Ah, yes, another article about GenY in the workplace. Lovely.

I do not like broad generalizations or "hasty generalizations" as you may call them if you took logic with me. They happen all the time, but that doesn't make them good arguments. This article is actually complimentary to GenY'ers, so I'm more addressing some of the comments left under it. (For the record, I do not know one person who would ever dream of bringing his/her mother to a job interview. (emphasis added) This doesn't mean it does not happen--but please do not make some overreaching judgment that all 20somethings are incapable of making their own decisions because some fool couldn't handle an interview without his/her mum. Puh-lease.)

Grazing the internets, these seem to be the main points regarding the perception of GenY in the workplace:
Yay!: team-oriented, champions of diversity, tech-savvy, enthusiastic, and hard-working (when they want to be), can have fun at work
Boo!: lazy, demanding, feel entitled to things they don't deserve, need their moms too much, too casual, need too much praise and encouragement, have too much fun at work (I'd bet having piercings and spiky hair rank up there, too, in many people's opinions. The shame.)

I want to address my feelings on some of those (the boo's! especially) in-depth. My own best F*$9U&ing News Team exclusive report, if you will (is that phrase copyrighted Comedy Central?). I am said best F*$9U&ing News Team.

So tomorrow, we'll examine the entitlement thing. That drives me up the wall and off a cliff. Actually, the fact that some people seem to regard it as a childish sin to want to balance work and life or to have a world outside of the workplace makes me crazier. SORRY. Yes, giving myself an ulcer working 80 hours a week to make enough money to pay for some silly, overpriced SUV I don't need makes much more sense.

Lighten up.