It amazes me that so many of them choose to work part-time at Starbucks. Get a real job, lazies. Don't expect a quality life to be handed to you on a silver platter.
It amazes me that so many of them choose to work part-time at Starbucks. Get a real job, lazies. Don't expect a quality life to be handed to you on a silver platter.
1) Most likely you are not born in 1951.
2) Try to avoid generalizations if possible
3) Stop drinking.
Only way to combat generalizations is with anecdotal evidence.
I'm a millennial, I'm 23, I make 122k/year as a contractor.
Your move old man.
We are the same age. You are proving the OP's point by bragging about your salary. Nice.
1.) I don't work part-time
2.) I don't work at Starbucks
3.) I'm not lazy, and have worked my ass off to get to where I am
4.) It wasn't handed to me
Elaborate on how I'm proving his point.
Wow, do I need too?
Let's just say that you sound arrogant and are playing into his troll.
Your salary shouldn't be posted as a bragging right haha.
I take it you work at starbucks...
Why did lazy entitled baby boomers ruin the economy for their children and then blame the victim?
0/10 for the OP. This topic has been beaten to death.
Lame troll thread. Anyways, what's wrong with working part-time at starbucks? A lot of millennials are still in highschool or college, don't see why they need to be working 40 hour weeks on top of everything else.
Nah, guess again. If I wanted to, I'd tell you, but I'm above that. And I know that it bothers you that you boasted about your salary so I'll leave it there.
Especially since (I hope) we all agree that salary. whether you make 1 million or 122 a year as a contractor, doesn't reflect your ambition, work ethic, ect.
I'm beginning to agree with the OP.
Doesn't bother me at all. What bothers me, and the reason I responded in the first place, is that boomers are the ones in hiring positions, and many of them do actually have the mindset of the OP. I had to go through 4 technical interviews just to prove I could hold the same title as the old-timers who do nothing most of the day and are just waiting out retirement. And they make twice what I do. Which is fine, since they've earned their keep, but I had to dig through presumptuous shit just to get my foot in the door, since the project lead and HR didn't think a young guy could cut it.
If you want to keep dodging the point, and bringing up the fact that I used the most objective and universal metric of work place value to disprove OP, then fine. I'm sure there's tables that need wiping somewhere while you're daydreaming of "finding yourself."
I don't work part time. I don't work at all. Just can't buy into this materialistic capitalistic world you're trying to push on us. I'd rather live with my parents than join your vision of how you think this world should operate.
Perhaps your generation sent the jobs overseas. All we're left with is PT service sector jobs like Starbucks
That's it. They want a job handed to them, they want to pick their own hours to work. Most have never had a job and don't really want one.
jamin wrote:
Perhaps your generation sent the jobs overseas. All we're left with is PT service sector jobs like Starbucks
^^this
I dropped out of college (which I know now was ill-advised) and the only jobs available to me, and many others who actually finished, were retail (not that bad at some companies, especially if you get into management) and food service. Millennials have had more stacked against them as far as the job market and the economy in general than the previous few generations, although I'll admit that those who graduated from college during the '80s recession and farm crisis would have had it tough.
finisher medal wrote:
0/10 for the OP. This topic has been beaten to death.
Yes, recycling old threads is a good indicator of a lazy mind, wouldn't you say?
I work with a lot of millenials.
They certainly don't have the same way of approaching work that I do. I like their way better.
I know some young people that come across as "lazy" on first impression, but my general experience with millenials is that their way of approaching work is vastly superior to that adopted by most of my contemporaries. They are much better than my generation at easily integrating with complex teams and working productively on a variety of things at the same time.
Of course I'm generalizing too, but as a rule, my experience with millenials has been overwhelmingly positive, contrary to what we are encouraged to believe by the media.
The reason people think subsequent generations are lazy and unmotivated is because you are turning in to your parents, which is a natural consequence of aging.
sc runner wrote:
Millennials have had more stacked against them as far as the job market and the economy in general than the previous few generations, although I'll admit that those who graduated from college during the '80s recession and farm crisis would have had it tough.
Boo hoo. If you have something stacked against you, it's probably of your own making (in your case, dropping out of college).
I hire people. 10-20 per year. In my experience with millenials:
- Generally want to be paid like someone with 10 years experience though they have none.
- Want more praise and/or direction. Not as self-motivated as older workers.
- Can't put down personal cellphone/facebook/twitter. Can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the job.
- Good at working in teams.
- Excellent technology skills (double edged sword, as above).
- Want a different work/life balance than older people. More inclined to take work home, but then expect more flexibility during the work day (that is -- would rather set their own schedule).
- Sometimes lack vision, expect immediate results, don't see longer-term objectives as well.
- Not likely to stay in a particular job as long as past generations. More inclined to move on after a year or two, even if a lateral move. Not as willing to "work your way to the top" at one organization, want to leapfrog up through multiple employers.
The really tough thing for millenials I see is there is a large number of older workers who are more experienced, need less direction, and who are willing to work for less (vis-a-vis their experience level), and they're more loyal.
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