1. The Generation Game
Anne-Louise Clark (Baby Boomer)
Rahima Shariff (Generation Y)
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2. Three days to go
What were you thinking …
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3. Generation Y
 Updating facebook status looking forward to
making wicked group of friends
 Drinks after work – can’t wait!!!!!
 Great career boost - Am on the path
 Was told they really want young blood and I’ll
be working with senior managers to shape the
organisation
 Expect its going to be really high tech
 People will see me as young and
inexperienced
 Worried that it might be last in first out if there
are job cuts
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4. Baby Boomer
 Will leave a postit note on my desk to remind
me to get her desk ready and print out all the
policies and procedures
 Really looking forward to having another pair
of hands in the team – I am so busy
 Must finalise the induction programme and
buddy with Jane she know the ropes and I thinks a
daughter her age
 Have identified some tasks I need doing to
ease her in gently – after all this is her first real job
 Just a bit worried that she may not appreciate
the way we do things here …
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5. One month in
What are you thinking now
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6. Generation Y
 Loving the flexible working conditions –
great work life balance
 People are so weird about their desks
and what hell are tea clubs
 So much paper to carry about, ironic to
get a paper copy of the ICT Strategy
 Not yet been introduced to any senior
managers
 OMG Only got one BBM pin so far …
lame
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7. Baby Boomer
 Wow she is fantastic on the computer – no
idea how she does it – I keep asking her to weave
her magic with excel! Result!
 It is great she got loads of ideas but I can’t
always drop everything to discuss them in depth – I
am so busy!
 Need to talk to her about interacting with the
team more – I wonder what the policy is on
confiscating her phone
 She keeps asking me about training,
development and future opportunities
already ... one step at a time I say
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8. It has been six months now
What have you learned?
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9. Generation Y
 Tea making can be just as social as
after work drinks – great way to network
 Not just old and crusty but experience
really does count for a lot
 A good manager makes a huge
difference I can see myself here in four to
five years time
 You only get out what you put – I need
to get involved and get noticed
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10. Baby Boomer
 I really appreciate the fresh thinking that
she has brought to the team
 Having someone who if happy to work
more flexibly leaves us time to focus on
outcomes
 I need to find opportunities for personal
development and keep her stimulated –
don’t want her to leave
 I have another new starter around her
age and I will buddy them together
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11. What the research tells us?
Baby boomers Generation Y
Seek authority to make Expects empowerment to
decisions get things done
Stays with current Changes job every 2 – 3
employer more than any years
other generation
Organisation demonstrates Challenging work and able
social/environ responsibility to get things done
Movement up the See promotion as more of
‘corporate ladder’ a ‘scramble net’.
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12. What the research tells us?
Baby boomers Generation Y
Want autonomy and Want specialist skills
serving the community development
See themselves as
technological multi-taskers
Don’t want to be micro
managed
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13. Any Questions
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14. And finally
Gen Y – ‘You don’t necessarily need to tick boxes in your life
plan – you need to maximise the here and now …’
BB – ‘The constant need to provide opportunities for creative
challenges, professional development and recognition can be
difficult but rewarding’.
Gen Y – ‘Don’t be threatened – I here to learn not take your job’.
BB – ‘Just because I’m over 45 don’t think am over the hill’
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