some claim that Millennials are troubling. Even make claims that the Millennial generation is an entitled bunch. Joel Stein calls Millennials the “Me Me Me Generation” in the Times magazine (Stein and Sanburn). Stein claims “poor Millennials have even higher rates of narcissism, materialism and technology addiction in their ghetto-fabulous lives” (Stein and Sanburn). Stein says his claims have proof, which are based on facts like studies, statistics, and even quotes from esteemed academics as to why he can call Millennials “lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow” (Stein and Sanburn). In the Times article, Stein clams that “Millennials got so many participation trophies growing up that a recent study showed that 40% believe they should be promoted every two years, regardless of performance” (Stein and Sanburn). On the topic of socializing, he says they [Millennials] socialize every hour via cellphones, “they send and receive an average of 88 texts a day… they’re living under the constant influence of their friends” (Stein and Sanburn). Stein even
  • 12. Alexander) 12) goes as far as to quote an English professor at Emory, Mark Bauerlein, who wrote The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future (Or, Don’t Trust Anyone under 30) who says that “Peer pressure is anti-intellectual. It is anti-historical. It is anti-eloquence” (qtd. in Stein and Sanburn). Stein quotes Bauerlein again “To develop intellectually you’ve got to relate to older people, older things” (qtd. in Stein and Sanburn). To Stein, Millennials are connecting all day but mostly through a screen. “Seventy percent of them check their phones every hour… they’re deeply anxious about missing out on something better” (Stein and Sanburn). According to Stein, “What they [Millennials] do understand is how to turn themselves into brands, with “friend” and “follower” tallies that serve as sales figures” (Stein and Sanburn). Mark Bauerlein expresses how several books have joined his book The Dumbest Generation, claiming that together they form an “alliance to slow the headlong rush to technologize learning, reading, writing, and social and intellectual life” (Bauerlein viii). Bauerlein declares that “Maturity follows a formula: the more kids [Millennials or people under 30] contact one another, the less they heed the tutelage of adults” (Bauerlein ix). Utilizing Sheridan’s blog post on solving generational issues to provide insight to Boomers such as Stein and Bauerlein, “Millennials are not selfish, lazy and uncaring job-hoppers. They just don’t look at a job as a career until it helps them make a difference. Research shows most Millennials would prefer not to job-hop” (Want To Solve). I have to agree with the authors of the M-Factor who say “It’s too easy to go negative and sound a warning cry about the troubling generation… the negativity trap is appealing, but
  • 13. Alexander) 13) it’s a big waste of time (Lancaster and Stillman 12). David Burstein, a Millennial, stated in Fast Future “Millennials are not strangers to criticism-- or, for that matter to having our power and influence overlooked, ignored, or doubted” (Burstein xix). I concur that negativity and complaints are big waste of time because the Millennials have arrived, change is inevitable. Burstein said it best in his book, “Change is fast and constant” (Burstein xv). Forbes staff member Kate Taylor wrote that Millennials are deemed as the generation faithful to change (Taylor). Implications for Managers It’s time to communicate and work together to figure out exactly how to work together. Management must address this situation appropriately, or they lose out deeply. Forbes contributor, Jeanne Meister posted in the Leadership section in reference to hiring managers, “After all, they can’t simply avoid Millennials – 40 million of them are already in the workforce, and by the year 2025, they’ll make up three out of every four workers worldwide, according to Time magazine” (Meister). An article within the CPA Insider provides insight as to how managers can get the most out of Millennials. Share meaning; help Millennial employees see the bigger picture as to how their work fits into the overall process and affects the work of others within the company (Griffiths). The article also shares that managers need to contemplate altering older hierarchical models that are intended to control and restrict the flow of information (Griffiths). This makes perfect sense, I mean, why have a company with an “open door policy” yet the flow of information is restricted? A most favored suggestion on how to engage Millennials as they need to feel that company managers have an interest in their career development and are open to sharing their wisdom. The implication is for managers to “share your knowledge and perspective… what is your firm doing to transfer knowledge and
  • 14. Alexander) 14) perspective from experienced partners to younger generations?” (Griffiths) Meister also gives a few action steps for managers to address in the employee on-boarding process: ! Making training and mentoring a main concern; you’re dealing with a cohort that’s accustomed to getting a lot of feedback and one-on-one treatment. ! Provide feedback frequently and promptly; Millennials are familiar with constant feedback. ! Pause before responding; generational indignation does not lead to the behavior transformation you’re looking for in the workplace. (Meister) What Millennials Need to Know A few suggestions for Millennials to understand workplace cultural norms are in order as well. Millennials will need to learn a lot of skills that aren’t taught in the classroom. Jenna Gourdreau shares a few to the Millennial generation entering the workforce: ! You are the future; you have to situate yourself to take one of these chief leadership roles when the workforce switches and older generations retire. ! You’ll need to collaborate with people from other generations; by learning how to manage relationships with those in other generations, you will become more advantageous. ! You’ll need a lot of skills you possibly don’t have right now; it’s never been uncomplicated to obtain hard skills — and those abilities will only get you so far. Companies are looking for leadership, organizational, teamwork, listening, and coaching talents. (Gourdreau)
  • 15. Alexander) 15) Conclusion: What I Say The point Jeanne Meister and Jenna Gourdreau is trying to make along with Bill Sheridan, Tom Hood, and even Cam Marston is that communication is key and preparation for changes should be in order. Ignoring problems retaining the new Millennials or complaining about generational issues won’t fix the problem. As an aspiring accountant, approaching graduation, I concur. An article within the Journal of Accountancy expresses that the supply and demand for accounting talent is at its highest levels. This is great news, for the article reports that this extremely high hiring activity has also lead to a recruiting competition for the up-and-coming accountants’ talents. The author of the article Chris Baysden affirms that “With so many members of the Baby Boomer generation set to retire in the coming decade, it is important for firms to retain all the new hires they are making… Generation Y [Millennials] will continue to ramp up its presence—bringing with it the need for more coaching on how to work together as a multigenerational workforce” (Supply and Demand). Thinking of Turning Generational Issues into Opportunities, where Cam Marston shares with Bill Sheridan that the Boomers leaving the workplace should shift their wisdom to the succeeding generations by taking the first step, which is mentoring (Turning). “They need to be thinking of the legacy of their practice, and that will be gained through mentoring” (Turning). Upon reading this, I immediately pictured Dennis Haysbert from the Allstate commercials popping up behind complaining Boomers asking “Is the future of your organization in good hands?” Which is a great question—inquiring minds would like to know, why would managers, directors, or those who hold higher positions who’ve invested time and worked their way up the ladder go search for “fresh and innovative talent” (terms I’ve seen stressed during searches for
  • 16. Alexander) 16) employment) and then complain when you get diamonds in the rough? It would make sense to find ways to help those jewels to shine in ways that they can feel great about improving the company and the improvement of themselves within the company. This should be viewed as a gift that keeps on giving. Preparing to leave the company, one should engage, nurture and share wisdom with the succeeding generation that will eventually be running the company. Time is being wasted resenting and complaining; eventually the predecessors have to go. Why not leave your organization in good hands?
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