Kids paying rent at home

[cobrat]

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This is insane. And apparently not all that uncommon: today my oldest related that 3 of his coworkers (all new grads) are quitting their jobs. Why? They were “yelled at” by the boss for being late with work, missing a morning meeting, and the third just has decided the job isn’t all that great. Admittedly, it is a workplace with difficulties, none of them particularly severe or unusual (sometimes, the boss is just a pain) The kicker – NONE of them have another offer, or have even looked for new jobs. They just “were tired of being yelled at”.

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<p>Actually I did the very same thing for 2 of my jobs…one of which happened during my first year out of college. </p>

<p>The first job I quit without having another lined up was after my employer fell behind on paying me the promised salary by two months and being yelled at for legitimately inquiring about it. Had a confrontation with him to insist he paid me what I was owed and not too long after getting all paycheck arrears cleared, quit as I didn’t want to work for someone who was this flaky about honoring his commitments…and being angry when asked about it. Ridiculous. </p>

<p>Second job where I quit before having another job lined up was because I wasn’t only yelled at and had my supervisor dump all of his responsibilities on my shoulders in addition to my own, but also asked to sign documents I wasn’t legally allowed to sign because I didn’t have the appropriate mandated license. And yes, I reported it to his supervisors and did the same to the local regulatory body. </p>

<p>The first was a moot point as I wasn’t getting paid reliably anyways and the second would have meant placing me into legal jeopardy if I had complied with the request which prompted me to quit. </p>

<p>Sometimes, life’s too short to deal with flaky entitled employers looking to excessively exploit your labor and sometimes asking you to do dishonorable/illegal things.</p>

[MD_Mom_1]

<p>Greenbutton, could I have the name of the company with the three job openings? DD needs only one! ;)</p>

[TempeMom]

<p>I heard a story on NPR not long ago regarding how the “everyone gets a medal” mentatlity in kids sports and the like leds to the entitled “good-job” head pat requiring young employees who may not merge well into actual, sometimes carpy, real life jobs.</p>

[PackMom]

<p>All these young people need to realize that most people don’t LOVE their jobs.</p>

[cheekymonkey]

<p>Pack mom. No kidding! I like the money, which is phenomenal , but most days I can take my job or leave it, but I don’t really think about whether it makes me happy or whether i am fulfilled cuz I have a kid in a fancy college w a massive bill that needs to get paid and this is the most efficient way to make it happen</p>