Young people from the YAYA generation are often not satisfied with the traditional work culture, and they first conflict, and then leave the company to start their own. Millennials will take over most of the jobs next year. What is really important for the YAYA generation, how to understand them and keep them in your company?
How to prepare your company for the specialists of the YAYA generation
So, next year, people born from 1981 to 1996 will become the main labor force and the work culture will gradually change for them.
We have already written about their features, strengths and weaknesses. And today we will talk about them as employees.
Recent research has shown that the new generation is largely reluctant to accept traditional company structures. This means that modern offices are waiting for big changes.
The freelance platform Elance-oDesk and Millennial Branding conducted a survey of over 1,000 working millennials and 200 older HR managers.
The survey was supposed to reveal what differences there are in the very way of thinking of millennials and people of generation X (born from 1965 to 1982). And it turned out that the opinions and views of the two groups surveyed were very different.
What really matters
Two-thirds of managers agreed that millennials have roughly equal sex ratios in the workplace. But the poll results suggest otherwise. Gender discrimination in terms of salary and position is still rampant. More than 20% of women said that when they first got a job, conditions were worse than they expected. And only 12% of men felt the same way.
Three quarters of Gen X hiring managers agreed that money motivates millennials in the first place. Only 44% of millennials agreed with this. Perhaps Gen X hiring managers simply don't understand what really matters to the new generation.
Millennials appreciate working with a good team on a worthwhile and interesting project.
More than half of hiring managers agreed that it is very difficult to find and retain a millennial employee. This is understandable:
About 80% of millennials plan to leave their jobs and work for themselves in the future.
It seems that the prospects are not very bright. If everyone wants to work for themselves, how then can you keep valuable specialists?
A ray of hope in the YAYA generation
The study provides some encouraging facts about millennials. HR managers value in them the ability to handle technology and master new ones, as well as the ability to quickly adapt to circumstances.
But whether modern companies will be able to develop fast enough to attract and, most importantly, retain young specialists, depends only on them.
Young and small companies have great advantages in this business. The giant companies, of course, also make changes, but for them it is very difficult. But if you are a startup who just started his company and received funding, you have every chance.
Small start-up companies have the opportunity to create a new culture that is tailored for millennials.
Elance-oDesk VP Jaleh Bisharat added that many millennials are attracted to the flexibility of freelancing. But at the same time, oppressive economic and social conditions and lack of stability can change their preferences. And this can also be considered an encouraging fact for those who need young specialists.
The pros and cons of millennials as workers
Here's a table comparing the performance of millennials and Gen Xers.
How HR Managers See Millennials
Narcissistic, open to change and creative, but not very confident and unable to work in a team.
Both the advantages and disadvantages of people from the YAYA generation can be turned to your advantage. Especially if you create an environment that suits them.
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