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What’s your conclusion? It’s hard for me to make generalizations. The ones who work at my high end FAANG company are all hard-working and driven. But they’re th
by qwerpy 4y ago
What’s your conclusion? It’s hard for me to make generalizations. The ones who work at my high end FAANG company are all hard-working and driven. But they’re the cream of the crop.
- balls187 4y agoI'm on the side that high performers (across all industries and generations) tend to be outliers. The consensus is that GenZ's work ethic can be summed as "do the bare minimum not to get fired" and that they "work to live, not live to work." Not that either ethos is a bad thing necessarily, it's just that they generally don't care about work as much as previous generations did. My father's generation, employees stayed at their company until they retired. Mine, we switch jobs every 2-5 years. Early in my career, older individuals would question "why I switched jobs so frequently." Now, no one bats an eye at a 2-year stint.
- switch007 4y agoThe world also stopped caring about them so much. House prices, rent prices, politicians pandering to the elder generations, allowing young people to get addicted to social media and all the psychological issues that causes, wilful destruction of the education system, removing third spaces etc. In the UK this was through the older generations consistently voting for right wing governments. Is it any wonder it looks like they gave up? Can’t afford a decent house, can’t afford to save for a decent pension etc
- balls187 4y agoThe attitude towards work probably has more to do with social media influence, than it does apathy. At least in the US, policies have become much more friendly towards younger folks than they have ever been. Federal student loan forgiveness, LGBT+ anti discrimination policies, individual medical insurance exchanges, are a few off the top of my head. The cost of living and cost of education has far outpaced income growth, which does affect younger people disproportionately more, but the impact is not localized to only the young.
- switch007 4y agoBut the young earn less. That’s a very weak attempt at justifying high “cost of living”. And what a euphemistic word that is. It’s the cost of greed, not the cost of living. Too many ills in this world are the result of older generations’ greed. And I could also say your opinion of gen z is also equally influenced by social media.
- balls187 4y agoI'm assuming you're not from the US, right? Cost of Living is a standard used in the US, and it's not uncommon for annual raises to, at the very least, include a "cost of living" adjustment.
- switch007 4y agoThanks for ‘splaining but I know what it means and how it’s used in the US. Though here on the other side of the pond, until very recently, we didn’t use such euphemisms. We just referred to various indexes produced by the Office of National Statistics such as RPI, CPI. Our media has recently adopted the silly euphemistic term and is currently shoving it down everyone’s throats. It’s a a nice redirection from the issue of companies raising prices and capitalism to “oh well it’s just the normal state of affairs of living” Also, you really think people have to be from the US to understand such simple concepts?
- balls187 4y agoYour previous comment suggests you actually didn't know about Cost of Living (that or you don't know what a euphemism is)