Generation Y’ers don’t like strict organizations, but they do like iPods and wearing flip-flops to work. Apparently.
But it’s hard to remember–we haven’t heard a lot about them recently. A few short years ago businesses were worried about how they could find, hire, inspire, and retain Gen Y’ers. Worried headlines asked what the future would look like with a transient, pleasure-seeking, generation interviewing for jobs they didn’t even want. Now, look up “Generation Y” in any news feed and you’ll get outlandish stories (How Generation Y Can End Hunger) and obvious ones (Gen Y: The Social Innovation Generation).
Sadly, after a long, hard, recession the only newsworthy headlines Gen Y’ers are grabbing these days are depressing ones. Gen Y’ers are now being referred to as the “Lost Generation“–
