I dont think you can generalize, and besides, its an act of irresponsibility of old guys to just blame us when they really caused the problem(I dont see the way I couldve ruined the world at the age of 19). Pretty much every problem we have today is caused by previous generations and still we have to deal with them telling us we are lazy and the way we should live.

Besides, calling some kind of ocupations lazy work and such is pretty much stupid when you consider the competition the actual world has in any medium makes it hard to be succesful if you dont try hard.

The sad part is that we will get old and live to work like any other generation before and we will think the younger ones are fucked up, its the same everytime.

Yeah, because you really can get one of those jobs out of nothing, you dont really need any talent or brains to get them right? I mean, its actually a lot easier to go and get a job as a gardener than becoming a succesful sportsman.

Not fair!  I do bth of the highlighted and both are hard labor.  ;)  Canvassing in the snow for hours and exercising my fingers on Excel are exhausting.  I kid...  Yeah, it is true that Gen-Y is becoming lazy.  It is a shame.

Oh, I think part of the problem with no one wanting to be a constructor these days is that, at least in my country, they dont pay well for those type of jobs but at least here there are people willing to do them.

And i think its not fair to judge people just because they dont want to live the traditional life, or want something more, because in the end, very few end up doing the things they want to.

I'm too lazy to contribute anything useful to this thread.

At 30, and being born in 1979, I’m at that odd age where I represent the border between the two generations and I have interacted heavily with both generations; and if you’re dealing with people who are 25 to 35 you could probably say that they’re all in a similar position to me. The biggest problems with Generation Y (from what I have seen) giving them a reputation of being remarkably lazy is their unwillingness to unplug and do their work.

If you walk through an office that has a lot of workers who are under 25 you will notice that there is an epidemic of using Facebook, Youtube, MSN, or doing anything except for working; and when these workers repeatedly fail to meet deadlines that they agreed upon and show overall very low performance they seem unwilling to accept that they did not receive massive performance bonuses. There are probably exceptions, and there are examples of people who are older that are just as bad, but in general (as a total group) they are doing less work and expecting greater rewards than people have before.

I wonder whats going to happen with my generation.

Probably the same thing that is happening with my generation.

Btw, I like your new avatar

As I stated, in America we have the exact opposite problem.

We have a huge demand for construction jobs by skilled people, but no one wants to do physical labor. Its a big reason as to why we have so many people crossing the border from the south: Americans are too lazy to work in a field, do construction, or other 'difficult' jobs for the wages offered, but people from other countries would beg to be paid $10-15/hr for jobs like those, so they come in-country and do the jobs either under the table or just at legality.

I don't blame them for that, its entirely our fault. I live in a very generic midwestern town. We have maybe 2 or 3 plumbers (people to do home repairs), and they are either good, and cannot do your work because they have too much to handle, or they are available and horribly lazy and don't do work right.

And its incredible that people don't do these jobs. A licensed electrician charges $40-60/hr in the US. Trade school is barely needed, as most of the skill is on-the-job training. I know this because I own an apartment complex that is having its electrical system replaced. Its insane trying to find the right people to work for you. And guess how many of them are between the ages of 18-30? Almost none. Unless they are mexican (not trying to be racist by any means, but that is the American demographic for construction work. Your either old and white or young and mexican).

I don't think anyone can or should bash others for wanting to do whatever job brings them joy. However, the fact is that some people will not realize their passion because the work is beneath them. I worked as a government worker as a park caretaker and had a blast doing the physical labor, but all the while, most of my friends went to college, thinking that kind of work was beneath them.

Now the friends I know that had any sort of physical labor job are in high demand, while the artsy ones are working at fast food.

Thats so funny. I do prefer phyiscal and tinkering type work to academic style work even though my brain is more suited for the latter than the former. Over in my country we don't have a shortage and we don't have an abundance of people in these fields, so the wages/rates are good but you can always find yourself a skilled worker. In addition to this we have trade groups like Master Electrician/Builder/Plumbers whom offer an assurance on any work done and will make things right if they are not up to standard.