I've often looked around at younger and older employees and wondered who is really being themselves at work? We all have a 'public' and a 'private' personality for work, home and depending on who we're with. But in the fast paced corporate world, how much do you have to pretend to be someone else to get ahead? When 30 and 40 somethings have been doing it for a number of years and then 'hit' a point where they say "I can only change so much..."; do younger employees step in and happily change who they are at work to succeed?
Agreeing to all the managers suggestions without asking "why" and working 24-7 are just a few things I've seen younger employees do. Despite their experience, I've wondered is that 'really them?'
Some describe it as a workplace identity crisis and it can affect employees by stiffling their productivity, creativity and meaning the company doesn't have a real culture ('cause everyone's being 'fake'). What do you think? Are you allowed to really be yourself at work? Here's the Forbes article about Employee Identity Crisis
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