It's becoming more and more evident that the workplace culture that the Boomers set into effect many moon ago is not working anymore. So far the boomers are holding as tight as they can to it and Gen-X have been enforcing it. However, millennials are a different story.
Millennials were told they could be whatever they wanted to be, but not told what the options were or how to obtain them. When they started to enter the workforce, they were called lazy, entitled, and many other things. So, millennials have suffered very traumatizing work environments to say the least. However, now millennials are reaching the age where they have been working long enough to make their way up to managing positions themselves. Instead of perpetuating this destructive authoritative "I'm your boss, so you must do whatever I tell you to do without questions and always be my little minion" management style, the are deciding to take a more emotionally intelligent direction.
One woman shares an email her new millennial boss sent her and she was shaking with excitement. This woman has only worked with Boomer and Gen-X bosses before and has some PTSD from their "narcissistic and psychotic" management styles. She had to send an email about something that upset her to her new millennial boss, but was nervous. Still, she sent the email and then waited on bated breath. The email she got in return had her body fill with relief. Her millennial boss not only apologized and took responsibility for the actions that upset her employee, she also applauded her employee for speaking up about the issue right away instead of letting it fester on the inside. The problem was not only solved, but also the employee now feels appreciated and comfortable in her position.
"This should be the norm. This should be how work communication goes and it's not. And it is so f***ing refreshing to work for a millennial," she says. Read and/or watch to hear the entire refreshingly professional email from her millennial boss below
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