We might be known as Gen Y, but lately it seems we have turned into "Generation Why?"
- -Why do we have dress codes when we sit in a cubicle all day?
- -Why can't I work from home if I can get more done?
- -Why do we have so many meetings?
- -Why do we still send out resumes that say nothing about who we are?
- -Why are we supposed to work here twenty years when we don't enjoy it?
- -Why are we expected to work longer hours with less benefits?
- -Why are college degrees leaving us unemployed?
- -Why are these systems screwed up?
- -Why can't I work for myself?
- -Why hasn't anyone changed this already?
And this list goes on...
While I prefer our generation not to be compared to a group of 4-year-olds, I do think it's about time someone started asking questions. With technology, social and environmental changes it certainly can be said that the world we live in today is not the same as the world in which we grew up.
Rather than giving up or being bitter about the set ways of companies, life, and society, vow to improve it. For example, if you hated being treated like crap as an intern, refuse refuse to go on a power trip when you rise in the ranks; instead, treat your intern how you wish you would have been treated.
That being said I challenge Gen Y to not only ask for change, but to make it!
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