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Originally Posted by driveway
Out of curiosity, what do you offer your employees beyond a paycheck? Do you offer training, benefits, clear paths and opportunities for advancement, personal and professional development, etc?
If you're not offering people anything more than a job, you're not going to get workers who are there for any reason other than money.
Take a moment and think about why these kids are working for you. Is it because they care about you personally? Your business? Your customers? Do they believe in what you're selling, the service that you're providing? Is working at your business beneficial to them in any way other than it provides them with money?
Instead of looking at it as there is something wrong with them and their behaviour, maybe think about it as there is something wrong with the business that isn't motivating people to the necessary behaviour.
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There we go, this was where I was going to go. I actually took a manager training course the other week, pretty interesting stuff. I'd say do a bit of self reflection and what you actually bring to the table to motivate said problem employees.
The other point I was going to throw out there that hasn't been mentioned yet (well, kind of by Fotze a bit) is I think there really has been a societal change in terms of how people view life. This is obviously a pretty broad statement, but if some of you oldies figure some of us youngies are too slacky, well, let's just say it's the old live to work vs. work to live argument. Young people ask themselves, what do I really want out of my life? Maybe they don't want to do the things you wanted to do with your career. Is that wrong? Maybe people want to actually enjoy their life and living and dying by their work just doesn't matter. See: European, African and South American cultures and their general societal outlook on work and labour. Also see: less rates of depression, higher rates of happiness, etc.
Finally, I find it extremely tough to listen to baby boomers complain about any generational issue, period. For a variety of perfectly valid reasons.