They are the largest generation in the workplace, bringing change along with them.
Weaned on keypads and cyberspace, exhibiting a comfort level with technology difficult for other generations to fathom. Their social skills, their expectations and demands, and the perceived gulfs between “us and them” have pegged them as vastly different from all generations before them.
Their presence can shake out a sense of complacency and fundamental assumptions that other workers –- and entire cultures – may carry.
Millennials are remarkably similar around the world.
They like their jobs and their organizations, and they largely want the same things: an interesting, high-paying, stable job and working with people they like, trust, and feel appreciated by, in organizations that are socially responsible and value them enough to provide flexibility and opportunities for growth and promotion.
The good news is that Millennials can demonstrate high degrees of commitment to the organizations that employ them. They can be strongly motivated to contribute and actually like the organization they are working for. They can be committed to do what it takes to help the organization succeed, if they are engaged the right way.
Source: Jennifer J. Deal: What Millennials Want from Work: How to Maximize Engagement in Today's Workforce