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Gen Y Too Lazy & Unfocused To Hire

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It made big news here this week that when a major TV network crossed live to the floor of a major investment house, there was a guy behind the interviewee looking at topless girly pics on his computer. In front of that guy was someone looking at FaceBook. That's the hard-working, bonus-earning financial sector for you! :-)

I have several friends who are in hire-and-fire positions, and they almost universally say the same thing as this article. I've been a hirer myself these past few years, and what really astounds me every time is the inability of the majority of applicants to write a coherent sentence.
 
Yes, it's true. As a gross generalization, members of my generation have no work ethic and no idea as to work-place etiquette.
 
I am sure each previous generation says it about the current one. They always did at my past jobs. Usually it was people of my generation that got promoted and people from the previous generation just bitching they were better; even when they did a hell of a lot less work than us.
 
Apparently business's need better interviewing processes so they don't hire lazy and rude people.

I don't know what Generation Y actually is, though apparently I am a part of it. So screw you all!
 
I've had the displeasure of working with Boomers, Gen X'ers and Gen Y. They all had the same potential to be lazy bums.
 
While any generalization cannot be all encompassing, a stereotype exists because too many people try to live up to it. This was in the comments on that article ---


Michael Covich of Woodlands Posted at 8:14 PM February 06, 2010

As a Gen Y worker I have plenty of time to browse websites and talk on my mobile to my friends because unlike my baby boomer and Gen X counter parts I was educated on how to use a computer properly and can complete my work in half the time it takes them. It's not my fault people over 35 are generally completely computer illiterate. You want me to do more work than you pay me for? give me extra money otherwise I am just going to browse facebook all day.



It does seem impossible for some people to do the work they agreed to do when they accepted the job.

#-o
 
CaptainJohn said:
While any generalization cannot be all encompassing, a stereotype exists because too many people try to live up to it. This was in the comments on that article ---


Michael Covich of Woodlands Posted at 8:14 PM February 06, 2010

As a Gen Y worker I have plenty of time to browse websites and talk on my mobile to my friends because unlike my baby boomer and Gen X counter parts I was educated on how to use a computer properly and can complete my work in half the time it takes them. It's not my fault people over 35 are generally completely computer illiterate. You want me to do more work than you pay me for? give me extra money otherwise I am just going to browse facebook all day.



It does seem impossible for some people to do the work they agreed to do when they accepted the job.

#-o
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The guy does have a point though.

At my last few jobs the "old timers" got the same pay for doing 2/3 less in the same time. It was considered okay by most of managment. Why should us younger people carry the older people just because they have been there longer?

Personally no one that couldn't carry their own stayed in my crew for long.
 
gosh, I can't wait for my turn to dog on the next generation whenever I feel bitter!
 
CaptainJohn said:
While any generalization cannot be all encompassing, a stereotype exists because too many people try to live up to it. This was in the comments on that article ---


Michael Covich of Woodlands Posted at 8:14 PM February 06, 2010

As a Gen Y worker I have plenty of time to browse websites and talk on my mobile to my friends because unlike my baby boomer and Gen X counter parts I was educated on how to use a computer properly and can complete my work in half the time it takes them. It's not my fault people over 35 are generally completely computer illiterate. You want me to do more work than you pay me for? give me extra money otherwise I am just going to browse facebook all day.

#-o
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I would call this attitude lack of a work ethic. You're being paid to do your job. How other people do their job is none of your business and it is not your job to compare your productivity to your co-workers. If your productivity is so much better then show it. Do twice as much work and prove your abilities and your reliability and your value to the company. You get paid and promoted for what you do, not for what you think you might be able to do. Sitting around dorking-off on Facebook because you think you're better than your co-workers would get your ass kicked out the door if I were your boss.
 
As an employer, interviewing children out of university, let me tell you, there are days when I despair.
 
cityboy-stl said:
I would call this attitude lack of a work ethic. You're being paid to do your job. How other people do their job is none of your business and it is not your job to compare your productivity to your co-workers. If your productivity is so much better then show it. Do twice as much work and prove your abilities and your reliability and your value to the company. You get paid and promoted for what you do, not for what you think you might be able to do. Sitting around dorking-off on Facebook because you think you're better than your co-workers would get your ass kicked out the door if I were your boss.
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As much as I would like to think this is true, it isn't. I work in teams and your teammates evaluate your performance after each project and pass off the eval to our boss. As long as everyone does their required assignment adequately before each deadline, we give each other good marks, which is the main basis for our promotions.

At my work, showboating is actually frowned upon. My boss actually fired/laidoff a coworker because she was a great employee but she worked horrible with others. If you can't work well in teams, no matter what skills/work ethic you have, you will not climb the corporate ladder very fast.
 
That's not the point I was trying to make. The point is he was justifying goofing off because he thought he was better than the people he was working with. Being a "star" doesn't work either. If you can't get your part done because someone else isn't doing theirs or someone is trying to control the show, then you do have team problem. When you have someone sitting around doing nothing because they don't like what other people are doing - which is the point here - you have an attitude and a team problem.
 
And I'm sure in time the same thing will be said of Generation Z etc..
 
What is said Generation Y. Please state the years accordingly so if I fall in said Generation Y I can defend my fucking ass. :) Thank you.
 
CaptainJohn said:
Michael Covich of Woodlands Posted at 8:14 PM February 06, 2010

As a Gen Y worker I have plenty of time to browse websites and talk on my mobile to my friends because unlike my baby boomer and Gen X counter parts I was educated on how to use a computer properly and can complete my work in half the time it takes them. It's not my fault people over 35 are generally completely computer illiterate. You want me to do more work than you pay me for? give me extra money otherwise I am just going to browse facebook all day.
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Here here! I was born in 1982 and I find it strange when my co-workers are amazed by my computer proficiency as though I had gone to school to learn how to do my work at the same time that I'm reading the news, responding to forum posts (not on JUB naturally) or reading blogs. The fact is, I am able to get my work done in less time than it takes for some of my other co-workers to.

Also: Please consider, employers, that I am giving you 1/3 of my life. I am spending the majority of my waking hours devoting my life to you and your business. The least you can do in return is to allow me to ensure that my brain doesn't turn to mush by restricting what I can and cannot do on a computer (within reason of course). I need constant mental stimulation. I'll admit, that's my greatest weakness.

$10 an hour isn't enough to get me to flush my personality down the toilet, thank you.
 
Royal Heart said:
Here here! I was born in 1982 and I find it strange when my co-workers are amazed by my computer proficiency as though I had gone to school to learn how to do my work at the same time that I'm reading the news, responding to forum posts (not on JUB naturally) or reading blogs. The fact is, I am able to get my work done in less time than it takes for some of my other co-workers to.

Also: Please consider, employers, that I am giving you 1/3 of my life. I am spending the majority of my waking hours devoting my life to you and your business. The least you can do in return is to allow me to ensure that my brain doesn't turn to mush by restricting what I can and cannot do on a computer (within reason of course). I need constant mental stimulation. I'll admit, that's my greatest weakness.

$10 an hour isn't enough to get me to flush my personality down the toilet, thank you.
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If you are more proficient than your co-workers, and you don't earn enough money, talk to your employer about an upgrade. If that's not possible, and/or you're not feeling mentally stimulated, find a more stimulating job.

But, as an employer, I would be very unlikely to offer promotion to an employee who uses FaceBook or reads the news whilst on the clock. It shows no dedication or initiative. During a break - no problem. But when you're on my dime, I expect you to commit to the work. People who just "get the job done" and spend the rest of their paid time doing their own thing are not the kind of people who advance quickly.
 
That's sensible advice, andy! I really wish I could find a job that would pay me for my skills, but I'm afraid I do not have the proper papers from an accredited university to qualify for a better job. Finding a more stimulating job is about as easy as fitting a watermelon through a straw, to be honest.

I can certainly see your point that those who read the news while on the clock appear to have no dedication or initiative. I would have the same perception if I were on the other side of things.

In my line of work I sit in front of a computer all day tethered to a telephone waiting for people to call in. Between calls there isn't much else to do. I could sit there like a vegetable or I could educate myself. When a call comes in my full range of skills and energy is dedicated to that call, but when the caller disconnects... there's only so many times I can read through our catalogue before my eyes glaze over and I find myself not really giving two shits about all the different kinds of paper we sell.

I think perhaps, there is a disconnect between workers and management. We don't understand how we're perceived, and management doesn't understand the reality of what we do for 8 hours a day. We want to keep our job so we nod and smile and say everything is fine when we're asked what's up when, honestly, we wish were doing something that engages us more and gives us a reason to get out of bed in the morning other than just getting paid.
 
I genuinely understand your point of view, and I know how soul-destroying call centre work can be. But if you truly have blocks of time free, why not use it to get the accreditation you require? Tell your employer what you're doing - explain that you know your job back to front, and in your downtime you'd like the freedom to study to advance within the organisation. So long as it doesn't infringe on your work, any reasonable employer should encourage your commitment. I certainly would!
 
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