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In reply to the discussion: Millennials don't want to be coddled, they want jobs! [View all]LiberalArkie
(15,715 posts)I am 64 (almost 65). I saw the previous generation come in at work. They had to be praised for just showing up to work. If they just did the normal amount of work, they felt like they needed a party for doing it.
I can't put my finger on it, but something is very strange going on. I do the phone work at a fortune 500 company. I will built up a phone for a new employee and install it in a cube. Wait about 90 days and I will be installing another phone number in the same cube.
I don't know if they move on, get fired or what. But the new kids are not lasting very long in the corporate world.
Every so often I will see some rise up the ranks real fast, but not very frequently.
I often wonder if they are being told that they will rise up the ranks real fast, and they give up when they don't.
I know it is hard for a kid getting out of college with a degree and starting off as just a worker-bee, but those seem to be staying..
I don't know why the young are leaving. I know I am leaving the corporate scene because I am just tired and I want to open up a position for some of the kids. I can not afford to do it, but it is the right thing to do.
I am Hoping some other 65 year olds will make some positions for the kids out there.