Support local journalism with an all-access digital subscription for just $2 In what I feel is one of the most ill-advised statements of late. Muffin Break GM Natalie Brennan said the following in an interview with news.com.au: “There’s just nobody walking in my door asking for an internship, work experience or unpaid work, nobody,” “In essence they’re working for free, but I can tell you every single person who has knocked on my door for an internship or work experience has ended up with a job. Every single person, because they back themselves.” As I was writing this, the expected backtrack had already begun with Ms Brennan clarifying that she never asked anyone to work for free. But her words are her words and I'm going to continue as before. Read also | Bunnies super fan Russell Moriarty to flag for them until the very end Where do I start? One of the easiest ways to tell someone is out of touch is their opinion on ‘millennials’ - thinking they’re lazy, entitled and desperate for validation is so tired and overdone, not to mention it shows a barely surface-level understanding of the culture outside of their own age bracket. I would say entitlement is expecting young people to work for FREE all in the name of ‘experience’ or getting a foot in the door. Entitlement is coming from a time when university was free and the world and job markets were absolutely nothing like they are now and holding job seekers to the same outdated standards. Read also | Pill testing, stop being a hypocrite Millennials are the hardest working people I know and let's not forget that the age range for millennials goes as far back as the early 80s, so what does it even mean? How can you possibly paint such a broad stroke? That generation hasn't even been around long enough to see their long-term effects on the world, but early signs are that they're the ones pushing for equality, understanding and respect. This stands counter to previous generations whose problems the world has already had to start dealing with and that the young people of Australia will inherit. I'd like to stop here and clarify that I'm mostly criticising the wildly out-of-touch remarks made by the GM of Muffin Break and others in older generations not any Muffin Break in particular, especially Mudgee. The people that work there are fantastic, hard working and are a real asset to the franchise. Which honestly makes these comments even more infuriating.
In what I feel is one of the most ill-advised statements of late. Muffin Break GM Natalie Brennan said the following in an interview with news.com.au:
“There’s just nobody walking in my door asking for an internship, work experience or unpaid work, nobody,”
“In essence they’re working for free, but I can tell you every single person who has knocked on my door for an internship or work experience has ended up with a job. Every single person, because they back themselves.”
As I was writing this, the expected backtrack had already begun with Ms Brennan clarifying that she never asked anyone to work for free. But her words are her words and I'm going to continue as before.
One of the easiest ways to tell someone is out of touch is their opinion on ‘millennials’ - thinking they’re lazy, entitled and desperate for validation is so tired and overdone, not to mention it shows a barely surface-level understanding of the culture outside of their own age bracket.
I would say entitlement is expecting young people to work for FREE all in the name of ‘experience’ or getting a foot in the door.
Entitlement is coming from a time when university was free and the world and job markets were absolutely nothing like they are now and holding job seekers to the same outdated standards.
Millennials are the hardest working people I know and let's not forget that the age range for millennials goes as far back as the early 80s, so what does it even mean? How can you possibly paint such a broad stroke?
That generation hasn't even been around long enough to see their long-term effects on the world, but early signs are that they're the ones pushing for equality, understanding and respect.
This stands counter to previous generations whose problems the world has already had to start dealing with and that the young people of Australia will inherit.
I'd like to stop here and clarify that I'm mostly criticising the wildly out-of-touch remarks made by the GM of Muffin Break and others in older generations not any Muffin Break in particular, especially Mudgee.
The people that work there are fantastic, hard working and are a real asset to the franchise. Which honestly makes these comments even more infuriating.
