Managers Hate Millennials in the Workplace

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MANAGERS HATE MILLENNIALS IN THE WORKPLACE
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ABSTRACT
The following paper attempted a review of the existing literature that highlighted the
issues existing among the millennial members of the workforce and the other senior
members. The paper opened with a discussion on the major issues that are faced as
well as highlighted within the workplace by the millennials. The paper thereafter
presented a critical discussion on the issues and concluded with certain recommended
measures that would help in the betterment of the concerned workplace environment.
Keywords: Millennials, Millennials in the workplace, Organizational Managers,
Innovation, Work-Life Balance

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Table of Contents
Introduction........................................................................................................................3
Literature review – Issues............................................................................................3
Discussion......................................................................................................................5
Recommendations............................................................................................................7
Conclusion..........................................................................................................................7
References.........................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
According to the researches undertaken by Caraher (2016), the term “millennials”
is used to signify those people of the world who would attain their adulthood within the
early years of the twenty-first century. These people are often referred to as the
“Generation Y”. The people who have been belonging to the criteria of the millennials
are at the present time period observed to be employed or to have been seeking
employment. The people are generally classified to be millennials on the basis of their
birth years. The people who were born within the years 1982 to 2004 are generally
termed to be millennials. The millennial workforce within the various workplaces all over
the world tend to face issues in their dealings with the older staff of the organization.
The following paper attempts a review of the existing literature that highlights the issues
that exist among the millennial members of the workforce and the other senior
members. The paper opens with a discussion on the major issues that are faced as well
as highlighted within the workplace by the millennials. The paper thereafter presents a
critical discussion on the issues and concludes with certain recommended measures
that would help in the betterment of the concerned workplace environment.
Literature review – Issues
Experts in the concerned field suggest that the millennials face a huge number of
issues while maintaining their services at the several workplaces that are active all over
the global markets. In dealing with the millennials at the workplaces, the managerial
staff of the concerned organization tend to develop conditions wherein there is a
communicational gap within the managerial and the millennial employees. The major
issues that are generally highlighted within the millennial workforce refer to those that
are cited in terms of the narcissism that is practiced by the concerned millennial
members of the workforce, their opinion as well as outlook in the matters that are
related to the various social issues that have been taking place within the present day
society. The viewpoint of the millennials in terms of the political, religious as well as
cultural issues also pose an issue within the given organization as well. The millennials
also face issues in terms of the various factors that are related to their dependency on
their parents as well as their opinions on the high usage of the social networks in order