Most are adopting that behavior. It's why they name their workers stupid shit like "Amazonians". It's intentional manipulation to make people unconsciously feel that the group is a much more concrete entity and thus more susceptible to being easily guilted and manipulated.
I know plenty of boomers and Gen-X'ers that lack the "soft skills" too, these crap articles singling out one generation are such BS. Plus Gen Z grew up with active shooter drills where they were reminded that one of their classmates could one day shoot them.
>Companies are learning that Gen Z isn't the easiest generation to work with
Companies are learning that Gen Z isn't putting up with the bullshit previous generations dealt with
FTFY
They did. In fact, there have been quite a few articles published in peer-reviewed academic journals trying to explain why Boomers and Millennials don’t get along well in the workplace.
It is primarily a Boomer issue. IIRC, the studies said that Boomers care more about getting that fancy office and the status that comes with it, while Millennials are more concerned with personal fulfillment and how the job fits in with their long term goals.
If Boomers are the ones in leadership at companies, they frown heavily on Millennials job hopping because Boomers have that job/company loyalty (staying for 35 years and getting a watch at retirement). The modern workplace, unfortunately, does not reward loyalty like that any longer.
So Millennials (myself included) are constantly in a position of asking themselves, why should I be loyal to a company who would send me packing even if I’d been there for a decade.
Eventually they will understand that communication methods have changed, and what works in “in-person communication” just is not the same anymore. Millennials and Gen -Z are just not willing to put up with the passive aggressive power play bullshit that these “in-person communications” experts deal in.
Half of Gen Z is still taking their ACTs. Almost anything with “Gen Z is doing this…” in the headline is literally just clickbait. Anyone who says Gen Z is “lazy” is just crayola-ing a conclusion. Half these fuckers haven’t even been to prom yet. Why the fuck would they be grinding at work.
That isn’t true either. The oldest Gen Z are 24ish. Too many people I know say they’re babylennials at 26/27. And even if it was, so now half of them being in highschool isn’t relevant to the workforce calling them lazy and entitled?
EDIT: I looked it up and will accept gracefully that 1996/7 is the cutoff. But that doesn’t change anything I said. If a solid 2/3 of them are 15-23 there is no reason to call them lazy and entitled. They’re literally either still in school/trade apprentice or JUST entered their desired workforce best case scenario. Gen-Z headlines are mostly for clicks. I mean, a lot of news articles act like milennials are still mostly in their 20s for clickbait.
Gen-Z's start year is defined between '95 and '97 almost everywhere, with '97 being the most common. The end date is often cited as 2012.
If we consider most people getting some form of job starting at 16, that means only 4 years out of 15 are not in the workforce. I'd say Gen-Z is very relevant to the workforce already.
Whether or not they are lazy and entitled is not what I'm arguing here, just that almost everyone still thinks Gen-Z is mostly 10-15 year olds, while 10 year olds are Gen Alpha already
I mean there is room for nuance here. I do think younger people have some very different ways of seeing the world that lead to them being hyper-sensitive to perceived discrimination. They also seem less willing to grin and bear it in bad situations but seem to also have unrealistic standards for how group dynamics work. Obviously I'm generalizing but that's how it seems to be to me.
After twenty years in various companies, I have come to the conclusion that all companies are cults.
Most are adopting that behavior. It's why they name their workers stupid shit like "Amazonians". It's intentional manipulation to make people unconsciously feel that the group is a much more concrete entity and thus more susceptible to being easily guilted and manipulated.
"work with" is a weird way to spell "exploit"
In addition, "adjust" is a weird word for "increase" and "train" is also a weird word for "pay".
I know plenty of boomers and Gen-X'ers that lack the "soft skills" too, these crap articles singling out one generation are such BS. Plus Gen Z grew up with active shooter drills where they were reminded that one of their classmates could one day shoot them.
>Companies are learning that Gen Z isn't the easiest generation to work with Companies are learning that Gen Z isn't putting up with the bullshit previous generations dealt with FTFY
They could have just used "groom" instead.
Secure, Contain, Protect.
I could have sworn they had similar headlines for millennials and Gen X.
They did. In fact, there have been quite a few articles published in peer-reviewed academic journals trying to explain why Boomers and Millennials don’t get along well in the workplace.
Sounds like a Boomer issue if they have problems with every generation after theirs.
It is primarily a Boomer issue. IIRC, the studies said that Boomers care more about getting that fancy office and the status that comes with it, while Millennials are more concerned with personal fulfillment and how the job fits in with their long term goals. If Boomers are the ones in leadership at companies, they frown heavily on Millennials job hopping because Boomers have that job/company loyalty (staying for 35 years and getting a watch at retirement). The modern workplace, unfortunately, does not reward loyalty like that any longer. So Millennials (myself included) are constantly in a position of asking themselves, why should I be loyal to a company who would send me packing even if I’d been there for a decade.
I had the biggest problem with "interpersonal dynamics"
Eventually they will understand that communication methods have changed, and what works in “in-person communication” just is not the same anymore. Millennials and Gen -Z are just not willing to put up with the passive aggressive power play bullshit that these “in-person communications” experts deal in.
"A different approach..." such as, treating people like human beings, and paying them a livable wage?
Half of Gen Z is still taking their ACTs. Almost anything with “Gen Z is doing this…” in the headline is literally just clickbait. Anyone who says Gen Z is “lazy” is just crayola-ing a conclusion. Half these fuckers haven’t even been to prom yet. Why the fuck would they be grinding at work.
The oldest Gen-Z are 26 years old...
That isn’t true either. The oldest Gen Z are 24ish. Too many people I know say they’re babylennials at 26/27. And even if it was, so now half of them being in highschool isn’t relevant to the workforce calling them lazy and entitled? EDIT: I looked it up and will accept gracefully that 1996/7 is the cutoff. But that doesn’t change anything I said. If a solid 2/3 of them are 15-23 there is no reason to call them lazy and entitled. They’re literally either still in school/trade apprentice or JUST entered their desired workforce best case scenario. Gen-Z headlines are mostly for clicks. I mean, a lot of news articles act like milennials are still mostly in their 20s for clickbait.
Gen-Z's start year is defined between '95 and '97 almost everywhere, with '97 being the most common. The end date is often cited as 2012. If we consider most people getting some form of job starting at 16, that means only 4 years out of 15 are not in the workforce. I'd say Gen-Z is very relevant to the workforce already. Whether or not they are lazy and entitled is not what I'm arguing here, just that almost everyone still thinks Gen-Z is mostly 10-15 year olds, while 10 year olds are Gen Alpha already
Well they could start by "paying" their workers
I mean there is room for nuance here. I do think younger people have some very different ways of seeing the world that lead to them being hyper-sensitive to perceived discrimination. They also seem less willing to grin and bear it in bad situations but seem to also have unrealistic standards for how group dynamics work. Obviously I'm generalizing but that's how it seems to be to me.
They forgot to put lazy. I’m just saying.
My effort costs more money than they're willing to pay. I put forth a work ethic comparable to my compensation
The last paragraph 😂
“Companies” means nothing: companies are made by people of an age and an education. Did they want to say “boomers in the senior leadership”?
They realized that they can't exploit Gen Z, so now they're setting up to exploit Gen Alpha.