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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
But I think over-indulgence still plays into the phenomena.
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Oh, definitely. It's definitely still a generation rife with "gimme" attitudes and "all about me" selfishness. It's dead-on-accurate that these kids have been coddled their whole lives and are now facing the existing establishment, which does not favor or even want to allow any sort of employee reward system. They want their work-hard-until-I-give-you-permission-to-die boomers, the people who will take a heaping helping of bullshit from bosses and others, and smile.
Separate thought, for all:
Does the fact that this new generation won't take that sort of treatment, and markets themselves as valuable employees to be appreciated, not taken for granted, make them worse? Certainly there are many bad portions of their behavior/attitude, but I don't think the overall "work is not my entire life, and you WILL appreciate my loyalty and hard work" business model is a change for the worse. See Google, among many others, for examples of such.