“We just hired a 20 something with a Graphic Arts degree to help with the paperwork. He has never worked in his profession and was pushing a delivery cart around our building. He lives with his parents and seems to spend all his time playing online video games. He has done nothing but whine since he came in the office about how things weren’t ‘set up’ for him when he got here. It seems he’s bitching about having to do things for himself. He’s also amazingly out of shape for someone so young.”
So this one young man represents all of us?
I’ll tell you about one older fellow I worked with. Used to work in a bindery - not great work, but you have to eat.
We had a quota. Quota was 7 carts (we loaded our stuff up on carts to keep track). He did 3. Everyday, he did 3.
I remember him, because he used to sit next to me. He used to complain endlessly, telling me to slow down, because if I worked hard, it meant he got paid less. I did 20+ carts in a day. Got paid the same.
Why wasn’t he fired - he’d been with the company forever. Pink slips rolled around guess who didn’t stay on, because he was the last hired? :)
“So this one young man represents all of us?”
Actually no. We just lost a 24 YO that was the best but he is one out of four. The other were to lazy to work and were fired.