That's where it starts and is a good place to nip it in the bud. The idea that a position is "earned" and merits respect especially when it isn't. At my work we would refer to people who were the person clients would reach out to as "primary" and generally if there were an issue with the team I'd reach out to them first. But a few of them started getting whiny, saying that despite having a different job to do that they didn't want a "managerial role" for "the same amount of pay" and would say things like they wanted to be switched to other projects where they could underperform or just not do those roles. The solution was to stop calling them Primary Resources, because it should've never been interpreted as a job title. They are "resources that are the point of contact" now. Just frustrating to me because I looked at that role as a position to achieve and prove my stuff to the higher-ups that were watching, which is how I got further, more responsibilities, actual job titles, higher pay. Instead the culture of these fresh out of high school hires seems to be "I don't mind bare minimum pay so long as I can bare minimum work".