The Generation Gap at Work
As offices go, the editorial suites at Time Inc. are pretty laid back. T-shirts are fine. Shave if you like. Slides, sneakers or heels - your choice. Yet there's a limit to what passes for acceptable appearance, and I was sure a recent bunch of college interns had breached it spectacularly with their nose rings, tattoos and low-rise pants. These were bright, ambitious kids. Why the blatant show of disrespect?
My younger colleagues wondered too. But they were more amused than aghast, and it occurred to me that there is a widening generation gap when it comes to interpreting casual Fridays. And that's not all: Young folks are putting their stamp on the workplace in ways far more reaching than their wardrobe. And we boomers don't necessarily like it.
We're all part of a new-age experiment: four generations working side by side yet often speaking a different language. Think that's an exaggeration? Go ahead. Try to decipher this twentysomething text message: WU CMIW that was CLM or maybe CS. (What's up? Correct me if I'm wrong. That was a career-limiting move or maybe career suicide.)
Boomers, the older "silent" generation, and younger ones known as X and Y bring vastly different histories, values and work habits to the job. These gaps have led to stereotypes that hinder our ability to get things done.
Nearly 60 percent of HR managers at large companies say they've observed office conflicts that flow from generational differences, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Tensions typically stem from perceptions of loyalty and respect - as in, we think the kids don't have any. Yet the latest research shows that we may be compatible after all. Debunking some key myths may help you get past the tattoos and belly buttons in your office.
Myth No. 1: Young workers love change
It's commonly thought that young people embrace change as enthusiastically as older workers resist it. Not so. In a study of 3,200 workers, only 12 across the generations said they liked change at the office, reports the Center for Creative Leadership.
"Resistance to change isn't about age, it's about how much you stand to gain or lose," says the Center's Jennifer Deal, author of "Retiring the Generation Gap: How Employees Young and Old Can Find Common Ground." In general, older workers have more to lose. But many younger workers have identical anxieties.
Don't make assumptions based on age, says Deal. Ask your young colleagues how a shift would change their life. If it's for the better, can you blame them for loving it? But it might be as upsetting to them as it is to you - and it could be a bonding moment.
Myth No. 2: Gen X- and Y-ers lack a strong work ethic(职业道德)
Not true. But coming of age under very different circumstances has affected our work styles. Boomers had to scrape and claw for jobs and work long hours to keep them and get ahead because there were so many of us. Competition was keen. Work became central to our identities, and with two-earner households, we did much of our socializing in professional circles.
But Gen X is much smaller and has never known job scarcity. They can demand more or move on. They've seen their parents get downsized, seeming victims of company loyalty, and watched them strain to juggle career and family.
That different history has led to marked differences in how we work. Younger generations are willing to move every two or three years to get the job experience and work-life balance they want. Ask them to come into the office over the weekend and they are apt to resist.
"Their time off is their time off," says Gary Westerman, a former employment consultant. Yet that doesn't mean they won't get the job done. If they must, they'll work from the beach on their laptop. And they're more apt to come in promptly and eschew the water-cooler chats so popular among boomers. They focus, finish and leave. Boomers need to appreciate these style differences. Look at the results, not the process.
Myth No. 3: They disrespect elders
This gets back to the dress issue. When boomers entered the work force, tattoos and body piercings were for bikers and lowlifes. Yet Gen X and Gen Y see these expressions (in tastefully modest doses) as normal, even alluring - not a way to thumb their nose at authority.
The question of respect goes beyond a dress code. Boomers got ahead by doing what they were told and expect younger workers to similarly fall in line. But with their leverage in the workplace, twenty- and thirtysomethings don't have to take what you say on faith. They want to know why they're being asked to perform a task.
This isn't disrespect. They have more options than you did at that age. But if you are clear in what you expect and explain the reasons behind a particular assignment, they'll respond.
Myth No. 4: Younger workers prefer to go it alone
"Boomers like to call a meeting," says Robert Wendover, managing director for the Center for Generational Studies. "X- ers would rather e-mail or text." But while younger workers are more accepting of technology, corresponding via text message and preferring to communicate online instead of in a meeting hardly qualifies as going it alone.
All generations value working with capable colleagues despite age, says Deal of the Center for Creative Leadership. Boomers accustomed to face time may misread young workers' preference for tech time as isolationist（孤立主义者）. It's anything but - if you know how to use the tools.
So learn them. And then give the kid a chance. Soon you won't even notice the silver stud in her tongue.
在工作中的代沟
作为办公室，在时代公司的编辑套房都相当悠闲。 T恤是好的。刮胡子，如果你喜欢。幻灯片，运动鞋或高跟鞋 - 你的选择。然而，有一个可接受的外观传递的限制，我相信最近的大专实习生一堆违反了与他们的鼻环，纹身和低层裤子壮观。这是光明的，雄心勃勃的孩子。为什么公然不敬的节目？
太想我年轻的同事。但他们比骇然逗乐了，它发生在我身上是有代沟的扩大，当它来解释休闲星期五。而这还不是全部：年轻的人来说，把他们的邮票，远远超过他们的衣柜深远的方式在工作场所。我们潮不一定喜欢它。
我们都是一个新时代的实验部分：四代并肩工作，还经常讲不同的语言。认为这是一种夸张吗？来吧。尝试破译这七字短信：吴CMIW CLM的或可能政务司司长。 （什么事？纠正我，如果我错了。这是职业生涯限制移动或者职业生涯自杀。）
潮，旧的“沉默”的一代，年轻的称为X和Y的工作带来很大的不同的历史，价值观念和工作习惯。这些差距导致的陈腐观念妨碍我们有能力把事情做好。
近60％，大型企业的人力资源经理说，他们已经观察到的办公室冲突，从代际差异的流量，根据人力资源管理协会。紧张通常源于忠诚和尊重的观念 - 我们认为，孩子们没有任何。然而，最新的研究表明，我们可能毕竟兼容。揭穿一些关键的神话可以帮助你过去的纹身和肚脐，在你的办公室。
神话1：年轻工人爱变化
它通常认为，年轻人拥抱变化，积极为老工人抵制。并非如此。在研究3,200名工人中，只有12跨世代说，他们喜欢在办公室里的变化，报告创造性领导中心。
“耐改变是不是年龄，它站在你获得或失去多少，说：”该中心的珍妮弗新政，笔者在“退休代沟：年轻人和老年人的员工如何能找到共同点”一般来说，年纪较大的工人有更多的损失。但是，许多年轻的工人，有相同的忧虑。
不要根据年龄的假设，说新政。问问你的年轻同事如何转变将改变他们的生活。如果好，你能责怪他们热爱它呢？但它可能会扰乱他们，因为它是你 - 它可能是一个粘接时刻。
误区2：X一代和Y-ERS缺乏强烈的工作道德（职业道德）
事实并非如此。但时代的到来，在非常不同的情况下，已影响到我们的工作作风。婴儿潮一代有刮爪就业和工作时间长，以使他们获得成功，因为有我们这么多人。竞争是激烈的。工作，我们的身份，成为中央和两个赚取家庭，我们确实在专业圈子，我们的应酬太多。
但X一代是小得多，从来不知道工作的稀缺。他们可以要求或移动。他们看到他们的父母得到精简，似乎对公司的忠诚的受害者，看着他们紧张，兼顾事业和家庭。
这导致了不同的历史如何，我们在工作的显着区别。年轻一代愿意将每隔两年或三年，以得到他们想要的工作经验和工作生活平衡。问他们周末到办公室来，他们很容易抵制。
“他们的休息时间是他们的休息时间，说：”加里·韦斯特曼，前就业顾问。然而，这并不意味着他们不会把工作做好。如果有必要，他们会从他们的笔记本电脑上海滩。而且他们更容易来在及时避开潮间流行的水冷却器聊天。他们集中精力，完成并离开。婴儿潮一代需要欣赏这些风格的差异。看的结果，而不是过程。
误区3：他们不尊重长者
这回来的着装问题。当婴儿潮一代进入劳动大军，纹身和身体穿孔骑车和lowlifes。然而，X一代和Y一代看到这些表达式（高雅谦虚剂量）为正常，甚至诱人 - 没有一种方法以拇指机关在自己的鼻子。
超越着装方面的问题。潮一代提前了做什么，他们被告知，并期望年轻的工人，同样属于符合。但与他们在工作场所的杠杆作用，二十到30岁都没有采取什么你说信仰。他们想知道为什么他们被要求执行一项任务。
这是不尊重。他们有更多的选择，比你在这个年龄。但如果你清楚你所期望的，并解释一个特定的任务背后的原因，他们会作出回应。
误区4：年轻工人宁愿单干
“潮要召集会议，说：”罗伯特·温多弗，为世代研究中心董事总经理。的“X-ERS宁愿E-mail或文字。”但是，而年轻的工人接受的技术，通过相应的短信，宁愿进行在线交流，而不是在会议几乎没有资格作为单干。
各代重视工作能力的同事，尽管年龄说，新政创造性领导中心。习惯于面对时间的婴儿潮一代可能误读青年工人的高新技术时间偏好作为孤立（孤立主义者）。这是什么，但 - 如果你知道如何使用工具。
因此，学习他们。然后给孩子一个机会。不久，你甚至不会注意到她的舌头在银钉。
We live in a culture which continually bombards(轰击)us with advertising messages suggesting that “the good life” is the “the good life”. But such messages bear a false promise, because recent psychological research has not only made clear that money can’t buy happiness, but has begun to show that when people organize their lives around the pursuit of wealth, their happiness can actually decrease.
Research on how happiness relates to material wealth by psychologists clearly indicates that people are happier if they live in wealthy rather than poor nations. However, once individuals have enough money to pay for their basic needs of food, shelter, etc., money does relatively little to improve happiness. Further, increases in either national economic growth or personal income have much effect on changes in the personal happiness of citizens.
Psychological research goes further than this, however, by showing that people who “buy into” the message of consumer culture report lower personal well-being. Individuals who say that goals for money, image, and popularity are relatively important to them also report less satisfaction in life, fewer experiences of pleasant emotions, and more depression and anxiety.
In addition to these problems with personal happiness, research suggests that pursuit of material wealth also hurt social relationships and promote ecologically destructive behavior.
我们生活在一个文化不断轰击（轰击）我们与广告的消息表明，“美好生活”是“美好生活”。但是，这样的消息中，承担了虚假承诺，因为最近的心理学研究不仅清楚，钱不能买到幸福，但已经开始显示，当人们组织各地对财富的追求自己的生活，他们的幸福实际上可以减少。
如何幸福与物质财富心理学家的研究清楚地表明，人是美好的，如果他们在富裕的生活，而不是贫穷国家。然而，一旦个人有足够的资金来支付他们的基本需要的食品，住房等，钱确实比较小，以提高幸福。此外，在任何国家的经济增长或个人收入的增加有太大的影响，对公民个人的幸福变化。
心理学的研究比这更进一步，但是通过展示，人们“买成”的消费文化报告较低的个人福祉的消息。个人人说，钱，图像和普及的目标是比较重要的是他们还报告在生活不太满意，愉快的情绪较少的经验，以及更多的抑郁和焦虑。
除了与个人的幸福这些问题，研究表明，物质财富的追求，也伤害了社会关系，促进生态环境的破坏性行为。
Ever since Stephanie's 13th birthday we have been receiving comments from other adults expressing their sympathies because our daughter is now a teenager. We've heard everything from,“ Sure she's a good kid, but just wait, now that she's a teenager...”to the ever inspiring, “Well, all kids are rotten when they are teenagers, just try to go through it the best way you can.” What's more upsetting is that many of these insensitive adults feel the need to share their negative predictions well within the hearing of both our daughters.
I know that teenagers can be moody and difficult at times, but I'm 32 and I can also be difficult and moody. We worry about the future and want today's kids to know that we care for them and that there are opportunities that await them. However, at the very point they set out on that journey toward adulthood we stand there watching them disapprovingly, just waiting for them to make a mistake,“ just like we knew they would. ”We tell them to respect themselves and to say no to drugs, yet we fail to set a positive example by treating them with kindness and consideration, demonstrating our respect for them.
I have, at times, been guilty of this behavior but am now realizing that the more I see each person as a person, the more I am pleasantly surprised in some way or another. For example, a few weeks ago my husband and I were having dinner at our favorite restaurant and two teenage boys came in and sat down right beside us. I must admit that my first thought was, “Perfect, there goes our quiet, peaceful dinner. ”I was so wrong! These young men were well behaved, quiet, and left a nice tip for the waitress. Once I looked beyond the jeans so loose they were practically falling off and the multi-colored hair, I saw what fine people these kids were.
Many of the people who, perhaps unknowingly, treat teens with disrespect are unhappy about the fact that pop singers and sports stars are our children's heroes. I feel that unless we give them something better to go after, we really shouldn't complain.
自从斯蒂芬妮的13岁生日，我们已收到来自其他成年人表达他们的同情的意见，因为现在我们的女儿是一个十几岁。 “我们听到的一切，”当然，她是个好孩子，只是等待，现在，她是一个十几岁......“永远鼓舞人心的，那么，所有的孩子都烂时，他们是青少年，只是试图通过它去最好的办法，可以。“更令人烦恼的是，这些敏感的成年人，很多人觉得有必要分享其消极的预测，以及在听证会，我们的女儿。
我知道，青少年有时会喜怒无常和困难，但我32，我也很难和穆迪。我们担心未来和希望今天的孩子们知道我们关心他们，有机会等待着他们。然而，他们在很点设置上，对成年的旅程，我们站在那里看着他们不以为然，只是在等待他们犯了一个错误，就像我们知道他们会“。 “我们告诉他们，尊重自己，向毒品说”不“，但我们不能治疗他们的善良和审议设置一个正面的例子，表明我们对他们的尊重。
有时，我已经犯这种行为，但我现在意识到，我看到每个人作为一个人，我惊喜在一些这样或那样的惊讶。例如，在几个星期前，我和我丈夫在我们最喜欢的餐馆晚餐和两个十几岁的男孩来到我们身边坐下。我必须承认，我首先想到的是，“完美，去我们的宁静，祥和的晚餐。 “我错了！这些年轻人表现良好，安静，并留下一个漂亮的女服务员小费。一次，我看着如此宽松的牛仔裤超越他们几乎脱落和多种颜色的头发，我看到这些孩子是什么人精。
许多人，也许在不知不觉中，治疗与不尊重青少年的人是不满意的事实，歌星和体育明星是我们的孩子们的英雄。我觉得，除非我们给他们更好的东西去后，我们真的不应该抱怨。
In the United States, a person can take credit only for what he has accomplished by himself. Americans get no credit whatsoever for having been born into a rich or privileged family. (In the United States, that would be considered “an accident of birth”.) Americans pride themselves in having been born poor and, through their own hard work, having climbed the difficult ladder of success to whatever level they have achieved—all by themselves. The American social system has, of course, made it possible for Americans to move, relatively easily, up to the social ladder, whereas this is impossible to do in many other countries. The “self-made man or woman” is still very much the ideal in present-day America.
Americans believe that competition brings out the best in any individual. Consequently, the foreign visitor will see competition being fostered in the American home and in the American classroom, even at the youngest age levels. You may find the value placed on competition among individuals. But Americans teaching in Third World countries find the lack of competitiveness in a classroom situation equally distressing . They soon learn that what they had thought to be one of the universal human characteristics represented only a peculiarly American (or Western) value.
Americans, valuing competition, have devised an economic system to go with it – free enterprise . Americans feel very strongly that a highly competitive economy will bring out the best in its people and ultimately, that the society which fosters competition will progress most rapidly. If you look for it, you will see evidence in all areas – in all fields as diverse as medicine, the art, education, and sports – that free enterprise is the approach most often preferred in America.
在美国，一个人可以采取只为他完成了自己的信用。美国人获得丰富或特权的家庭出生，因没有信用。 （在美国，这将被视为“意外”出生）。美国人感到自豪，自己已被出身贫寒，通过自己的辛勤劳动，很难成功的梯子爬上了什么水平，他们已取得所有由自己。美国的社会制度，当然，有可能为美国人，相对容易移动，社会阶梯，而这是不可能做到在其他许多国家。 “自制男人还是女人”仍然是非常理想在今天的美国。
美国人认为，竞争带来的任何个人最好。因此，外国游客将会看到正在培育的竞争在美国的家，即使在最年轻的年龄层次，在美国的课堂。您可能会发现放在个体之间的竞争价值。但美国人在第三世界国家的教学发现，在教室里的情况同样令人痛心的竞争力的缺乏。他们很快就学会，他们被认为是人类普遍的特点之一，只有一种特殊的美国（或西方）价值。
美国人，重视竞争，已制订了一个去 - 自由企业的经济体制。美国人感到非常强烈的一个高度竞争的经济将带来最好在其人，并最终促进竞争的社会进步最迅速。 ，如果你看一下它，你会看到在各个领域的证据 - 在各个领域，如医药等不同的艺术，教育，体育 - 自由企业是在美国最常用的首选方法。
The Internet is the most important human invention since the introduction of printing .Today,there are more websites than there are human beings alive on the planet.。As a communication system it has no equals .As allows anyone with a computer to say anything they like to anyone else with a computer,anywhere in the world.
In human terms, its significance lies in the way it gives us back our ancient birthright.。For a million years our ancestors lived in small groups Within each group everyone knew everyone else personally. Then,with the agricultural revoluntion about 10000 years ago, our small tribal settlements grew into large villages,then towns,then cities.
It no longer 8_possible to know all the people where you live .If you tried to talk to everyone 9_as you walked oown a city street ……
We are now ttibal once more. 10_Unfortunately while the Internet may provide us 11_with a highspeed global….it does this 12_at the expense of face to face encounters We remain 13_alone .bent over our screens in the 14_privacy of our rooms
The greatest 15_loss here is the information we 16_receive from body language ….the personalities and 17_changing moods of those we are talking to On the internet we have no 18_idea whether the guy in the chatroom is charming .the internet gives us facts and figures 19_by the million ,but it tells us nothing about a 20_strangers true worth
互联网是人类发明的最重要的，因为引进印刷。今天，有更多的网站比有活在这个星球上的人类。作为一个通信系统，它拥有不等于。允许一台电脑的人说什么他们希望其他任何人与计算机，在世界任何地方。
在人力资源方面，其意义在于的方式，它让我们回到我们古老的名分。一万年，我们的祖先居住在小团体中的每个人都知道在每个组每个人亲自。然后，与农业revoluntion大约10000年前，我们的小部落成长为大村庄，然后镇，然后城市。
它不再8_possible的知道所有的人，你住的地方，如果你试图说服大家9_as你走进oown城市街道......
我们现在ttibal一次。而在互联网10_Unfortunately可能为我们提供11_with一个高速全球......它这个12_at牺牲面对面遇到我们仍然在我们的屏幕弯曲，在我们的房间14_privacy13_alone。
这里最大的15_loss是我们身体语言16_receive的信息......我们正在讨论在互联网上我们有没有18_idea，是否在聊天室的人是迷人的个性和17_changing情绪。互联网给我们19_by的事实和数字万美元，但它告诉我们关于20_strangers真正价值
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