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  How much you paying them?
context: You haven't described what the job entails or what these employees are responsible for. In any case, not everyone is going to like every job and it's not possible to control that. I've disliked every job I've had, all different kinds of places, and it wasn't necessarily the employer's fault in every case. >
  
  Those two may suck, and there's many more that also suck, but there's plenty that don't suck.  Same as with your generation and mine.  You're comparing the two you've had a negative experience with to yourself who you view positively.  You're leaving out the losers your age that you happily left behind and forgetting that this generation has winners too. >
  
  OP may like 2nd shift but it is the worst and hardest shift to fill for any job if they have it. I work with people who do swing shift and 2nd is the most hated out of all of them. Especially if you have a family. >
  
  How much are you paying them? >
  
  25k plus benefits and pension if that counts >
  
  Why would someone work hard for you when you’re not even paying enough for them to live off of? >
  
  I dunno. While I'm all for living wages, I also can't judge what a living wage Is if I don't know Where they are. Alabama, Mississippi, many other places in the south cost of living is Low. It may be a suboptimal wage but it may not be a underpaid one >
  
  I live in a small, rural town in the south and $25K would still be a bad wage here. >
  
  If you work full time, should you need to have a side hustle? Don't get me wrong, if enjoy your eBay business, good for you and all that. I would like those hours too, but I can see that someone younger may prefer to have more of the evening to socialise. >
  
  This depends on the productivity of the economy. It isn't some evil businessman that is making you work. We all want things and it requires work to provide those things. >
  
  Older people thinking younger people have it easy and complain too much is like, universal. Also, you liking the hours doesn't mean everyone will. I used to work 10 pm - 7 am, and that was fine for me at that point in my life, but it's obviously not going to work for most people. >
  
  Those complaints are universal, and they date back thousands of years. Want to know why? Because every civilization is cyclical, and every civilization that has ever been has grown soft, decadent, and has eventually fallen. >
  
  I would like to know what your employee's think make the job too hard?
  Is it the actual work?
  The hours?
  Or is it that working isn't something they see themselves doing long term?
  I wonder what the employees think would make the job better. >
  
  They’re protecting themselves. I admire younger generations for that, in fact I think that makes them tougher. There’s significantly more work options now (given all the remote work that’s popped up). 
  That shift sucks and I saw you commented the salary is 25k. That’s horrible. I doubt you have control of that but don’t be bitter because someone younger now has the opportunity to do what you never could. >
  
  My guy, you’re too young to start yelling at clouds. Young people refusing to sacrifice their well-being at the altar of corporate profit is a natural and good thing, and their complaining might just save us all from the parts of capitalism that make us miserable one day.
  It’s long past time we realized that being in denial about how exhausted we are doesn’t make us tough. >
  
  This is just a complaint about two specific people in a specific situation, and a vague one at that. I wouldn't use that to generalize an entire age group (millions) of people. >
  
  Those two suck, the vast majority do not.  You shitting on them is no different than boomers shorting on the whole of your generation for years.  
  Do a better job of weeding those entitled few out in the hiring process >
  
  Either they actually can find something better, in which case they are being totally reasonable. Or they will have to give up on their standards at some point. There is nothing wrong with trying to find a job you can enjoy.
  There is a fine balance between settling for an imperfect job and searching for a perfect one. If you start your career at one company and never leave, you’ll never know how much better (or maybe worse) it could have been. When you are young you have the most freedom to explore and so I don’t think trying to find the best work you can makes you ‘soft’, I think it makes you pragmatic.