Are Millennials really Different? 5

[zdas04]

OK, we've heard it. And heard it. An heard it again--"millennials are different, they need different things from a workplace". A new study from Hay Research that looked at over 5 million employees finds it to be just another bullshit myth. Folks remain folks and the big difference between generations remains ... age. People in their 20's look at things differently from the way people in their 30's look at things. Always have. Always will.

Perceived generational differences are both nonsense and self-fulfilling prophecies (i.e., if you think someone needs to be treated differently, and you do, then they respond to the different treatment just like any generation would have). There is a story from Inc. Magazine about the study at A 5-Year Study Reveals the Truth About What Each Generation Wants in the Workplace (It's Not What You Think) The actual report can be downloaded at Hay Group Report

[bold]David Simpson, PE[/bold]
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[IRstuff]

Besides, for millennials, that would be two thumbs, wouldn't it? ;-)

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[HamburgerHelper]

The hungarian constitution was drafted up on an IPAD.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...to-write-a-constitution-on-ipad-lawmaker-says

I suppose this begs the question, in a 100 years will a flashdrive or the IPAD itself be on display in a museum commemorating the creation of their constitution? I don't know. There is something inherently soulless to something that important to not be put physically to paper. Seeing the revision history in Word doesn't feel the same to seeing a document stuff written in the margins, scratched out, and physically signed.

It might not be long before keyboards are superseded for the most part. I have seen people type on ipads and phones as fast as I can with using the word predictor function.

 

[solid7]

As long as I'm able to work, I've got a dual skill set. I can type 80 WPM, and I can Swipe at 100+ WPM. (why get arthritis in thumbs?) Generation X, over here.