Earlier in your career -- even if only a decade ago you wouldn't believe the change. We hear this from every type of business owner. I've been hearing horror stories and changes in work ethics since 1980s - progressively worse today. I also know of some who are very industrious. I don't know what the dynamics are out there or the culprit other than the fact parents don't want their kiddos to work as hard (gawd forbid) as they have or do. I use to be able to hire great people in so cal and central cali compared to NV. If you had any construction done in NV (simple like a paint job) you were in trouble - it was solid in Calif at that time. Today, construction defect work is a full time business for attorneys/expert witnesses all over the continental United States.
I know my generation is guilty of wanting to make life perfect for kiddos. After reading the Millionaire Next Door I realized everyone I knew fit the book's description even people who have very little and work extra jobs to hand out to their children - it's normal for a loving, responsible, parent. We're a dulged nation compared to decades ago and thankfully we all have more - hard to balance it out.