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Is Gen Z Really This Bad At Work?
Most evidence seems to point that way, but every situation is different.
This screenshot below is from a WorkLife article where a bunch of mid-level HR people went out to a fancy dinner in New York and talked about “the future of work.” While relevant to some extent, I always find it comical when HR leaders are asked about “the future of work,” because most HR leaders are essentially drones. They do whatever the top dogs and the revenue guys/gals tell them to do. They are order-takers. So asking them about the future of work is a little bit off-base, but let’s still investigate.
That’s a damning quote re: Gen Z, and if you go anywhere on TikTok or YouTube, you will find similar videos and stitches regarding how seemingly awful Gen Z are as employees. I have not really worked with any Gen Z that directly, although I did have a newsletter editor job for a while that had a lot of Gen Z at it, and that was pretty bad.
If you were to go high-level on why Gen Z would be a bad work cohort, you’d probably come to:
