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Hamza Khan is a marketing professional belonging to the Generation Y or

Millenial cohort. Generation Y was born between the 1980s and around the year 2000.

This generation of people is defined by their preference for freedom and flexibility,

familiarity with technology, connectivity, creativity, and individuality. Unfortunately, many

employers misinterpret their characteristics as selfish, entitled, and immature because

Gen Y does not adhere to the traditional work ethics and lifestyle. Hamza has faced the

same issue during his early professional years. He got nagged and harassed by his

boss because he was not at his desk before 9 am. His boss was more concerned about

monitoring his hours than his work. Before he quit that job, Hamza spent two weeks

arriving at work 15 minutes before 9 am and watched movies all day on his work

computer. Suddenly, his boss was really happy with him and never even bothered to

check if he was even working. Hamza points out that that is what is wrong with the

traditional workplace. The traditional workplace is so concerned with discipline and

obedience that it ignores productivity and creativity. Hamza argues that the millennial

generation realizes this problem and instead prefers a workplace that gives them the

flexibility and the tools to reach their full potential and unleash their productivity.

The Gen Y or Millennial generation is always connected through technology and

is highly mobile. Therefore, they prefer flexible work hours and objective/task-oriented

employers or management so they can work from anywhere they want. They find

micromanagement to be degrading and humiliating. Instead, they want leaders who can

give them freedom, power, encouragement, and flexibility to work at their own pace as

long they complete the job on time. Once their needs are fulfilled the Millenial

employees become highly creative and productive. As a result, Hamza highlights the

need for leaders and not managers in today’s workplace. Gen Y makes up over 50% of

the global workforce today and if employers want to get the most out of them, they need

to change how they have been managing employees.

I fully agree with the video and hate micromanagement by employers as well. I

cannot imagine how any self-respecting adult can stand being humiliated by a boss for

petty and inconsequential things such as arriving before 9 am. I believe that as long as

you get the job done on time, nothing else matters. It does not matter if you arrive on

time, leave early, take a break, work on a side project, etc. The only thing a boss should

be concerned about is achieving the objective and getting the job done. Such

empowerment and freedom make people love their job and give their best for their

employers. Hamza makes the same point in his video. The point that I found most

interesting in the video was that Hamza spent two whole weeks watching movies at

work and his boss never even realized it. Instead, he was happy that he arriving to work

on time. Instead of focusing on productivity and work done, he was more worried about

hours logged in. It’s funny but also sad and frustrating. That is what is wrong with many

bosses today.

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