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We get new young grads working for us often. They come in with an attitude, expect to start at 70K a year and the rest of us who have experieced life for 20 some odd years don't have a clue. It's not all new grads, but over the last couple years, it has increased dramatically.

I wonder if it's most common with "firsts-in-the-family-to-graduate"?

My parents would have taken any of their kids down several pegs if any one of us gave no credit for experience!!!!

Maybe it's generational...?

We get new young grads working for us often. They come in with an attitude, expect to start at 70K a year and the rest of us who have experieced life for 20 some odd years don't have a clue. It's not all new grads, but over the last couple years, it has increased dramatically.

Well, I don't know if you could classify me as a new grad since I graduated nearly two years ago. However, only recently did I obtain employment in my field. I stated this in response number 350. I suppose that I'll agree that I expected to find a job right out of college. It is something that is pretty much guaranteed you in the words of many of your professors (I now realize they say this to continue to fill the classes so that they'll have a job). I never expected such a high income in my field, though I did want a $50,000 salary. I thought that I could obtain it. However, I came back to reality after a year and a half job search and many interviews. I was given a salary of $25,000. I know that's not much, but after so much dissapointment, I was happy to get it.