That's awesome. I like to see that in young people. Like I said, the one we hired is the "notable exception" to my generalizations - this "kid" rocks. He'll take any job with enthusiasm and give it his full attention. A pleasure to work with.

I think we all have. They used to be the "notable exceptions", however.

I find it interesting that those with HR insight or experience are telling us this trait has actually been identified in this generation. I had never heard that before.

So, I asked my wife, who is a nurse by profession but it now supervising the nursing staff of a practice that has about half a dozen clinics in Washington. We try not to bring our work home and "talk shop", or she no doubt would have told me this before. In essence, her reply when I told her about what we are discussing was "well, duh...". She has been dealing with this in her young nursing staff for years. The turnover has been almost constant. The 30, 40, 50 somethings stick around, but the 20 somethings come and go. Most of them she fires. The others quit. They just don't want to work that hard, have no respect for the doctors or the patients, and are pretty unreliable. They do get exceptions, of course (she has a 26 year old as her lead nurse in one clinic, and apparently she's the schiz), but the majority apparently fit this "stereotype".

I have seen that when the work is cool, interesting (fun) and very well paid...most people's jobs, by nature...are not.

The fact that Gen Y is compares positively in the article...is only because they are compared with Gen X....and as posted earlier, it is hard to get into trouble when you are an adult, live in Mom and Dad's basement...and have a curfew and allowance.