As a millennial, I'd never work for you based on this post alone

Jul 21, 2017
8:57:37pm

Mike Honcho All-American

So there's that. And at this point, your reputation has probably gotten around, which is why you get crappy applicants who show up with their mom in tow.

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Millennials! Please help me out. I have torn to shreds at least 10 of you in the

bayareacoug

7/21/17 8:10pm

Nope, nothing here.

Ocho Cuatro

7/21/17 8:13pm

RE: Millennials! Please help me out. I have torn to shreds at least 10 of you in the

7H3F3RN

7/21/17 8:14pm

I'm your huckleberry....

RalphWiggam

7/21/17 8:14pm

I just fired one today for this exact scenario-but replace Monday with Thursday

bayareacoug

7/21/17 9:02pm

What's your definition of "good paying"?

NottherealJWill

7/21/17 8:15pm

$12/hr with potential

Lip Gallagher

7/21/17 8:52pm

So, what do you need help with...?

crazY

7/21/17 8:16pm

Sounds like a vetting problem on your end. The millennials I work with, and am,

Dillinger

7/21/17 8:18pm

Yep, someone needs to outsource hiring

califcougar

7/21/17 8:21pm

I disagree. Despite your declaration of good personal work ethic

SouthernBlueBlood

7/21/17 9:24pm

I can't blame Millennials on their loyalty...They watched their father's

bayareacoug

7/21/17 9:31pm

I know nothing of you're company so this might not be accurate of you or it

Dillinger

7/21/17 9:45pm

Also, millennial didn't watch their father work. Fathers would

Ssebo

7/22/17 8:50am

Millennials trying to read that all got at least 4 social media

Cougarfan777

7/21/17 8:20pm

Thanks, but no thanks, my employer actually likes me

califcougar

7/21/17 8:20pm

work from anywhere position?

TN_Coug

7/21/17 8:21pm

RE: Millennials! Please help me out. I have torn to shreds at least 10 of you in

LaVellIfIKnow

7/21/17 8:21pm

Average CS major at BYU is getting $86K, so, not too far off. Obviously UVU is

califcougar

7/21/17 8:27pm

I work with an amazing group of millennials, both technical and non-technical.

Tim

7/21/17 8:22pm

This is why I really wanted to meet up this week...pick your brain. 5 hours from

bayareacoug

7/21/17 8:44pm

Hire better people would be a good start.

Baron

7/21/17 8:23pm

Yep, better people from a different demographic

2FarGone

7/21/17 8:25pm

Unnecessary unless you yourself are incapable of hiring good people.

Baron

7/21/17 8:28pm

Not a Millennial, but I hire them and like what I see

ColoSpgs

7/21/17 8:23pm

Fool me once...

titlecoug

7/21/17 8:25pm

It sounds like you could use some hiring help. Bm for assistance

Sandy Lyle

7/21/17 8:32pm

Loyalty? To a company? Are you serious?

Dissenter

7/21/17 8:36pm

Yes - very important. It's one of the basic blocks of human decency.

Bgash

7/23/17 11:57am

You are just bad at hiring good employees

YIsForBrigham

7/21/17 8:37pm

I work with millennialls a lot in media production, so like

Cougarfan777

7/21/17 8:39pm

I've been working with a lot of offshore people lately

coolcats

7/21/17 8:41pm

SOP is the death of Asia. This is why I'm in business. Their processes don't

bayareacoug

7/21/17 8:52pm

Yup, most of mainland Asia's teaching methodology is wrote learning and does not

specsauce

7/21/17 11:05pm

if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail - Abraham Maslow

bayareacoug

7/21/17 11:14pm

Creativity is punished severely in honor/shame based cultures. The risks of

dilbert

7/22/17 12:33am

As a millennial, I'd never work for you based on this post alone

Mike Honcho

7/21/17 8:57pm

Of course you wouldn't work for him. Everyone knows that millennials don't work

slowhiteguy

7/21/17 8:59pm

Good point

Mike Honcho

7/21/17 9:04pm

Funny how every generation says these exact things about the next whn past prime

coltonbyu

7/21/17 8:58pm

Bruh, I'll own that interview.

Lip Gallagher

7/21/17 9:05pm

Problem is you are interviewing UVU grads.

Bruton Guster

7/21/17 9:36pm

If I apply for any jobs in the Bay Area, I always ask 6 figures.

TheWanderer

7/21/17 10:04pm

You are considered low income at a household income of $105K in the City of SF

bayareacoug

7/21/17 10:58pm

Yep. Hence the reason why I'd request a bare minimum of $150k.

TheWanderer

7/21/17 11:11pm

Beware, the state department has been sending millennials undercover

Big Daddy D

7/21/17 10:24pm

Please do Undercover Boss!! Your view on the world would make quite the episode.

ColdFusion1989

7/21/17 11:04pm

I’ll BM you. Seriously.

Kuga

7/21/17 11:05pm

I have been taught this by my own boomer father,

ironman1315

7/21/17 11:31pm

**must have 7-10 years applicable experience for entry level position

Sherlock

7/21/17 11:38pm

'Entry level' is a catch phrase employers use to con workers into less pay

Dissenter

7/21/17 11:39pm

I wish you were wrong...buuuuut you're not.

Instagrammarian

7/22/17 2:35am

So is your sig Scott Sterling as a boy?

rebelCoug

7/22/17 7:42am

Sounds like it's a management/hiring issue

byuTX

7/22/17 8:34am

I am sharing this post with my teenage kids.

Dishonor Code

7/22/17 9:00am

I shared it with my 10 year old.

BYUHgrad

7/22/17 11:26am

You probably couldn't afford me anyway.

IGlowInTheDark

7/22/17 12:29pm

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Ragnar Danneskjold

7/22/17 4:02pm

People don't quit jobs, they quit managers, just saying

boyblue

7/22/17 9:02pm

Sounds frustrating. Hopefully a constructive suggestion here...

ArchbishopMitty

7/22/17 10:40pm

I have found your method to work very well. I found a great HTML programmer

bayareacoug

7/23/17 7:44am

I hope this wasn't this decade. Haven't heard the term HTML for a while.

TheWanderer

7/23/17 8:14am

It's still a common term used by non-web-devs. I hear it all the time.

Tim

7/23/17 9:27am

Hmmm. Putting HTML on a resume would make me less likely to look at you.

TheWanderer

7/23/17 2:58pm

I willingly hire people that put HTML on their resume, and they do in fact

Breaded Hamster

7/23/17 3:33pm

You make a valid point.

TheWanderer

7/23/17 5:01pm

Very true - the "Technologies I Know" section on a resume is pretty useless

Breaded Hamster

7/23/17 10:30pm

Many people value things besides "more money" I've found

ArchbishopMitty

7/23/17 9:16pm

Wait, wait, wait... you were going to hire someone from UVU???

NacoCoug

7/23/17 10:45am

Transfered to UVU from BYU myself. Way better Aviation program.

BYUSwoop

7/23/17 3:30pm

This is true. UVU is known across the country for that. Kinda cool.

Breaded Hamster

7/23/17 3:34pm

Most of my thoughts were already addressed by others here but here's a few more

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