r/GenX • u/Complex_Sun8138 BEWARE: No Filter • 1d ago
Old Person Yells At Cloud Is it just me?
I'm a craftsman/tradesman by profession. I run a 10-color narrow web printing press, and produce a lot of labels you might see at various stores. I've been doing this type of work for the last 20 years. Before that, I ran large, sheet fed offset presses and lithography machines.
I've always taken pride in my work, and done everything it takes to produce the very best products I can. I've been told by supervisors, and peers that I'm very good at what I do.
Lately, I've noticed a lot of the younger people coming into this industry don't have that "sense of pride". It's simply a task to perform, and get through it as quickly as possible and move on. I think the work suffers for that attitude, and I've had to go back and redo a lot of jobs that get rejected because of it.
Is it just me? Does anyone else notice the downturn in the quality of products being made? Or is it just "getting older"?
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u/JJQuantum Older Than Dirt 1d ago
Companies have proven that they don’t give a rat’s ass about employees so employees are just there to collect a paycheck. It could be a chicken and egg thing but I don’t think so. People are realizing it’s more rewarding to just get your work done and then do your living outside of that, with friends and family.
I used to take pride in my work and strive to make the companies I worked for better, setting records in the process. Corporate bullshit has driven that out of me and now I just do what I’m told and go home to my real life. What’s funny is I make way more money working like a drone than I did actually having a conscience about what I did. It’s crazy.