{"id":6173,"date":"2016-08-15T15:02:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T15:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genhq.com\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2022-08-27T10:40:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T10:40:33","slug":"dont-ask-millennial-office-fix-printer-jam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genhq.com\/dont-ask-millennial-office-fix-printer-jam\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Ask the Millennial in Your Office to Fix the Printer Jam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think your newest <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/Millennials-Gen-Y-Generation-Y-info\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Millennial<\/a><\/span> hire is going to be the one to help you out with your technology woes around the office? Think again. Even though Millennials have been heralded the &#8220;digital native&#8221; generation and are rumored to be technologically proficient, new findings show that Millennials may not be as savvy as they seem.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3663\" src=\"https:\/\/genhq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/8.15.16.jpeg\" alt=\"8.15.16\" width=\"870\" height=\"580\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we discovered a few years ago is that Millennials aren&#8217;t actually tech-savvy, but what they are is tech-dependent,&#8221; said <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/consumer\/millennials-office-technology-not-such-good-match-n629361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Dorsey in a recent NBC News story<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;They don&#8217;t know how technology works, they just know they can&#8217;t live without it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But fear not, Baby Boomers! There is a generation coming to the workplace that will be able to help you with your email settings AND explain how it all works. In addition to being technologically savvy, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"\/igen\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Gen Z<\/a><\/span>, the generation after Millennials, are hard-working and might actually overstep Millennials in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read the entire NBC News article <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/consumer\/millennials-office-technology-not-such-good-match-n629361\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think your newest Millennial hire is going to be the one to help you out with your technology woes around the office? Think again. 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