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The aim of this master's thesis is to examine how representatives of employers describe young employees and their approach to work life. In this thesis I will examine young people using the concept of generation when young employees can be called "Generation Y". Because of demographic changes old employees will retire all the time and young employees are entering to the world of work life. Some researchers are expecting that young employees will change the work life practices because their expectations towards the working life differ from older generations. There is a lot of literature about generation Y but less scientific studies. According to the scientific studies young employees, so called generation Y, are not as different from other generations as it's often implied. According to the studies the differences in approaches to work life between different age groups are based on age and generation affect. The age effect is bigger compared to the generation effect. The generation effect can be observed in the point that family and leisure valuation has increased among young employees. Young employees are also more efforts willing compared to older generations. The research data is formed of 8 interviews. The persons who I interviewed are representatives of employers and they work in Human Resources in different fields. I have collected my data using theme interviews and qualitative attitude research. I have analyzed my results using qualitative content analysis. According to my results the informants describe that young employees are shortsighted, self-confident, ambitious, they have new work standards, and they are individually different. According to the informants, young employees' approach to work life is positive and they are motivated by the work content, the atmosphere of organization, employment framework, tangible benefits of work and increased employability.