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Pacifist Patriot

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12. While I agree that our older workers are...

Reply to Honeycombe8 (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 21, 2017, 09:37 AM

Dec 2017

generally more reliable and experienced on average, I am currently dealing with two employees over 45 with drinking problems impacting their work. Only one millenial would be considered a "difficult employee" and it's his job performance and attitude towards that. I know the plural of anecdote is not data, but we shouldn't make broad determinations about any particular generation. All employees come with advantages and disadvantages regardless of their age. And more times than not I've found it's based on them as individuals, not their generation.

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