Quote Originally Posted by Omegstrat6 View Post
Maybe it's a generational thing Mick? I know this is a generalization but I speak to people across a range of businesses and it does seem to be that whilst so many younger employees these days don't have the work ethic of old and don't like being challenged, a lot of younger managers also lack core people management skills and do not like to challenge or know how to deal with more confrontational situations. Too many also seem to have expectations where they think they do not need to work for their rewards but I guess today's "instant" culture doesn't help much here when you can order virtually anything you want these days on credit and get it the next day.

My pet theory about this is that much of this is due to too much reliance on technology like e-mails/social media as a replacement for face-to-face communication and being brought up with too much of a sense of entitlement and being too Molly-cuddled from how the "real world" is. Yes, there is still racism/***ism/homophobia etc in the workplace and in society in general and whilst it is far better than it was, there is still much more to do but the pitfalls of wokeiness are also there for all to see.

More young people enter higher education today than ever before but productivity in the UK remains poor so to what end? It's great that more kids get the opportunity to go into higher education but the top jobs still go to the same group of people and not everyone is academic and so maybe having more decent (and better paid) apprenticeships would be better.
I just don't go along with this bashing of the younger generation. I am full of admiration of what I see around me.

My eldest has just been promoted from Sales Director to MD. He was the only one of my 3 to not go to Uni. He is now the only one with a 6 figure salary, company car, a host of other benefits and no student debt. He does love his job but I am concerned about the number of hours he does.

My next door neighbour's lad got a Covid related redundancy. He got some funding and started up his own company and now employs 8. Some of which he employed without actually meeting them in the flesh.

My mate's lad has his own business recycling plastic somewhere in the West Mids. Judging from the car he drives he's doing OK.

I saw the other day there were over 600,000 start ups in the UK (by far and away the biggest number in Europe) last year the vast majority I assume by the 'younger generation.'

As regards the 'challenging bit' are you sure it's not a case of the older generation don't like to have there old ways being challenged?

Part of my lad's proposal to become MD was a salary reduction for the directors in return for more performance related pay.

Agree wholeheartedly about more apprenticeships.