Are younger workers just not productive enough to get the job done? A report in the Wall Street Journal finds employers seeking out older hires, because they expect older people to work harder.
Business expert and UNO professor Mark Rosa says whether or not they do, that's the perception.
"I think they think they do," said Rosa.
Rosa says the impression is that older workers stay until the job is done, and younger employees, while they may work hard during the day, do not stick around once five o'clock hits.
"They feel like they're putting in, they're devoting their work to the firm at a rate that's acceptable, and when it's time to stop, they stop," said Rosa.
Rosa says he doesn't think younger workers are lazy, but says there do seem to be some generational differences in the way different age groups approach the job.
"The term 'work-life balance' is used with frequency, and they want that separation," he said.
People 55 and older are the fastest-growing segment of the workforce, according to federal data.
