Managers sre avoiding hiring recent college grads
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Anonymous
This is the dumbest comment. Nobody is indoctrinated at universities. Did you even attend or you quoting some Fox News line? |
Anonymous
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We didn't fail in educating them. We failed in parenting them. These are cultural issues, stemming from a lack of active parenting and discipline. There's been a large shift in caring for the emotional needs of children a la gentle parenting, which is great, BUT people seem to have forgotten their biggest responsibility as a parent is preparing their child to become a proper contributing member of society. Basic skills like how to show up to your obligations on time. How to speak like a professional. How to dress in an office. How to solve a problem without having your hand held.
Our culture is changing to place less emphasis on these things, so perhaps that's why people are forgetting to teach their kids how to properly answer a phone or that you can't wear ripped jeans to a professional office. |
Anonymous
They are graduating thinking they should be controlling the workplace, demanding the company implement liberal policies. |
Anonymous
Why? Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, et. al. You can't get them off the crap with short attention spans. In some cases, the parents aren't much better. That's if they even have two parents raising them. Attacking the nuclear family has done wonders for society! That's sarcasm for those too dense. |
Anonymous
+1 This topic is being discussed in the college forum where it belongs. |
Anonymous
My question too. |
Anonymous
+1 we started talking about these things when the kids hit HS, and then into college. That and financially literacy. Not understanding why parents don't talk about these things with their kids. FWIW, my parents are uneducated immigrants who don't speak any English, so it's not like they had all kinds of words of wisdom for me for me about the workplace. Their only advice to me was be on time and do a good job, which is how they were in their blue collar jobs. DC worked at a big box store in the summers and said their manager loved them simply because they were on time and efficient. Apparently, the regional manager saw my DC working and said to the store manager to give DC any hours they wanted. They said most of the workers were kind of lazy and some came in late all the time. DC had an internship last summer, and their boss loved them so much they asked DC to remain throughout the year working remotely. One of the things I talked to DC about was how to problem solve. When you are given a problem to solve, the hardest part is knowing how to start. We've also been talking to the kids about financial literacy and budgeting since they started getting an allowance at 8. Now that they are late teens, we talk about investments and the power of compounding. They each have over $20K in investments. |
Anonymous
| DH is involved with hiring at his company. The main issues are ownership (I need this task completed tomorrow by 3pm…and they just don’t do it. Don’t ask questions or give a heads up, just don’t do it) or claiming they are “too busy” to take on a project or task when there is no evidence that is true. Also, writing skills are terrible. And finally, his company has a liberal WFH policy because most of the older professionals at the firm get their $hit done so it doesn’t matter. But they may have to change the policy because younger people are abusing it. Young employees will say they “can’t” do a task or join a teams meeting even though it’s during the work day and they don’t have a valid excuse. |
Anonymous
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1. Addicted to cell phones/Tik Tok
2. Unmanaged adhd 3. Anxiety 4. Not used to responsibility or consequences 5. Poorly educated despite a college degree 6. Lack of drive and resilience 7. Not equipped to be proactive Etc. |
Anonymous
Colleges are dominated by Democrats. They have f’d up higher ed just like they ruined cities, k-12 schools, the military, sports, & everything else they touch. |
Anonymous
Yet silly Republicans and Democrats think the 80+ crowd make great leaders of the free world. |
Anonymous
Obviously you haven’t been in college for a few decades. |
Anonymous
DP... Obviously, you are a FOX-News indoctrinated troll who just believes what they have to say about it. |
Anonymous
See here, this attitude is the problem. Everyone has been telling these kids they're smarter than the olds because they "know technology". I got news for you - knowing how to swipe your phone is not knowing tech, it's knowing how to be a consumer. And the indoctrinated college students are a sliver of the student body. Most of them are skipping 8am classes and waiting for Thursday night parties, same as in years past. |
Anonymous
Yeah, not much. 
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/free-speech/2023/04/13/shouting-down-speakers-who-offend |