Is gen z intentionally refusing to change their behavior for work, or what is the reason for this?

Kind of think it’s cool that they remain themselves.

  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I work in engineering in a college town–we hire a ton of interns and co-op students. In terms of Gen Z, some of them mess up a few of the “protocol” things (for example, we had one guy who wore cargo shorts one day when it got hot in the summer). But the vast majority of them are more than fine when we give them direction, and are great employees overall. In fact, percentage-wise, I’d say more of them have better work ethic than most of the boomers who refuse to retire (no, Richard, scheduling twelve meetings back-to-back isn’t “productive,” it’s a waste of everyone’s time). They’ll boast about working overtime, but 80% of their day they’re shooting the shit and producing nothing.

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    6 months ago

    HR and management failures being advertised as propaganda?

    These clowns losing their grip on society lol

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      6 months ago

      Honestly this is a extremely valid point.

      If an entire generation isn’t conforming to the old way of doing things then the solution is for management and HR to adapt. Their failure to adapt management styles that worked with previous generations isn’t the fault of new generations.

      Part of being a professional is the willingness and drive to constantly update your toolkit to new and emerging industry trends and we can’t pretend like generational shifts don’t count.