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original publish date: 4th March, 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n

decades on …<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ok, so maybe generational character assassination isn’t particularly amusing, or true, in hindsight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well played, HR. Well played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Presenter: For us to become Gen Y’s employer of choice we must completely rethink our employment offering.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audience #1: so what do we get in return?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Audience #2: mine show me how to use Facebook<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caption: Your sense of entitlement is not a value proposition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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