A recruiter was shocked when a young employee looking for a job determined that every position she applied for could only have a four-day work week.
Superior People Recruitment founder Graham Wynn believes the younger generation is entitled to that after the young woman told him why she wanted three-day weekends.
“She said she’s very busy on the weekend and she wants to take care of everything on Friday for the other two days off,” he said. Yahoo.
But the recruiter has warned young workers to be careful about the benefits they ask for in the workplace.
“I think a lot of people working today in the younger generation, it’s more about what they get out of it than what they can give to the employer,” he said.
Mr Wynn said another recent worker he encountered proved that the younger generation was only thinking of themselves, wanting to start work at 8am instead of 7am because that was more convenient for him.
The recruitment company founder said this is symptomatic of a society that never says ‘no’ to the younger generation.
“You ask your parents for something, and you get it. If you get a fine for speeding, your parents pay it,” Mr Wynn said.
A recruiter is shocked when a young employee looking for a job determined that any position she applied for could only be a four-day work week (stock image)
‘Everything is done for you and therefore you suffer no consequences.’
Tammie Christofis Ballis, recruitment expert and career coach at Realistic Careers, told Daily Mail Austraila she wholeheartedly agrees with the sentiment.
‘It’s like that participation prize for trying. That doesn’t happen in the real world,” she said.
‘You compete with others. This is what the young children don’t understand.
“It’s not all sports trophies where everyone gets one. That doesn’t happen at work.’
‘You don’t get a participation award if you go to a job interview.’
The recruitment guru believes that the younger generation looks at applying for jobs all wrong.
“They can’t go into a company and dictate what their terms and conditions are going to be, especially if the company hasn’t advertised it.”
“You have to show how you’re going to be the best person you can be, how you’re going to add value,” she said.
“They make it about them instead of focusing on the business and asking, ‘How can I solve your problems?’
“Employers hire problem solvers.”
The coach also thinks that there is a misunderstanding among young employees about what the four-day working week entails.
Realistic career recruitment expert and career coach Tammie Christofis Ballis believes there is a misunderstanding among young workers about what the four-day work week entails (stock image)
“They don’t realize that you have to work a full 38 or 40 hours in four days,” she said.
Ms Tammie Christofis Ballis believes the four-day work week is a great initiative for those with training experience and if it is suitable for their workplace and industry – and thinks Australia will see more of it.
“I think this is another way companies can work around working from home and offer it as a perk,” she said.
“Companies will say: ‘Come to the office four days a week, you’ll be here for nine and a half hours, but you’ll get a three-day weekend’.”
The four-day working week is controversial, but recently published research from Swinburne University from a 2023 study showed that ten companies that tried the new working week had success. news.com.au reported.
Bosses gave the four-day working week a 9.25, with most employers choosing to keep the new way of working.
At the beginning of October, Medibank announced that it would expand the four-day working week to 500 employees.
A six-month trial at the company found staff were happier, more efficient and even healthier.
