Funny you should mention this. My daughter, a GenXer, is a manager. One of her biggest complaints is that her young workers have no conception of a time schedule whatsoever. Showing up late is ok. Calling off is ok.
>Funny you should mention this. My daughter, a GenXer, is a manager. One of her biggest complaints is that her young workers have no conception of a time schedule whatsoever. Showing up late is ok. Calling off is ok.<
My favorite is the belief that calling in and ADMITTING they stayed out too late drinking or that they got in at 3 AM from their vacation is somehow just fine, and that someone, somehow, will fill in for them.
Here's another good one, and I KNOW that it is true: a company charged a sweet young thing with stuffing Fedex envelopes with must-have back forms to clients (they placed specialized RNs in temp jobs). SWT dutifully sent off tons of (overnight, morning delivery) Fedex envelopes...empty. Selecting & assembling the required forms was too much.
This is what comes of a generation taught that any level of effort, however misguided or destructive, is Highly Valued and Laudable.