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Desire or pressure: What motivates us to get out of bed and work?

Published on October 26, 2017 in Business/Columnists/Poverty Reduction by Roderick Benns

Desire or pressure: What motivates us to get out of bed and work?

Three days ago, we ran a story called ‘Mariposa Dairy struggles to find young adults who want to work five days a week.’ At last count, more than 52,000 people had read it, a huge number for an online news magazine not even two months old.

Why did this story strike such a nerve?

Is it because the people who read it want to work there? Or did they know someone else who needed a job and so shared it with friends? Is it because they couldn’t believe it was true – that such a large percentage of younger people couldn’t handle, or didn’t want, full-time work?

Do Millennials in Lindsay lack a good worth ethic?

Published on October 1, 2017 in Business/Community by Roderick Benns

Do Millennials in Lindsay lack a good worth ethic?

“They seem to think highly of themselves.”

“Too over-confident.”

“They have a ‘baby-on-board’ protected mentality.”

“They’re always connected to their phones.”

The above was actual employer feedback from a large area employer about the young people sent to Victoria County Career Services (VCCS). It wasn’t the only business feedback.

Millennials also:

“Expect to move into the same job someone else has had for years.”
“They question everything.”
“They have less patience” for repetitive tasks, if the tasks aren’t meaningful.
“They have an expectation to be paid well.”
“They don’t like authoritarian style” of employers.
“They’re needy.”

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