Youngsters now days are very entitled

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Is it just me or are younger people now days very entitled? I work in an industry that often attracts lots of younger people mainly early 20’s ( im in my 50’s btw). Im noticing more and more that they have lots of entitlement and some bad manners/lack of social skills as well as a terrible work ethic. For balance i have 4 dc ranging from 20-30 years old and while all 4 have excellent manners the younger had a really bad attitude towards work for a year or two but is now a very hard worker and the elder 3 always have been. Anyway back to my fellow employees. They seem to know every single one of their rights but not so much about their responsibilities, they lack social skills and manners as well. Will happily talk over people during conversations, pick and choose what work they want to do, have appalling customer service skills and will never agree that something is their fault or they have done something wrong. My work is based heavily on seniority and usually the more senior a member of staff they get first choice in certain aspects of it. However the younger staff seem to completely disregard this and often push themselves to the front for these things and show absolutely no respect to those who have worked there for years ( fwiw im also very junior). Im finding it harder and harder to tolerate and beginning to detest having to work with them, but im wondering if its actually a “ thing” that others have noticed or its me and my perimenopause? 🙄

Gen z aren't exactly known for being confident...

Op, I agree. I'm in my 30s and work with a couple of younger colleagues in their early 20s. I'm absolutely flabbergasted by their behaviour. I cannot bear to work with them together because they act like a pair of school girls.

Can you read? I stated ive not been there for a very long time and am a junior member of staff on the same level as them. They are hard work to work with because of their behaviour and attitudes, not because i am jealous of them 🙄.

So you’re upset at how they are treating other colleagues who have been there for years?

Yes I do think full time work places are tough for teens to navigate and you would hope that older staff have more understanding. We are generally lucky at my place overall.

I haven't noticed this at work. You come across entitled people of all ages.

I've just finished working in retail. We had a large number of youngsters, many having just left school, my manager was 22! Apart from a tendency to take days off sick for what I considered to be fairly minor complaints (but then I would go in with a leg hanging off, so I'm not a gread judge of what's 'minor') they were all wonderful to work with.

I’ve worked with women in their 50s and 60s who also act like they’re still in the school playground - it’s an (extremely irritating) personality thing, not an age thing.

Its standard practice in my area of employment…across all companies.

How do they treat you?

Out of interest; what type of work do you do?

*cross post never mind

No i don’t enjoy having to work with many of them ( not all) because it can often make my day much harder than it needs to be. I also know that my more senior colleagues don’t enjoy it either because they are far harder to manage and again make their day much harder than it needs to be. The disrespect for seniority gets noted by them as well.

We're eyeballs deep in a competency crisis. I'm inclined to believe that it's not you, because I've seen it myself and I'm not in my 50s, even if I might feel like I am occasionally. I find it particularly grating at times as my manager is younger than me and hasn't been at the company very long, so I've seen lots of processes change in a short few years.

There was a period of time where I second guessed things because there were so many things changing. I understand if a process is a little dated and needs freshening up a bit, but to find something has changed because 'it didn't make sense' in a younger colleague's mind is a bit annoying.

So do you not think that all people should treat all other people respectfully no matter what? Thats the way i was raised and the way i raised my children.

Does treating all other people respectfully include asking if they can read?

in general they treat me fine but its the lack of work ethic ( which means i have to work twice as hard) and the inability to have a conversation without constantly talking about themselves or interrupting/ talking over me that annoys me the most. Or when they are rude to/ ignore customers and i have to then deal with an irate customer.

I agree. I changed career when I was going on 50 and had to start again from the bottom. I was able to respect my colleagues regardless of age and I certainly didn't blame perimenopause for any judgements I made about them.

Yes when the said poster has been deliberately obtuse and deliberately misrepresented what said.

Of course. But we as humans have subtle differences in how we expect to be treated by others based on age, I bedded within our cultures. The newer generation don't necessarily subscribe to that the same.

We used to get a twack round the lug if we back chatted adults. They get a pat in the back for calling out the predjudices of older generations. Perhaps that's better. But of course it means they aren't going to treat a 50 year old with more reverence than a 20 year old. And you know what, that's fair.

I've worked with some awful older people. Frankly if I had to choose id probably prefer to work with 20 youths from today than 20 women in their 50s.

I must say I do agree with you. I definitely think manners in younger folk are appalling. I used to work in a school and had many door close on my face while inwas juggling heavy bags- Even from kids that seems nice, basic manners and curtesy was of a very poor standard. I hate to say it but I think it’s a general lack of respect/ always being pandered to and parents that see no wrong in their kids are a big part of the problem.

I can’t say because i believe its outing but although we have “ customers” its not retail.

You have put it better than i did …i think its maybe a lack of manners thing.

Doesn't this come under the age old heading of

'kids today'?

I can see that this is unfolding into yet another thread where the OP only really wants responses from people who agree with her.