Comments on: You want exceptions to be made? Be exceptional http://yworking.com/attitude/you-want-exceptions-to-be-made-be-exceptional/ generation y is at your service. sort of. Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:39:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brett Hummel http://yworking.com/attitude/you-want-exceptions-to-be-made-be-exceptional/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Brett Hummel Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:37:52 +0000 http://yworking.com/?p=193#comment-150 I don't know if you have taken a look at Best Buy, but they are a perfect example of a workplace that is adjusting to Gen Y. They have instituted a process called a Results Only Work Environment where employees have no set schedules, meetings are optional, and workers are only graded on their results. It was actually developed by a 24 year old employee there, and she just recently wrote a book called Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It. Its pretty interesting, and the results have been so incredible that management has rolled the program out across the entire company. You might want to check it out. I don’t know if you have taken a look at Best Buy, but they are a perfect example of a workplace that is adjusting to Gen Y. They have instituted a process called a Results Only Work Environment where employees have no set schedules, meetings are optional, and workers are only graded on their results. It was actually developed by a 24 year old employee there, and she just recently wrote a book called Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It. Its pretty interesting, and the results have been so incredible that management has rolled the program out across the entire company. You might want to check it out.

]]> By: Jack http://yworking.com/attitude/you-want-exceptions-to-be-made-be-exceptional/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Jack Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:55:03 +0000 http://yworking.com/?p=193#comment-147 Matt, Just wanted to let you know I've been reading this blog for a few months, even though I don't throw down comments often. Both my sister and I are Generation Y'ers, and the (rather large) corporation my sister worked for (for two years) was stuck in the Old Way of running an office and treating its employees. Fairly recently she quit, leaving behind a decent salary and some good friends, solely because of the rigidity of her workplace and its draconian policies. No one wins in situations like this. My sister abandoned a paycheck, and the company lost an extremely talented employee. She played by their rules for two years until she was sick of it. Before I get into a long rant, I'll get to the meat of what I originally had in mind for a comment: I think this is a great and, dare I say, important blog for changing the perception of Generation Y workers and how companies need to adapt to our collective entry into the workforce. Matt,

Just wanted to let you know I’ve been reading this blog for a few months, even though I don’t throw down comments often. Both my sister and I are Generation Y’ers, and the (rather large) corporation my sister worked for (for two years) was stuck in the Old Way of running an office and treating its employees. Fairly recently she quit, leaving behind a decent salary and some good friends, solely because of the rigidity of her workplace and its draconian policies.

No one wins in situations like this. My sister abandoned a paycheck, and the company lost an extremely talented employee. She played by their rules for two years until she was sick of it.

Before I get into a long rant, I’ll get to the meat of what I originally had in mind for a comment: I think this is a great and, dare I say, important blog for changing the perception of Generation Y workers and how companies need to adapt to our collective entry into the workforce.

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