American Dream Vs Millennials Workspace

The Tethered Generation, written by Kathryn Tyler, a self-identified member of Generation X, published this article in HR Magazine, a magazine for HR Professionals. In this piece, Tyler elaborates on what she believes to be the most dependent generation to exist: Millennials. A “frequent contributor” to the publication as a freelance writer, she has quite the background in human resources and training, which reflects in the style of this particular article. In the beginning Tyler discusses the effect that tethering to technology, peers, and parents has had on this generation. Towards the end, she writes a sort of “how to” guide on dealing with those effects in the workforce, and how to make the transition into the workplace for those individuals (and other employees) as smooth as possible. Her thesis is evident in the beginning of the article. Tyler argues that because millennials are too attached to technology and dependent on other people that are close to them (like parents and peers), they lack the skills and traits that previous generations possessed, as well as autonomy, and in the process created an epidemic of very overbearing parents that may be too concerned and involved in the life of their children, which could be detrimental to the new young adult’s development of their professional life. This rhetorical analysis is going to dissect the writer’s use of logos, pathos, and ethos in her argument.

Most people claim Millennials are not as hardworking as previous generations and put that full blame on technology. However, Simon Sinek indicates multiple compelling reasons why recent generations are, not as committed to long time goals and feel the need for instant gratification. Simon Sinek, a British/American author and marketing consultant, claims in the video “Working With Millennials Can Be a Challenge” that Millennials have lower self esteem, are more impatient, want immediate results, and are addicted to social media. This based on four different sections in their life:, parenting, technology, impatience, and environment. It starts out with the way children are being raised in recent years.

With the rapid growth of technology, the millennials are overly depending on technology. Wherever I go, most of the people I see is either texting or talking on their phones, including myself. These days, you can order almost anything and everything online. Although we rely on technology, I do not think it is a bad thing at all. Some people have to use technology for their job. Mostly, you cannot get a current day job without being able to use a computer or type. Our lives would not be the same without technological advances. Use it, but do not depend on

Impatience also creates disillusionment among the millennial populace. Disillusionment created feelings of depression and lack of interest in their jobs as well as in their own lives. Simon brings a solution to the Millennials disillusionment, which is for companies and corporation to build the confidence of the Millennials and to retrain them in social interactions; and i disagree with this solution because it forces corporations to address a problem that they want to solve. Obviously, the main focus of a company is, itself, which means that if someone is not being productive than they are fired. This model of business has not been changed because it is effective towards increasing a company’s profit, which means that the only reason that a company would want to boost the confidence of a Millennials or retrain them is to boost profits; but is counterintuitive since Millennials have the urge to quit if they do not feel impactful. Besides, it is not the company’s responsibility to re-culture and reeducate an entire generation; the responsibility falls upon the individual

The Millennials are stereotyped as lazy, slackers, financially unstable, unprepared for the real world, and many other things. This group of individuals is so large that it is absolutely absurd to classify millions and millions of people these mean stereotypes. “Today, “young people are far more heterogeneous than they were a few decades back,” Mr. Coupland wrote in an email. “It seems pointless to lump them all into one creative slot” (Marikar).” One key difference that this generation brings to the table is that they are excellent at multitasking. Most of the Baby Boomer generation just looks at the word multitasking as an excuse to be on a smartphone, tablet, and computer all at once when in reality it’s more than that. Other generations can view technology as a disadvantage because they feel you are less

The cookie cutter “American Dream” itself has changed since then. What was once the idea of starting a family and making enough money to live and retire comfortably is now more about giving the future generation a better life, and having a life better than the past generation so we can continue to grow as a country. When 50 years ago, a good education and college degree was the first step for that white picket fence, today much more is needed not just to get a job, but to have a successful career. According to a study conducted by Vanity Fair, 44% of those surveyed define the American Dream as “giving your kids a better life.” People are also very optimistic about the Dream today, with 39% of those surveyed saying “today” when asked which year the American Dream came closest to its peak, in that same survey.

The American Dream has long been worshipped and held as an ideal in our nation for decades. One day settling down with a family of four and living in the suburbs was once held as the perfect end to an American fairytale dream, but as the housing crisis of 2008 tore through the market and threatened the dreams of countless families. Unfortunately millennials grew up watching the housing crash tear at the hearts of their parents and threaten to divide families from their homes. As a result, millennials see the American Dream differently than previous generations. Instead of dreaming to one day own a home, millenials see the American Dream as the opportunity for freedom to explore the world and decide where they shall land. The American Dream has changed from the destination to the journey.

Today the American Dream is a lose term that has almost lost its meaning. However, it still exists as a loosely compiled list of ideals and goals. The dream also changed depending on age. For younger people, it is the dream of getting a college education as well as achieving instant success in life. For college students into mid adulthood it is being able to be debt free, and not needing financial aid. This is accompanied by the ideal of owning a home, some place to call their own. For some people the goal of being debt free carries on into later adulthood due to the expenses of college and the effects of the

Today, many adults look down on the Millennial generation and assume most of them possess negative traits such as laziness, narcissism, and entitlement without ever looking deeper into why these behaviors dominate so heavily within a distinct group of people. In the video “Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace,” Sinek digs deeper to understand the origins of these ultimately harmful characteristics of those born roughly 1984 and after, not just looking at the surface level actions of these young people. The four main causes for the depressed and unmotivated behavior Sinek identifies are failed parenting, technology, impatience, and environment. To better depict the effects of these harmful and unfortunate traits, Sinek uses logos and

The American dream used to be that through hard work you could become rich. Everyone wanted to own their own land and house. People used to work hard to try and own their own things because they worked hard they would value the clothes and things they owned. People now days will break their phones because their parents will buy them the newest one. People no longer work for things, they expect someone

In an interview of 2016, Simon Sinek analyses and discusses the topic of Millennials within the workplace. Throughout Sinek’s speech in his interview, he explains the disadvantages which Millennials have faced while growing up in their generation. Now, Sinek claims that the reason why Millennials have been dealt such a “bad hand” in life, is a result of failed parenting strategies, and an imbalance of technology along with social media (which has advanced like never before within the adolescence of Millennials). Therefore, the imbalance of the internet and real-life interaction results in millennials being unable to form deep and meaningful relationships, in order to carry out happy and meaningful live in comparison to previous

The American Dream calls for Opportunity, it's not the main thing having to do with The American Dream, but it does play an important role. It is belief that America is the land of opportunity where people work hard, with the jobs they do and when they take care of their families. There’s also a belief of playing by the rules, following rules that were made for us all. We as the people also pay

The American Dream isn’t a piece of legislation or doctrine laid down on paper by the founding fathers, it’s an idea passed down from generation to generation as a path to prosperity. This idea however, is gradually dying out with each passing generation as people continue to lose confident in their influence on the world around them. This mentality is sprinkled about in nearly every aspect of American life now, from the spread of cynicism to lack of political activism in the average citizen. This is felt most in the most recent generation to reach adulthood, the often-derided Millennials. A Daily Beast article by Joel Kotkin depicts a transformation in this generation from opportunity-devouring carnivores into passive herbivores, stating “Rather than seek new worlds to

In “Millennials in the workplace”, Simon Sineks shows his empathetic and humorous side in his interview, describing Millennials in general, but pin points to the ones in the work force today. He does this by showing behind the scenes as to why Millennials are the way they are. He states his four main points of “Parenting, technology, impatient, and environment” (Sineks, interview, 2017, time). What Simon Sineks states throughout the interview is totally relatable to me as a millennial, I could see myself in action from my habits by the many scenarios he explains. So yes, I agree with his main points as to why Millennials is the way they are, but having two out of his four being a part of the cause more than the others. Technology and environment are huge in having children not fully develop their best possible selves. To understand this better you have to consider the individual who live in third world countries compared to the US. When Sineks gives his main point’s his purpose is to give it to anyone who uses their cell phones and social media. Many can accuse millenniums of this habit because yes, we are always on our phones, however, this could also be in effect on generation X.

What do millennials define as “The American Dream?” As a millennial, I believe that our mentality can’t be defined as a collective. I can’t tell you what we believe or don’t believe together, but I can give you my opinion. After all isn’t that what being a millennial is about? “The American Dream” is different for each American, that is why it is called the American dream, but I believe that the biggest factor that defines the millennial American dream is the region in which we live.