Evolution Of Social And Laborism And The Work Force For Future Generations

Let’s face it the world is changing. This change is necessary if we, as a population will succeed, and this change is more evident than ever in the workforce. The working person of the past had skills necessary for a social economy that befitted that generation, but with today's market increasing

According to Richard W. Judy and Carol D’Amico in the article “Work and Workers in the Twenty-First Century”, Americans are figuring out how to deal with the dramatic changes in the workforce. The journey to become a productive worker will not be easy to achieve but the hard work Americans put in will pay off in the long run. There are four forces that explain the dangers and satisfactions that are ahead for American workers. The four forces to be considered are as follows: technological changes, globalization, the aging population, and ethnic diversification. All four of these factors play a role in coping with the changing workforce.

Replacing Millennials with baby boomers is a problem because they do not want to take on the traditional style of work and life balance. Because of this, Millennials are more than likely to resign from their high-paying positions. Graen & Grace (2014) used the word “traditional” to describe the work life Millennials try to avoid. “Traditional” means repetitiveness of tasks performed at home and work. Millennials leave their high-paying positions because their daily routines of going to work and coming home each day seems boring to them. In the work setting, Millennials become uninterested in their work routine since they have already acquired all of the skills and knowledge required for their positions. Millennials have the urge to work outside

The growing workforce today is forever changing. The first generational age group of baby boomers are starting to retire from the workplace. With this they are taking years of knowledge and experience with them while the new generation “X” and generation “Y” are rapidly increasing in and becoming the next leaders.

Work and its role in society has become the subject of considerable public commentary and debate in recent years. Work, for many Americans, has changed significantly over the past 25 years. Some people believe that the world of work is changing so thoroughly and quickly that we should consider ourselves pioneers of a new historical era. Some say that the idea of a job has become antiquated.

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The United States labor force history is bound with many changes especially because of the rippling effects of massive demographic alterations that happened within the United States populace. The United States was a major agricultural country until late in the 19th Century where significant industrial growth led to many Americans going to the city to work in factories. The environment was characterized by mass production, low wages, and a lack of skills, which led to the intervention of the government to protect the rights of workers using labor standards. They included the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act that allocates the national maximum hours and minimum salaries people are required to work and receive respectively. It also prohibits child labor abuses and outlines rules for overtime. The 1964 Civil Right Act asserts that employers cannot utilize discrimination practices in hiring based on national origin, religion, sex, and race[footnoteRef:1]. [1: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ?Employment Projections ?2014-24: table 4 http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecopro.pdf]

The Baby Boomer Generation, born from 1946 to 1963, are called a generation of workaholics. This was a time of social reform in civil rights, exploration into outer space and the Cold War with communist regime. Society adopted a more relaxed attitude towards sex and they experienced a period of political assassinations. They are optimists who value teamwork and a strong work ethic. (Hartnett and Matan)

As indicated by Forbes, the normal work environment now accommodates four generational eras in one place, including Veterans (born in or before 1946), Baby Boomers (1946-1964), Generation X (1965-1979), and Millennials (1980-2000). Today, the old dog and the young pup need to work congruously to reach their end goals. These diverse generational and work perspectives can be advantageous. However, as you can imagine, such perspectives can be slightly hard to explore.

To contextualize and fully understand the problem we must first understand the debate about technology. Technology is highly criticized over whether it is good or not. Some of the complaints about technology are that it is leading to a lack of work ethic. Derrick Thompson, a renowned journalist who has degrees in political science and journalism, in his piece A World Without Work, he realizes that whereas, technology is entertaining and accessible, but as it replaces jobs and putting more and more people out of work it is causing an effect where people are giving up and losing their work ethic and becoming lazy. In fact when he says, “The jobless don’t spend their time socializing or taking up new hobbies. Instead, they watch TV or sleep” (Thompson

Workers a now able to work casually, part time if studying or other reasons, full time or permanent which is offered for certain positions. The flexibility has positively impacted workers people with large families can now work for longer hours benefitting the family. But, consequence have come with new freedom as, workers now are more available due to technology. Collis has said that her working hours have increased 10-12 which now allows her to pay for “food, education, medical cost… my house mortgage and utility costs”, which is very grateful for. However, technology has made her more available of contact with people, this impacts her relationship with family and friends. “My work impact my family, especially when I am at home and have to either work via computer, on call or have to go to work to perform an urgent test” (Collis. M). The other benefit of technology modernisation is that there is less manual labour in the workplace. The introduction of machines now allows testing which once consumed 24 hours of a person’s life 15 hours and does not need to be monitored. But, “basic knowledge has been lost, employees rely on automated tests and are unable to perform task without them”, this impacts work when machines malfunction and few people can perform staining of

The workplace consist of four different generations. These generations are, the Silents, Baby Boomers, Generation Xers and the Generation Ys of the Millennials. All four generations contribute to the workplace whether negative or positive. The millennials are technological advanced and view work as an essential part of life, Silents generation is retiring, baby boomers are making changes to fit their post retirement while still in charge and the Generations Xers trying to maintain a balance between their work life and their personal life. With this being said, each generation continue to interconnect and causing a change in the work place. Not only that but the younger the generation, the more unique and advance things become and this is the

There is a controversial issue regarding ageism in older workers and youth employment. I believe this claim evenly has the pros and cons to both sides. Some people’s perspective is that the older employees are taking jobs from the younger workers, but this is not always the case. (statistic quote). Even though there is a law which forbids age discrimination, it is still happening today. Yes, it is true that the job market is more competitive that before, but this is due to a numerous amount of reasons. One of the biggest reasons as to why were younger workers have more of an opportunity to get hired is that in this day and age, everything is about technology. Most of the older workers are not technology savy, therefore, this enables younger

The age issue has been an ongoing argument between both employers and job seekers. More and more senior workers sense that their ages are being held against them; they feel increasingly uneasy by the job market that fails to seek their true abilities. Furthermore, as the baby boom generation gradually shifting towards the retirement age, the demographic of the people in the labor force is changing. In the near future, these baby boomers would eventually has to exit the market force and leave many jobs open to be filled. Specific related issues have been considered, including the decline in human capital, lost skills, etc. With fewer people from the younger ages are involve

The desire by some to stay and work longer has led to the current workforce capturing many generations. With countries such as the US capturing as many as 5 distinct generations, others have been able to capture 4 and 3. The various generations segment the different age ranges into generations generally governed by different attitudes to work, preferences and value systems. The attitude, preference, and values held by any generation affect the way they approach their works. 21st-century organizations tend to prefer managers who can deal with the different generations as they have different characteristics and present diverse challenges. The attitude of the various generations greatly differs in the workplace. The generations in the workforce have been segmented into the following demographics: the Traditionalists (also known as the silent generation or the greatest generation); the baby boomers; generation X; generation Y (also known as Millennial), and finally generation Z. An understanding of these