this morning i read an article in the paper about a "current generation" doc who was forgoing the extremely long hours most early-career docs have to endure to take a 8-5 m-f doc-job at a local hospital. when the guy walks out the door, the pager / phone are turned off and he's got his normal life back. (or so the story goes.)
that made me think of a conversation i had with one of my former co-workers (i was his manager) / long time friend and for the past few years, client, who owns a very successful software company. my friend is now 39 and a couple of months ago was ragging on me that "his generation makes / takes more time for their families than" my generation did. my take was that depending on the type of work one does, today's tools / business / social mindset support making / taking more time available away from the office and availability to one's family.
he called the house the other day and in conversation with my wife, mentioned that one of his employees was ragging on him that he (my friend) didn't get how important a facebook presence could be to their company because my friend is "too old to understand".
buahahahahahaha, that's just sooooooooooooooooo funny to me! (39 = too old.)
so, i'm curious - do you see major generational differences in your line of work on a frequent basis, and if so, what are they?
thx,
hal
that made me think of a conversation i had with one of my former co-workers (i was his manager) / long time friend and for the past few years, client, who owns a very successful software company. my friend is now 39 and a couple of months ago was ragging on me that "his generation makes / takes more time for their families than" my generation did. my take was that depending on the type of work one does, today's tools / business / social mindset support making / taking more time available away from the office and availability to one's family.
he called the house the other day and in conversation with my wife, mentioned that one of his employees was ragging on him that he (my friend) didn't get how important a facebook presence could be to their company because my friend is "too old to understand".
buahahahahahaha, that's just sooooooooooooooooo funny to me! (39 = too old.)
so, i'm curious - do you see major generational differences in your line of work on a frequent basis, and if so, what are they?
thx,
hal