millennials and sex

[Fridolf]

Ugh, I'm associated with a group whose marketing department now has a millennial with significant control. Guess where he wants all of our marketing budget to turn to? Despite 18 consecutive months of successful sales increases, this guy wants to turn 75% of our budget from our core user demographic to 75% millennials. With no data whatsoever save they are in the media daily.

 

One of the great challenges of managing millennials is that this generation is not accustomed to being accountable for outcomes. They are passionate about inputs, but are often befuddled when output data contredicts their assumptions.

[marylander1940]

I didn't realize the population of New Boomers (Millennials) exceeded the Baby Boomers. Now, if we can just ensure they get decent employment, I'll stop worrying about Social Security running out of money,

 

Numbers/facts don't matter! Paul Ryan would love to privatize it, give yinz a voucher and make it smaller every year...

 

I teased so much my conservative cousins in 2008 when I said to them: "everything would be better if W had been able to privatize Social Security in 2005 and turned them into part of your 401k..."

 

They never liked it, they always considered it to be a threat to freedom/responsibility even when it was nothing but help for orphans and widows.

 

Ponzi scheme? Well, if you defund it!

 

[BabyBoomer]

Numbers/facts don't matter! Paul Ryan would love to privatize it, give yinz a voucher and make it smaller every year...

 

I teased so much my conservative cousins in 2008 when I said to them: "everything would be better if W had been able to privatize Social Security in 2005 and turned them into part of your 401k..."

 

They never liked it, they always considered it to be a threat to freedom/responsibility even when it was nothing but help for orphans and widows.

 

Ponzi scheme? Well, if you defund it!

 

 

Just a reminder: this is not the political forum.

 

~Boomer ~

[marylander1940]

Just a reminder: this is not the political forum.

 

~Boomer ~

 

Sorry!

[marylander1940]

Only if you do not count Blacks and Native Americans.

 

Irish too, we were the main target of the KKK, in Maine French Canadians were the enemy.

[+ José Soplanucas]

Irish too, we were the main target of the KKK, in Maine French Canadians were the enemy.

 

We may be forgetting more groups, Marylander.

[Jbdesc]

Im a millennial, just at the beginning of my 30's - I also have an overactive libido so this study doesn't apply. Maybe it is more targeted towards women?

[+ Topseed]

And let's not forget the WW II internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry. Sure seems to me like terrorism...

[+ Truereview]

Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book [wants to be rich or famous], and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching"

-Found written on an Assyrian tablet around 2000 BC.

 

Some things never change. Since time immemorial, older generations have looked critically upon younger generations.

[+ quoththeraven]

I'm the parent of a millennial (born 1994), and I neither agree with nor appreciate their getting being lumped together and used as rhetorical punching bags.

 

That millennial boss is an inexperienced boss. (Also possibly a bad boss, period.) If he were from a different generation, he'd make different mistakes.

 

The millennials I know are more accepting of differences of race, gender and orientation than earlier cohorts. They may also be more activist and idealistic. (I.e., more like those 5-10 years older than me during 60s and 70s activism.) That's a good thing, not a bad thing.

[AndreFuture]

Earth is degenerating today. Bribery and corruption abound. Children no longer obey their parents, every man wants to write a book [wants to be rich or famous], and it is evident that the end of the world is fast approaching"

-Found written on an Assyrian tablet around 2000 BC.

 

Some things never change. Since time immemorial, older generations have looked critically upon younger generations.

 

Without fail.

[+ poolboy48220]

I've worked with a series of mostly-useless junior project managers that might put me off millennials, except for one outstanding exception (who did object to being lumped in with other millennials :-) )

[+ Truereview]

I've worked with a series of mostly-useless junior project managers that might put me off millennials, except for one outstanding exception (who did object to being lumped in with other millennials )

The fact that you have an "exception" in your pool of mostly-useless PMs sounds to me more like you have a faulty recruiting or selection process than a bunch Millennials that disappoint. I empathize with you though bc it is a common issue. I used to get the same complaints from my direct reports until I brought in an expert in selection tools to identify specific behavioral questions that could help us distinguish for competencies that would make PMs successful in their role. It took us about a year to uncover that 1) our behavioral interview questions sucked, 2) our candidate sourcing strategies had big time flaws in it (including blind spots around diverse prospects), and 3) my managers had unconscious biases about who they felt was a good match for the role. Ultimately our painful insight was that though there were some bad matches in our candidate pool, we could indeed control a lot of it ourselves. And if we missed one or two here and there, then it became our duty as leaders to manage those mostly-useless PMs out or to a better job match (preferably the latter!). A lot of this had to do less with generations and more with solid management and leadership coaching.

[+ quoththeraven]

This Twitter thread by a Gen Xer who finished her final degree (a law degree from U of Michigan) in 2006, with Millenials, is about finances, not sex, but same difference. The replies are also enlightening.

 

 

The point about college loans (non-dischargeable in bankruptcy, by the way) and about paying off debt is crucial.