“...tell your parents, and grandparents, to retire already”
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.
I won’t hire a department head younger than 35. Seriously. There’s always exceptions (very, very few), but I haven’t seen too many who have the emotional maturity to handle leadership.
Agreed. Being the center of the universe as a child and self-esteem BS to say you’re perfect and entitled results in people who cannot handle “No”, negotiate or, in many cases, serve as entry level employees told what to do.
“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.
I remember when Boomers used to say “don’t trust anyone under 35”.
Time change and so do boomers.
With all due respect, you might want to reconsider making the age of 40 years your cutoff point. A few years back I decided to change the way I view people after all the stupidity I see on a regular basis, mostly by younger people than myself, I am in my 50’s. I realized that If I “assume” everyone I come in contact with that appears to under 40 is dumber than dirt and one of the proudest morons I have ever met, and the only thing they can do competently is put a condom on in the dark. Ya know I am right more than 90% of the time, never disappointed anymore and once in a while I actually meet someone that has a clue.