With apologies to Jeff Foxworthy, I couldn’t resist trying for a bit of humor to brighten your day.To catch up on the background, read “The Millennials are Coming…”. You will quickly understand that we in business are facing a new generation of workers who come from a world that is alien to businesses today.
You might be a millennial if…
1. You think your company user-group meetings have something to do with drug rehab.
2. You don’t understand why they are making all that fuss about you printing out the nudie fliers on the company printer for your best friend’s band’s show.
3. You marvel at how your interests have “grown up”, from tracking your friends exploits on FaceBook, to tracking Jessica Simpson’s exploits on E! Online.
4. You have posted in your cube the multi-page list of cool downloads from iTunes, to highlight your natural leadership ability.
5. Your concern on hearing comments about an "Axis of evil" is that you must have missed a really “rad” party.
6. Your tried to set up the next weekly team conference call as texting-only, to make it more productive.
7. You are certain that the company policy against drinking while entertaining customers only applies if you are under age 21.
8. You are protesting the unfair company medical benefits limitations on procedures so critical to your age group, like body implants, piercings, and tattoo removal.
9. You recommended to the training department that a 3D virtual reality game would be a perfect way to prepare new employees for company jobs.
10. You overheard some executives talking about the “dot-com bust”, which was a mystery since you couldn’t think of a woman named Dot who worked in this office.
You also might be a millennial if all these points strike you as intuitively obvious. See more of these published previously. This is so much fun that I might make it a regular offering, if you help me out with some new points. I’ve always believed that there are serious messages that we can learn from every bit of humor.
You might be a millennial if…
1. You think your company user-group meetings have something to do with drug rehab.
2. You don’t understand why they are making all that fuss about you printing out the nudie fliers on the company printer for your best friend’s band’s show.
3. You marvel at how your interests have “grown up”, from tracking your friends exploits on FaceBook, to tracking Jessica Simpson’s exploits on E! Online.
4. You have posted in your cube the multi-page list of cool downloads from iTunes, to highlight your natural leadership ability.
5. Your concern on hearing comments about an "Axis of evil" is that you must have missed a really “rad” party.
6. Your tried to set up the next weekly team conference call as texting-only, to make it more productive.
7. You are certain that the company policy against drinking while entertaining customers only applies if you are under age 21.
8. You are protesting the unfair company medical benefits limitations on procedures so critical to your age group, like body implants, piercings, and tattoo removal.
9. You recommended to the training department that a 3D virtual reality game would be a perfect way to prepare new employees for company jobs.
10. You overheard some executives talking about the “dot-com bust”, which was a mystery since you couldn’t think of a woman named Dot who worked in this office.
You also might be a millennial if all these points strike you as intuitively obvious. See more of these published previously. This is so much fun that I might make it a regular offering, if you help me out with some new points. I’ve always believed that there are serious messages that we can learn from every bit of humor.
Marty Zwilling