There's new survey research confirming what we already knew: Millenials want to make a lot of money, but they don't particularly want to work 60 hours a week to get it. Some highlights from the findings (which are from San Diego State University): Twice as many in the GenMe group (born 1982-1999) rated having a job with more than 2 weeks of vacation as "very important," compared to Baby Boomers. GenMe survey respondents were less likely to view work as a central part of their lives and, according to one article, "more likely than their elders to value leisure time over work and to place a premium on rewards such as higher salaries and status."
After years of reading articles about helicopter parents and kids whose mothers wrote their college essays for them, these findings seem like the natural result. If you've grown up reaping huge rewards without doing very much, why would you be foaming at the mouth to work overtime?
But then again, I know plenty of people in this age group who put their noses to the grindstone for peanuts. And they definitely work long hours, without complaint.
Generation Me, or just a generation that values work/life balance?
After years of reading articles about helicopter parents and kids whose mothers wrote their college essays for them, these findings seem like the natural result. If you've grown up reaping huge rewards without doing very much, why would you be foaming at the mouth to work overtime?
But then again, I know plenty of people in this age group who put their noses to the grindstone for peanuts. And they definitely work long hours, without complaint.
Generation Me, or just a generation that values work/life balance?
