“Maybe the younger generation is better served maturing, rather than spending time watching cartoons and playing video games. Most of them are amazingly emotionally immature.”
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.
“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.”
The “self proclaimed” entitled and “every one gets a trophy” generation. It is obvious this guy should automatically move up to a VP level, because I’m sure he really, really, really, really believes he can do it and it will come true (that’s the nonsense the teach in school)!
You don’t have to prepare yourself, work hard, accept current conditions without complaint-—just really, really, really believe! Because “you’re special”! Entitled just because you exist!
It’s good we have a bumper crop of these people. Because if the balloon goes up and we’re really headed for a collapse, the mobs will go after the weak, undiscerning and incapable dimwits first—allowing us more time for preparation.
“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? :)
I’m laughing at your description of the Graphic Arts guy. A friend of mine hired a fresh out of college gal - also in Graphic Arts. All she did was complain that her cubicle wasn’t as large as others’ and she whined about everything. She didn’t last long enough to find out she was NOT getting a raise when she got her first review. My friend said she would never ever hire one of those kids fresh out of school. Let somebody else break them in or wash them out.