看新闻是华生的一个习惯，然而我发现这么一个有趣的现象：似乎只要是发生在年轻人身上的负面新闻，就会被加上一个“90后”的标签，似乎让这个词多了几分贬义色彩。
然而，事实并非是这样，因为一小部分人的行为而使整代人被“妖魔化”，我想90后对此也很无奈。其实，现在正有越来越多优秀的新生代进入职场发挥自己的卓越才能。或许在两代人之间，只是因为思想的不同而不理解，因为不理解而产生误解。
就好象这位叫做Terrell Gates朋友所遭遇的那样，或许我们之间需要的更多的是磨合。
Terrell Gates sent a task to one of his young analysts with clear directives: make this your priority and have it done by the end of the day.
Until about 16:30, when Gates noticed that the analyst had left for the day. But a little more than an hour before midnight that night, the completed spread sheet arrived in Gates' email inbox.
“Out of sight is not out of mind for this generation” of millennials, said Gates, 41. “You constantly have to be reminded of that. They just want to work on their terms.”
这或许是现在许多公司面临的状况：新一代的年轻人有用更多的个性和更高的天赋，同时他们也需要更多的自由，以及更加人性化的工作环境。比如，我们从前从来不敢想“SOHO”这种工作模式能够成功，但这正在年轻人身上发生。
华生预言，在不久的将来能够站上互联网时代文明巅峰的人，必然是80、90甚至00后的天才与精英，他们会改革旧的秩序，创造出更高的生产效率。但是，就现在来说，怎样才能与年轻人和谐、融洽地相处呢？
Are young workers brats or brilliant?
At a time when few jobs are guaranteed, youth today feel less inclined to change their styles to match a workplace, Dorsey said. If their bosses don’t allow them flexibility, they’ll job hop — also more acceptable these days — and that means the company potentially loses out on young talent.
A softer approach
Adapting to this new workforce means changing two key facets of management. The first one is offering more feedback — holding millennials accountable and giving them regular check-ups. Once a month generally enough, Dorsey said.
The second thing younger workers want is the freedom to redefine the way they work. The old 8:00-to-17:00 schedule may be seen as a hindrance, and they’ll thrive better in a workplace that respects someone who shows up late after a morning run or darts out early for happy hour but still gets the work done.
Millennials want the flexibility to clock in remotely when they wake up early or later at night, instead of working only from their desks. And let’s face it, workers of all ages juggle everything from family commitments to long commutes, so the demands young workers are making could very well make workplaces better for everybody.
Unlike older workers, you can’t just tell millennials they’re doing something wrong. There has to be plenty of context. Villasante, who’s 51, tries to make any correction into a learning experience. “I will tell them to chalk it up to wisdom. You won’t make this mistake again, and now you know the right way to do it,” she said.
This has worked well for the head of Villasante’s warehouse, who is in his mid-20s but runs his department to exacting details. When he ships clothes to major retailers, every tag and label has to be perfect — one bent corner means the item could be sent back. And while he works hard and learned quickly from early mistakes, he like others from his generation, puts a high value on interests outside of work, Villasante said.
“Millennials have a better balance of work and life,” Villasante said. “They work hard, but they also play hard.”
年轻人也是普通人，和之前任何一代人没有两样。只是他们成长于革命性的互联网时代，是人类文明跨越式前进中崛起的“第一代人”。只要老一辈人能够包容并理解年轻人，用合适的方法来引导出他们的潜能，就能让其成为天使。
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