That's quite funny, but the new recruits at my work place are super smart and full of piss and vinegar. Much more motivated than some of the older workers. The problem is that they will work lots of unpaid overtime, and they have no idea about work boundaries and being exploited by employers.

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andai a day ago | parent | next [-]

Sounds like they're trading excess energy for accelerated development. Where do I sign up?

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squishington a day ago | parent [-]

The excess energy dissipates when you realise the commensurate rewards don't materialise, after a few years. But if you also have family wealth, it doesn't matter so much.

	▲	jpgvm a day ago \| parent [-]
		Depends on how well they translate that effort into promotions or company switches into better positions. I averaged around 18mo to either a promotion or a move in my 20s, mostly off the back of working harder (to get the promotions/comp increases) and working smarter (to work out when they aren't coming and jumping somewhere else). If this makes sense for someone has a lot more to do with their ambition/desire and ability to work the system than anything else. It also helps a ton if you are also legitimately very good at what you do. Then it's pretty easy because you are just demanding you are paid commensurate with impact. Simply doing overtime and having hustle doesn't cut it though, you actually need to be able to leverage it into career progress or it's just wasted life.

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myrmidon a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Depending on the education/age of new recruits, you might not have seen much of the, younger, lower scored cohort, because the sharp performance drop only really started after 2018 (so the oldest affected people are around 22).

	▲	squishington a day ago \| parent [-]
		You're right. I suspect there are class factors at play too. A lot of education happens in the home when you're privileged.