Gen Z is reshaping the future of work - here’s how

There are an estimated 1.8 billion adolescents and youth between the ages of 10 and 24, making up the largest generation of young people in history. And youth between the ages of 15 and 24 make up 34% of the global labor force in 2022.
Gen Z, loosely defined as those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2010s, is the latest generation to enter the workforce.
A survey done by Resume Builder, a resource website for job seekers, revealed that around 3 out of 4 managers find that Gen Z is the most challenging generation to work with.
“Generations were more prepared for the workforce than they are now,” Stacie Haller, Resume Builder’s chief career advisor shared in an interview with CNBC.
Noting that Gen Z employees had to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and remote working, she added: ”[Gen Zs] didn’t even have an opportunity to relate to people at all in a workplace. They were thrown into an environment that people who do have that experience are still struggling with.”
Ziad Ahmed, the founder of JUV Consulting, a digital marketing agency staffed entirely by Gen Z employees, told CNBC that managing young people is also a challenge for him.
“A new employee has no standard of comparison, regardless of generation,” the 24-year-old said.
Watch the video to see the different perspectives of both Gen Z employees and managers.
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[@saisamsuri]

Once upon a time, they thought Millennials were hard to work with. They used to call us Gen Y or Gen Why because we were always questioning things instead of just doing what we're told.

[@abdell75roussos]

Social media addiction, bias news from social media, constant phone checking, and being the center of their own fantasy life is overwelming problem.

[@jonathanmosher72]

Imagine having to explain the reason for the world we live in. It's like toddlers asking 'why....but why"

[@gino14]

@@jonathanmosher72 Because - and this is apparently what only _they_ have managed to realize - you quickly realize that the underlying "why" turned out to be flimsy, poorly thought-out, and unstable.

[@jonathanmosher72]

@gino14 Lol, yes... because they're super special and we're the only ones to ask why...

[@Ambienceandsolitude]

Yep and they are also Undateable

[@KittySnicker]

Millennial here and I’m fully on board with work from home. I hate office small talk. It’s distracting and I hate having to politely brush off coworkers when I want to focus on my work. I couldn’t deal with constant job changes though as that sounds stressful.

[@ellywithpluto125]

this is what's happening right now to me....

[@Badhigh22]

💯

[@blackmewtwo3569]

Ima be honest if gen z is hard to work with chances are someone is trying to load off some job I don’t think this generation is hard to work with because humans are reasonable creatures they’re just mad because gen z isn’t stupid

[@alessandrasmith339]

Gen Z, here! I can tell you right now that being emotionally invested in your work is a terrible idea. Don’t do it. Do your job to the best of your abilities with the time and resources you have, and then let it go. Take care of your health first and foremost because you have to live with yourself for the rest of your life. Detach your meaning and purpose from your day job and know that no matter how hard or how unideal it may be, your work can change. Your job title doesn’t go on your headstone, people. PS: I’m glad to see companies are realizing that ping-pong tables and kombucha-on-tap are not going to entice anyone to work harder. Put less money into an office space and more money into improving health and vacation benefits for your staff!

[@arcadeyous]

Why tho? What if i enjoy my job?

[@aud270]

Gen z are treating their companies as their own therapy institute nowadays 😂 it's just sad. Your boss is not responsible to solve your own life problems yo.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Jackal Wolf AIA Money

[@everythingisfine9988]

Emotionally job invested parents caused a lot of problems growing up. Personal life, family and community should always be the primary focus

[@blackmewtwo3569]

I think there needs to be a better qualification check for mangers and supervisors positions because the idea of mangers not wanting or willing or at least get aggravated when they’re coworkers need their help is just wild to me it goes to show that anyone can get the position even the narcissist and they should be ranked on what the employees think of them because you can always trust the students to tell the school on a bad teacher

[@FilmSureelist97]

Amen

[@sollunaystars]

Absolutely agree! It's a challenge I face as a manager who's empathetic and prioritizes the well-being of my team instead of berating them with narrow-minded approaches to work in ordder to get results. My teams always outperform, but I constantly have to fight with upper mgmt for my approach because they refuse to get out of their old toxic ways. It's draining af

[@skyhighlihi]

As a milly 95' baby this is exactly how i see my job : a place where i can learn and gather experience, i am motivated BUT don't expect me to be a slave to the company... homeoffice and work life balance is a must, otherwise i am leaving...

[@marshallalia]

5:15 “I think the biggest mistake is saying I’m going to retain you with money” 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@AnnySoprano]

I mean, if you face reality, american companies offer nothing to employees.. Just money is not enough anymore

[@smpiano6605]

They dont even offer enough money...

[@Andreandre2xx]

​@@smpiano6605 fax 😂

[@Mr.Yuki-N-Mrs.Sarang]

Seriously though... What's even the point anymore? ​@@smpiano6605

[@nuclearducks7387]

as someone who is gen z this hits hard, i'm trying to manage living a life while also attempting to earn money and raise a family ... i think i'm on top of it!

[@rahoolv]

Every time I heard that 15 year old CEO speak... I... so... want to watch him hear his words when he turns 35

[@hoelweetbred2200]

hes 24 in the interviews

[@clipkut4979]

If what employers offer doesn't add value to the workers' lives, they shouldn't be surprised when the employees are not interested in taking those jobs seriously. What the employers offer doesn't allow them to buy a house, save for retirement, afford to have kids, have job security and loyalty from the company, defined work/life boundaries, etc... And these are the things that the previous generations had, and so they acted accordingly. Now the deal is worse for workers, and so they are also acting accordingly.

[@nelsoncorreia7293]

yeah, it is demoralizing needing to commute 2 hours every day within a metropolitan area you cannot afford. My main motivator for remote is financial independence.

[@ARandomDonut]

"they tend to not be loyal" Well, are you paying them to be loyal? You're gonna have to pay for that.

[@Mr.Yuki-N-Mrs.Sarang]

PREACH!

[@SydneySeth0816]

The cost of living is high this days caues of inflation while worker pay is very low and does not adjust to inflation

[@careeradvicetips]

work is evolving, tech is evolving, people are evolving. where are the tools to connect it all? matching with work based on company culture fit, attitude, and attributes is just as important as skills and qualifications.

[@Mrcloudbxb]

it shouldn’t be related to generations, humanity is developing, so a lot of people reconsider their choices and lifestyles.

[@XanderDDS]

boomer women who look like 'roz' from 'monsters inc,' are the most challenging, as every company/organization has at least one, and they're allllllllllllllllll miserable people.

[@eidokun]

Mostly the Senior HR who still don't know what they are doing 🤣

[@XanderDDS]

that's all of HR my dude!@@eidokun

[@userz9481]

she'll be there long after your gone, promoted and set up for retirement, because shes on top of her game

[@smpiano6605]

@@userz9481 Yeah on top of her manipulation game...

[@BritishVietnameseGuy]

They're reshaping it to be an adult daycare lmao

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Universal basic income

[@essie180]

They're right gen z cares a lot more about learning than money👍

[@sparkyfister]

😅😂

[@Madame_Different]

Gen Z is probably the generation with the biggest lack of interest in learning. Have access to all the information and not able to choose the right sources and keep things in mind. Ask anyone of this generation who is Hokusai or Gandhi, you won't have any answer...

[@johnmartin4641]

And then they turn around and whine about being broke and not being able to afford a family and claim it’s because “the system” is “rigged” against them and not because of their own bad choices and not having their priorities in order and looking at the long term big picture.

[@Mr.Yuki-N-Mrs.Sarang]

And sleep too

[@victorcretu7741]

in the 80s, 70% of youth ( Gen X) took a summer job. Today less than 40% take a summer job. How can you be prepared for a workplace if you never worked?

[@dongnguyen558]

it is kind of emotionally Sad for the Gen Z’s knowing you are going to spend yours Live with Limit and not knowing where else to go and do.

[@mikhaylamurray3657]

It’s the thumbnail for me

[@chickentoucher55]

Boomers had it far easier than us, the wages match the cost of living and blue collar worker could buy a house a car and support a family you just can’t do that anymore which is very demotivating if you want any meaning in life

[@1225elb]

the tumbnail 😂

[@jayc4715]

Gen Z is 🗑️

[@theyoungbosspodcast]

It's time for a change!

[@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle]

George Carlin has a great bit about criticizing boomers because he's a part of the silent generation

[@zmitch88]

Who sold gen Z their deal.

[@Omninfinity]

Sticking out your gyatt for the rizzler You're so skibidi You're so fanum tax I just wanna be your sigma Freaking come here Give me your Ohio

[@ropro9817]

It's adorable how every new young generation thinks that they're different and special. 😆

[@raycenteno7698]

Mehhh. My generation are a bunch of whimps.

[@DEichenberg]

In all fairness, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

[@liquid_shadow8690]

Gen Z are the worst.

[@amandavaldez2462]

What about Generation Alpha???

[@JC-Finance]

Softest Generation in History. “As they say, don’t wish for an easy life, wish for strength to endure hard times.”

[@JohnYoung-eh8bj]

is 1997 is still genz or millennials, becoz i dont know where i am of this two generations

[@elitehumpty3603]

you choose! What generation aligns with your values the most?

[@halfhawkhalfman]

It has been said that “in pleasant peace and security, how suddenly the soul in a man begins to die”, i.e. serenity is momentarily pleasant, but it completely lacks the enduring joy of great achievement. So especially young MEN, while you're still healthy and full of energy, NEVER pray for an easy life. Don't seek that mirage of false happiness. Instead, pray for the strength to endure a difficult yet rewarding professional life - because it is only the inevitable recrudescence of hardship from stressful projects and risk taking, that can prepare ordinary men for extraordinary destinies.

[@SeekingFreedom369]

So is the Gen Z work force all Asians?

[@M3ganwillslay]

LoL. White gen z all wanna be youtubers or tiktokers .

[@celabwilliams]

Cnbc international

[@othellox1064]

Yep do you have a problem with that?

[@SeekingFreedom369]

@@othellox1064 uh yeah, who tf wouldn’t? Idiotic question

[@tex8939]

​@@othellox1064 Its not diverse enough?

[@mcrbyn]

I am genz but look like millenial and act as Gen X

[@Kona_Blue]

I think Gen Z is the worst generation in a millennium

[@GiaMartini730]

Disrespectful and don't know their place in pecking order. Gen X DD cannot stand many of them, me either. Born on first!

[@chickentoucher55]

You literally raised them 🤦‍♂️, you and boomers created this

[@userz9481]

your an adult, make your decisions, quit blaming mommy and daddy grow up

[@shesh32]

They act very entitled and self-righteous for sure. 0:25 This guy seems like a great example of that. If times of war and recession create tough and hard working people, Gen-Z was created out of exactly the opposite of that.

[@celabwilliams]

Ignorance, they say that about every young generation ever. Millenials are the real idiots.

[@jadinblackmountain]

That guy was insufferable

[@NoxyLaHyena]

.... So not wanting work to be your life is entitled? Sounds to me like you want us to be a victim of workforce abuse buddy.

[@heroldjaras9909]

sus, cringe, slay, boomer

[@MD-oy4gv]

Our snowflakes have grown up, look out!

[@janiekcarney5482]

Back ground noise. I’m not watching.

[@scuffmacgillicutty7509]

Correction. It's Generation Miserable!

[@B0realis_]

Boomers? Yeah, definitely

[@GeneralWinter9]

I am gen z I don't like millennials

[@F3RACTION]

No, do not cater to them. They need to learn discipline and it's time for employers to challenge them and if that does not work fire them. They are putting fear into employers with there cancel culture. They are deluded and need to grow up fast. Hire more gen z without degrees please

[@chickentoucher55]

Previous generations had it far easier we’re working just as hard for far less money adjusted for inflation, a blue collar worker used to be able to buy a house a car and support a family, even my millennial parents bought a house in their early twenties and supported me and my siblings you can’t do that anymore without significant skills in a relevant profession or both parties men and women working full time

[@F3RACTION]

@@chickentoucher55 I agree you are right, gen z are right about all these concerns. In that case forget work and a career and travel and work and see the world. A house is not everything and in fact keeps you trapped in the system for what? Your parents have a house so why do you need another one? They will likely pass this down to you. This gives you tons of opportunities to do things your parents could of only dreamed of. It's not that expensive. Look at elders who have followed the system and ask are they really happy. We need to rethink how we live.

[@cesarreyestorres4185]

Because their paying you!!! That’s why … (Millennial here)

[@sollunaystars]

You can't even use the correct "they're" at your grown age. Calm down

[@M3ganwillslay]

You're better off hiring 2 donkeys than 20 gen zeros .

[@shesh32]

Tru dat

[@howtoguy17]

Enjoy your donkeys 😂

[@M3ganwillslay]

@@howtoguy17 better than you 😂 get a job at subway

[@howtoguy17]

@@M3ganwillslay Nah, I think I'll get a donkey to do it, looks like you're a donkey from your pfp so go make some sandwiches 🤭

[@marmedalmond9958]

@@M3ganwillslay and then to deal with that 40 year old karen

[@pussybell2883]

Beg

[@smyzo]

Wow, seems like Covid lasted 5-6 years in y’all’s world.

[@urbankoto]

Lovely video CNBC team. :)