Tell them they should be grateful to even have a job. That they should put their noses to the grindstone and be happy they can put food on the table and aren't

Tell them they should be grateful to even have a job. That they should put their noses to the grindstone and be happy they can put food on the table and aren't in the unemployment line... oh wait, sorry... that's what the publisher at the newspaper where I used to work always said and it was rather less than inspiring to me. Never mind.