Around 68.6% consider that having a millennial boss could boost their professional career, opposite to having a ...
Around 68.6% consider that having a millennial boss could boost their professional career, opposite to having a boss from another generation.
Autonomy, higher levels of mutual understanding and flexibility, are the greatest benefits that millennial workers find in having a member of their generation becoming or being their boss.
This is an actual opinion checked by PageGroup in a survey applied to 800 people, most of whom (94%) are 25 to 35 years old. About 57% survey respondents were male and the rest female.
Around 68.6% consider that having a millennial boss, when compared to having a boss from another generation, increases their chances of developing their professional career.
But it is not only that. Pablo Errázuriz, senior consultant at Page Personnel, points out that a leader as the one described by millennial workers does not only increase every worker’s productivity, but also has an impact on the entire company. “They have another perspective on processes and how to achieve results. These workers understand and are aware that a working environment with fewer vertical structures, increases productivity. They share problems, adversities, and even hobbies with their colleagues, which makes them more sympathetic.”
He believes that people from this generation does not mind asking for help or warning those who are having a weak performance of a certain task, so they “ask” their employers or colleagues for support and guidance in a task they do not master. “This strategy fosters collaborative environments and increases team work”, he states.
In addition, they help to develop more transversal working environments and listen to everyone opinions. “They do not think that asking for advice is a sign of weakness, but rather as a strategy to contribute to everyone’s welfare by considering every opinion and point of view”, says Errázzuriz.
So, he thinks that millennials will generate more efficient communication, “as for them technology is part of their everyday reality and they can keep it formal and flowing through a WhatsApp group, e-mail, or even digital platforms for projects’ follow-ups”.
In the past, he adds “you had to wait for a formal meeting to validate certain topics. Nowadays you usually just need a message or e-mail to wait for a validation and keep on working”.
Errázzuriz also thinks that it is important for “non millennials” to be able to build teams and think like them.
Around 59% of the survey respondents thinks that you need between three to five years to develop in a company, considering professional growth, industry learning, and job autonomy.
And also think about taking new roles. In fact, among their main projects for the next five years are: being promoted (22.2%), travelling on vacations and having a stable job (14.67%) and purchasing a real state good (14.4%).
About half of survey respondents said they are looking for a job.
Source: Diario Financiero
https://www.df.cl/noticias/economia-y-politica/actualidad/nada-de-prejuicios-por-la-juventud-los-millennials-quieren-jefes/2018-07-31/190209.html
