Karen McCullough: Generation Y's Self Esteem is Higher Than Talent

[dubified89]

I don't think people born in the first half of the 80's fit these descriptions.

[Chevalier372]

The only out of the ordinary contribution Gen Y has for America is passing judgment and insulting other people... and making loud animal-like sounds in public.

[sylicone221]

@MikePYaDig gen y suck big time heheheee..they are stupid and expect the world owes them...fuck them! gen z i weep for them.....thats why i have no kids

[Lalo3001]

I'm a Gen Xer, I'm 42 years old. I'm also the general manager of a small business and I employ some Gen Yers.

That said, Gen Yers aren't so bad. Yeah, people pick on them as being lazy, whiny, crying brats who seek instant rewards.

Now when I was their age in the early 90s, the Baby Booms said about Gen X: that we were "lazy, whiny, apathetic slackers". Sound familiar??

My take: The kids will turn out okay. Its the baby booms who fucked the world up.

[sylicone221]

@Lalo3001 yeah i remember, watch the movie reality bites....its about gen x..

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@Lalo3001 In the last 2 months I've seen two different Gen Y female Walmart employees probably in their early 20's talking to their friends in a back room where the tools are. A relative of mind witnessed a similar incide a few days ago at another Walmart in a different town doing the same thing. When I worked at a retail store as a teenager in the mid 80s I was constantly retrieving items, marking items, setting up shelves, or sweeping and did a final sweep before closing and locking up.

[Lalo3001]

@chroniclerofthe70s Okay. But it doesn't mean that these two little girls are representative of an entire generation. It's like saying that the grunge rockers of the early 90s were representative of all Gen X.

Trust me, every generation has their good and bad. And when they're young, they tend to have just a bit more bad then good. It all evens out as they get older.

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@Lalo3001 I agree, I've met a few Gen Yers who do not represent the social attributes given to Gen Y. However, over the past decade most of my random encounters with Gen Yers have been similar to Karen McCollough's characterization of Gen Y. However, I think the YT vid " Gen Y Social Misfits? " is more accurate with respect to Gen Y.

[jnierstheimer]

@chroniclerofthe70s Thank you for the support. I love when people that don't know my generation are so quick to judge. We are too wired over coddled, etc. I went to a college convocation at the class of 2015 and after I heard what they did. It was astounding. The class cleaned oil off of ducks, carved hiking trails went and help give vaccines to people in Ghana Africa. Just because this generation is critical of social norms does not mean they deserve to be hated. Thanks for the support again.

[MoonChild062884]

@chroniclerofthe70s

I'm 27 and worked a Fry's Electronics which is like a "Best Buy" for a year. When I was at work their was never a free second. Always had something to do. Maybe this particular Walmart just wasn't doing the kind of business to keep the workers busy. This is the start a global depression after all.

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@MoonChild062884 I've met a number of hardworking Gen Yers who unfortunately get associated with the negative stereotypes attributed to Gen Y. However, the Walmart was busy and the manager reprimanded the Gen Y employee twice for talking on the cell phone. I've heard similar stories from Baby Boomer and Gen X managers who work in different professions.

[alexisguide]

@Lalo3001 true

[mosprime2]

Most of the crap that Gen Y has to deal with is thanks to the baby boomers.

[blackloverules]

I'm one of the younger Gen Xers and I;m GLAD that I'm one.

[alexisguide]

@blackloverules me too, hahaah

[lolaobounce]

@MikePYaDig Um, how is a mullet-music listener "openminded" and "wellrounded" ?

A Gen-Y'er who loves the WORST of Gen-X'ers music ?

Dude, please.... You've got 25+ years TO CATCH UP ON !!!!!!!!

[3A7C]

frozenlolo , Gen Y are always explained the reasons, they only ask "Why" because the explanation doesn't suit them.

You adapt to the environment, the environment doesn't adapt to suit you.

If you have no experience with the job don't expect the company to change just to make your life easier, you're not that special; 'ego greater than talent'.

Whatever. Recession. Reality check. Don't hire a Gen Y, or fire them if they think they're special.

[chrisbarkerfilms]

Generation Y? Try Generation Awesome.

[sylicone221]

@chrisbarkerfilms they suck

[chrisbarkerfilms]

Thanks.

[Aristurtle89]

ok i'm 20 so technically im "Gen Y" but fuck that, i feel more in common with Generation X

[frozenlolo]

the parenting of gen Y said tell your children how great they are every day! how could you blame them for being egotistical. besides 3A7C, we are also called Generation Why for that reason. why do it if there is no reason to do it?

[mickeymoo26]

May 26th 1994! thats me. I'm so like that lol. I just had a fight with my auntie about our generation having Panick attacks and being like Ja'mie King search Ja'mie King and watch some videos apparently thats what were like... lol.

[3A7C]

Impossible for a Y to be "giving", as McCullough described, since they are so self serving.

Usually when someone's 'ego is greater than their talent' people would see that person as "fake".

Y's need guidance, since they have no experience, but they'll always challenge any advice you give them.

Y's are out of touch with reality, and just need to be fired from several jobs to get back in touch.

[dickeydunn555]

Generation of Swine.

[nakata70]

Gen Y talk with a sense of entitlement ~ Baby Boomers are more nurturing towards them since most of their kids are the same age ~ Gen X are threatened by Gen Y's youth and tech saviness & the fact that the Baby Boomer bosses lavish them with more attention.

[sylicone221]

@nakata70 yeah....gen y has it easier....heheee...fuck them....stupid morons

[lacey21333]

hehe! ur gen z..heheee! baby

[lacey21333]

kidding...im SO not like this.....gen x has REALISTIC expectations! know where they stand!

[chroniclerofthe70s]

@lacey21333 That's because we practically raised ourselves. Don't get me wrong, we had plenty of freedom as well. Many of us Gen Xers voluntary worked as children to get something we wanted. Our parents were there when we really needed them. Back in the day, we didn't have to walk on egg shells fearing that anything we said might have been considered offensive.

[lacey21333]

im 35 but im more gen y than gen x!

[DarkXtrike]

i wish i was an xer. thrash metal ftw

[lolaobounce]

@DarkXtrike haha

[kidsgrove4]

the generation of facebook , myspace and reality TV shows. They are all so precious and they're ALL so special. Just ask them. Sponging off their parents is a given to most. I think 1 in 10 Y'ers are fine, the rest are living proof that to survive you just need to make people feel guilty for your own shortcomings, and then they will give things to you for free. Food, money , TV's and mobile phones should all be supplied by the parents whose roof you live under.

[sylicone221]

@kidsgrove4 some gen y's are still in their teens...but they shouldnt have a cell phone bought for them, unless the landline is gone

[GenXorcist1976]

Boy did she EVER hit the nail on the head with this analysis.  I've been teaching Gen-Y for a decade and this is SO TRUE. Lots of highly capable students, but most of them have the propensity of forgetting to "look before they leap".

5 Stars.

[sylicone221]

@GenXorcist1976 gen y SUCKS!!! they are pathetic......dont know their ass from their elbow hehehehee

[PsychosisFire]

lol February 28 1993 :D

[wetredlips30]

F--- Yers! Xers paved the way the hard way-real talent, real smarts, real know-how. Xers are the real LEADERS.

[lihtsad]

Y not?

[wolfgar45]

that's x, bro.

and it's not pathetic.

[ZombieCobain]

Would you prefer to be called generation whine?

[greenkoi]

Generation Why? I love it. Why do