Millennials In The Workplace Persuasive Speech

As generations go by, our predecessors assume we are skipping out on important aspects of life just to get a few extra minutes on our devices. In Catherine Rampell’s “A Generation of Slackers? Not So Much”, it is said the older generations believe Generation Y is “coddled, disrespectful, narcissistic, and impatient” (Rampell 388). In all reality our generation is just doing what it has to in order to thrive in the world we live in, where technology is one of the largest parts of our everyday lives. If the older generations that criticize Generation Y had grown up in Generation Y they would realize the world we live in requires the use of technology. The advancement of society with technology has shaped Generation Y to be the people that they are, relying on technology; however, older generations believe Generation Y is lazy.

I personally work forty-plus hours every week, as well as attending classes for six to nine credit hours per semester. I am actively involved in my community, as are many of my friends, and between work, school, and volunteering, I find that leisure often gets pushed to the wayside. I am sure that one of the biggest factors in this “lazy younger generation” belief is the technological advantages we have at our disposal. The older generation views our willingness to use these advancements as “working smart, and not hard”, which in their minds, makes it seem like we prefer to take the easy way out. This is more than often not the case! I am sure that if millennials did not make use of our resources, some would consider us to be ‘ungrateful’. This alludes to an air of hypocrisy among older generations. Whether we utilize the advancements available to us or not, I believe that generations before us will always view Millennials as ungrateful and

In the article “The Beat Up Generation,” Abby Ellin claims that the negative way other generations view the millennials may all be wrong; instead, the millennials are preparing for the world most generations are opposing. Ellin declares in her article that the millennials are shown to be the most disliked generation; their ideas collide with those in the Baby Boomers and the Gen-Xers causing confusion. Constantly, Articles are being thrown out about the millennials “incompetence” and their “self-absorbed” behavior which only causes more hatred according to Ellin. However, she continues to state that millennials are no more selfish than the previous generations; in fact, millennials are only trying to discover new ways for “communication and

The Tethered Generation, written by Kathryn Tyler, a self-identified member of Generation X, published this article in HR Magazine, a magazine for HR Professionals. In this piece, Tyler elaborates on what she believes to be the most dependent generation to exist: Millennials. A “frequent contributor” to the publication as a freelance writer, she has quite the background in human resources and training, which reflects in the style of this particular article. In the beginning Tyler discusses the effect that tethering to technology, peers, and parents has had on this generation. Towards the end, she writes a sort of “how to” guide on dealing with those effects in the workforce, and how to make the transition into the workplace for those individuals (and other employees) as smooth as possible. Her thesis is evident in the beginning of the article. Tyler argues that because millennials are too attached to technology and dependent on other people that are close to them (like parents and peers), they lack the skills and traits that previous generations possessed, as well as autonomy, and in the process created an epidemic of very overbearing parents that may be too concerned and involved in the life of their children, which could be detrimental to the new young adult’s development of their professional life. This rhetorical analysis is going to dissect the writer’s use of logos, pathos, and ethos in her argument.

We all carry a smartphone. We have what some might call an addiction for them. They are convenient in certain classes and easy to use. They are also our own escape. We can easily talk to

Joel Stein uses his article in TIME Magazine, “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation” to address the underlying issues and positives of the millennial generation by using various forms of data, statistics and negativity. While he is mostly successful with his tactics, he goes to such extremes with his negativity that he loses some of his audience before he even has a chance to talk about anything else. Stein spends much of his article speaking about how the Millennial generation is lazy, however research suggests that the Millennials aren’t necessarily lazy, but are held in place for various reasons outside of their control.

Growing up, most Millennials butt heads with their parents like every generation before us. Although a vast majority of Millennials have generation X parents. Growing up as a Millennial, technology became more advanced which seems to be the root of the disliking for us from every generation before us. Our parents are “America 's neglected middle child” and we the Millennials are the future of today. We excel with technology, but struggle with our income, causing us to push back commitments other generations would have already done. Millennials want access not ownership. A growing percent of us are putting off buying houses, marriage, children, and buying cars. Being so technologically advanced we look for convenience over hard work, even in our purchases, “57% of Millennials who compare prices in stores. (AIMIA Inc. “Born this Way: US Millennial Loyalty Survey” ©2012)” Online purchases are happening more than ever, with taking in the factor of good quality and prices. “Millennials have come of age during a time of technological change, globalization and economic disruption. That’s given them a different set of behaviors and experiences than their parents (© 2016 Goldman Sachs).” As I explore the differences and similarities of our two generations I will be discussing power distance, uncertainty avoidance, in group collectivism, institutional collectivism, gender egalitarianism, assertiveness, performance orientation, future orientation, and humane orientation.

Millennials may be criticized, but they are a generation like no other. In the article “Why Millennials Will Save Us All,” Joel Stein asserts that millennials are a positive force of change. Stein’s intent is to convince his target audience, older generations who perceive millennials as “lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow” (28), that they misunderstand millennials. He boldly claims that “[millennials are] not a new species; they've just mutated to adapt to their environment” (31). Stein persuades his audience that millennials are most certainly a treasure trove of remarkable qualities.

Throughout Simon Sinek’s speech regarding the topic of millennials within the workplace, he makes his claim very clear that Millennials disadvantages can be directly correlated to the failed parenting strategies, the advancement of technology, and lastly the environment created by big corporations which hire millennials. Sinek states that these negative factors cannot be blamed on Millennials, but rather the older generations. I wholeheartedly agree with Simon Sinek on his position over this argument because I myself am a millennial who has observed and experienced the claims which he makes. I have felt the failure of parenting systems which gave me a sense of entitlement, I have observed the powerful impact technology has taken over my generation

Stein claims that “millennials’ self­involvement is more a continuation of a trend than a revolutionary break from previous generations. They’re not a new species; they’ve just mutated to adapt to their environment” (31). He supports this assertion by using pathos, logos, and concession. Stein’s purpose is to explain millenial behavior to the older generation in order to recognize how millenials came to be and their importance in society. Even though he begins with a condescending tone addressing the negative attributes of millennials, he expresses a generally positive outlook on the qualities of millennials to the previous generations before them. This work

In his article Millennials in the workplace: They do not need trophies but reinforcement, Jeff Fromm makes two statements which question general and proper workplace behavior of the millennial generation. His first statement, “the average tenure of millennial employees. Two years. In the span of a professional career, two years seems to hardly make dent” (2), could state that the millennial generation is disloyal. His second statement, “Millennials base their performance on output rather than time spent on a project… they do not want to sit around the office until 5pm if their work was completed two hours earlier” (3), questions proper work ethic reflected in the performance of the millennial generation. Even though the millennial generation

In an interview of 2016, Simon Sinek analyses and discusses the topic of Millennials within the workplace. Throughout Sinek’s speech in his interview, he explains the disadvantages which Millennials have faced while growing up in their generation. Now, Sinek claims that the reason why Millennials have been dealt such a “bad hand” in life, is a result of failed parenting strategies, and an imbalance of technology along with social media (which has advanced like never before within the adolescence of Millennials). Therefore, the imbalance of the internet and real-life interaction results in millennials being unable to form deep and meaningful relationships, in order to carry out happy and meaningful live in comparison to previous

Across the nation, people are talking about the Millennial generation and how different they are compared to others, but are they really that different? Millennials are lazy, entitled, and selfish, or as you may have heard may be essential to the modern workplace, either way, they are being talked about whether it is good or bad. To put it in other words, past generations are concerned for what the future will look like with this technology-dependent generation, but is that a bad thing if the technology is only going to advance from here on out? The older generation is being too harsh or are they just genuinely concerned about the future? Joel Stein (2013) has written an article about the Millennials, it is titled Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation he argues for them being a selfish generation but by saying that it is not a bad thing. The second article is by Liz Zarka (2017) Generation Me: The Millennial Generation’s obsession with being unique, she argues that they are the generation that needs to be concerned for. After reading both of these articles I agree with some of the points that both of these authors make, however, there are also some sections that I disagree with. My perception of the situation is that millennials may have all these negative characteristics but use them to an advantage that no other generation can has; along with the advancement of technology and the use of social media may have increased the narcissistic trait in them, but they use these traits to get what they want, however, being narcissistic isn’t always good there can certainly be some disadvantages.

Over the last two decades, teens and young adults have adopted the “millennial attitude.” The “millennial attitude” has a controversial definition. Those of the earlier generations call them narcissistic and lazy, while those millennials see the use of things that make life easier, not just bashing it because they don’t understand it. According to Nornberg (), “ask a millennial how… and he will undoubtedly answer ‘google it’”; in the eyes of those from different generations, such as baby boomers, this is seen as lazy. However, from the viewpoint of another millennial, it’s seen as common sense. The internet is a tool for learning, and there are those who say that simply looking up the answer is a lazy way out, while it is the same as going to the library and reading from books. Those from earlier generations say that millennials are slothful and vain, however I believe that this generation has been coddled - they didn’t grow up learning from our mistakes because they had helicopter parents who fixed everything for them. As shown in the information from Pew Research Center, millennials are quickly replacing Baby Boomers in the work force (Fry). Baby Boomers make remarks of how Millennials are useless and how their attitudes make them unwilling to work, however, older people don’t see millennials as dedicated or hardworking unless they hang onto every word older people spout. Millennials have numerous characteristics that make them invaluable to the workforce, in spite of

Phones, I have one, you have one, your great grandmother has one, and possibly even your toddler nephew too. In this day and age it’s not as common to not have a cellular phone. With mobile phones being so convenient for on the go activity it is no wonder that many people, young and old alike, forget how to live without the use of their handheld lifeline. Just because you love your phone does not mean that you are addicted per say, however, because you love your phone and feel like you need it always that may be a sign that you are addicted to your phone. Signs of being addicted to your phone can be as small as feeling incomplete without it to as great as tuning the people out around you to be in your cellular device. Composed below are 14 signs of how you may be addicted to your phone: 1.) Feel like you’re missing out on the world around you. You feel that without your phone you are undoubtedly missing out and are no longer in the “know” or “loop” when it is not by your side. 2.) Constantly checking your phone. Like constantly CONSTANTLY. You need to repetitively check your phone to see what’s going on or what you may have missed. When it gets to the point that you are checking your phone every second of every minute continually, you may just be addicted my friend. 3.) Tune out all others in social environments. When you are in classroom settings or group meetings for discussion instead of participating along with others you are more withdrawn and enraptured in your phone