Try getting Americans under 30 to work OT.
22 years old here.
50+ hour work weeks while attending a top 10 university; 70+ nonstop (with occasional 80 hour weeks) through the summer.
Last year while interviewing for jobs I always had to repeat that part:
“You mean 50 hours during the summer.”
“No, school year. 70 summer.”
(But yes, in 90% of cases I agree with you regarding my generation. 99% if we’re talking about the bratty, Daddy’s-credit-card-carrying, trust-fund-hippies at my school.)
I did... for a number of years. Heck, even @ 33, I was working up to 30 hour OT/week!
I think this is a salaried vs. hourly issue. When I was paid hourly, I worked all the OT I could. But now at a salaried position, it doesn’t make sense for me to bust my butt for no extra pay.
I’m over 30 and strongly dedicated to not working OT, I like being places that aren’t work. So I get more done in 40 hours than any of my co-workers to help avoid OT.