Change and Resistance to Change
Lastly, when you think about your first real job… how much did it change you? I worked for Qwest Communications in the Organizational Development group and watched 2,000 men and women lose their jobs. My CEO went to jail for insider trading, my boss was a total flake, and I’m pretty sure was embezzling was the norm for senior leaders. I heard people in the elevator (on my first day) talking about what the bare minimum effort was to get a severance but not fired AND I got to see grown men, my dad’s age, cry when getting a severance and realized the unspoken rule was that the closer someone was to vesting in the pension program the more likely they were to be let go.
Holy crap!
Look, Millennials maybe a lot of things but stupid ain’t one of them. They know what they’re getting into… this kid is basically saying to Chandler, “Look, I know I’ve been mucking about and the time has come to put my head on the block and sacrifice my idyllic childhood by coming to work for you. I know it’s going to suck and not be nearly as much fun as hanging out with my friends or as rewarding as building houses for the homeless in Guatemala, but I’m ready to do this.”
That’s worth a conversation at least.
Whatever you think about this email… this is someone who’s coming to realize the reality of their situation and is trying to make the best of it.
You can either be that good person on the other side of the bridge with a friendly face or the total dick who just confirms what they secretly fear, which is that everything they’ve been taught is total BS. Imagine you’re in high school and college today and the “change the world” attitude is given to you in buckets and then you’re totally blindsided by the first corporate culture you find your way into.
This is a generation that hasn’t failed and is terrified of failure, and with good reason, failure sucks.
Namaste!
Author: Matt Morava
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