The Chinese Millennials - Everything changes, yet in China, it also stays the same

Much has been written about American Millennials and how best to manage and challenge these young people in the workforce.  I work with Millennials at my client’s offices and with student interns at the Reshoring Institute, so I am familiar with how to manage this up and coming group.

But I was surprised by the comments of a factory manager from Dongguan, China when he talked about the new Millennials in the Pearl River Delta cities. This megalopolis of Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou is commonly known as the “Factory of the World.”  Here, Chinese workers produce most of the electronics, consumer products, apparel and shoes, toys and other things for global consumers.