Global Cooling

In a very interesting article from the Wall Street Journal entitled, “The ‘Trophy Kids’ Go To Work,”  contributor Ron Alsop profiles some of the attitudes and expectations of those young people now entering the real world.  Judging by the following excerpt, let’s just say that our politicians sinking the ship may be the least of our worries.

“For their part, millennials believe they can afford to be picky, with talent shortages looming as baby boomers retire. “They are finding that they have to adjust work around our lives instead of us adjusting our lives around work,” a teenage blogger named Olivia writes on the Web site Xanga.com.  “What other option do they have? We are hard working and utilize tools to get the job done. But we don’t want to work more than 40 hours a week, and we want to wear clothes that are comfortable. We want to be able to spice up the dull workday by listening to our iPods. If corporate America doesn’t like that, too bad.”

Draw your own conclusions!

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