http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/17/news/companies/bestcos_genx/index.htm?cnn=yesFor one thing, this group as a whole (of course there are always exceptions) isn't big on loyalty for loyalty's sake: The average employee in his or her late twenties, for instance, has already switched jobs five or six times.WHY do they switch jobs? Crap bosses? Desire for more money? Both? Other? (the 1990s boom was a cause for many people jumpin' jobs... it's just business you know...)
Never mind how companies want employees to be loyal but are not loyal in return. It works both ways.
As for the old-fangled idea of paying one's dues in a dull job before moving up to something sexier, forget it: 77% of Gen Xers say they'd quit in a minute if offered "increased intellectual stimulation" at a different company. And they're intent on managing their own time: 51% would jump ship for the chance to telecommute, and 61% of Gen X women would leave their current jobs if they were offered more flexible hours elsewhere.Good luck. Most stimulating jobs are going off to countries that otherwise don't like us very well... though they're still happy to take our jobs...
"The top three things they want in a job, we found, are positive relationships with colleagues, interesting work, and continuous opportunities for learning," says Charlotte Shelton, a management consultant at a firm called WiseWork (http://www.wisework.com) who teaches graduate courses at Rockhurst University's Helzberg School of Management in Kansas City.Sounds like typical human traits to me...
"Recognition scored very low, and power and prestige ranked dead last. Salary, a major preoccupation for boomers, came in third from the bottom." She adds: "It's interesting, because most employee-motivation efforts in companies are designed by boomers, who tend to build the programs around what motivates them. But this generation is different."I too could care less about power, but I do care about salary. So I will do what I can so I can maintain a reasonable salary ($40k) without killing myself doing lots of dead-end fluff.
The article has more, including a bunch of companies we're supposed to drool over; knowing full well they're not going to hire every American... BTW: Autodesk offshores. Seems they can't afford all them perks either...
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