[BBQToadRibs]

I don’t think Millennials know what it’s like to really work. To not show up on time, but show up early. Turn your phone off and focus on the task at hand. To shoulder some extra work because it simply needs to be done. You’re not looking for praise, you’re just looking to get the job done right.

Kind of sad for them, actually. Missing out on the satisfaction of a job well done and knowing you truly earned your pay that day.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

Or that you earned more than you were paid? I don't see an advantage to doing extra unless it's going to enable you to cash in within a projected timeframe or gain something specific for yourself. My corporation is a multi-billion dollar enterprise. They've got plenty of money and resources without free labor from me. The guy who quietly does everything while flashier people step on his head to get another rung up the ladder isn't who anyone should aspire to be.

I was the top performer in my department in Q2. I'm not some layabout and I'm capable of getting plenty done. But I'm not going to give something for nothing so that my boss's boss's boss can go on an even better vacation next year while I get a subscription to jelly of the month club.

in a small business setting or my own gig, different story.

[JamesP81]

I only agree with some of this. Yeah, there are some lazy millennials. There's always been lazy people.

The burnout thing is real. Expectations are far higher, demands are far higher, and wages haven't kept pace. I don't really blame a lot of young people for checking out of the rat race.

[polymuser]

“Kind of sad for them, actually. Missing out on the satisfaction of a job well done and knowing you truly earned your pay that day.”

Agree. They’ve had low-homework school, online cut/paste homework, blue ribbons for showing up, accountability-avoiding environments, baseless self-esteem.

Our pubic school teachers should just be ashamed of themselves. But, then, they killed shame.

[wiley]

We are a small company, but we hire collage grads and have a special training program to teach them Information Technology skills. These folks excel in every regard - motivation, work ethic (in our work, 12 hour days are not uncommon)congeniality, aptitude, and team work.

They also highly appreciate working with us fossils to pick up tricks of the trade. I’d say that they are hardly a pampered group.

One key predictor of their motivation is the fact that they typically have technology, math, and engineering degrees rather than the typical liberal SJW stuff.

[Sam_Damon]

When I was growing up, people in the area talked about the “Pittsburgh work ethic.”

Now, we’re lucky to see a work ethic. Up and down the workforce chain. Managers have a “work ethic” of sorts, mostly taken up with dealing with micromanaging corporate overlords. Workers have a “work ethic” in the sense a number of them have to have two (or more) PT jobs that pay enough to live.

Something has been broken in the American social contract.

[Drew68]

I don’t think Millennials know what it’s like to really work.

Millennials were gifted a massive giant debt s**t sandwich by their Baby Boomer parents. I hope there's retribution in store.

"Lazy Millennials don't know how to work!" whines the generation that paid less than five grand for a college degree, $50,000 for a new home, $4,000 for a new car, and a $200 hospital bill to have a child.

[the_individual2014]

No offense, but with the way things are these days at workplaces ranging from drama to the backstabbing I just feel the satisfaction of surviving another day.