After taking today’s class and reading this article, I remembered some related problem happened among young people in China in the recent years. I will discuss them in the following paragraphs.

A large number of young people who are in the age of 20s do not adapt to the working conditions in China. As the only child in the family, they do not want to do basic works, and work overtime. Some of them change their jobs so frequently just because they do not like the working environment. Some managers cannot understand this situation. However, this is caused because of the social environment, so both managers and young workers should change something to adapt this.

The situation that young people have different attitudes of working occurs not only in China not also in US. “A Millennial Branding study reported that 45% of Millennials will choose workplace flexibility over pay; 72% want to have a job where they can have an impact; and due to the recent recession and the high unemployment rate among young people, most need economic security.”

As the result, managers should think about whether their policies are appropriate or not. The policies for the old workers may not suitable for the new generation. For example, old workers always do what leaders ask them to do, but young workers have more ideas of their own and want to create their values. Then, firms should change their policy in order to hear from their workers and then do better. In addition, firms can change their working environment for the young generation. These changes might cost a lot, but this can motivate these people to work harder and more efficiently, which can also improve the corporate image and increase firms’ profit as well as create a positive organizational culture.

Just like the title mentioned, “like it or not, millennials will change the workplace”. This is the inevitable result in the modern society.

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