- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: 50 Things About Millennials That Make Corporate America shite Its Pants
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:41 am to fightin tigers
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:41 am to fightin tigers
quote:
Sounds like you have no idea what you wanted out of college.
Most college students know exactly what they want for their careers the rest of their lives and should be judged as such right?
quote:
So you majored in Anthropology and did Business internships? Sounds like you have no idea what you wanted out of college.
It sounds to me like he knew exactly what he wanted. He chose to educate himself on a topic he is interested in which is exactly the point of college. While doing so he also knew that he would be in the business field one day and he picked up internships to learn those skills, which is better than trying to learn business skills in a classroom.
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 11:45 am
1
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:42 am to elprez00
quote:
companies decided to make college degrees a must for every position and make college serve as training for their employees instead of investing in their employees themselves.
herein lies a major problem with the current landscape
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:44 am to Breesus
quote:
Most college students know exactly what they want for their careers the rest of their lives and should be judged as such right?
It sucks, but yeah that is how it works.
There is no law saying you can't go back for a different degree. Both my wife and me have. Has set us back 2-3 years, but hopefully we will make it up.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:45 am to Breesus
quote:
herein lies a major problem with the current landscape
I can't really blame them. Employees show no commitment to companies any longer.
However, many major companies will foot the bill if you decide to go back. So that is nice
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:46 am to fightin tigers
quote:
It sucks, but yeah that is how it works.
And the argument is that this is an asinine way to think and run a business.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:46 am to Breesus
quote:
herein lies a major problem with the current landscape
Baby boomers will tell you that its because they invest money into training people only to have those people leave and go other places. In my opinion, its had the opposite effect. What incentive does a company have to keep an employee anymore? Why give a guy a raise when you can just hire someone else for cheaper if he leaves?
Its frustrating, and one of the main reasons I can't wait for the Boomers to finally retire. That and the death of fax machines. That wont happen either until they all leave the workforce.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:47 am to Wally Sparks
quote:
49. We have morals.
bullshite
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:48 am to fightin tigers
quote:
Employees show no commitment to companies any longer.
and companies no longer show commitment to their employees. It goes both ways.
quote:
many major companies will foot the bill if you decide to go back.
That's if you get in the door in the first place
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:48 am to Breesus
quote:
And the argument is that this is an asinine way to think and run a business.
I guess an argument can be made that through experience companies have found this is the best way to ensure consistant results from their hiring pool.
Maybe they don't get gamechangers, but not every company is looking for those kinds of employees.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:49 am to Breesus
quote:
and companies no longer show commitment to their employees. It goes both ways.
Well yeah, I am not sure that has ever really happened.
quote:
That's if you get in the door in the first place
Everywhere needs a janitor.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:54 am to fightin tigers
I took a millennial under wing and worked hard to train him. He couldn't handle it. He always wanted his responsibility and tasks defined so that he could know when he was finished. Could not get him to see that his task was to get the job done, and it was his responsibility to figure out the steps needed.
As a Boomer/X, it drove me crazy. He ended up moving to a job in which he could have check off to do lists, but for a whole lot less money.
As a Boomer/X, it drove me crazy. He ended up moving to a job in which he could have check off to do lists, but for a whole lot less money.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 11:56 am to JudgeHolden
So you apprenticed a kid who was poorly-reared?
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:01 pm to fightin tigers
quote:
So you majored in Anthropology and did Business internships?
Sounds like you have no idea what you wanted out of college.
No, I was smart. I majored in engineering, did engineering internships, and now have an engineering job. Why? Because I could see that my liberal arts colleagues' career prospects were completely FUBAR unless they wanted to be a teacher or professor.
I would have loved to study archaeology, history, paleontology, anthropology, ect but I knew that there could be no career in it unless that career was as a tenured professor or as a high school history teacher. None of those seemed particularly attractive considering their level of compensation paired with the amount of work required, so I took a path that would offer me a more lucrative future.
I.E. I decided not to freeload and "pull myself up by my bootstraps" and graduate debt free. However, I'm one of the lucky ones. I struggled like hell to get that first internship and I really had to look far and wide to land the job I have now. I know it's not easy and I had almost a full deck of cards in my favor. If it was that difficult for me (with the right experience, in the right industry, in the right place, at the right time), I can only imagine how difficult it is for some of my less opportuned contemporaries. Oh wait, I can imagine it, because most of them that have degrees are either teachers or working near minimum if not minimum wage jobs just like they did back in high school, only now they have a mountain of debt to go with them.
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 12:08 pm
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:07 pm to kingbob
quote:
Because I could see that my liberal arts colleagues' career prospects were completely FUBAR unless they wanted to be a teacher or professor.
Too many people realize this too late and end up trying to make something of nothing.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:09 pm to fightin tigers
quote:
Too many people realize this too late and end up trying to make something of nothing.
What does an Engineer do when he/she grows bored and no longer desires to be an Engineer? This happens prolifically in all industries -- where do they go?
This post was edited on 9/19/14 at 12:10 pm
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:10 pm to The Third Leg
They start back at the bottom unless they have relatable skills to a different career
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:10 pm to The Third Leg
quote:
What does an Engineer do when he/she grows bored and no longer desires to be an Engineer? This happens prolifically in all industries -- where do they go?
They go to their camp, shoot stuff, eat stuff, count their money, and go back to work.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:13 pm to The Third Leg
quote:
This happens prolifically in all industries
Retires and gets brought back for 3x's the rate. They become less burned out.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:13 pm to fightin tigers
Hahaha.
Posted on 9/19/14 at 12:19 pm to Wally Sparks
quote:
We play by our own rules.
Which we make up as we go along to benifit us
Page 16 of 17
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News