Joanie B. Connell, Founder, Flexible Work Solutions

“They don’t want to work,” I keep hearing from business leaders about Millennial employees.  “How do we get them to engage?”

Millennials have grown up in environments where almost everything is made to be stimulating, fun, and educational.  When they get to work and are assigned tedious tasks with no apparent developmental potential, they don’t hesitate to complain and look for other opportunities.  Yes, young people are usually more idealistic than the jaded experienced workers, but we’re dealing with more than that right now.  Changes in education and parenting practices have produced a generation of workers with different expectations.