13 Bad Workplace Habits Millennials Need to stop Making

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SXBLKf5_zk

13 bad workplace habits millennials need to stop making 

The workplace environment needs to be astute and professional if the objectives and mission of the company are to be achieved. Millennials have been characterized as having some workplace habits that only serve to limit the potential they have when it comes to delivering on their mandate and responsibilities. Here are 13 of the workplace habits that millennials need to stop making in order to improve on productivity.

1. Failing to prioritize

If there is an annoying workplace habit that millennials must stop is failing to prioritize. Millennials are probably among the worst when it comes to prioritizing and it becomes a problem since having lots of goals, objectives and obligations without prioritizing leads to none of them being achieved which defeats the purpose of setting the targets in the first place.

2. Complaining about everything

Millennials are known to sulk at everything that seems against what they want. When work situations are not handled in a manner that they perceive as right, millennials are known to complain. One thing to take note of however is that no one is above the system and management of a company or business must be done in light of the goals and objectives of the enterprise and not preferences of the workforce.

3. Forcing the aspect of multitasking

A bad habit that millennials have at the workplace is forcing the aspect of multitasking. Research has proved that only 2% of the employees in a chosen workplace are actually able to multitask effectively and be productive. The rest who attempt multitasking only end up decreasing the attention span they have which reduces productivity. Millennials should therefore only handle what they can comfortably and avoid forcing their abilities when it comes to multitasking.

4. Making demands instead of requests

Millennials tend to have rigid requirements and a particular fault they have following the same is in their presentation of the same. Most millennials present their ideas in form of demands instead of requests and as much as it is understood millennials are opinionated, they rub off the wrong way as they appear bullish.

5. Failing to plan their day

Some experienced entrepreneurs and business experts have intimated that failing to plan is planning to fail and millennials don’t plan which means they fail to have a final expectation in mind when they are working on their duties.

6. Dressing inappropriately

The dress-code at the workplace needs to be spot-on in the sense that it should portray professionalism. Millennials appear to take a more casual approach to dressing and may even be found to dress skimpily in an attempt to show and exhibit their idea of fashion and trend even in the professional space.

7. Perfectionism

Millennials are not known to ask for help even when faced with a difficult situation at the workplace. With this in mind, the millennials always strive to be perfectionists so that they can avoid criticism and this is what reduces productivity and stifles their chance to collaborate with others at the workplace.

8. Coming out as overconfident

A bad habit that millennials have at the workplace is being overconfident. This is a detrimental factor at the workplace since it is interpreted as a form of arrogance whereby someone overestimates the abilities they have and it is sometimes perceived as being irritating.

9. Refusing to take constructive criticism

Millennials are the worst when it comes to taking constructive criticism since they view it as a direct attack on their persona. At the workplace, an employee can not only expect positive feedback and it is actually the negative feedback and constructive criticism that actually makes a person grow.

10. Spending time on things not work-related

Millennials are known to spend time on personal calls, social media chat rooms and watching videos that are not in any way related to the work responsibilities they have. This is a bad habit that limits productivity as well as eliminate work ethic.

11. Avoiding tough tasks

Millennials put off tough tasks with the idea that working on the simpler ones will validate their time and effort. Opportunities to acquire new skills and techniques are often missed owing to the avoidance of the tasks that demand creativity and ingenuity in handling. Avoiding tough tasks therefore stands as a bad habit that should be avoided at all costs.

12. Listening less and talking more

When talking, it is impossible to listen and take in worthy advice that can improve a situation, idea or course of action. Talking more than listening, most notably in the face of experienced individuals, comes off as rude and inconsiderate.

13. Procrastination of responsibilities

Whether it is a report, presentation or detailed paperwork; millennials have been characterized as always looking to procrastinate responsibilities instead of tackling the same to improve overall productivity at the workplace. Procrastination always leads to backlog of duties which causes a rush to beat deadlines.