Millennials in the workplace

Generation z in the workplace

The technology generation has gradually modified the ways of working, and has made companies rethink the organization and treatment of their employees. While some say that millennials are not as committed as previous generations, others have noticed that they handle other mental schemes and can actually contribute significantly to the growth of a business. But the key lies in knowing what millennials are looking for in a job, in order to make the most of them.

Entrepreneur assures that “millennials grew up believing they could change the world, and it is in their DNA to feel driven to generate a change”. Because of this, a job that doesn’t motivate them or where they don’t feel like they’re contributing to a greater good bores them easily no matter how much money is involved.

It is not a matter of “letting them do what they want”, but of giving them the space and entrusting them with the responsibility of managing their time. CONDUSEF comments that 50% of millennials consider flexibility of schedule and place of work as a strong reason to stay or not in a job.

Millennials at work

In the overall study, the majority actually like face-to-face meetings, with 57% of study participants saying so, but there are 51% who indicate that the end of face-to-face meetings will come with better communication technologies and the ability to work remotely.

The report shows that 79% of millennials (versus 67% of non-millennials) believe that the workplace is becoming more collaborative, with 36% also noting that remote work allows them to better balance work and personal life.

Who are the millennials?

The strength and speed of technological advancement in the new century prompted a new change. “We would no longer be tied to a computer that is impossible to move and later to a network cable,” says the architect, who opens the game and wonders why not think that work is no longer territorial, but by function or affinity group. “We are starting to talk about collaborative spaces, space by work style, by common interests, also looking for efficiency in the cost of space. Also moved by sustainability and energy saving, even by time flexibility, the home office is included in the grid of spaces with more or less acceptance from the cultural and communicational point of view”.

“In today’s spaces coexist several generations, as in a city, and several types of work that complement each other without competing,” explains the architect. “That’s why we think of the user as an emotional, intellectual and corporal whole because each generation has a tendency to consider one of these aspects as more important, but at the end of the balance and inclusion, one realizes that diversity enriches.

Type of job desired

Born between 1980 and 2000, millennials have grown up with technology and the Internet explosion. What does this mean? Immediacy has always been their best friend. Social networks are part of their most common form of communication and the cell phone is almost an extension of their body that, most of the time, solves almost all their problems. Dynamic, creative and ambitious, millennials have a different way of looking at life and, consequently, at work as well.

Organizations must make important internal modifications. These changes must start from the personnel selection process. Impatient, as they are characterized, millennials expect the company to respond as soon as possible to their job application and if not, they know that there are other companies waiting for them.

In addition, millennials not only demand speed in the selection process, but also precision. The position must specify what tasks they must perform, what the work dynamics will be like, who they must report to and other specifics. They need to know why and what they are doing what they are doing.

Eduardo José Cazorla