Remember how Generation Y workers thought they didn't have to work their father's 9-to-5 shift? That they wanted flexibility in their jobs? That they valued friendships and feedback over a steady check? That employers needed to learn new strategies in order to cope with (coddle) these sensitive world-changers?

In this job market we wonder, "Yeah. How's that working out for them?"

It was this article that got us thinking. It's another of those "How to deal with and attract Gen Y workers" stories that now seems as if it were written in an alternate universe.

With unemployment on the rise and cutbacks everywhere, shouldn't Gen Y be lucky to have the job they have, so much so that employers need not sweat catering to their every need?

Just wondering.

Good points about the kids whining though.

Now get off my lawn!

I am surprised at the noise my Gen-Y co-workers are making about losing 5% of their wages. Of course that noise stops when I point out the other option is to lose 100% of their job. A large number of these career focused Gen-Y workers have lost sight of the fact that the company employs them to make a profit, not to provide them with a career path. I can only hope this economic slow down also forces us as a society to look at all of our social entitlement programs as well as our "occupational entitlements".

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