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Loading ...Kids these days are super-demanding. They’re smart, they’re savvy, and they have us employers over the barrel. These kids will quit. They jump from job to job, increasing their compensation by 20%-50% each time instead of the paltry 4%-5% raises of yore. Loyalty doesn’t pay because employers aren’t loyal to them. Employers must adjust and comply. Too many opportunities and too many options!
“The UK’s business leaders are being warned they must embrace flexible working and consumer technologies if they are to attract and retain the next generation of workers.” Via Silicon.com
My former employer, a so-called new media company, fancied its employees spoiled, entitled, and needing to become more realistic or they would be forever unemployable. Trick is, things will never be the same again.
Kids these days just have too many options, including going back to graduate school, becoming a school teacher, going traveling, or getting a better, sweeter, offer from your competitor (and all of your IP).
Kids these days also know that NDAs and non-competes are difficult to defend and can be signed willy-nilly and ignored. Non-competes are not only tough to defend but are considered anti-right to work.
So, instead of spending lots of time “taming” employees, it is essential to change the tone completely.
Filed under: Employee 2.0, Employer 2.0
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