Sound bites from this article about "millennials":
- Narcissistic praise hounds.
- Parents will phone HR departments on behalf of their kids.
- Blind careerism is begining to fade.
- Friends and family above work.
- There's no such thing as a dream job.
- Looming demographic crisis: there's a lack of people.
- Boss abuse works.
2 comments:
When I worked for Coffee Bean I was always wondering what had happened to the work ethic of kids now-a-days. Seems like they think they are doing their employer a favor by just showing up for the job they are paid to perform. They always argue and fight and complain that the rules are stupid and don't apply to them. I had no idea how these kids kept their jobs, to be honest! Then I gave a write up to one of our little college girls. Her MOM called me to complain and tell me to take the write-up off the girl's record because it wasn't fair. I mean, she was only 2 hours late to work on an opening shift leaving me to open and run the store myself for 2 hours! I would have died if my mom had ever called an employer to tell them not to be mean to me... gave me a whole new perspective on what is wrong with kids these days. I know that humans take a long time to mature, but seriously, once you get to college, it's really time to cut the cord.
I can't help but wonder whether that 60 minutes segment could have been run every generation back to the beginning of time...
The positive trend that I see is that, without unions, workers are getting their needs met - never mind how puerile those needs may be. There is an openness about the reality of work - that you won't be working at any one place forever, that your employer could very well fire you for any reason, etc - that's refreshing. Or to put it simply, to realize that the workplace is just another ad hoc gathering of people for a particular purpose in a world filled with such ad hoc gatherings.
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