Gen Y
English
Proper noun
Gen Y
- Clipping of Generation Y.
- Coordinate terms: Gen X, Gen Z
- 2008, Dianne Bender, Design Portfolios: Moving from Traditional to Digital, Fairchild Books, →ISBN, page 40:
- If you are a member of Gen Y, you probably feel right at home working with computers and digital media.
- 2013, Diane E. Spiegel, The Gen Y Handbook: Applying Relationship Leadership to Engage Millennials, SelectBooks, →ISBN:
- Since "entitlement" has been a word consistently used to describe the attitude Millennials bring with them, this chapter explains why this perception of Gen Y is rampant and what being entitled means to them.
- 2022, Tim Elmore, A New Kind of Diversity: Making the Different Generations on Your Team a Competitive Advantage, Maxwell Leadership, →ISBN, pages 271–272:
- According to [Mark] McCrindle, “Gen Alpha will likely stay in education longer, start their earning years later and so stay at home with their parents later than even their predecessors, Gen Z and Gen Y. […]”
Noun
Gen Y (plural Gen Ys)
- A member of Generation Y.
- 2013, Pierre Benckendorff; Gianna Moscardo, “Generational cohorts and ecotourism”, in Roy Ballantyne and Jan Packer, editors, International Handbook on Ecotourism, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 141:
- Gen Ys grew up in a media-saturated postmodern world where technology was pervasive.
- 2013, Diane E. Spiegel, The Gen Y Handbook: Applying Relationship Leadership to Engage Millennials, SelectBooks, →ISBN:
- Growing up, Gen Ys were bombarded with messages, more than any other generation. Due to the 24/7 nature of news and information and with their tech savvy skills and links into social media, they are connected and move forward with high expectations.
- 2015, Stephen P. Robbins; Rolf Bergman; Ian Stagg; Mary Coulter, Management, Pearson Australia, →ISBN, page 558:
- Due to the low unemployment rate in Australia and New Zealand and the high demand for skilled workers, many organisations are going out of their way to employ Gen Ys.