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Young People in the Workplace
Young People in the Workplace I am so amazed still at the young people today (usually 35 and younger) that expect life in the workplace to revolve around them. I left the banking world in 2012 after 27 years due to many reasons, but one was that I had a staff of 14 all under age 30. Not a single one would ever ask me if I needed help with anything, and they would rarely go out of their way to do anything other than their specific job duty. Almost as if to say "that's not my job in my job description" if I would ask them to do a specific thing. I had many closed door discussions with some but it just seemed to me that the sense of entitlement was always present. I had to work HARD my whole career and I did.... Fast forward three years later, I am now in a part time job that I love with a large retailer close to my home. I am not in a manager-supervisor role thankfully. There have been many employees I have seen in the past year and a half that have been terminated for their poor attendance - calling out sick or not showing up for work. There was a young gal hired recently and after one week she called out sick and it was a very busy weekend day. They called me on my day off and of course I went in to work because I knew they needed the help. Another employee reported that he saw her on Facebook the night before drinking with friends at the beach. NOT too smart I would say - an employer can monitor someone's activity on Facebook because it is a public forum. These folks just don't get it - do we blame their parents for this behavior? What happened to honest work ethics and a sense of pride? When I was young I wouldn't have dared to do anything like that..a job meant you signed on the dotted line to be dependable and give your 100% to the employer that has a business to run. Besides, my Dad would have knocked me into the next county if I didn't work hard and keep my grades up eventually going to college and getting my degrees. It's a whole different society in today's world. So SAD. {=} {=} KCClaire0923 |
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It's amazing how lazy most of these young people today are. I see it all the time in my job, us older employees usually run circles around these kids. we defiantly work a lot more OT then they do....I don't get it.
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Very well said ! So very sad but very true !
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Those of us of a certain age understand what 'work' is about. Yes, I was in a similar situation as you until my retirement. My answer to good hires for professional positions is to look for women, that have the best work ethics and work well with the public.
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Amen!
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