Texts: FRUSTRATED AT AGE 30
Like many of his generation, Bob is mired in debt. He owes $23,000 on his college. The fact that the go-go years of the late-1990s are history has set in. The rules have changed. And we Generation Xers are getting hit hard. We had to go through a hiring bonus on my first job. The competition by employers for good people drove salaries up. The good news was, when we graduated, the job market was great. I got a $5,000 job in six months. The same company for over 20 years. But my dad has job security. And he has a nice salary. When I was 28, I was making more money than my dad, who had been with the same company for over 20 years.
QUESTIONS
1. Analyze Bob using the Maslow need hierarchy.
2. Analyze Bob's lack of motivation using organizational justice and expectancy theory.
3. If you were Bob's boss, what could you do to positively influence his motivation?
4. What are the implications of this case for employers hiring Generation Xers?
