Originally Posted by Jim_Conrad
The young people of Oceania used to have a wonderful work ethic.


Its slipping.....but they can still save it I hope.

It's definitely slipped. I remember about 15 years ago about six vacancies as mill hands on shift work came up at the local paper mill. These jobs were offered to close relatives of senior employees. Starting rate was $75,000 per annum (about $60K US at that time). 15 years ago a buck was worth a lot more than it is now. One youngster arrived late the first day and was told, "you're meant to be here at 8.00 a.m. for training or earlier, not 9:00 a.m.". He was late every day for a week because he couldn't get out of bed on time. He was fired. I don't think any of the six lasted more than the one month trial period.


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