CHAPTER TWO
Multiple Generations @ Work
InVentiv Health Inc. has a global workforce of 7,000 ranging in age from 18 to 78. And it is not just the older ones who are managing projects. Take Sandra Russo. She is 28 years old and a member of three different employee teams where the ages span from 31 years to 65 years old. With a multi-generational workforce, inVentiv Health is very aware of age diversity in the workplace and consequently offers learning and communications in various modes of delivery from classroom and online, to podcasts and webinars. More important, we never assume the older generation is not as tech savvy as the younger workers. It is very easy to bucket individuals just based on their age, but we prefer to allow each employee ...
