Well, it’s safe to say British LinkedIn recruiter Josh Harrison is not a fan of millennials.
In a now-deleted post on the career networking website, Josh called anyone who is under 25 and unemployed a “lazy little s***”.
After claiming to be one of LinkedIn’s “most reviewed recruiters”, Josh then accused millennials of not trying hard enough to find themselves a well-paying job.
He said it was “easier than ever” to find employment in the United Kingdom now.
“Am I the only one calling bulls*** on this ‘poor us’ attitude?” he began his rant.
Josh said any young person who finds themselves unemployed only has themselves to blame.
“If you’re under the age of 25 and not in work without any good medical or mental health reason then you’re either a lazy little s*** or you’re setting your sights way too high,” he continued.
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Stop generalising. In every generation you’ll have hard workers and lazy shits. I’m a millennial and have done more in the past 10 years professionally, personally and academically than most achieve in their lifetime. I read this article and remembered one of my 50 year old patients who believed he would be entitled and subsequently tried to claim the disability pension because he had a simple soft tissue injury that improved within a week.
I hope Josh was joshing when he made that statement. We live in a society where it is easier to go on the dole than actually put your nose to the grindstone. Some have been on the dole for years, even decades and we keep dishing it out to them. [In fact I know of one person who worked all of 5 years in his life, and now he's on the old age pension..Thank you Aussie taxpayer!] All the while those who jump ship with minimal English can land a job quickly.
Then, of course, we have the baby bonus, the unmarried mothers pension etc all enticing young folk to remain unemployed. And even when the government makes noises that it needs to rein in the huge welfare bill there are screams of unfair discrimination.
We seem to think that people have ambition, a goal in life. Not true. Some would rather just chill out with their mates at the beach and damn be hard work. So there's no sunset clause to the welfare they receive, or an obligation to work for it in some way. And, if they play the game skillfully, they can rake in more than the average worker with a family to support.
Thus, Josh, society does have a hand in this. And, as for being a CEO at 25, how many movies are there where we see doctors and successful lawyers barely out of nappies, or managers of corporations who are barely old enough to shave? Imagine what such movies does on one's psyche.