6/18/08:Millenials with Darren Garnick

" I -- six -- WJ okay. You know yesterday we were talking about. They this new trend at college graduates finally get a degree rating -- the world ready to. And make some real money and to change the world as we know what a what they do 50% of the move back -- a mom and dad. And got got quite a few emails phone calls from. Parents and students as sure you know be fair -- you calling his losers this just took out there we can't get jobs. I kept -- the quest women it's 5% unemployment. I was coming out of college was 78% unemployment 1970s it was 10% unemployment. The keyboard move -- when their parents -- I think maybe now I know why the current crop of college kids can't get a job because I read. Darren -- excellent working stiff column today it's every Wednesday in the Boston Herald. And it's absolutely great surviving Moline -- office in invasion Erin welcome to 969 AB TK -- Glad to have you -- thank you for quoting marketing analyst Marian salzman. Who said about. Did that when you want to work with these new generation of kids you can't treat them like adults is that an accurate paraphrase of what she had to say. Yes on. Let me -- it is quote for your -- herald quote you do have to speak to them a little bit like a therapist that -- thought about co workers are people your hiring right. No we cadets I mean these are people your hiring these are co workers and quote you have to treat them a little bit like speak to them what -- therapist. You can't be harsh you cannot tell them you're disappointed in them. You can't really ask them to live and -- the company because they're living and -- themselves. And that keeps them very busy is that the current state of the crop of of future Americans that's coming in colleges today Daryn."

" Would you know whenever I hear those terms like gen -- millennial and -- load of crap but you when you -- the stereotypes having you see the stereotypes that part of your faith that you say like oh my god it is true like for instance I work -- creative agency fulltime and greeted services agency. And somebody younger kids the kids in their 20s when it's 5 o'clock the -- the door clicked the recess bell has."

" And what are the people from other generations doing --"

" Well I think people I'm I'm -- forty years old -- I think people in the thirties and early forties are. When the project is done that's when you leave you is that there's -- work ethic that you you do you can't leave until you make your deadline."

" Yet a couple of classic stories in your great piece in The Herald today we're talking -- Darren Garnett one of them is about the the millennial kid. Who was in the middle of a project in his wedding was coming up and what is it that he had to do."

" This guy a friend of a friend he he wanted to leave work in the middle of the days so he could -- appetizers with his wife. Can only meet with use your time and a bit. Appetizers I mean -- pain in the hotel. You -- up because they'll tell you make an appointment after work but there's definitely the sense of entitlement with the younger people -- that their bosses dare to be different."

" As you -- in the Harold they deadlines be damned and did -- rescheduling he tasted those pigs in a blanket on company time and amazingly as you point out he didn't get punished. Delegates only about what happened when you're in the Dunkin' Donuts. "

" Com I was of the ballots the other night and those trying to buy a blueberry muffin and hit the -- you look like the stereotypical millennial. Go to -- tattoos earrings. And he just refused to make eye contact with me and and instead of getting mad I I was actually intrigued and fascinated take time how long it would take. For someone to make eye contact with me in this is not a slam against Scott and don't think the blueberry muffins a fantastic. It's a slam against two places like Dunkin' Donuts are having hard time finding -- Ball should take their jobs seriously so they took three minutes. All make eye contact me. Com and it and big -- didn't make eye contact with me who is into the -- from MySpace counting money from the register -- seemed -- That that someone came to help me."

" What was the what does it say on his name to opera. I know it's so funny when it's particularly with the EU have fast food industry in the kisser towns and as -- they do. They don't want to wait on you they look at you. Yeah once again to some as you'd be a customer revenue stream but to these I got better things to do -- and try to text my buddies here. -- you're just an annoyance I love what they ought to do is actually like all suddenly start doing stuff that keeps them at an odd angle away from the counter -- its latest seals and at his -- companies Romans garden statue that -- leading layout does -- there's no lack context of the never break that you know that does that -- barrier that OK you caught me I just adds to my."

" Sure and expect I share your lack of sympathy for kids that for college kids who live at home and and something that happened to me when I was younger. Com -- home for economic reasons I didn't have a job yet and it was for a couple was only for a couple months but. I have to put an extra phone line because when I was doing job interviews over the phone. My mother would pick us. I would feel confident that."

" Exactly they aren't you -- I."

" what. -- head yes absolutely retarded Darren -- Garnett this is this is the premise to me it has to do this notion of the self. Self centered in applies more me eagle and meg hearing into intensely mean are potentially -- is selfish and I don't mean I is I think that there is a generation of people raised by helicopter parents who don't -- that there is a world around them and outside and they really honestly believe that the entire universe begins and ends. In -- their consciousness and that's why for example it's been so much time blogging and posting in MySpace and they honestly think the world cares about the reports -- surrounded by five million other people -- in the same about themselves."

" Absolutely what I -- they know loveable space book and I think it's a very valuable tool even for -- old senior citizens of its people -- what you're doing every five seconds he'll -- symbol like. Michael -- is taking a crap right now as an agent to keep eating and I just be that's gotta wonder like how many people are actually caring what's going on -- other people's lives."

" So -- let's go back to because you write about working near the columns and working -- working with these people and their behaviors are working what do you do when your coworkers -- twentysomething in what you said you've got a project and it's got to be on the potential customers desk by 530 because you have to get in to get the decision to make the money -- three Diego men you know ally but but he's coming over we're -- we gotta we gotta hold forests -- at -- I gotta go and what."

" What do you do how do you respond that."

" I think those of us who were older just need to suck it up and just do the work that we need to do to cover our own -- I mean there's. Some people you're just not going to change in fact I think the challenge for managers is to separate hard workers from. Believe the millennial and just not coddle anybody. But I guess there's not enough in new com entry level employees to go around."

" No that listen tomorrow be broadcasting live from the barbecue beach parties the fan gourmet folks have down on city plaza new Delhi's barbecue guys coming from all over the world -- just look at for basic. Grunt work ten bucks an hour -- don't hands and taking dresses -- they cannot. Find bodies for ten bucks an hour to come hang out for some quick easy and they're desperate for workers and you see this again and again but I. I'm sorry -- I don't disagree I -- it. Say that they for the rest was induced to suck it up I want. At some points and this. Life flight he's playing these people are on these people who you couldn't -- papers and religious -- and because it would upset them these people who got great and on occurred in high school couldn't take high stakes testing go to those -- aren't so -- get to run into that moment where your actions equaled their consequences -- we have to get to that point."

" Short but if you want to set people up to -- make sure you don't bring yourself down with the ship and sometimes the -- but on the line to."

" Right that's a very very good point yet another great quote in -- great piece today for home Robert land animal who says consider the stress of the rabbinate -- thirty hour workweek while simultaneously maintaining FaceBook MySpace and Flickr accounts enough to make your head spin amid the colonials never faced Hitler's forces on the beaches of Normandy they've been around you bet they would have blog about it that really does. Where we are with these kids and a thanks so much for joining us Darren I really appreciated as Darren Garnett he is. Column is called the working -- every Wednesday 6178221969 around -- time for Verizon Wireless customers are called the -- olds are called the general -- why the called the MySpace generation their freshly minted college kids from the last 234 -- about your workplace and I have no clue apparently what. Actual work in ball is that true or all these people quoted in the column exaggerating what is your experience are you working -- these people do they. This appeared to go play though we or is that just an exaggeration 6178221969 in my program."

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