As always, I find myself agreeing and disagreeing at the same time. This comment is focused on the idea that one month’s time isn’t long enough for a worker to judge an environment. I think employers do need to guard against giving workers a false impression, meaning through the hiring interviews and what not one face of the company is shown (the face that HR would like the company to have), and then another face is glimpsed a few days, weeks or month into the grind. It’s a reminder for employers to take a real look at what type of culture they promote and decide whether its one that will attract and retain the type of workers the company needs. I don’t know if I would agree with the idea that Gen Yers want to walk across the stage immediately, maybe it’s that want to be able to see that there is a stage and that folks can walk across it by working hard. Believe it or not, it doesn’t take long to know that the stage was dismantled years ago or is rotting.
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