Do you think young people, now a days, don't know what hard work?

Question

is? I was never above taking a job that I didn't like. You want to eat you got to work.

Answer 1

I see kids all the time, when they whine they need money, and you tell them to go work at McDonald's or something like that, and they freak out and say they can't work in a fast food place, they don't pay much, and they work you to hard. I might be 25, but you can tell all the teenagers that are out there today, think they are worth millions, and can't do those general labor jobs anymore. They think they should start out as president of a bank, that only has certain things to do, and makes a good salary. I think they are becoming lazy and don't want to put any effort into working anymore, and they don't realize what hard work is. Example: Flipping a burger at a fast food restraunt, is to time consuming, and hard!

Answer 2

That is how I was raised. I tried my best to teach this to my sons. They both work, the oldest is married with 2 children and is doing well. My youngest works, but for some reason doesn't stay at a job for a long period of time. What is up with that I have not a clue, but it aggravates me. My youngest is 25, and I have noticed there are quite a few in that age group and younger that are that way. My husband is having a hard time keeping help as well, he is in the floor business, and they either don't like the hard work, working weekends, don't come in on time, don't show up, etc. My mother doesn't help with my son, she is always helping him, no matter what I say. Like a lot of men in my family say, they would dig a ditch if they had to, to put food on the table.

Answer 3

Some do, some don't. I'm not sure what you consider hard work, but I know a couple people who do labor jobs and/or work very demanding schedules to make decent money. I might give it a go if I found myself in a position to accept a job like that, but I have an easy, low-wage job. I'm not above taking a job I don't like, but I'll try like heck not to, even if it means sacrificing some dollars. But I do make an effort to do a good job.

Answer 4

By kids, I'm not sure what age you are talking about but I will assume that I'm in that category since I am 20. Most of the people that I work with call me a kid because they are over twice my age.
First let me say that for the most part, people my age have NO EARTHLY CONCEPT of what work is.
I however, was brought up working.
I have grown up roofing houses, framing walls, cutting down trees, hauling lumber, etc, etc. I suppose I am an exception because I have been known to overwork, like the time I was lifting boxes and pulled the muscles in my stomach two days in a row, hurting myself bad enough that I blacked out.
I'm just telling you this to let you know that yes, we are out there. We are very few and far between but we do exists.
I will say that I am VERY disappointed in most of my age group when it comes to work because they are a lot of whiners and babies.

Answer 5

Love that line in the Bible paraphrased of course..He who don't work don't eat. LOL at my grammar. Yes kids today, not all but many, think some jobs are beneath them.
My own children have seen me go to work at jobs that did not make use of my education or talents. But they ate and had a roof. Each one of them got a job at 15 or 16 to buy shoes, clothes and autos. My two oldest granddaughters are following in the same footsteps.
I do have one daughter that is struggling now and she and her two children live with me. But she too waited tables at 16 and made more per day than I was at the time.

Answer 6

My kids have always worked, and worked hard. My daughter who has her Accounting has worked as a chamber maid when she couldnt find anything in her field, as a Sous Chef in a Correctional Institute, as a house cleaner, and has done physical labour, working for a building contractor.

My son has done a lot of different jobs too, from roofing, flooring, moving company labourer, sales jobs, sales manager, you name it. He now is part owner of a roofing company.

They both grew up with a good work ethic and were taught "when the going get tough, the tough get going".

With ten years of office management experience, Accounting etc I went to work 2 weeks after a Cesarean baby, as a waitress many year ago because I couldnt find anything else during the recession.

I have worked as a surveyors helper, truck driver, Investment Consultant, Financial Planner, Family and Youth Counselor, data entry, loans processor, Administrative Assistance, Accountant, chamber maid, Kitchen Designer, Receptionist, Bookkeeper, Office manager for several companies, retail sales mgr for Sears, media marketing, free lance journalist, photographer, Commerical Artist, etc etc (you name it and I have probably had that job too).

Which is why I get so angry, now that I am disabled, when people accuse me of being lazy.

Answer 7

Well of course everyone knows what hard work is...why do you think so many spend so much time avoiding it! With 3 times the effort it takes to do the hard job, many can find a way not to do it at all. Somewhere, the scales seem tilted in the wrong direction.

Answer 8

My kids worked and do work hard, one has a doctorate in medicine and the other a masters in business, they do work hard. i wasn't above taking any job however. Some were not good career moves but the kids liked to have a roof over their head, food on the table and clothes on their back , so what the heck! You do what you got to do.

Answer 9

I'm a 19 year old student and I regret to say that my generation doesn't understand nor has much personal experience with the concept of hard work. I believe our youth depend too much on mom and dad to pay for their I-pods, Abercrombie jeans, and car payments. Not only do kids nowadays hardly enjoy working and making their own money, they don't understand or sympathize with those who do have to work hard to survive. I don't mean to bring in another issue but take in consideration for example the immigration debate. Many individuals see immigrants as a parasite to society and people who want to take away "our jobs." Excuse me but if we can't get a 17 year old to get a partime after school job what makes Americans think that same girl teen is going to want to get up at 4am, pack a small lunch and jug of water, put on a hat and work boots, and labor in the fields to the point of heat stroke and exhaustion.
Taking hard labor aside what about hard mental work? True there are thousands of kids who do well enough in school to continue to higher education. But what about the other percentage who never graduate high school or who simply take the minimum requirements to get by. And it's highly unlikely these same students are holding steady jobs instead or trying to develop their lives in ways beyond education.
I've always been taught you have to work for what you want. I've never been handed a silver platter and if I've worked hard in school to pursue a undergrad education as well as in many sorts of jobs whether as an office secretary, babysitter, and yes as a field hand in order to ensure that I can provide for myself.
I just wish other people my age would work a few hours a week so they understand the satisfaction of paying for that Starbucks or cell phone on their own.

Answer 10

well still being in the work force i see a lot of this and it is a big reason companies are hiring immigrants to fill the positions.the work ethic we grew with is disappearing to many times i have seen young men and women get hired start the first day and leave after about 20 minutes saying that this isn`t what they thought they think hard work is beneath them it makes the future look bleak the U.S. will lose more jobs to foreign soil