original publish date: 4th March, 2010

decades on …

Ok, so maybe generational character assassination isn’t particularly amusing, or true, in hindsight.

That said, at the time, the ‘everything has changed’ message was pervasive in middle-management training and it all seemed over-the-top (hence the comic), but now I’m guessing it may just have been a proportionate counter-position to try to move the Boomer exec layer somewhere closer to reasonable ground.

Well played, HR. Well played.

transcript

Slide: Generation Y, What do they want? Real work/life balance, highly engaging work, rapid promotion, personal attention

Presenter: For us to become Gen Y’s employer of choice we must completely rethink our employment offering.

Audience #1: so what do we get in return?

Audience #2: mine show me how to use Facebook

Caption: Your sense of entitlement is not a value proposition