The Veterans vs The Nexters

The Veterans are those born before World War 2 from year 1922 to 1943, while the Nexters are those who were born from year 1980 to 2000, since there is a 37 years gap between the two generation they have alot of differences .I will compare their workplace characteristic in term of the following category leadership style, feedback and message that motivate and work and family life.

First, they have different style of leadership. The Veterans are directive so they are very formal and they like to command and control others. Because they have the most experience in life they are expected to lead and they are the one who are leading U.S. In contrast, the Nexters leadership style is still to be determined, but they admire team work and cooperation. In result , they like to share Ideas with others . Leadership style is very different between the Veterans and the Nexters .

Second , in term of feedback and message that motivate , the Veterans believe in the term " no news is good news " which means not hearing about a situation indicates that everything is good and nothing bad happened , and the message that motivate them is " your experience is respected ". They admire the idea of being needed and respected by others. On the other hand, the Nexters want an immediate feedback, for they want to improve their job, and the message that motivate them is " you will work with other bright and creative people " and that's because they like share ideas with creative people, and to work with the best people in their field to get improved . Sometimes they work with companies voluntarily without getting paid just to learn from the best. Although the veterans are not concerned about feedback, they Nexters want it immediately.

Third, on the subject of work and family life, the Veterans consider work as the most important thing in life even more important than their own family. Since, they grow in a time where there was no enough jobs and opportunity they consider work as a privilege. Sometimes they work their entire life in one company, whereas the Nexters are balanced between work and family, and they consider work as a way to get a better future for themselves and their family. Although the Veterans are loyal to their employers and are seeking job security, the Nexters don't mind changing the job just work in better environment .

In short , the Veterans and the Nexters are so different in a way that they don't have much similarity , however by understanding and appreciating them I think they can work in harmony and they can learn from each other's