Jeremy Meyers dot com » workplace http://www.jeremymeyers.com Fears and opportunities for people and for business are the same thing on different scales. I talk about that, podcasting, and music. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:16:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Is “Paying Your Dues” dead? http://www.jeremymeyers.com/business-2-0/is-paying-your-dues-dead.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-paying-your-dues-dead http://www.jeremymeyers.com/business-2-0/is-paying-your-dues-dead.html#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:37:04 +0000 Jeremy http://www.jeremymeyers.com/?p=1004 I’ve noticed many blog posts lately about Millennials/GenY/etc in the workplace and their ’sense of entitlement’ or ‘not wanting to pay their dues’, and it’s a bit confusing to me.

I am not a Gen-Y-er (though being born in 1979, I’m not technically a GenX-er either), but I’m not sure what value is brought by expecting talented people (they are talented, that’s why they got hired, right) to immediate suffer through menial tasks that do not allow them any responsibility, encourage them to contribute, or include them as part of the team.  What kind of lesson does that teach? It seems like needless discouragement to me.

I would say that if you have a Gen-Y-er on your team, a better strategy would be to include them in meetings, allow them to offer suggestions (even if you may think they’re dumb questions, it is your job to help them refine their thinking to come to a more workable idea), and generally value their contribution.  If you meet all these needs, then you create an atmosphere where they want to get you coffee to show appreciation, rather than it being a chore to be resented.

Also, do this with everyone.

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