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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: General Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
New hires often lack an appropriate level of professionalism. This includes work ethic, quality of work, and realistic workplace expectations.
| "From an employer's standpoint, it's like, 'look, this is when you show up at work, this is what you do at work, this is your list of responsibilities and this is how much time you've got to do it.' And their attitude is, well, I've got Facebook, I've got Twitter, and I've got it taken care of.' So, there is a little bit of that element." | Northwest |
| "[The attitude is that] I can do it tomorrow. I have a hard time with that, the younger people, I guess. I don't blame them, I really do have a heart for the younger people, but boy I tell you what, it is a dismal world out there. It really is." | Northwest |
| "Work ethic, productivity, communication and people skills." | Northwest |
| "And another thing that I notice, I guess, is work ethic. The younger generation doesn't seem to have that." | Northwest |
| "No drive or ambition. Getting to work on time. Showing up for work. Being willing to go the extra mile." | Northwest |
| "We want kids that want to be here every day. Somewhat of a challenge these days is to entertain this generation that we're dealing with. I see a little bit of this with some of the younger people that come in. Responsibility, it's a big thing. When I was younger, I wanted to impress my employer. I wanted to do a great job, because I didn't want someone to replace me. I didn't want them to have a reason to say, 'you know what, things aren't working out and I'm sorry I'm going to have to let you go. You know, I've got 25 more applicants that are ready to take your position.' I didn't want one of those people to take it." | Northwest |
| "I'd say the supply of techs is tight. We've been fortunate. We have a full shop. But they don't want to work on a Saturday. We were going to put a late shift in, and the people I might get would be students. They would not be too happy coming to work by themselves." | Northwest |
| "Like you say, they don't want to work Saturdays, they don't want to work overtime. They just want to come and do eight hours and...go back home." | Northwest |
| "Just looking back at the four people that I've let go in the last two years...that's the biggest thing, right there: they don't have the drive to want to be the best they can be." | Northwest |
| "You could teach them how to think, rather than just throwing their hands up and going asking for help. If they have a plan, a diagnostic plan that they follow every time, there's something to fall back on." | Northwest |
| "But you also have to have work ethic. You have to be willing to do the hard work." | Northwest |
| "So we've heard the need particularly for techs, to have the...soft skills or critical [thinking] skills, teamwork, showing up, getting along with the person you work next to, problem solving, kind of thinking through things, finding answers." | Northwest |
| "Q: So when you interview folks that have that two-year degree, are they pretty much good to go? A: It depends...are they the type that have taken their own initiative to learn more and continue their own education, or do they walk in the door expecting to be taught by somebody...waiting for that information to hit them?" |
Northwest |