I have had the exact same conversation at least a hundred times now. Millennials want a lot -
-they want more vacation time
-they want matched 401ks
-they want open communication
-they want free thinking
-they want 'horizontal
atmospheres', whatever that means
-they want a homey atmosphere at
work
-they want 'work-life-balance'
*All within work week that's less
than 40 hours
I have always said that work in
moderation is the best kind of work. Pick something you love and try to make a
living at it. I tell our intern that she may be at a desk for the next forty
years so she might as well be comfortable with it. But these kids are asking
for too much. They want the benefits of being retired without ever having to
really work for any of it.
All of the benefits can be
achieved, but not without hard work. Disclosure. The word 'millennial' seems to
have become more synonymous with lazy and less associated with the year in
which someone was born. Which was of course the original intention.
If you are numerically a millennial, you may not be one in attitude. There's a
difference.
Now go find something you love and
make some money at it!
