I have a co-worker who doesn't take well to being mentored by me or anyone else for that matter. Could it be a cultural thing?? Or maybe even a gender thing??? I am not sure what it is, but it is driving me crazy!
I am a mentor at work. I don't get paid extra for doing this, it is something 'extra' for me to do and it is a lot of work. I don't mind doing this if the person is receptive and willing.
However, this person seems to be defensive no matter what I or anybody else for that matter says to them. They give me 'reasons' for doing what they do and I feel like I am wasting my time because this person's way of doing this job has not changed since the beginning.
I want to help this person succeed in our field. However, this person just seem to not want to improve their skills or they think they have 'arrived' since they finished their schooling. My profession is skill based and the better one is at our skill, the more one gets paid. It is not based on time on the job because one can do this job for a long time and still not be very good at it. It take time and practicing in order to become good at this and in order to get a raise one must pass a skills test that shows one has the necessary skills to do the job.
I personally don't feel that I have 'arrived' or am done with my schooling because our PROFESSION requires that we continually learn because our PROFESSION is ever changing, as is the world.
I never felt that there is nothing left for me to learn in my choosen field of study, I am always reading up on the latest news and I am willing and eager to learn. I learn things from people that are new as well as people who are more 'seasoned'.
I noticed that there are a number of newer people in this field that seem to feel deserving of a higher wage and more working hours. They even voice this out loud to me. They ask me how many hours I have, I choose not to answer because they cannot compare my skill with their's because I have been in my field for 15 years.
These people feel cheated because they feel that they are much better than what they are getting paid. They seem to think that they should be paid more because, according to them, they have improved so much at their job. If they could only see what I see when they are on the 'hot seat' they wouldn't think what they are thinking.
I hate to sit and not say a word to them as they start bragging to me as they relay to me how they do such a great job at work and how their clients just love them when I know for a fact that they can't really handle their job.
I also hate watching them take on more than they can handle. Meaning that the job is above and beyond their capabilities, but they don't seem to think so. Too much ego. Even today I don't bite off more than I can chew with my job. I don't want to look like a fool and I don't want to short change my client.
I don't know what this world is coming to, but it is really disappointing. What is up with this younger generations coming up today?? Am I just too old??? Or am I expecting too much from this younger generation?? Is weak work ethics the wave of the future?? For their sake, I pray this is not so.
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