Thoughts on Millennials...

[rog1187]

I skimmed through an article today talking about how Millennials are quitting high paying jobs because they don't want to be stuck in an office and work all the hours. I see it in some of the folks being brought into my work area - they want more than 40+ hours of work until retirement and want to enjoy life now as well as work. It's interesting to see how their thought on work is viewed by the other generation(s) in my work areas...but it is what it is and we have to find a way to make it work. In a way I kind of admire their thought on life (in this particular area), but I don't have it in me to just up and quit a job. I wonder what the future is going to bring to those folks when it comes to retirement age since it doesn't seem like their preparing for it now. Are we going to start seeing a reduction in the work week in days and hours? I know some studies have been done on reducing the work week to 4 days per week and the results have been good.

 

[Mntneer]

I skimmed through an article today talking about how Millennials are quitting high paying jobs because they don't want to be stuck in an office and work all the hours. I see it in some of the folks being brought into my work area - they want more than 40+ hours of work until retirement and want to enjoy life now as well as work. It's interesting to see how their thought on work is viewed by the other generation(s) in my work areas...but it is what it is and we have to find a way to make it work. In a way I kind of admire their thought on life (in this particular area), but I don't have it in me to just up and quit a job. I wonder what the future is going to bring to those folks when it comes to retirement age since it doesn't seem like their preparing for it now. Are we going to start seeing a reduction in the work week in days and hours? I know some studies have been done on reducing the work week to 4 days per week and the results have been good.

It would not surprise me to see companies move to 4 - 10 hour days. I would actually be fine with that for most.

 

[MichiganHerd]

We have a smaller company that's a part of our mass operations, and it's nothing but millenials. Their hours are 8-5, but they will roll in around 8:15 to 8:30, sometimes later, and the woman that's in charge of them lets them pretty much **** off all the time. They have their own treadmill down there, and it's not unusual to see one of them on it anytime during the work day. Additionally, they'll go outside into our huge yard, and lay down blankets and work while on their laptops. They don't even work on Fridays in the Summer time. Non-Summer, they work Fridays until noon, and then they have an office happy hour right at noon on Friday, popping open beers for about an hour.

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

It would not surprise me to see companies move to 4 - 10 hour days. I would actually be fine with that for most.

Everyone is basically shifting to 9/80s now with some starting to institute 4/10s.

I haven’t worked 40 hrs in probably 10 years. I average around 50 with the occasional 70+

 

[Airport]

Everyone is basically shifting to 9/80s now with some starting to institute 4/10s.

I haven’t worked 40 hrs in probably 10 years. I average around 50 with the occasional 70+

I work 32 hours/ week. Hove for the last 25 years. it's all this body and eyes will take bent over and working in a restricted environment.

 

[MountaineerWV]

Back in the day, I made several cost saving suggestions along with retention and recruitment to public schools about their out-dated calendars and how they run things. My suggestions were simply this:

1. 4-day weeks
2. 1-2 weeks off after each 9 week grading cycle
3. 7am-4:15pm daily schedule for faculty and students

This was the cost savings plan that would save districts MILLIONS in heating/cooling costs along with transportation and food services.

I think it's time to start looking at different work schedules than just keeping the same system. How many of us (salary personnel) already work over 1-3 hours a day anyways? Wouldn't it be great to know that we would get a 3-day weekend every week?

 

[TarHeelEer]

Back in the day, I made several cost saving suggestions along with retention and recruitment to public schools about their out-dated calendars and how they run things. My suggestions were simply this:

1. 4-day weeks
2. 1-2 weeks off after each 9 week grading cycle
3. 7am-4:15pm daily schedule for faculty and students

This was the cost savings plan that would save districts MILLIONS in heating/cooling costs along with transportation and food services.

I think it's time to start looking at different work schedules than just keeping the same system. How many of us (salary personnel) already work over 1-3 hours a day anyways? Wouldn't it be great to know that we would get a 3-day weekend every week?

Wow

It's difficult for me to even sneak in a full weekend. Pipedreams.

 

[Mntneer]

Everyone is basically shifting to 9/80s now with some starting to institute 4/10s.

I haven’t worked 40 hrs in probably 10 years. I average around 50 with the occasional 70+

I work pretty much 24 hours a day. Even when I'm asleep I'm dreaming about work.

There are times I wish I had a pure 40 hour a week job, where I would leave work at work.

 

[MountaineerWV]

Wow

It's difficult for me to even sneak in a full weekend. Pipedreams.

I remind you, the evaluation and assessment I did was to provide the best cost SAVINGS plan available. And this was it, no doubt. It would provide MILLIONS in cost-saving for public schools. Some have decided to do it, and have seen the benefits, in academics (better test scores; students better rested) and in teacher-administrator retention rates and workplace "happiness" (burnout rates lower).

The work hours are still the same as before, just spread out a little bit more.

 

[DvlDog4WVU]

Back in the day, I made several cost saving suggestions along with retention and recruitment to public schools about their out-dated calendars and how they run things. My suggestions were simply this:

1. 4-day weeks
2. 1-2 weeks off after each 9 week grading cycle
3. 7am-4:15pm daily schedule for faculty and students

This was the cost savings plan that would save districts MILLIONS in heating/cooling costs along with transportation and food services.

I think it's time to start looking at different work schedules than just keeping the same system. How many of us (salary personnel) already work over 1-3 hours a day anyways? Wouldn't it be great to know that we would get a 3-day weekend every week?

I’d love 4 x 10s

 

[dave]

It would not surprise me to see companies move to 4 - 10 hour days. I would actually be fine with that for most.

Many oil and gas companies do a version of this. 4-10s or 9-9s and 1 day off every other friday.

 

[dave]

Everyone is basically shifting to 9/80s now with some starting to institute 4/10s.

I haven’t worked 40 hrs in probably 10 years. I average around 50 with the occasional 70+

Im usually 45-50

 

[MountaineerWV]

Many oil and gas companies do a version of this. 4-10s or 9-9s and 1 day off every other friday.

Way, way back in the day, my father worked in the mining industry and did 10-5's......worked 10 straight days (10 hours + overtime) and then got 5 consecutive days off. It was nice having him around for those 5 straight days.

 

[bamaEER]

I work 45-60hrs/week depending on the time of year. And that usually includes a few hrs on weekends for followup clinical work and always being 'on call'. But I love what I do, so it's all good.

 

[dave]

Way, way back in the day, my father worked in the mining industry and did 10-5's......worked 10 straight days (10 hours + overtime) and then got 5 consecutive days off. It was nice having him around for those 5 straight days.

That was a good setup for the mines especially because the miners could wreck several sections in 10 days and if equipment broke it would give the mine 5 days to repair equipment or do area maintanance such. Just such a limited area to do all of it while still mining full tilt.

 

[op2]

I don't know if Mills slack at work or not. I know they kinda have that rep but I don't work with them personally. But they are of the generation where they're going to have to fund a bunch of baby boomers and then someday when they get old the generations to fund them will be smaller, so in that sense they're getting bad luck.

I have read that Mills are less stuff-oriented and like to spend money on experiences rather than things and AFAIC that's a step forward. I've also read that they're not as into giganto-houses as were earlier generations, again a step forward AFAIC.

 

[MichiganHerd]

For all of you that have stated you're working 45 hours plus per week, have you ever thought about limiting it to only 40, simply by not posting here throughout the day?

 

[dave]

For all of you that have stated you're working 45 hours plus per week, have you ever thought about limiting it to only 40, simply by not posting here throughout the day?

Odd that moe liked your post.

 

[MichiganHerd]

Odd that moe liked your post.

I know. I was attempting to make a 'funny', but now I'm considering deleting my post.

 

[TarHeelEer]

For all of you that have stated you're working 45 hours plus per week, have you ever thought about limiting it to only 40, simply by not posting here throughout the day?

Wouldn’t change it. Hurry up and wait.