He's 25 years old...
Didn't want to go to college despite free ride courtesy of dad. Has never had a job. Lives at home totally supported by parents. Finally dad paid for flying lessons and he got his license. Dad pulled strings and got him into commercial pilot training in GA. Not sure how long program takes but upon graduation he walks into a $75,000 job that becomes $200,000 within five years.
After a week he wants to quit the program. Too much work and he misses hanging out with his friends.
This is your millennial generation, folks. Lazy, unmotivated, can't be bothered even when everything is handed to them.
After a week he wants to quit the program. Too much work and he misses hanging out with his friends.
This is your millennial generation, folks. Lazy, unmotivated, can't be bothered even when everything is handed to them.
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I can bet on how he votes 0 -
We have a number of millennials in our machine shop.
They show up for work at 6:15am, put 10 hour days Monday - Thursday, and often 8 additional hours on Friday. Most work toward perfecting their craft and expanding their capabilities.
As with all generations, there are those that skate and those that perform. It is possible the balance is moving towards skating, though I believe it is premature to give up on this generation just yet.0 -
in my opinion having everything handed to them is what caused the problem in the first place, if kids aren't taught to work when they are small, they will never learn, my son put up hay for $25 dollars a day in high school, in colledge he worked on golf course mowing weekends, summers he hated it but he also learned he didn't want to do this kind of work the rest of his life, he now teaches math/ calculus, at WVU. he graduated with his masters after 6 years and owed less than $3000. in student loans,he still remembers how to work, just now he would rather pay someone else to sweat 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Don McManus
We have a number of millennials in our machine shop.
They show up for work at 6:15am, put 10 hour days Monday - Thursday, and often 8 additional hours on Friday. Most work toward perfecting their craft and expanding their capabilities.
As with all generations, there are those that skate and those that perform. It is possible the balance is moving towards skating, though I believe it is premature to give up on this generation just yet.
My experience as well Don, most of them are hardworking contributing members of our society. I find most of them respectful and willing to listen.0 -
quote:now he would rather pay someone else to sweat
That is the lesson we don't teach children anymore. Jobs have to be safe, have regular breaks (even if they're busy) and air conditioned.
That is what we've lost in making their world "safer".0 -
Some of them 'might' work a little IF you could get them to put down their damn smartphones for more than two minutes at a stretch.
The trades are really starting to struggle in terms of finding young people that are willing to work in sometimes hot, and unpleasant conditions, regardless of the pay/benefits.
I agree there are exceptions,....I disagree that the exceptions make up the majority. This is what I see anyway, and YMMV.0 -
you have to put him out it is for the best or he will never leave 0 -
past time to cut the purse strings , kick his azz out and let both sides go on with their life....<<<<....>>>>.... 0 -
You can blame the parents for that failure. He has never had to work before so why should he start now?? They have raised an adult child. Now he is blamed for the way he was raised.
The "millennial" is not the problem here.0 -
Seems like all we hire is guys like that.
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I met a millennial Thursday.
First he gave me a nerve block, then he put me out then he brought me back, all the time he monitored my vitals while another DR preformed a rotator cuff operation on me and I'd let him do it again if need be.0 -
Blame the parents. 0 -
I wanna know what carrier is gonna pay $200,000 after 5 years 0 -
My BiL is a pilot for American. He was making 50 with American Eagle and when he moved up to the main carrier his salary quadrupled. I was guessing based on this experience. 0 -
One thing is for sure, the old fart generation has been say that about the younger generations since they were living in caves. They damn sure said it about us. I reckon the world will survive somehow, but it certainly won't be like it use to be. Never has been. 0 -
If it were my kid I would have told him that the free ride was gone, and the plane that he should have left on just flew.. How is the park bench going to fit your ass now?? I may be a bit mean spirited, but don't mean to be. However, I'm doing fairly well for myself, only because I chose that path for the past 35 years. I didn't get any handouts or help, just put myself where I am by working hard towards a goal. The thought of a Government taking my money and distributing it to some lazy F'n SOB really chaps my ass. I will burn my money in a pile before it goes to some lazy sumofabitch...
No disrespect to you Doc, some people just don't get it..0 -
Oldest daughter woke up early. Straight 4.0 high school average and I think 3.8 in college. (2nd in her class) She received her degree in Pharmacy and was hired by Mayo Clinic in Rochester about 6 months before she graduated . 1 year central Pharmacy, 1 year pediatrics , then into administration and in charge or the 5 Pharmacies within the Mayo Clinic. Her counter part had the Hospital Pharmacies. Assistant Director of Pharmacy. She has a new title now but does the same work. They just changed the name during a restructuring . She told them she didn't want the Directors position as it was too much traveling. She and her husband (Coach and Social Studies teacher) raised my two granddaughters tp be well balanced. The oldest is in her 2nd year Pharmacy, and the youngest has this year to finish high school. She is talking about going into law enforcement, but nothing final yet.
Youngest daughter born 8 years later nearly to just as smart but found schooling to her disliking. Struggled to get her through high school and had her enrolled in college for a job that was paying about $65K if she had stayed in college. Should have named them Ying and Yang . Youngest graduated (barely) in 2000 . Spent most of her years since bartending (both sides of the bar). Blew a hole in her heart 4 -5 years ago (dislodged blood clot from an earlier procedure) and lost near 60% of it's function. Now on disability.
I had always told her that some bad decisions that only take a moment to make, can last a lifetime. She is turning 37 today.0
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