Millennial employees typically have direct and frank opinions – an openness that could benefit the team. If there’s something that they don’t understand, they will ask. If they have suggestions about improving the workflow, you will hear about it.

This could further exemplify this generation’s lessened reverence to hierarchy. They don’t feel the need to shy away from stating their suggestions just because they’re in the lower branch of the org chart. They’re more likely to question a superior the way they question their peers. This shift in work attitude usually clashes with the older generation of med techs.

Reward systems have also significantly evolved between generations. Millennials respond greatly to feedback and recognition. Whereas baby boomers may feel that they don’t need affirmation since they’re only doing their job. Blackburn also stated that, “Millennials need more encouragement but less direction. Job security does not worry them as much as other generations, likely because parents now support their children up until their late 20s.”