I’m an HR attorney for a large entity. Our biggest problem with 20 somethings is they get offended by everything. If their supervisor tries to counsel them on job performance or some such issue…it’s harassment. One day recently, a 50 something male was on an elevator with one of the 20 something females right about noon. He engaged in chit chat with her. As the elevator doors opened he said ‘it’s noon, I guess we had better go to lunch’ and then he got off leaving her there. That resulted in a sex harassment complaint. It some new slight or grievance every few days by these employees. It’s crazy. Recently a couple of older males were discussing hunting season and what rifle each used. That resulted in a complaint from a young female coworker that she was frightened for her safety at work. We do have some great, hard working 20 somethings, but they re not the majority.
Any more stories you are able share/expose?
Absolutely, I agree. There are far more lazy and entitled in the 20 something set (as a percentage) than any previous generation.
Many of them, like most progressives, have such an entitlement mindset. Want to work from home, when most of our business is field work. Many want to not have to come in until late morning. We were almost completely “work from home” for quite a while during the “scamdemic,” and many don’t understand why they can’t keep working from remotely. A few more things...but the biggest is as I said before...they are so “offense” minded. Just a verbal suggestion/correction from a supervisor is “harassment.” Discipline is discrimination. Normal interactions between men and women is now “sex harassment.” We have a 20 something fellow who now wants to be a gal. He has been complaining at times because people that didn’t know he was now “she” keep turning their heads when they see him/her walk by. Its “transphobic.” Many of the 20 somethings are just miserable in life and everything offends them.