The younger workforce.

[oldpilgrim]

I heard someone tell a college kid "drop out after the first year and get a job at McDonalds. All the other kids will stay in college and graduate. When they can't find a job upon graduation, they will go to McDonalds and you will be their boss with 3 years of seniority."

Sad but true.

 

[tbrooks26]

I must say around here age is not a factor. There are tons of worthless people of all ages, and genders. I turn 34 this year and have worked at a real job since I was 14. The only time I have ever got anything from the govt was to pay for the birth of my kids. Me and my mom have a business together (handy man, caretaking, repair work, etc). We have hired and fired people of all ages. I have to say most of the young people that have worked for us were decent workers. The biggest problem was getting them to work, and making sure they didn't screw something up. It was usually older people (30s-50s), who had the same issues as the younger people, but they also never really got anything done at the job. We have had our business for 15 years now, and we have just decided to keep it small. We usually keep one person on full time, and know enough people we can normally grab a few if we need help with something. Finding good help is pretty much impossible.

 

[oldpilgrim]

We have hired and fired people of all ages. I have to say most of the young people that have worked for us were decent workers. The biggest problem was getting them to work, and making sure they didn't screw something up.

huh??????????????

 

[wcampbell47]

Around here it is the older generation that gets things done - the baby boomers. There is one other class of hard working folks - young women say 25 to 35. Know several that go out and ride zero turn mowers all day plus weed eat. They are taking care of their children. NOT the welfare class of women that have babies to get another check.

 

[tbrooks26]

huh??????????????

Meaning when they were at work (usually late and wanting to leave early), they would work, they just didn't care enough about quality/craftsmanship. Seems nowadays that everybody wants a job, they just don't want to work! Me personally, I work 8-16 hours a day, everyday, I just want to get things done, but the list never stops growing.

 

[kenmac]

There are very few that pass drug test, criminal background check, and driver license checks.. I have to do this for insurance purposes

 

[newbury]

It would be too easy. We (USA) are not far from that. We are now 13th in education.

Yes, but

Mississippi was ranked last in a national survey of educational performance released today.

The state earned a 泥 on the annual Quality Counts report card compiled by the Education Week publication. Its overall score of 64.2 out of 100 points fell behind the other 49 states, as well as the District of Columbia.

from Mississippi ranks last in national survey of educational performance - Daily Journal

And in Mississippi, Tishomingo County ranks #26 out of 126 in the state. source- Best School Districts in Mississippi - MS District Rankings

About the only reason I am retiring to there is because I've a 91 yr old MIL, and since she's family SWMBO and I will have to be there to help her.

 

[stan33]

I think the issues are much wider today. Yesterday I was thinking about why. Why are so many people around here, a sleepy apparently old fashioned country place, either high on or dealing in meth....and that includes middle aged folks too. Why is my neighbour with two young kids, rolling drunk (actually paralytic), whenever I see him. Why are people especially the younger generation so determined to blot out life so that they can't feel anything any more.
The answer I came up with is that they kind of know deep down that the good times for our culture are coming to an end. The wealth from the Anglo/US/European industrial revolution and the international power which came with it, is almost done. I reckon they think, why work, let's party 'cos it's going to end soon anyway. Not saying it's right, but I think that's why everything is turning to manure in our society and few people these days, seem to care very much about anything or anyone except themselves.

 

[Texas Dawg]

My 27 year old nephew is as hard a worker as you will ever find. He has learned, that he is an exception in his generation. He has a degree in construction management, and went to work out of college for a major commercial roofing company. After he was passed over for promotion for one of the managers kin even though he had much higher sales and reviews, he decided he had seen enough and struck out on his own. He started a siding company and has been growing it every month. He is doing quite well and will continue to grow if he can find enough reliable help. He recently had one employee that he had to pick up at the half way house and he had to be back in time for his AA meetings and drug testing no matter what (he is now back in jail after a failed drug test). Another employee had to be taken by the methadone clinic every morning prior to work (this one is still hanging in). He has learned that the physical part of work is easy compared to the management aspect, especially the H.R. part of the business. In spite of all of that, I just learned from my sister that he had won the bid on two large contracts that will keep him very busy for a while. Now if he can only keep his work force.

 

[Industrial Toys]

A friend has trouble hiring people for all the reasons above in technical positions. But he has had great success hiring Philipinos (sp?). They show up early, work hard and leave late after cleaning up their work area without being asked to. They listen to instructions and respond with "yes sir", "no sir". Remarkable!

An asian man I know put his daughter through medical school. They got her an apartment and car, and despite husband and wife working full time, went to the daughers place on the weekend and cleaned the place, and prepared meals for the week. They did not want the daughter spending time, not studying!

Is this what it takes to get ahead for young people? It seems a bit sad that there is no time left to enjoy life in the process.