About thirty years ago, the attrition rate was about the same.
Part of the learning curve. They will do different on the next jobl.
If you grew up getting participation trophies for actually showing up half the time, you’re going to have a huge problem in a competitive environment were reliability and productivity are measured
Switching Jobs isn’t the same as “not making it through” in my mind.
That said, while I can see that the generalization is apt to a degree, of course it depends on the individual and how they were raised.
It’s also noteworthy that many in that generation are attracted to younger, less iconic companies that embrace remote offices and virtually no dress code. That’s how the people running those companies grew up and were raised. (think every PR, Marketing and Internet company you can)
Two words. “Smart” phones.
It’s true what the story says about lack of training. In most corporations, you have to learn the job from your co-workers. Ask questions, go to lunch with them, be observant.
But the biggest reason for men losing their jobs is anger, even if it’s totally justified. People are afraid of anger.
Anger is another specific reason that is part of the big, general reason people lose their jobs, which is that the workplace is different from school or any other environment you are used to. There is a boss who can fire you for any reason or no reason. When you fully understand how it works, you either become a perfect angel or get fired.
You can make that more granular with words like GENDER, RACE, RELIGION, Etc.
My youngest was enticed by my companies management to get an intro level IT certification, which would open the door for an immediate, well-paying, permanent hire due to gender quotas (female) that needed to be met.
However, she was having too much fun working at a retail nerd shop hawking online games and related hardware to study like she needed to, so the trail went cold.
Yes, as a dad, I was extremely PO'd. Opportunities are fleeting, and won't always be there for the millennial's...
One of my kids holds a management position in healthcare. This is is a huge problem. They have no work ethics, Instead of planning their lives around their employment, they insist their employers should plan around their lives. Their priorities are completely backwards and it will kill the company if it facilitates this unproductive ignorance.
You can move on after that first trial period, to just say it was some ‘lessons learned’. But by the 18th month after graduation, if you are wrapping up the 3rd job that you were either let-go, or you left on your own....it’s going to be hard to convince the HR folks giving another shot.
I would suggest that some of these university graduates are discovering upon two years after graduation...that they aren’t prepared for the demands, or that they hate their profession. With $50k to $100k in student loans, you can’t do much to correct either problem.
I would also offer that the work demanded out of colleges in the 1970s/1980s....helped to define your stamina and drive. I don’t see that type of atmosphere today.
Let me guess:
Can’t tell time?
Get lost on the way to work?
Forget to GO to work?
Don’t know how to set the alarm clock?
Too lazy?
Can’t grasp the idea of being in the same place every day... at the same time?
The millenniels are finding out that in the real world, there are no “participation” trophies, and whatever they feel, isn’t good enough.
Task, Condition, Standards are the real world, Snowflakes. Adapt or die!
This article reminds me of the factories in Mexico on the US border during the 90s.
Workers were known to work for a few weeks at one place and then walk down the street to the next factory for 10 cents an hour more. Some would do it in a matter of days.
As a hiring manager, I gave applicants a chance to ask questions at the end of an interview. Questions like “How much vacation time will I get?”, or “How long will it take to get promoted?” were red flags.
My wife is a millennial and she comes up with every excuse in the book.
Every morning there is a checklist in her head that has to be met to start work.
Also, since I’m hiring now, I’ve been working with some people of varied backgrounds and age ranges.
People younger than I (38 at the oldest) simply don’t do what they say they will. Ever. They don’t show up when they say they will, they cancel appointments, they ignore their phones for hours too. I can’t figure this one out. I have seen this in NY, PA and now AR.
It drives me up a wall !
1) Not showing up for the interview.
2) Not responding to the job offer.
3) Not showing up for the first day of work.
4) Not showing up for the second day of work.
If a Millennial can get through all four of these steps the chances are pretty good they will work out. In our experience, about 80% don't.
I can only assume it is government school-related - they have been taught the "corporations are evil" mantra for so long that if anything makes them feel the slightest bit uncomfortable, they think nothing of just vanishing without explanation.
I thought Baby Boomers were bad but what will be left after the Millenials.
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The Millenials’ lack of a work ethic does not bode well for the country. Maybe the incoming foreigners will drive the economy forward but the Millenials don’t seem to be interested in working to elevate our standard of living.
Not saying they should aspire to become wage slaves, debt accumulators, or a cog in the economic machine but it seems there’s an underlying lack of motivation to accomplish anything akin to building a career or achieving prosperity, but of which contribute toward a growing economic pie.
I don’t like the terms “Millenial,” “Gen X,” or “Gen Y.” It’s stupid to assume the same characteristics for people born at a certain time. As bad as astrology.
But yes, people who have been subjected to liberalism and public schools do not have the same value system as us old folk.