Millennials and their work demands

Posted by $ blarman 9 years, 5 months ago to Business
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I just want to shake these idiots (millennials). Do they understand that the typical cost of a new hire (including productivity costs, training costs, HR costs, etc.) is $10K even for a low-level position?

Further, I am not interested in someone working for me who tells me in the interview they are probably going to be gone in 1-2 years. They obviously do not understand that the very leadership roles they seek require insights into the company, its people, its competitors, its systems, and its customers - and those take years to acquire - not days.

I don't care how much you know about technology. I don't care how connected you are with your peers. I want to know what you are going to bring in the long term to my business that is going to justify me hiring you.


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  • Posted by Snoogoo 9 years, 5 months ago
    Aw give us a break, we're not ALL that bad.. we are accustomed to having the rug pulled out from under us, overall we are a very distrustful generation.
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 9 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Doesn't that generate shallow knowledge? If you are moving fast and breaking things, do you have the time to know what you are breaking?

    Do you want to see a cardiologist who was a urologist last year because he wanted to have 10 different years of experience?
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 5 months ago
    I am a Gen-Xer who appreciates the Millennial view. They want to move fast and break things. In 10 years they want to have 10 ten years of experience, not 2 years of experience repeated five time. That works for me b/c anything that can be systematized will be. Move fast and break things, Millennials! If they're not excited to stay here in a year, they should leave. If I'm not excited to have them, I should ask them to leave. Anything else isn't being fair.
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