Comments on: Millennials at Work: Why paying your dues sucks

By: It takes bravery to be a blogger « The Perennial Millennial

It takes bravery to be a blogger « The Perennial Millennial — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:24:46 +0000

[...] what I write. Despite my fear though, every time I blog I try to be very very brave. I write about my actual job and the people I work with and I write about my family even though I’m always scared when I press “publish [...]

By: MOM

MOM — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:50:35 +0000

Typo. 2nd line-here should be hear

By: Ms. Markell Steele, Career Counselor

Ms. Markell Steele, Career Counselor — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:03:51 +0000

Good post. If it makes you feel any better Millenials aren’t being singled out when it comes to paying one’s dues. I’m a Gen Xer and was told the same thing starting from my first job at Carl’s Jr. Among my tasks were to clean floor drains and bathrooms. Yuck!

I’m well beyond that kind of work now, but there are still some tasks at work I’d rather not do. For those, attitude is everything. You summed that up very well in your post.

” But an important part of climbing up the corporate ladder is proving yourself, and the best way to prove yourself is to do a fantastic job at a terrible task that no one else wants to do. Now doing a fantastic job at a sucky task, doesn’t mean that it will suck any less, but it does mean that people will respect you for not complaining and will appreciate that the task is getting completed.”

By: x (republic)

x (republic) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:46:01 +0000

Nice post! I think paying dues is excruciating for every generation! LOL – I completely agree that we should be tasked with things that we enjoy, are great at doing, and find challenging. Makes me wonder why we can’t just get rid of the task instead. – I enjoy reading your blog!