Young people are questioning workplace norms that have stood for a century. It means more change is coming, experts told Insider. That's not a bad thing.
We millennials wasted too much time questioning these shitty practices and tryinh to work up the nerve to call it out. Gen z walks in, gets treated badly once, and gets the fuck out, knowing there are better workplace. I’m proud of them, and they they don’t waste time calling out unfairness, and just walk out.
That’s largely because we millennials already uncovered the unfairness for them. They don’t have to figure it out; they just have to act against it.
I still give them credit for that, but it’s not as though they walked in without having the previous generation’s help getting started. We tried with Occupy Wall Street and failed. Maybe they’ll try again and succeed someday.
I’m proud of them and I encourage them every chance I get.
When I got in, the oldest old-timers were still lifers, and seeing them was inbetween an illusion and an anachronism. Something that none of us would ever have: a lifelong career at the same place.
They were very loyal to the company, but the company had also (mostly) been loyal to them through their career.
Then we started seeing the corpo-grinder start cutting folks a year away from their retirement, they started or gutting pensions, etc. Full mask off moment.
Now, they don’t even bother with the illusion, so I don’t see why younger folks would have loyalty for the grinder.
We millennials wasted too much time questioning these shitty practices and tryinh to work up the nerve to call it out. Gen z walks in, gets treated badly once, and gets the fuck out, knowing there are better workplace. I’m proud of them, and they they don’t waste time calling out unfairness, and just walk out.
That’s largely because we millennials already uncovered the unfairness for them. They don’t have to figure it out; they just have to act against it.
I still give them credit for that, but it’s not as though they walked in without having the previous generation’s help getting started. We tried with Occupy Wall Street and failed. Maybe they’ll try again and succeed someday.
I agree, I’m just happy they learned from us instead of wasting time reprogramming their brains. They have a leg up and I’m glad
It’s hard rebuilding the ladders that were destroyed before us.
I’m proud of them and I encourage them every chance I get.
When I got in, the oldest old-timers were still lifers, and seeing them was inbetween an illusion and an anachronism. Something that none of us would ever have: a lifelong career at the same place.
They were very loyal to the company, but the company had also (mostly) been loyal to them through their career.
Then we started seeing the corpo-grinder start cutting folks a year away from their retirement, they started or gutting pensions, etc. Full mask off moment.
Now, they don’t even bother with the illusion, so I don’t see why younger folks would have loyalty for the grinder.