The work ethic of people today has gone by the wayside. Potential employees beg for a job and pride themselves on being dependable and trust-worthy in the initial interview. However, once they are hired a different person seems to show up for the job. They report to the first day of training fifteen minutes late. Within the first week they tell the boss of all the days they have to have off for one reason or another. The new employee now has decided they can only work a certain shift and only on certain days. It’s as if the employee has suddenly forgotten that during the interview they said they could work “any and all” shifts. Not to mention that working weekends was not an issue during the interview but now it just is not feasible. Apparently weather conditions should apply to work as they do in school. Snow accumulation is in the forecast, can’t make it to work. Wind is blowing too hard and it might mess up the hairdo, can’t make it to work. Even better than calling off by itself is when an employee waits to call off until twenty minutes before their scheduled shift begins. Furthermore, the employee does show up for work. Now let’s pay said employee an hourly wage to just stand around and do absolutely nothing of importance to the job. The employee wants a job to pay them so they can text, talk on their cell phone, get online and check face book, or stand around talking to their friends for eight hours. However, at the end of their shift they act so tired from “working” as if they had done something so strenuous. Whatever happened to the day when having a job, no matter how menial, actually meant something such as the days when people never called off work even if they were extremely sick. With the economy the way it is today, jobs are very difficult to find. Having a college degree is not even a guarantee of employment anymore. Ironically, some people still choose to treat a job like it is a joke and they think they can just go out and get another job without any problems. Although the majority of employees that fall into this type of person are younger, there are older ones as well. That is probably the scariest point of all. These employees are not confined to any one category. They are from all ages, races, classes, and backgrounds. Most are just getting started in life. However, some are in the middle stages and some are on the downside of life. What causes this poor work ethic in people? It could be the upbringing or it could be personal attitude or it could be any number of things. One thing is certain, work ethics of people today is not the same as it was years ago in the days of our grand-parents. Maybe when people can’t buy food for themselves they will realize that flipping burgers is better than going hungry.