'The moment they get stuck they COMPLETELY shut down': Managers discuss the challenge of managing the younger up-and-coming generations

While there certainly are differences in the upbringing the generations incoming to the workforce might have had, this all begins to sound like the "avocado toast" accusations that Millennials faced from older generations 15 years ago: A displacement of frustration from aging persons who have little patience for those with less experience and an inherent bias (in the form of their own memory) of what they were actually like at that age. 

I, too, have been quick to get frustrated with new hires who lack the ability to complete basic tasks with oversight. If I was being completely honest with myself, when I was just starting out in my working life, I was absolutely like the workers that the managers in the thread below described. I was so afraid of making any mistake that I couldn't do a single thing outside the scope of what I had been asked to do. Luckily, I had strong mentors in the jobs I worked in the summers of high school and immediately after graduation, who taught me not to be afraid to take initiative and that failing was just a part of making better judgment calls.

So what's the answer here? Well, it's probably a bit of both. Both that we're experiencing the differences inherent in a different generation and that we crotchety aging folk have forgotten what it was like to be young and just starting out. 

See the below thread and discussion as it originally took place within this small community where managers discuss issues, concerns, and interests pertaining to their roles.