Comments on: Millennials: Moving Home is an Option

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Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:36:20 +0000

[...] Business School (pdf) | Research on how young professionals view work and career. (See “Millennials: Moving Home is an Option” for [...]

By: Tolu

Tolu — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:53:54 +0000

Great post. I completely agree with the fact that most young graduates will rather hold on to find a befitting job than endure one they don't 'like'. I am a good example like many of my friends. I got a chemical engineering job after graduating, worked for a while and it didn't meet my expectations so i ventured into business and building start-ups.

This generation is of the school of thought that you can achieve greatness and you can't settle, you must keep seeking until you find that which works for you, teaches you and pleases you.

By: Bret

Bret — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:14:32 +0000

Good post, Carol. I especially like this observation "Millennials may not be so much different in what they want than older workers, but they are more likely to give voice to their expectations and their frustrations." This makes sense to me, but you also correctly point out that the evidence is still really not there to support this.

I have hated performance management programs my entire career. For a number of reasons, they rarely work and everyone involved hates them. It will be interesting to see if these younger workers change these practices as their careers progress and they take on leadership roles.

By: Todd Havens

Todd Havens — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:51:30 +0000

I was JUST pondering this very topic when thinking about college graduates going out into the job market in 2009.

I delayed the inevitable job search by escaping to film school for graduate-level work, but would I have moved back home with my parents if there had been a recession like this one? Very likely!

We may never know how many are staying "home" because of the economy vs. because of the Millennial mindset, but either way, this all sounds so very European, doesn't it? Where college is not viewed as the proverbial cutting of the cord and the progeny may live with the parents until they move out for marriage or a killer job in another city?

By: Tolu

Tolu — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:40:12 +0000

By: Martin Predd

Martin Predd — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:35:53 +0000

This certainly aligns with the experience of my college friends. I'm shocked at how many of them STILL live at home (been graduated for 3,4,5 years now), even those who have solid jobs. When does it end? Liking your parents is one thing, but where have self reliance and pride gone?

There will always be a 'better' job and or a more fulfilling internship...part of growing up is experiencing some of the less ideal ones as you find your way to what really makes you happy. Unfortunately, among the live-at-home Millennials I know, this rationale is used as a justification for laziness more often than not. If necessity is the mother of invention, what are parents doing by removing their children's necessity to support themselves?

There's a difference between healthy support of your children in a down economy and enabling them to float without purpose in the netherworld between college and adult life. If the Millennial friends I know are any representation of the norm, I worry Boomers are erring too far on the side of enabling.

As a Millennial myself, I find this terribly embarrassing.