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How do we hire younger employees?

I (29m) was called in HR, they said they wanted to ask me some questions. They told me they're having trouble both hiring people under 30, and if they do hire them, they leave before 1 year. This was one of my favorite meetings I've ever had. Constantly just reiterating that the younger generations have higher costs and lower wages than when the “leadership team” was our age. I don't understand what there isn't to understand on their part. People don't work at your company because they find a better opportunity. At the end of this meeting I basically laid it out that they need to either reduce hours while keeping the same annual earnings, or just pay more. I floated the 4 day work week and a 5 day 6 hour work week. Ultimately, I think they'll just ignore everything anyone says, and continue to say they don't understand…


I (29m) was called in HR, they said they wanted to ask me some questions. They told me they're having trouble both hiring people under 30, and if they do hire them, they leave before 1 year. This was one of my favorite meetings I've ever had. Constantly just reiterating that the younger generations have higher costs and lower wages than when the “leadership team” was our age.

I don't understand what there isn't to understand on their part. People don't work at your company because they find a better opportunity.

At the end of this meeting I basically laid it out that they need to either reduce hours while keeping the same annual earnings, or just pay more. I floated the 4 day work week and a 5 day 6 hour work week. Ultimately, I think they'll just ignore everything anyone says, and continue to say they don't understand the problem while changing nothing. But hey, I got out of doing my job for an hour.

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