Hard work? No thanks!

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Meet 'entitled to it all' Generation Y


They are the 'entitled to it all' generation to whom hard work is an alien concept.
Today's young workers, it appears, believe they deserve jobs with big salaries, status and plenty of leisure time - without having to put in the hours.
A study spanning three decades concluded that those born in the late 1980s - the so-called 'Generation Y' - expect to 'have their cake and eat it'.

Young workers see employment simply as a means for paying bills, according to a new study

They were found to value leisure time far more highly than older members of the workforce and were much more likely to want a job with an easy pace and lots of holidays. They were also less likely to want to work overtime.
Generation Y are much more likely than previous generations to see work as simply a means of paying the bills.

And they saw work as less central to their lives and were more likely to agree that 'work is just making a living'.
But they place great importance on salary and status.
In other words, said the researchers, the younger generation wants to 'have their cake' in big salaries and 'eat it too' by retaining a healthy work-life balance.
For the study, published in the Journal of Management, researchers compared the work values of three generations and found distinct differences.
The Generation Y tag refers to those growing up in the internet age, the most technologically-savvy generation yet.
Before them came Generation X, born in the 1970s, and often called 'Thatcher's children'.


They grew up in an era of increasing equality for women, a struggling economy and increasing divorce rates. Their attitude is typically described as 'work hard, play hard'.
Baby Boomers were born in the late 1940s and 1950s. As children of the post-war years, they are associated with prosperity and optimism.

They were wealthier and healthier than any generation before but were prepared to work hard to achieve their success. They can be loosely described as the 'live to work' generation.

For the study, 16,507 Americans across the generations were asked to complete surveys to gauge their attitudes as they were finishing secondary school. The 'biggest change' in values was the increased desire for leisure time among Generation Y, analysis found.
'The combination of not wanting to work hard but still wanting more money and status verifies the sense of entitlement many have identified among Generation Y,' the study said.

It also found that the desire to find work with 'meaning' had declined, with younger workers more likely to see jobs as a means of funding their lifestyles.
And no differences were found in preferences for jobs that helped others or were worthwhile to society.
Lead author Jean M Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of the book Generation Me, said: 'Young workers are now entering the workforce with different values, on average, from those of the young workers of 15 and 30 years ago, which may affect recruitment and management.'
The research echoes findings by the Association of Graduate Recruiters which identified a new breed of graduate 'divas' who expect everything to fall into their laps.
They consider themselves in great demand in the job market but are described by bosses as 'unrealistic', 'self-centred', 'fickle' and 'greedy'.
Many firms said they were turning to overseas recruitment to find staff with a stronger work ethic.
The AGR report, based on responses from 211 graduate employers including investment banks, law and accountancy firms, cited a warning that Generation Y graduates are often accused of being 'divas at work who expect everything to fall into their laps'.
In one case, a transport company recruit was overheard on the phone to his mother saying: 'I have got to go to London tomorrow and they haven't even told me how to get there.'

[chroma]

Can you blame them?

I mean really?

The UK used to make stuff, we manufactured steel, mined coal, made cars, bullets, computers, ships, whisky. You name it we made it.

Then the next generation arrived and saw mommy and daddy laid off by a government who doesnt actualy produce anything, instead its developed an image of putting its hands in other nations pockets and makes a living from "finance" sectors.

Any honest work in this country is long gone, why pan your nut in working your fingers to the bone all your life just to get tossed on the slag heap like your father?
Especialy when you can make more money in far less time by greasing the wheels of the capitalist machine, being a thieving bastard, or as is the more politicaly correct term "middle man" or business executive, politician or councilor.

With a nation as deeply corrupt as ours is it any wonder that the next generation are bone idle opportunists?

[patkins]

I`m a baby boomer and my gen.y son recently complained, having just started work, how my wages were more than double his-I explained that it took me 21 years in my present job to get to this level.