re: Has there ever been a lazier generation than the latest generation of "workers" ?

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There's literally newspaper articles from like the 1910s talking about "Nobody wants to work anymore"

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People could survive with dirt farms in those days.

Now they have their hands out, living off government or parents.

I personally think its great. The kids that have desire to work will do awesome.

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What would you expect when they are being indoctrinated by the school system that there is more than two sexes, and homosexuality is normal?

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Yeah, we could fix all our economic issues if we were just mean to the gays again.

Most high skill jobs are done 100% on a computer now and based out of offices in large cities. In an office setting you drive an hour to work in heavy traffic, sit at your computer in a cubicle, and have online Teams meetings with colleagues 5 cubicles away and with co-workers in other large cities doing the same thing. Then you drive another hour home. Simple tasks like taking your kid to the doctor eat up a whole work day. In that kind of environment, why wouldn't an employee question the value of coming in to the office when they could get much more done in their home office with less distraction, no commute, and handle quick personal issues in an hour or less instead of taking a whole day off?

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Almost like every old person ever has had the same complaint.

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Its pretty awesome. Makes youtube hilarious watching daily zoomer meltdowns.

I'm just happy for the few competent ones, they'll do very well in this world, the competition sucks.

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In an office setting you drive an hour to work in heavy traffic, sit at your computer in a cubicle, and have online Teams meetings with colleagues 5 cubicles away and with co-workers in other large cities doing the same thing.

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That is quite a generalization. Sure it's true for some but definitely not all.

I'll say there's absolutely an advantage to working next to your colleagues and being able to pop your head in someone's office for a question or discussion rather than relying on a Teams meeting or email.

I mean think about it logically. What setting is more conducive to good collaboration? In person or remote?

That being said, I don't think 100% in office is the answer either. A good mix is probably the best approach.

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This is the softest generation ever. They have no concept of actually buckling down and really getting after it,

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It’s tough to find good workers in this group but can be done. I have 3 under 35 tech guys that work for me that are fricking go getters. Some of my best employees. When you find them keep them happy.

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People could survive with dirt farms in those days.

Now they have their hands out, living off government or parents.

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Roger, you're about a third as smart as you think you are.

Even a lot of negative and stupid shite gets a ton of clicks on social media which makes always doing the right things less relevant. I call it the Jack arse affect.

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Rather lame response. The problem is there is a vacuum in the labor force with Boomers retiring the last decade. Many companies are operating at 50% of the skilled labor force needed to fill all of their contracts.

Anyone in a Union is getting under paid.

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Lame response??WTF? It doesn't take a genius to see what is happening. Everything on our shelves is made in a foreign country, and you believe that has no effect on the economy? I walk in to a local contractors office (Performance, Turner, Brown and Root) looking work and there is a line of Mexicans going outside the door that are getting hired in, yet when I get to the window they say, "we ain't hiring." That doesn't have an effect on the workforce?

I have 30 years experience along with many other people and have trouble finding work, so there isn't a shortage of skilled labor in the workforce. You sound like one of those college idiots that overthinks everything, but can't change a lightbulb because you lack common sense. Many don't want to hire older people in industry because they know the game. They follow the safety rules which slows down production. They want a young inexperienced guy (or migrant) that will bend or break rules and get production done, and when an accident happens, supervision will blame it on the inexperienced worker or the migrant that couldn't understand or read English. This problem goes much deeper than what you posted. What I have seen in the last few years is frightening.

The only union members that are getting underpaid are the ones here, in the deep south. This is because of the state government being paid off to pass anti union legislation. Up north, this doesn't happen. That's why when you join a union in Louisiana, they want to send you out of state. They have little work here, and there are no strike contracts, which is like not having a union. Northern companies move down here only because of the lack of labor laws and unions that other states have. They can do whatever they choose. You sound like a union buster spreading bullshite.