Simon Sinek: Are GEN Z The Weakest Generation?

Simon Sinek is brutally honest on why the younger generations are the least resilient to date. From weathering storms to pushing boundaries and work life balance to demanding respect, find out HOW social media is shaping the next generations.
"This young generation seems less capable to deal with stress than previous generations."
Simon Sinek is an author and public speaker, and one of the most interesting thinkers on business in the world today. His books ‘Start With Why’, ‘Leaders Eat Last’ and ‘The Infinite Game’ have sold millions and millions of copies.
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[@zack7438]

Generations don't raise themselves. The shortcomings of today's generation reflect the incompetencies of those who came before. Want better kids, be better parents but I guess that's too much responsibility.

[@goododays1812]

Give custodies and children back to fathers

[@negentropyagent7337]

you hit the nail in the head

[@vipjoel1]

Word!

[@metastract]

Exactly. Boomers.

[@lightup6751]

Blaming all your shortcomings on your parents and last generation is incredibly insecure and ironically lazy

[@shootingbricks8554]

They said the same thing for millennials. Now they pick on the generation z. Companies do not value loyalty.

[@Peter-mj6lz]

Just look at covid and the amount of people that were laid off. I had a colleague, who had stayed 13 years in the company just laid off.

[@thabomos]

That is true.

[@GoblinsAreAGirlsBestFriend]

And just the same, employees are allowed to seek other employment whenever they wish. That mutual freedom is part of the deal. You can't just cry about it when it's in your disadvantage.

[@LoneMagpie91]

You thought you could hide behind boomers and gen x hating on millennials forever and you are so...made of glass...you Karens... I... 😂😂😂😂 hahahaha Your turn. Your turn. You hid btw. 1 day apart from late millennials a lot of you and you got to point at us as we were the scapegoat, are the scapegoat. Do not complain. Kiddo I graduated 2008 and got blamed for what Boomers and Xrs did to destroy the world.

[@sadisticD]

I'm not Gen Z but damn I'm proud of them. It's not weak to stand up to your oppressors and say enough is enough. It's not weak to look at the status quo and say no I'm not doing that. It's weak for two wealthy middle aged men to sit around and judge a generation of people that might not even own homes because we let banks buy them all.

[@HisEmoKitten1-28-16]

Protect this man at all costs 🎉

[@Victor-it6bv]

Your comment explains why they think Gen Z is weak.

[@evalramman7502]

That's not what Gen Z is doing.

[@josephkelly6681]

Welcome to the human condition snowflake. You're welcome to start your own business and see how 16 hour days feel.Oh, and banks screw everyone. All the time.

[@wekky420ranarr]

@@Victor-it6bv how?

[@bensmalley6357]

Imagine how Simon's generation looked to his grandparents and parents. A generation that relied on electronics and fast food, who has it easier than any other to get a house and still managed to be a generation burdened with debt with no financial control and frivolous spending. A generation that discarded and wasted things at the drop of a hat. A generation that thought working in an office was hard work and they had to have a 5 day week. Gen Zs have witnessed how 'the grind' and loyalty to employers left their parents overworked, underpaid and struggling to keep mortgages during the crash. Parents that weren't around but had little to show for it and we're discarded at the drop of a hat.

[@erikjohnson8031]

I am Gen X. Born 1970. Started working, full time, on a Soviet oil rig when I was 19. I started working on oil rigs during summer breaks in High School, at the age of 15. Gen Z are absolute PUSSIES. They are SO weak, that I cannot stand having them around. Heck, I cannot even stand seeing them! 😂 I made good money, bought my first apartment when I was 20. My first house when I was 24. Worked hard, saved money, and now I own several, income bringing houses. GEN Z will rent for the rest of their lives. Because they are weak and lasy.

[@andrewstravelupdate5298]

I'm Gen Z and i'm working on Christmas day for $14.70 an hr. I don't think that's weak. That's just underpaid

[@MyrnaDeJesus]

What do you do?

[@anidania12sal]

Back than my first job was waiter For just 3hrs $300 i was 15years old working with a fake ID. My next job at 17 $10 at the mall Than McDonald’s $7.50 I quit on 4th day. My next job was mexican store $8. Hr i stayed there the longest im talking about in 2015 The next job Dental assistant $10 hr I hated it lasted 3M The next job $13 hr same Dental assistant at different job Now I obviously make more. But moral of the story i had to work my way up back than. I’ve noticed some (Not all) but some Get started at $15 even fast foods be paying more for a degree 📜. I just find it upsettin. Everyone mostly everyone want the easy way now. Theres nothing wrong with wanting it easy but it also shows how this world has evolved in just 9years. Best advice i could give out start your own business thats the only way to make more . It also takes hard work

[@negaalex3186]

@@anidania12salback than that was actually good money. Try surging now and days with that garbage pay

[@devenrivera5842]

@@MyrnaDeJesususe to be an overnight stocker in college, thank god I’m not. It’s not worth the pay to work on a holiday even though they pay overtime for working on the holiday. Hard workers don’t get recognized for going above and beyond especially stocking a whole section of the store while 3 employees call-in. Only managers are acknowledged for their “leadership”🤨 and regular employees get replaced every hiring period, sadly.

[@nicholasparry6859]

Maybe work harder, be smarter and you'll make more money. All I hear are excuses from your generation. Gen meme

[@animation_creation]

Life is not about work. Just because people are so used to the idea of a wage base slavery, doesn't mean it has to be like that for eternity. I actually admire GenZ for realising that. As a millenial I have been pushed around one time too many which has led me to realise that I am not working for anyone but myself, anymore. You can call me weak, but I refuse to let other's ideas of how I should behave in the work force (it really is forced upon us) dictate my life.

[@Ananayat]

But genz is obsessed with material & luxury world which needs money! How are they going to achieve that without work!?

[@waludalu5102]

​@@Ananayat you seem to confuse child celebrities and the average Gen Z

[@bonfacemacharia8712]

I am a gen z and I am 25. I think our generation lacks the mental strength to deal with difficult situations. Instead of addressing the problem, most gen zs turn to weed, the bottle or a device. My dad told me, son you are the only person who can solve your problems. Actually, he encourages me to keep going on because I wonder how life would be if he gave up. Most gen zs lack suitable father figures people who can motivate and inspire them to keep going on when things get tough.

[@nategray4989]

@PyschicVision2 indeed nothing new

[@nurdanaydn75]

You are zillennial actually

[@drunclecookie216]

I have a gen z neice, and her boyfriend is also gen z... thank god those two kids break the stereotypes of typical gen z's... they are bad asses. he is a cool guy who wrestles in college, and does physical manual labor, she came from a poor family and decided on her own to turn her life around and be the first person from her biological family to get a bachelor's degree. she's currently a junior in college with only $5k in student loans

[@AG-ek3qd]

Well what’s funny is A, each generation is a reflection of the one that raised it. So it’s funny hearing all this complaining from the people that raised us. When they shit on us, they’re really shitting on themselves, which they will never admit to as narcissism and lack of accountability seems to be their biggest trait, shocker. And B, most of us are entering university, or finishing high school. So of course we don’t have the answers. That’s like saying “yeah Gen Alpha are a bunch of pussies, such poopy pants they have like basic elementary knowledge and get scared easily”. Yeah, cause they’re literally kids… Like who are you trying to impress by proclaiming knowledge superiority over a generation you have 20+ years on? It’s also, again, funny how their first approach is to point and judge, rather than reflect on themselves and imagine the other perspective. It’s constant projection, without the bravery to admit the world doesn’t owe you anything and that you indeed fucked up majority of your life. That would take self accountability, a down to Earth mindset, moving on from empty promises and facing your fears. Either way for better and worse these older generations that have shaped and lead this world into being what it is (for better or worse) are slowly dying off or are simply retiring (lol that won’t exist for us) so we’ll get to find out soon enough just how great and wise the fruits of these older generations truly are. Ultimately, most will be lost and confused, majority will fall into the lower end of society and very few will become extremely rich. We will most certainly regress, however, there’s a chance that from all that chaos, a lot of the fundamental truths of life that have been suppressed or outright silenced/rejected will be forced upon us, and those hardships will ultimately shape us for the better. We are after all in hard times due to being led by weak people. These hard times will forge strong people, and strong people will create good times once more. My only hope is that enough of my peers will be conscious and humble enough to recognise past mistakes, and not let good times create weak people again.

[@yonchrr]

Gen Z weak humans

[@Tulenoslav]

I used to work in a company where GenZ’s attitude has been a godsend! The employer did not value their employees extra effort to the degree where going up and beyond became the expected norm, without the benefit of extra pay. Few GenZ quick quitters showed that we can indeed just tell them to show it. I think only 10% of staff remained, seems like everyone has changed their jobs within a year time!

[@josephkelly6681]

Sure...I ran a small business and gave raises left and right to everyone who actually worked without being baby sat. About 5% of your gen got one because they didn't know basic things, had no worth ethic, and no critical thinking. But hey, those gender studies degrees are great if you want to work at a strip club.

[@JustHustle919]

I totally get what you're saying about the employers not valuing their employee's, makes sense, however, many of the so called Gen Z's mainly quit because they have weak parents like me who give them what they want so they don't be mad at us. Somewhere to live is important and they live with their parents these days and talk shit about jobs cause they don't pay rent. If they didn't have the luxury of laying up in their parents apartment or house all day, they probably wouldn't have the same attitude and then maybe figure out ways to make things work at these jobs when problems arise instead of quitting. Just a thought, but maybe they will lead us to something better ultimately, only time will tell.

[@Tulenoslav]

@@JustHustle919 hmmm. I think that it actually belongs to that time and age. When you are in beginning of your career you ideally want to try different things that work for you and for that you have to experiment and experience. I wouldn’t be so harsh on kids these days. I have been through countless little jobs myself, I tried working with my hands, went to assembly line for some weeks etc. I even managed to get myself homeless for a month… Thanks to that experience I became resilient responsible and loyal employee. I know how to from all those little mistakes and trials and errors I did before I finished schools. I think that older people tend to forget their young years way too quickly and many of them idealise themselves in their memories. Today’s GenZs are product of that specific time and experience. Yeah, ‘weak’ parents may not prepare you for tough discipline, but you never know, if they had been stronger, it might have gone south in a different way 🤷‍♂️. Anyways, young people should be left to do young stupid things and older adults should be guidance and role models to them (which they rarely are). There is an another dimension to that. Millennials are kids of boomers, so we have lots of traits that stem from how they are. GenZ are kids of Xes, so the same flies. Xers held Millennials to the standards that would probably not be issue for GenZ and vice versa… 🤷‍♂️ Maybe problem is in people who judge others by their impossible standards 🤷‍♂️

[@tannerhuxtable6118]

Every generation seems to think the generation or two that come after them are weak, entitled, doomed to failure. As a 41 year old, it's true; Zoomers suck at doing stuff compared to me. But I've had 20 years of head start to figure things out. If I were to be overly cautious, I might think it will take 20 years to know for sure, but history shows us that, far from being weaker than us, the generations that follow are just a few shades better than the preceding ones. And if it turns out that they really are weaker, then the responsibility for their weakness falls on us. I have 20 years to make sure they are better than I was at 41.

[@mobcrusher99]

Definitely. Our “weakness” at least in my dumb inexperienced opinion is we can see what happens all across the world, and our own countries. We see corruption, shady businesses and how governments refuse to do anything. We lose motivation because of this

[@GodEmperor_]

I'm a Millennial I remember watching Simon Sinek say the same thing about my generation always focused on the negatives but never the good now he's doing the same thing with Gen Z 😂😂

[@moneyblue8466]

You think that’s bad in the 80s they said the children had no future and wouldn’t be able to be leaders of this country

[@DatAsianGuy]

I mean... we are weaker... physically.. at least in that regard. I mean T-levels have been dropping for decades and we are seeing it in men especially how it negatively effects them.

[@tannerhuxtable6118]

@@DatAsianGuy we can't know what their supposedly lower testosterone levels mean in context. It may be that a Baby Boomer, under the same exact circumstances that Zoomers are growing up in would have even lower "testosterone levels". And what good is the testosterone-level metric? It is possible that higher testosterone in the current environment would be detrimental to the fitness of Gen Z, not helpful. It is possible that low testosterone is not a hard attribute, but is adaptive, such that Zoomers may have the exact same potential for testosterone-level as previous generations. It may be that Zoomers physiology is slightly different, maybe because there are more Asians or Hispanics or Blacks or Eastern Europeans, etc. in the makeup or just as a result of genetic drift. It is a flawed argument to assume that some generation in the past was a paragon of human existence. We can regress. We can progress.

[@therealariahb]

And as far as working on the weekends , Boomers didn’t really work on the weekends either . They were home with family after 5pm . Major corporations have increased their sales to make more profit and want us to do the labor or work for a few dollars out of millions and billions and Gen Z isn’t having it . Why work for you and make $200 a day when you made $10,000 and stay for 20 years . I think we care more about the work life balance more than just money .

[@kimdelong3429]

Boomers worked all sorts of hours, all shifts. Many of them in manufacturing!

[@gordonayres2609]

@@kimdelong3429 I agree-I worked 7 day shifts in the Care work and all sorts of long hours to cover . It was Duty .

[@jacobgolovan6965]

Why do ppl insist on a society where the expectation is we work (at work + commute + preparation + after hours) more than we do literally anything else including sleep and spending time with loved ones. And free time for most ppl can’t even be fully enjoyed because of the stress and energy drain that modern work produces

[@MrRa3500]

Or we realized that actual labor means nothing unless you own it. That’s where the “entitlement” stereotype comes from because we think after the hard work we put in we deserve it.

[@DragonwaveOG]

Yeah, they also don’t wanna accept this

[@Gg-wh3vi]

Yeah and most jobs will steal from you if they get the chance. Tough world nowadays

[@mgp1203]

This is what I was saying in another comment. Gen Z tend to be more self-aware about worker exploitation, there’s a huge increase of anti capitalists in the younger crowd. They prefer to “worker smarter” and “not harder”. There’s also a major shift in values with these generations. Genz tend to value travelling, fun and lived experiences (which makes sense as a younger generation of people) in an economy where we probably can’t afford to feed a family or to own a home, we prefer to work for those experiences. Less and less younger people are inclined to work towards “settling down” or building a notable career. We just don’t value the dream that these older gens do or did.

[@nicholasparry6859]

What hard work lol? Never seen any of you actually work..

[@juliedebiasio]

These younger generations were not allowed to be angry and confrontational toward each other. It is “unacceptable “. Being taught that from a young age impacts how the brain wires itself to respond to conflict and uncomfortableness.

[@invidusspectator3920]

Bingo!

[@anishashaji4133]

Be nice 😂

[@erikjohnson8031]

Yes, they were all raised by women. Women raise weak, soft, incompetent men. Their mothers and female teacher made them weak. Simple as that.

[@amanitamuscaria5863]

Why should I put my health on the line for some suit's 5th yacht?

[@leehilborn8118]

im 35, so millienial. I dont have much contact with gen z but i imagine a lot of what they deal with is similar to us, in that any work we do profits us absolutely nothing. when youre doomed to poverty the likelyhood of bailing gets pretty high

[@DragonwaveOG]

Yassss

[@EllysaE]

Man, after having a few gen z coworkers he hit the nail on the head. It’s wild. The “fake confidence” is insane. It’s ok to not know stuff, it’s ok to try hard and work hard, it’s all ok.

[@joesar5879]

Trust me even us older ones acting like you know stuff is a mans thing todo what separates generation z from the rest of us men is they keep the fake confidence going and don't seek help

[@j3an725]

Hate to break it to you but "fake it till you make it" isn't a phrase invented by Gen-Z.

[@ramaarafat4608]

@@j3an725agree, its very millennials

[@EllysaE]

@@j3an725 ok? What’s your point? They may not have invented it but what exactly does that have to do with my statement … GenZ is very much the Instagram generation, as long as it appears good it’s fine. Don’t bother backing it up with anything else.

[@user-je6pn9pr3h]

To me Gen Z has no depth. If you are trying to teach them something they get the jist of it and think they know something when they actually don't. So infuriating and frustrating.

[@YinzBurgh99]

We're the younger generation so of course we are weaker in the eyes of the older generations. It's always been that way.

[@mrtnite9780]

Young, dumb, and emotional.

[@BLACKOUTBOYSENT]

U guys are weak 😂 yall complain about everything. Most gen z cant even handle constructive criticism.

[@brandon1234]

@@BLACKOUTBOYSENT what's "constructive" in your comment?

[@show_me_your_kitties]

Gen Z is weak because my generation (gen x) has been weak parents. I'm tough and strict on my kids (23 and 15), it's paying off now. All of my friends have 'princess boys', that's what I call them. And the girls are even worse, little narcissists.

[@Ka_A_A]

Literally the same with every new generation for decades and decades

[@vwgolf1991]

As a gen X-er, I definitely started to see a bit of this when I was in school, which may be a big part of the puzzle. Somehow, public school teachers and public education generally, became increasingly fixated on eliminating all trauma - zero tolerance for bullying, hyper-concern for self harm, metal detectors and security guards, but also an educational culture that deliberately taught, as an integral part of the curriculum, kindness, tolerance, diversity, self-actualization, finding your true path, joy, bliss. Generally a supportive and gentle approach to education, but that needed to be enforced by constant gatekeeping and strict enforcement by authority figures, since lack of kindness or support for diversity of all types couldn't be tolerated. These sound great. Who wants intolerance, bullying or the psychological trauma that comes with it? For many, childhood trauma results in pathology. But, for many others, it manifests as adult resiliency. Eliminate childhood trauma and you eliminate the ability to contextualize and navigate future problems. Smooth sailing makes for poor sailors.

[@Copperoton]

"Smooth sailing makes for poor sailors." Well said.

[@dylanmartin1006]

True, but most of these policies hadn't really been actualized until like mid to late 2010s. I remember like the no bullying campaign being started in my 5th-6th grade years, I agree, my generation has had some pretty smooth times, but there have been a few bumps and aches to counter them. For the most part I'd say that I have had a relatively normal childhood; I got bullied during late elementary and middle school, decided I had enough and joined the wrestling team in high school, and buffed up, then Covid hit and that kind of took a hit on my mental health, as I am a very obvious extrovert, but in the end I learned, yeah my generation has its issues, we've had maybe too much access to social media, but all and all, I think a lot of the issues we face are simply product of the time. We'll grow out of it, we are resilient, we just have to develop some communication skills to amplify it. Now I'm starting to enter the workforce and wrestling has taught me a lot about hard work and mental reserve, in the end we'll do alright.

[@djspark191]

If you look back through history people have always had similar thoughts about the younger generation.

[@jesse_-]

Yes, while that’s true, this is radically different. These younger generations are slower and slower to mature, and they think they know everything. If you look at both the millennial and Zoomer generations, neither one of them have any great life altering inventions. Boomers created personal computing and the internet, GenX invented social media and much green energy, while the millennials and Zoomers only use this technology, and have nothing to show for inventing it.

[@Fuvkthedevil]

@@troepvanerik5880 I agree as the younger generation,we need to find our own answers that won't happen until we are willing to do so. It's something humans do to be better.

[@Fuvkthedevil]

@@jeremyevantaylor1724 Yes, I certainly have seen it happen as well. Social media has given us the idea that everything is happy go lucky. Which is simply not true. The reality is something very different than social media and change in your lives depends on what you do to achieve that. Not by pretending to achieve that. I hope that we the younger generation can realise our worth and work hard to develop the quality of lives. It is in our hands.

[@Fuvkthedevil]

@@jeremyevantaylor1724 Thankyou for your encouragement. I hope you're wrong as well. But, just as there are wrong and untrue ideas there are many worthy content creator in social media platforms. Depends on who finds what. Just like how I found this. I hope things turn around as well. Saying is easy but putting it into actions is the hard part. Hope it works out for me and everyone as well.

[@zephyrr108]

But this is true. Zoomers are on a complete other level.

[@loydanderson-pak2586]

Man, the older generations have been hating on the younger generations since Socrates. Ain't nothin new.

[@dekippiesip]

The difference is that a 20 year old in 1320 had the same kind of life as his 80 year old grand dad had in 1260. This merely reflected a difference in life experience, since around 1800 but even more so after 1900 that kind of symmetry has broken. We don't have a cultural and technological steady state within our lifetime at all. It changes every decade, and generations reflect that. That is what makes the difference now much more potent, and heavily reduces relatability of experiences over generations.

[@loydanderson-pak2586]

@@dekippiesip My original comment still stands

[@persel_hd]

@@loydanderson-pak2586 I agree with you, I'm Gen Z and I don't understand why others of my gen hate on gen a, it's kinda stupid. Everyone was childish in their youth and in my book the longer you keep a young mindset the better for your health.

[@deangordon7180]

Is it specifically Gen Z we are talking about or is it a combination of Gen Z and Millenial? How can you reasonably expect a 25 year old (the maximum age of a Gen Z) to have over 5 years experience at a workplace when you don’t finish college/university till you are 21/22 and even longer for some degrees. To me it really just depends on the person you can get people of the boomer generation far less resilient than those in Gen Z and vice versa, every generation has their own challenges and it seems every generation likes to criticise the next but realistically it makes no sense to automatically generalise a person based specifically on what year they were born in.

[@ThinkLiveLaugh]

Because the real world straight up works differently than that. You're talking about a person, 7 years after turning 18, that doesn't have 5 years of experience. So they were in college and not working, and also without subsidized payments. 49.8% of college students go for 4 year degrees, but without working and paying for at least a portion of their classes? 24.9% of college graduates earn associate’s degrees, also without working and paying for at least a portion of their classes?

[@joesr31]

I pretty sure gen Z starts at 97, so we're 27 yo now (26yo at the time of your comment), 5 years of experience is unlikely but possible if you include internships.

[@VideoWow7184]

The younger generation frequently moving between jobs shouldn't be seen in a negative light as it gives people more experience in different organizations and industries thereby helping them find what they like and don't like and helping them grow. I think however even if there are things that you don't like or agree with in an organization, as long as it's not toxic and no amount toxicity should be tolerated, staying at a company and weathering the hard times with good for a time also adds to your experience, growth and help keeps your mind open. Boundaries should not be blurry; they should absolutely be clear otherwise you get boundary creep and overtime becomes the norm. Many times, I've seen people asked to work overtime, pulled into a meeting at 5pm or asked to come in on a Saturday to finish a project. These people do not get fairly compensated, they don't get compensated at all, it's just expected that they'll be involved whether they want to or not. People have a life outside of work and therefore should be able to politely decline without repercussion. Fair compensation should also be paid for any amount of overtime in order to balance the playing field and make organizations think whether they really need that person to work those extract hours and also to incentivize performing a review to inspect and understand how we got here and how can we do better next time to avoid this. I think everyone agrees that the hoisting a sail example is a good one but then that person is out there on stormy seas, they should be appropriately compensated because they are out there doing the work, hoisting that sail in stormy weather and the organization should be asking themselves, how did we get out here in this storm? What can we do better next time to avoid the storm? There is something we can all learn from those entering the workforce because they see things with fresh eyes and from a different perspective than those of us who have already been working for years. Rather than trying to maintain the status quo and to analyze and point out what the younger generation should and shouldn't be doing, we should be looking at ourselves with eyes open and asking what behaviors we can learn from them. If we still truly believe that the ways of the younger generation are no good, then we should look to ourselves as, one way or another, we have had a part to play in shaping their views and ideals.

[@eyespy3001]

Very well put. I especially appreciate what you wrote about the new workforce entering with fresh eyes. I think older generations have this mentality of “it is what it is,” that we’ve been stuck with for nearly 100 years. We’ve been told to endure and not be quitters for so long that we became wage slaves; an easily-exploited work force who were brainwashed into believing working hard and sacrifice were actually virtuous achievements. However, the veil has been lifted, and younger generations see this clearly not the case. It’s funny that a certain political group is trying to demonize the word “woke” because this younger generation is not asleep, believing the lie of the American Dream.

[@user-ln4gd6hx7e]

The shit these kids have had to deal with growing up in these last two and a half dumpster fire decades!!!!! You're gonna call them weak????

[@thenatureboy1837]

What shit lol? Everyone had to deal with it, Yes they are extremely weak.

[@show_me_your_kitties]

Yes

[@kylehartman8452]

Yes. They are weak as shit. Look at them wrong and they feel “offended”, or my favorite, their feelings are hurt. Can’t blame it all on them, social media doesn’t help.

[@szaiyee]

I am a millennial and I truly understand gen z. They are really smarter than we think and understand the world more than we do. They don’t have that work hard play hard mindset like we do. They have the whatever happens happens and honestly that’s how life should be. We shouldn’t spend our lifetime trying to control the uncontrollable.

[@ConfusedDesigner2171]

Sorry, but that's not what they are thinking, I've worked and talked with enough of them to know that they think the exact opposite of what you just said, they are control freaks and with good reason, just look at their parents, gen x is a total mess.

[@happyface730]

I wish they are still happy when they are in their fifties, when the horizon of ending comes closer, they still feel so nonchalant as they are today? Only time can tell.

[@raghu7174]

Simon has a great point about boundaries. Being flexible with boundaries is a reflection of taking ownership and being accountable. It's a virtue, and cannot be thrust upon anyone.

[@msher33]

It’s a reflection of being open to abuse by toxic people

[@eyespy3001]

@@msher33BINGO!

[@ca8824]

There is nothing wrong with gen z or any generation for that matter. They aren't more immature, theyre just young. This is just the older generations realizing they got old.

[@persel_hd]

perfect ^^

[@inttruders]

That is a nice deflection. Gen Z's strength is deflecting any responsibility for their own issues.

[@ca8824]

@@inttruders Clearly you don’t know what the word deflection means. You just heard someone use it in an argument once and you thought they won.

[@inttruders]

@@ca8824 Ill try to use smaller words that you can understand next time.

[@TheFunkyoyo]

The bit about boundaries is a bit offputting. I would agree about having flexible boundaries on the basis of whether you want to help weather a storm. It's one thing to be invested in a project, an idea, a start up, etc and willingly push your boundaries to get something out the door. It's an entirely different matter to push your boundaries because your boss told you to do it, mandated it, shamed or put you in an ultimatum to do something beyond your boundaries. Much like the definition of full time work meaning different things for different ppl, I'm sure the definition of weathering a storm and what being resilient means will change overtime.

[@Davitofrito]

Just don't work there then. I'm an easy going dude that doesn't like high stress but I don't expect to be paid or received the same wage as someone who available 24/7. Some places smash the boundaries and demand the job is your life. Take a different job or sacrifice yourself for days, weeks, months or even years to get to where you want to be.

[@eyespy3001]

@@DavitofritoSure, but that’s not the message from this guy. He started this clip by saying quitting a job because you’re unhappy with it is a sign of weakness, which is asinine.

[@StaaaaNzHD]

Yeah i agree with that

[@echo1654]

It's not our fault We've given up because our entire life we've been told that the world is burning humans are evil and we are insignificant We believe we can't do it because that is what we've been taught

[@echo1654]

@@homecomingday dude I was literally raised being told I'm worthless unless I make others happy and that human rights are something you have to earn

[@echo1654]

Like quite literally the exact opposite of everything you just said

[@nicholasparry6859]

Wtf is going on here lol. Just start working, stop whining and get out there do something besides watch tik Tok or playing on iPads cause your parents used it as a pacifier growing up.

[@tbc9096]

Also, Simon: boundaries = self-respect. You keep saying, “I know you’re scheduled till 5, but I need you to 6 this one time.” But we all know, once you acquiesce, you’ll get asked again because the way they see it, you’ll put up with it. When I started my job years ago, my boss tried to get me to work six days a week about 2-3 times. After the third time, I refused. He never asked again. (I.E. boundaries)

[@eyespy3001]

Yeah, this guy is out here recruiting corporate bootlickers for HR.

[@lisaburke7506]

I look at those requests as opportunities for leverage. With my own company I negotiate that if I do a 6-day work week this week, I get a three day weekend the following. I always get this in writing, and they agree. I have another six day work week coming up and I am getting paid $500 to sacrifice a weekend day. They can make their requests, but so can you. And if you own it, they'll either rise to the occasion and grant you what you want or leave you alone. But never give anything away for free because I assure you they are not gaining $0 for your extra effort.

[@thabomos]

This is disappointing. Blaming a whole generation seems like the easiest thing to do.

[@Itsallgoodtogo]

Quiet quitting is the perfect response to the abusiv suffered by workers. No disruption to the employer just a reflection of what the employer thinks is a fair wage.

[@rihardsluu]

So this part of the podcast was used as a listening task in an English olympiad that I took part in, and it actually is so interesting.

[@augustoliver2779]

Guys, we don’t need to suffer. It shouldn’t be a normal thing.

[@dylangtech]

Speaking as an older zoomer (24), this whole country is gonna have to deal with the fact that my generation is smaller, and raised with fewer religious morals, and fewer cultural expectations, than any other. Though ironically I've found is shockingly easy to surpass my older coworkers on co-ops simply because I make work about providing for my near-future family, and hence I work hard. That's not the norm, though if anyone is gonna be able to survive the upcoming economic depression, they gotta do it. We adapt or we die, and though I used to be a big quitter, I ain't a fan of dyin'

[@MarmaladeINFP]

To understand GenZ, look to their parents who are mostly of GenX. Then all will make sense. GenX is the original latchkey, cynical, slacker, lost, doomed generation.

[@somesasquatchnamedsamwithw3929]

Yessir stay hard brother 🙏 ❤

[@tonedowne]

@@MarmaladeINFPI am genX and the cynicism is justified. When we were kids we saw the destruction of social democracy, the rise of a culture of greed, the return of monopoly capitalism, the first house price spiral brought on by financial deregulation, deindustrialisation and the subsequent benefit culture which led to the demonisation of the working class. We saw the culture shift from arty and experimental to lowest common denominator mass market drivel. We saw the commercialisation of counter culture, so nothing meant anything. We saw the economic alignment of political parties which meant we couldn’t vote against the destructive neoliberal program. And it’s all just carried on but worse. So yeah I am cynical

[@msher33]

Jobs pay employees the bare minimum they can. What’s wrong with employees doing the same????

[@mrbust999]

As a gen z person. I am seriously ill equipped for this world. The only reason i'm still alive is because i live with my parents.

[@tiapie9213]

Bruh. We literally kids

[@b6.b1zz]

Gen z mug

[@verasmith4767]

Some of you are young adults. Legal age. Time to grow up.

[@Burchie_]

@@verasmith4767 na cope we in college bozo

[@mybuttsmellslikebutterbut207]

@@Burchie_ that would make you an ancient gen z. Dam bro you must have been born in the early 2000s.

[@pault3705]

My 21 year old grandfather took in his duties aged 21 and went to drive tanks in ww2...never returned home...left a wife and 2 kids behind. He wasn't a kid. Enjoy your latte

[@yadoo8164]

It’s fairly simple. Gen Z is hyper aware due to access to information at it’s fingertips. They are just more intelligent than previous generations it’s just a fact. They see the world for what it truly is and see there’s rampant corruption in virtually every mode of business that the previous generations have failed to address. At this point it’s a waiting game for them. Will the world end before I get to where I want to be? Or will they die off before then. Hence why you see a drastic difference between Gen Zers. Those who are super hard working/ambitious and those who are “doomers” the issue is a lot of them are doomers which is understandable if you understand how the world/politics work. It’s not that they aren’t resilient they just know the system is bullshit.

[@hainleysimpson1507]

@@dim2389 In your twenties? That's late most of us in my generation were aware as early as 14 years old. Add on that no one respects young people unless they provide something, why should we care about a business or company loyalty? We only work for money that is it.

[@lightup6751]

Sorry but that is absolute bullshit. This is the type of mentality from someone who is defensive about their generation. Yes, access to information is a thing. GenZ are digital natives. But there is a huge fallacy in that. Previous generation have the same access on top of life experience they already had. People knew about corruption long, looong before the internet and social media. It is simple impossible to “address” all corruption, it will always be part of life. GenZ are not special. There has been hard workers and lazy bums in every single generation. The difference is that GenZ grew up with the platform to be vocal about it. Same for every previous Gen as the internet is sth not exclusive to GenZ. They just don’t know a world before only after while others know both. There is also no correlation between intelligence and the internet. Because the internet by kids and teens is primarily used for entertainment. People are definitely more native and fluent in digital information but not necessarily smarter. In fact, there seems to be a regression in general knowledge due to being consumed by social media and the desire to get approval of strangers. Of course, that can’t be generalized on GenZ. But this whole “I am a teen or young adult and see the world for what it is, you don’t” doesn’t fly. It’s what a minority of every Gen thought at any point in time. GenZ doesn’t have it easy. But nobody had. There was gens going through Great Depression and famine, poverty. True hopelessness. They will manage just fine.

[@smallgoon]

Young people today probably lack an awareness of historical perspective more than any previous generation. The world is fucked up and corrupt, but FAR less fucked up and corrupt than it was for any previous generation. You have the highest standard of living over any previous generation. You have to sacrifice far less than any previous generation. Instead of seeing how everything has continually progressed for the better ... You don't have the historical perspective so you only see the now and hyper focus on any issue that is present. The things young people complain about today and their issues are so minor and trivial compared to the problems people had to deal with in the past.

[@theboos5852]

@@smallgoonthat doesn’t make it better

[@Ouranos369]

You're not smart, technology is. It gives you the illusion of being smarter. Then again young people are always naive enough to think they know everything. People are much freer and much dumber. People have been known the system's corrupt but older and wealthier people hang on to power as much as possible. Plus late stage capitalism, it's ended up this bad by design. By the time us millennials are the older ones in power, things will improve, I'm sure. Def not perfect but imperfection is just human.

[@danielsipes4474]

I worked late on my birthday and rescheduled my birthday dinner that night to complete an urgent RFP for one of my vendors. I go to bed early, but was up well past my bed time that night in order to finish. Sometimes, shit happens and you need to be willing to go the extra mile. People say it doesn’t pay off, but I have already been promoted once and am in line for another.

[@camadams9149]

7:10 Okay are you paying me more for that? I don't care if the company lives or dies. If it succeeds you get the benefits, not me. Want extra work, pay more

[@dekippiesip]

It is give and take. I'm fine with working an hour extra in time of need, even unpaid. As long as the company gives me the same flexibility if I want to leave work an hour early at a more relaxed time.

[@luckyjayakody]

When I was in my early 20s, I hated the way those later 30ers, early 40s looked at us, responded to us, treated us. They treated us like incompetent, lethargic, useless weidos. Now I'm in my late 30s & looking at the young men & women in their early 20s as incompetent, lethargic, useless weidos 😂. This is happening throughout the human history. The ideology battles between generations are inevitable. Development of technology & rise of different social ideologies happened during last 25 years have changed things drastically. I think the changed happened during last 25 years are much greater than the all changes happened last 150 - 200 years combined.

[@raheimal-kaabah4499]

I’m gen Z personal I don’t mind staying after work to help sometimes, however I don’t want to always do so and if on the off chance that I need to leave work early I don’t want to be met with resistance. Business/work is all about transactions if I give something I want something in return

[@iamrightyourwrong5198]

man these jobs don’t do anything for their employees

[@charlesvillegas2446]

Im a gen z I don’t show up to work like I average 2-3 absences every week with no calls but still I got promoted from software engineer to becoming a System Integration Engineer for GD

[@Ka_A_A]

The resilience criticism seem stupid considering the oldest Gen Zs are only 25

[@fernmanike]

I worked with Gen Z, who told me I am ''millenial work slave'', and he cried, when he had to work three days at row , 8 hours a day. He cried himself into panic attack, then said he doesn't want to talk with customers, said he is quitting, got home, and then called five days after this and was very suprised he is no longer an employee...

[@verasmith4767]

Yep. They cry when fired. Can't understand basic concepts of work or anything for that matter.

[@aaronmatney866]

Can confirm, I was the panic attack. Once he was fired, everyone clapped.

[@fernmanike]

@@aaronmatney866 He wasn't fired ''per se'', because We worked on a mandate contract. It's the kind of contract where you can quit overnight, without consequences and you are paid only for hours you worked. So when he said he is quitting, he got home and my manager was so nice he waited three days, before he told our office, that he quit. I know it is funny to comment without thinking, but sometimes that little thing called brain can be useful.

[@hainleysimpson1507]

Who made us mentally ill. And who are our parents.

[@ConfusedDesigner2171]

@@hainleysimpson1507 I get it, Gen X aren't the ideal parents, but blaming them at this point is useless, you also have to give them a break, How do you raise a child with this new thing called social media? A lot of you don't seem to get it, but the internet as a mass product is fairly recent, and no one seems to fully understand it yet which is the real reason why your gen is mentally ill, you are basically guinea pigs, and the next generation will have it even worse with AI, IQ might take a huge plunge if we aren't careful. What I'm trying to say here, stop blaming each other and instead work together to make a better future for all.

[@user-hp2pp9iu9e]

Hoist a sail in calm waters vs a storm. That hit me. Love it. Need it on a wall somewhere. ~3:15

[@zachcook1854]

I mean, I'm 22 and I do pretty well, but since there's so many people of my age just not working. It makes it even easier in a way to just go in and get what you want if you're willing to work. You can still get what you want, you're just gonna have to work just like everyone else.

[@Burchie_]

most people our age are in college were getting degrees bro just give us a minute 💀

[@jesse_-]

Haha, I totally agree. I am actually GenX, and there are so many GenZ that choose not to work. I’ll never have to worry about being out of work or finding a job. And many of the GenZ that does work, have no understanding how to proper condone themselves professionally at work, so they do end up asking the boss questions like in this video, because rather than ask their professional working parents how to approach that situation, they turn to the interwebs, and some troll living in their mother’s basement is giving them advice.

[@Nevadaelk]

@@Burchie_nah, fr 😭

[@labethspain7936]

Older people have been griping about younger people since time immemorial. Generations following their own are described as too cautious, too dangerous, too worried, too self absorbed, and yes, too lazy. From the 4th Century, Aristotle noted the young, “think they know everything and are quite certain about it”, that youth, “are high minded because they have not been humbled by life, nor have they experienced the force of circumstances”, to a French magazine in 1771, “a race of effeminate, self admiring, emaciated Fribbles”, to an author in 1925 describing young people as, “grossly thoughtless, rude and utterly selfish”, to a 1951 description of “pampered youth”, to Boomers who are, “whiny and too politically passive”on down to Millennials and generation X er’s who are reportedly, “phone addicted, self obsessed, hash tagging, snap chatting, kale munching, twerking, lazy, whining, ill informed, politically correct, cosseted narcissists, who find absolutely everything mortally offensive and believe there is 165 ways to sexually identify”. In other words, all generations are a product of their environment and circumstances of the world that shaped them. Yet somehow, we manage to survive.

[@MrXaphus]

I think the point is that this is a singularly critical moment in human evolution due to the integration of mass technology into civilian life, and just like when the printing press was invented there was a huge severance of norms and values between the people who came before and afterwards. The older generations may look on in scorn, but they genuinely do not seem to be grasping just how fundamentally the human experience has changed for their children and grandchildren, and the downstream effects of the new world imprinted onto them. These kids are not acting the way they do because "kids always rebel", in my estimation they are acting the way they do because their are floundering and have no idea how to make sense of the world that their elders not only opened the door to without much oversight, but pushed them through that door and said "go apply the lessons we've taught you" - only the lessons and norms passed on were only really applicable to the bygone era.

[@veronicasanchez696]

Omgosh I noticed this same thing when my daughter at the time 19 started working at a Target on evenings couple of hours 2-3 days a week while she went to college during the day she would come home everyday after work always claiming that was her last day😂 I would ask wow sit down come tell me what happened (with an imaginary bowl of popcorn) and she’d go on and in about they are so annoying they are so mean they r so demanding I thought wait are we talking about your supervisors managers? And she would say no they’re all cool we get along great but it’s the customers!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂needless to say I and her grandparents would give her our good old “when I was a kid” work ethic spiels and the kid caught on quick she started as you state with a whole lotta false or over presented confidence but had to go through ups and downs good and bad and weather the storm she became one of the night supervisors who would close the whole store and the.l. The morning supervisor who would open the store for business everyday alternating between those two and eventually full time and I’m so proud of her she worked through the pandemic and handled it with some hardships she did get sick but thank the Lord she only had a mild case (my heart goes out to the ones who didn’t ❤🙏as my husband passed away 2020 stroke😢🙏♥️)but she did all of this while finishing her classes as well to be a child psychologist and she is still currently working there since 2018 and has since bought her first car, gotten engaged then married and is now expecting her first baby my first grandchild so they do learn I feel like it just takes a lot of hard work on our part as parents and family and I’d much rather had put in more time while they were young but I too was a working parent so I made the mistake out of guilt to kind of try to make life easiest as possible for them as kids which is a no no big huge mistake I think a lot not all but a lot of us parents do that out of guilt for our poor choices in life we tend to feel guilty and we think we r making up for it by not allowing them to struggle but we do more harm to them in the long run I think once I went back to the biblical way of rearing as my grandparents did spare the Rod spoil the child that was a world of difference as well and with my younger ones I have cont that same and I pray 🙏 ❤they too will show same work Ethic ❤

[@superserversleuth]

They also get mad when they are told they have to wait to be moved up to a better position. They believe they have skills before learning them.

[@JeffreyGillespie]

The mainsail in a storm analogy is **brilliant**

[@ta5664]

From a millennial to my fellow citizens who are gen z; piece of advice get rid of tiktok.

[@dafnecantu9807]

No, as a Zillenial please don’t stop there, create more platforms for creativity. I deleted my tik tok app because it took up too much of my time, and it wasn’t beneficial for me. But it’s helped some of my friends financially. It’s all about perspective and priorities. I can’t handle the algorithms of social media wether it’s Tik tok or KZbin. I hate that stuff. So my focus is college & my studies. And that bs about us not being capable of keeping a job is ridiculous, I’ve kept a full time 9-5 job for 7 years straight in healthcare. Social media work is very difficult, people who don’t know how to work it say it’s lazy work etc. they’re just mad because they can’t make money like influencers do. Just do what makes you happy, check on yourself and your peers, take mental health day breaks, talk to professionals about your mental health concerns, and please just stay safe on these platforms 🫡

[@yekobee]

Every generation has always said this about the next gen. Dont be that person.

[@Shad-bp6hf]

Companies should be confident about their own company to believe someone will stay with their company. IF YOU HAVE RESERVATIONS ITS NOT THE CV YOUR NOT CONFIDENT IN THE COMPANY YOU REPRESENT! 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@prorok21]

Resilience comes with exposure to stimuli, which is in this case tackling a life obstacles. Resilience is mirrored by perception of selth worth. Resilience is reinforced by the sence of belonging. Resilience is trainable. There is nothing in the society that would structure a resilient character forming processes. Instead we have a full program on "how to make an obedient worker" system.

[@callumraza5046]

I respect Gen Z for not giving a shit, it will be their world soon enough and theres nothing we can do about it

[@user-ro8ll1zr7e]

As a milenial I can't wait :D

[@daviddowsett1658]

American work culture ... I'm 51, worked full time since 16 and full time as per my contract is 09:00-17:00 Mon-Fri, if work want me to work overtime then they have to give me reasonable notice, so a few working days at least, they can ask, but I can say NO ... Seems to me America expect way way to much of employees.

[@christianchellis9057]

If you want to call us the weakest generation, that was once said for every generation, because advancements in technology has always taken strength off people at every stage in history.

[@metastract]

No, YOUR world as the business owner with equity in your business may not stop on a Saturday. But it does and should for salaried employees who have lives outside of work. Work colleagues are not your family, they're team mates at best.

[@timkolacny967]

Why does every generation feel the need to bag on the generation behind them? Gen Z are too young to have any genuinely problematic issues or even a real sense of generational identity yet. If you look back, these are generally the same concerns older generations said about Boomers, Gen X, and Millennials when they were young. Guess what...we all grew up and figure it out without civilization collapsing.

[@user-nh9vo6we2d]

My nephew, who is 11, is like a crack addict. He had trouble starting fortnite, and the game wouldn't load, so while waiting for it to reinstall, he started throwing stuff around in the room, stabbing the floor and walls with a dull sword, and kicking his ladder that goes up to his bunk bed off the hinges and it fell on him. I hope he grows out of that phase, I worry about him.

[@messymatch6952]

May Triple Gem bless him 🙏

[@gold_apple_vn4657]

We gen Z don't need big houses, we need Instagram

[@ggrandmaster420]

aint bad an employee doesnt know what the company really wants, so its dumb to try your best without good support or guidance

[@tino5735]

"The edges of the boundaries are fuzzy." No, by the definition of the word, they're concrete. If you disclose in a job posting that some night/weekend availability might be required, then that's one thing. The employee signed up for that. But if you expect people to just drop what they're doing and rearrange their lives for you, that's a problem. I'm not Gen Z, but I'm also pretty well aware that the only thing "going above and beyond" in corporate America gets you is taken advantage of. The corporate ladder is broken, there's such a thing as "too valuable to promote", company loyalty really only goes one way, and the people that job hop make a bunch more money than people that stay put. These CEO and cringe corporate guru types need to realize that a job is pretty purely transactional for most people anymore. Actually, it probably always was, but the younger generations are the only ones actually being honest about it. Can't properly motivate your workers to volunteer for extra tasks? Experiencing a bunch of turnover? Problems attracting new talent? Expectations not properly set and communicated? Those are all failures of leadership. These people are bosses though. Different things.

[@driftking4AGE]

No. Gen X are the parents of Gen Z, get it right. I’m X-ennial. We had it rough with no parental authority, no authority figure during the day, we didn’t have controls on our location as there were no cellphones or Find My. We navigated solely and we grew wise for it. Now we are reaping the benefits as the strongest generation, carrying the weight of this country on our shoulders. 💪🏼

[@Mauasjazz]

Maybe the lack of resilience and stability is due to a disorganized developmental environment. Fractured families and broken communities, loneliness. This generation is reflecting the environment it was brought up in. What is there to be surprised about? Surely such strong, intelligent older generations could have predicted? In fact, there’s still time to save those 8 year olds.

[@miamilady2278]

It’s not Gen-Z’s fault that they were basically born into technology. Everything these kids do nowadays is all ONLINE or in some APP.

[@lindabradford9591]

You're right. It's the parents fault for allowing that instead of preparing them for the real world like, work. They couldn't leave the phones alone to have a job. They don't even put in effort to help around the house, let alone a job.

[@ConfusedDesigner2171]

​@@lindabradford9591 Nobody knew how to react to the internet and phones, your generation are the first to deal with this at a very young age. We millenials had internet in our teens but we basically used it as an enhancement of our social life IRL and we didn't had it every second, you had a phone with Facebook before having real social connections, nobody knew what the hell was going to happen, we all messed up, millenials were too busy figuring out life, X were to busy still partying as if they are still in their teens, and boomers were looking down on everyone else but did nothing, we all failed you, and as adults, you are failing yourselves not putting the phone away. Now that we know we all are guilty, let's forget about that and do our best so the next generation doesn't end up even worse.

[@Sinisterx18]

I don't think we can blame any one generation for the problems we are facing now. The main issue I believe is the world changed too fast and society couldn't keep up. Technology has changed the game so much at work and at home, and the state of the world largely reflects the impact of it. Not to mention everything has been slowly going down hill after economic rise of the baby boom. So many things contribute to the train wreck we see today. Humans didn't evolve to live like this and it is slowly killing us, physically and mentally.

[@Tails1340]

It's interesting hearing ppl talking about US work culture and meanwhile not seeing any of these problems in other corners of the world

[@jimjam8949]

I'm an X. And I can honestly say the last 5yrs or so I've found workplaces much more stressful whereby I've changed job once and am trying to find an alt job again. Before 5yrs ago I stayed in jobs because the workplace might have been stressful sure but it didnt seem chronically chaotic and on the edge of collapse.

[@xander9460]

The problem with this premise. is that. Usually every time you switch jobs you manage to get a raise. And more often than not. The constantly switching worker is getting SIGNIFICANTLY MORE pay than the stay in the company for 5 years employee. So staying to weather the storm usually doesn't land you more pay at all.

[@silo3com]

I empathize with kids these days. We cant force them to live in this digital world. We need to let them get outside and get their hands dirty and live.

[@joesar5879]

The thing is they won't because they are wrapped up in their electronics us older millennials are the last generation of men

[@verasmith4767]

I had Gen Z male throw a fit over putting out dog food bags . A temper tantrum. Like a little kid.

[@edited1325]

@@verasmith4767 if they’re having a meltdown over that they might be on the spectrum 😂

[@mybuttsmellslikebutterbut207]

@@joesar5879 lmfao I remember when the boomers were calling us self centered narcissists who were glued to electronics. Let’s not abuse Gen Z the same way we were abused.

[@lisaburke7506]

I don't think Gen Z is the weakest generation. They are young and as children grew up more exposed to adult disillusionment compared to past generations. Gone is the era when adults didn't air their dirty laundry and allowed children to be children. Now, everyone and their grandmother has a platform and most platforms are used to vent and rant about unmet expectations and stress, and an entire generation had a front row seat from a young age. So, yes, Gen Z has more unrealistic standards and expectations but that is because they want to avoid the kind of tragic life they have seen posted about on SM by so many older adults. You have people complaining how they are not respected, documentaries and studies prove that although American work harder and are more productive they receive less compensation for their labor, and thought leaders (like Simon Sink) speak about how knowing your value and making sure you're where you are appreciated and not tolerated. The messages may not all synthesize smoothly--that takes time and experience--but they are not messages Gen Z invented. They are messages people of the older generations told them. At the end of the day, every "young generation" is a reflection of the world the previous generations made for them.

[@ninavaughn2274]

My mother worked harder than I , but I worked a lot of 40 hours weekends F to M. Then college full time. I never complained. I am generation X. I had no TV, and , of course, social media. You had to work and study to get ahead. When a ship ran aground, I was in the first flight to St. Maarten working all night and half the next day u til everyone was evacuated. I didn’t receive more money or anything. It was 5 years of work I enjoyed with extremely stressful situations and people. That is what I want now in an employee.

[@lra1095]

I dunno, I saw one lift like a bag with like a couple large text books in it once, you gotta be somewhat strong to lift that.

[@eljay4k]

Grade A sarcasm 👌🏽

[@therealariahb]

Where’d you work growing up ? A blockbuster ?

[@Internet05]

It really feels theirs no discipline.... Many of youngsters have no importance of time 💀

[@niftydom]

I totally agree about the pay rate. That's right more experienced people know what to do in various situation or emergency, hence the higher wage and it has been earned. It seems that a certain group of people has a problem with it. Although, I have had younger staff under my wing that have stepped up to learn and to show up (not just come to work) to be better everyday: and yes they got a raise because they earned it.

[@Blondie77128]

Hmm, not going to trash the Gen Z generation. This doesn’t serve anyone, isn’t an appropriate approach. Having nieces and nephews and stepkids who are all Gen Z, it comes down to parenting. I have witnessed tantrums of non-toddler children, attitudes of entitlement, unrealistic expectations of being catered to, being the center of the universe, being spoiled, whiny, manipulative, controlling, “fragile”, delicate, entitled, passive-agressive to very high degrees as a contant attitude and none of this from those that I share DNA with.

[@tonkysue207]

I think strength comes from strong,loving family .not all the weirdos on social media.too many poor people floating on the wind with no one to hold them safe.kids need both mum and dad.love this channel.💙uk

[@JustWinti]

Yknow what I've had it. I'm weak then. I am soooo weak, and you wanna know why?? Because this world lacks support and care. I cannot be strong in a world like this because to be strong.. I need reasons to. I need guidance. I need a good teacher to strengthen me. I need to know that my hard work will pay off in the end. I am more emotionally intelligent than most because I am so tuned into my emotions. I guess I'm weak for something thats out of my control according to older generations. I am sorry that I don't know how to suppress how I deeply feel inside. I guess I should just suppress how I feel and become a robot so I can do everything and still feel crushed under the worlds boot. I am weak but I'm also kind. I am weak but I'm also emotionally intelligent. I am weak but I'm also empathetic. I am weak but I also fight for what's right. I am weak but I'm learning more everyday. I am weak but I am proud of myself. That's the darn truth. I am tired of letting people who I don't even know define me. None of you even know my real name but yet you judge me. No. Just no.

[@therealariahb]

I would disagree on not staying in a workplace long enough . I don’t feel I have to stay at a job for 5 years to take away certain skills . I rather have different experiences in the same field so I have exposure and a range of opportunities. what’s the point on staying somewhere that’s going to cap my pay for a year ? When I can go to another job who pays $4 more ?

[@roller325]

Currently facing that right now. I love my current job. But I think I'm going to bounce after 1.5-2 years. Why? Because people have been here 3/4/5 years and their salary hasn't increased. So why would I stay here and do this, when I can move an earn £10k extra by doing so? Experience is cool. But so is being able to afford things.

[@Ka_A_A]

Also seems like a stupid criticism when the oldest gen Zs are only 25

[@bumbleeistheequeen4052]

@@Ka_A_Amy point exactly and the youngest Gen Zers are literally about to turn 13 so that tells you most of us haven’t even been in the job industry long enough to have that experience and those skills come with time.

[@verasmith4767]

@@Ka_A_A My father was married, had three kids and veteran at 25. I was on the board of directors of a local Union at 25. 25 is an adult.

[@Ka_A_A]

@@verasmith4767 it’s definitely an adult but not an old adult

[@yellowgerbie]

That hoisting a sail in calm waters vs a storm analogy is brilliant. As a manager of both more experienced staff and younger Gen Z it’s exactly how I think.

[@amanitamuscaria5863]

Then you better hope that experienced staff works forever. Why should the new sailors stay waiting for the storm when you're gonna throw them overboard during one?

[@lisaburke7506]

Exactly. And eventually ever Gen Z will be in the 40+ age group and they will certainly hope they are being paid more than the recent grad of 2043 who only has a couple of internships under their belt.

[@barneygumble304]

Thats the boomerest talk of the day , thanks a lot

[@jamesbroxup9098]

What is the difference in millenils and GZ in terms of characteristics?

[@simphiwesibusiso4474]

People should learn to stop comparing different generations in terms of good or bad since is not based on critical thinking and system thinking. time, environment, resources determine how we should live and behave. why would you would to town when you can use a car? you are now lazy because there is a car available.

[@Awwwww-what]

Man sounds like he’s talking from experience

[@sadi.m4661]

6:50 It's fuzzy for us not for them, my boss keeps me overtime with saying a word but tries to mess up the payslips to avoid paying overtime. we don't get to sit down for a second, pushes extra work in the day so we will be forced to close 20 minutes later( you can't just leave work, you need to cleanup) unpaid. having 4 workers thats 80 minutes a day and 1600 minutes/~26hrs a month of free labour which is illegal but hey who cares when gov doesn't care. they have to stand their ground because employers are thieves.

[@hotshot-te9xw]

I wonder if all this conversation on the weakness of gen z will just make them feel more weak. Like imagine your growing up and all you hear is your weak. How are you meant to build courage or self determination.

[@Beachbum471]

I’m sorry, I’ve always been open minded about anyone “different from me or my generation “. However, my experience with this generation has been absolutely horrible. Absolutely no work ethic, play games, flirt and believe that they are “entitled” to do as they wish…even in the workplace.! I know that I should not generalize but Sometimes I want to cry when working with them 😢

[@janbinas8602]

It's very sad to watch tbh.

[@lindabradford9591]

You hit the nail on the head. It's ridiculous.

[@owengodfrey2919]

I think alot of this comes from the economic circumstances. I got told all the same shit about myself for most W2 jobs. When I work for myself I end up with more work than I physically schedule into a week. At W2. I make 2400$ then 30% of it disappears. On my own I make 60 per hour and 22% of it disappears. Haaaaaa. Enough said.

[@RealEvilLordExdeath]

I was Born in 1988, so im a Millennial, i had 3 Jobs till i found the right job, eating dirt for years, i was as a soldier in Afghanistan for 6 month. And gen z Kids say their life is hard... Most of them get worse ptsd from words then we got from getring shot at.

[@b6.b1zz]

Gen z is finished

[@nokap3038]

Fuck a life like that depressing ass life

[@RealEvilLordExdeath]

@@nokap3038 very depressing, i get tree Times your money and dont have to bend a Finger for it, everyone pays me Respekt due to my Service in Afghanistan while at the same time i have zero trouble with ptsd and a family that loves me. While u have to throw soupe on a picture for people to notice that ur exist. I think from us two, its your life that is depressing

[@nokap3038]

@@RealEvilLordExdeath you have tree times the money but couldn’t use that tree times the money for some basic spelling and English classes

[@nokap3038]

@@RealEvilLordExdeath I’m an artist and going to turn pro for boxing soon and might switch to mma cause I have some pro options overseas lol, I worked physically harder than u ur whole life

[@user-nv8bx5tl5y]

But yet they call us old heads we gotta call them young dummies

[@TheDysartes]

Most of the Gen Z I know quit too easily, as soon as something becomes difficult they give up without even trying. I think that's a fault of their up bringing and society, they been too coddled and so don't know how to deal with adversity, and expect far too much to be done for them. They also expect things to be given to them without having to earn those things.

[@blakeharrison3972]

I think also all of the remote work and school made Gen Z so weird socially as well

[@dylanmartin1006]

Not really, I was in 8th grade when that started and I'm fine, I'm a very extroverted sort of guy.

[@Hgbxx]

I think theres also a split on gen z itself. I was born 2004 and an only child and throughout my childhood, iphones didnt exist, most i had was an ipod; ipads didnt exist. So i grew up with toys, tv shows, books to go to sleep with etc. and schools didnt use technology like they do today either. I never took a device to a restaurant, i had colouring pencils sure but i was present. I grew up without devices and when they got introduced i was like 10 so enjoyed them but didnt depend on them I feel like the gen z kids born after iphones were developed are almost a completely different generation in a way. They grew up with ipads, iphones, the devices doing the parents job on alot of occasions. So many kids born now and the younger side of gen z, are at restaurants with ipads, and scream if you take it off them. I also see a shift in parenting as a whole. People dont tell kids off now. I do NOT agree with hitting or screaming, but naughty steps or taking phones away, sure. Now alot of kids have control of the parents which doesnt help anyone.

[@raheimal-kaabah4499]

Well that’s sorta where the term”iPad” kid comes in. I was born in 02 and the mannerism that I had growing up are completely different than everyone born after 06. Sure I was only probably like 4 when they were born but I was still able to develop certain skills that’s they never seemed to fully grasp, like not needing to have a phone 24/7, or just being able to go outside, meeting people in person and engaging in conversation, pretty much soft skills. And as I got older I grew with technology but not on technology which is kinda a superpower that early gen Z has most of us are proficient in using technology, we can figure out things mostly without a manual telling us how. With regards to parenting we’re sorta like the test subjects of the new age, our brains were able to soak in information faster than any other generation because of the internet, we’re more aware of what’s happening outside our communities than we are with our own(not necessarily a bad thing) and I strongly believe that it’s not that we don’t want to work, it’s not that we are poorly raised I think it’s more of a “if I’m gonna be fucked I might as well enjoy my fucked up life” no other generation knows what it’s like to be 10-14 wake up and at a tap of a finger hear about all the awful things happening. We hear so many negative stories that I think we are discouraged, our futures seem bleak, prices are raising but not wages, buying a house seems like a fantasy, climate change is a huge problem, the political climate is an issue, relationships with other countries are weak, etc. and on top of it all it doesn’t seem to be getting better, we have no power rn to make a change, leaving the feeling of helplessness all too real.

[@somesasquatchnamedsamwithw3929]

Nah smack the little bastard if they start screaming at you but obviously don't go overboard with it and turn it to abuse.

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

@@raheimal-kaabah4499 I agree with this. The helplessness we feel is so true.

[@ugi976]

Waw

[@ugi976]

Very good comment!

[@RolandPerryRlndPerry]

the Problem Simon is that Companies say this Saturday I have a problem and then when you look again its every Saturday and all meetings will be held after 17H00.

[@adamrobinette6832]

It's a product of a current societal culture that tells young people 'You don't have to deal with anything at all that you don't feel like dealing with.', and a reality that absolutely doesn't match up with that and will never match up with that. I used to do first round interviews where I work, and what so many resumes of young people had in common was a whole lot of jobs, all of them lateral career moves, and not one character reference from any place they ever worked. The last time we were hiring we had 350 applicants for 20 new growth positions, because it's an awesome place to work. If that was your resume, you didn't stand a chance. And if they did interview, many interviewed very poorly, because they showed up believing they didn't have to be prepared. They believed they were 99% of the way hired because they showed up to the interview on time. Society has also bred that generation to all believe they are each special, which is actually something that is fantastic. Everyone should be raised to believe they are special and destined for big things if they put their mind to it. But many have taken that to mean 'center of the universe', and believe they are the most important person in every room they walk in, in every job they apply for. Yet they have not yet cultivated qualities that suggest they deserve the distinction. It never occurs to them there could be other humans that may surpass them at anything. They've reached adulthood and many are now demanding consideration and respect in every single aspect of their life, from every single person in every room they walk into by default because they got out of bed this morning. This, rather than commanding respect through action. And when they don't always get that respect, it's a shock to the system that understandably can really hit someone hard mentally when they've been raised to believe the real world isn't what it is. They aren't steeled for rejection and resolve to push forward from it, because societal culture has raised them to believe they should never be rejected.

[@SpongeChadSquareJaw]

Do you even interact with young people or you just ramble about them online?

[@NiaArifah-br6cr]

dude, everything become this bad because older generation choose to cope instead of fight back

[@estherejidike5877]

I think you older people just like suffering. You believe people must suffer and be unhappy else you're not doing it right. That lady at the big tech company is so lucky to be part of a company that values her and makes her happy at work, my life must not revolve around work. Working on a saturday is bad work culture, we have lives! You want people to work on saturday but you dont mention overtime payment, am I the CEO? please.