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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    3 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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      3 months ago

      Makes sense. Younger employees tend to have more energy to do things, while older ones are getting comfortable after working for so many years.