“ Just as employers have changed the rules about employees, these young people want to make up their own rules when they enter the workforce. If we let their voices be heard, experiment with their ideas, then retaining them and stimulating them won't be” that much of a challenge - in fact, the new world Gen Y brings could benefit us all.” – Johanna Torsone, “Generation Y Will Change the Way We Work,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 2006

Media coverage regularly tells us that generation Y is going to demand a more flexible workplace – and that the landscape of business and employment will change over the next two decades as a result. But how will this happen? What do they want?  In our third episode of the Opt-In Podcast we profile Generation Y and their views on a flexible workplace. We hear from Lindsey Pollak, author of Getting From College to Career: 99 Things to Do Before You Join the Real World (HarperCollins, April 2007 -- www.lindseypollak.com) who has profiled this generation and its perceptions of the workplace. 

We also brought together several “Gen Y’ers” and asked them to speak frankly about what they want from the workplace.  Our panelists include Albert Lee, VP of a hedge fund, Kristen Jacoby, first-year associate at Heller Ehrman; Ed Bayley, law student, and Rebecca Freeland, consultant for an environmental planning firm.