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Traum · 02-09-2019, 10:08 PM

Roughly how old are you, Euro7r? It sounds like the kid is totally fresh out of hs / college / ugrad, and what I am seeing here is a very typical generational difference at the work place.

You (and everyone else) are certainly free to continue expecting good work ethics out of a worker, and you cannot be faulted for expecting that. However, you want to bear in mind that roughly speaking, every generation has a different set of behaviour, expectations, and priorities. In a broad stroke, traditionalists, boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, etc. they all behave differently. So while I agree that in Euro7r's case, the guy is probably as green as it gets, and has little idea of what is expected, certain traits seems to be coming out of him as a typical Gen Z. In particular, these kids really consider their smart phone as an extension of themselves. It may sound weird to you, but they literally grew up with these, so being "connected" is really rather normal to them. Case in point, if they need to understand something new that they don't know about, they'll probably google / YouTube it and see. Some of us may think that way, but some of us don't. In his case, being connected to his social circle is important.

As you deal with more of these kids, or even just workers from different age groups and generations, you'll see how they behave differently. Unless you plan on only hiring Gen X-ers or older, I'd say you might as well get used to these new behaviour from the new generation. As long as he is getting the work done, I'd say leave his phone habits alone. You might even want to encourage him to just use his phone without going on "breaks" if it doesn't interfere with the optics / visual professionalism.

The confused bit / not knowing what to do or ask thing seems more like the result of him being green. For this one, it depends on whether you want to / care to spend time training him up. If you think it is worthwhile for your company to keep him around later, show him and train him. If you don't think he is worth the trouble, set him free.

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Traum RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Paradise, BC Posts: 8,380 Thanked 8,148 Times in 3,389 Posts Failed 262 Times in 148 Posts	Roughly how old are you, Euro7r? It sounds like the kid is totally fresh out of hs / college / ugrad, and what I am seeing here is a very typical generational difference at the work place. You (and everyone else) are certainly free to continue expecting good work ethics out of a worker, and you cannot be faulted for expecting that. However, you want to bear in mind that roughly speaking, every generation has a different set of behaviour, expectations, and priorities. In a broad stroke, traditionalists, boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, etc. they all behave differently. So while I agree that in Euro7r's case, the guy is probably as green as it gets, and has little idea of what is expected, certain traits seems to be coming out of him as a typical Gen Z. In particular, these kids really consider their smart phone as an extension of themselves. It may sound weird to you, but they literally grew up with these, so being "connected" is really rather normal to them. Case in point, if they need to understand something new that they don't know about, they'll probably google / YouTube it and see. Some of us may think that way, but some of us don't. In his case, being connected to his social circle is important. As you deal with more of these kids, or even just workers from different age groups and generations, you'll see how they behave differently. Unless you plan on only hiring Gen X-ers or older, I'd say you might as well get used to these new behaviour from the new generation. As long as he is getting the work done, I'd say leave his phone habits alone. You might even want to encourage him to just use his phone without going on "breaks" if it doesn't interfere with the optics / visual professionalism. The confused bit / not knowing what to do or ask thing seems more like the result of him being green. For this one, it depends on whether you want to / care to spend time training him up. If you think it is worthwhile for your company to keep him around later, show him and train him. If you don't think he is worth the trouble, set him free.