A lot of today’s teens have no work ethic. Even if they get a small part-time job they usually don’t last long. They’ll say up front they are willing to work certain days but the first time they are scheduled and a friend is having a party they whine about working.
I work at a small pizza place with many 16-18 years olds and we lose many this way. They are wide-eyed and eager when applying for the job but once the work is required they get bored and want to go hang out with their friends.
Frankly this was the same back in my college days with students 18-20 years old in the late 70’s. “What, I have to work the night of Jim’s keg party?”
But on the other hand there are plenty that want the job and pick up the slack.
I think a big problem facing employers/businesses is the growing number of young Americans who have no interest in working at all. The ghetto mentality of living as a ward of the state for your whole life has taken hold among young whites, who now share the same pathologies of illiteracy, drug abuse, and out-of-wedlock births for the freebies...