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A future-of-work expert said Gen Zers didn't have the "promise of stability" at work, so they're putting their personal lives and well-being first.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.world -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Whatever you need to tell yourself.

[–] snek@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The idea that work stops being work if you enjoy it not something I can take seriously.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Working in a textile mill in 120 degree heat is work. It's work no one wants to do. No one comes in and argues pedantically about "well I find sweating my ass off for minimum wage fulfilling". That's work.

Going into your temperature controlled office where you're a CPA and get paid wonderfully and enjoy numbers isn't the same thing at all.

The work I'm referencing is the bottom tier shit that without it the economy would crumble. Not your SEO manager bullshit job that you think you love cause you're making 6 figures in a 5 figure town.

[–] snek@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Buddy, working in a textile mill in 48 °C is a safety hazard and modern slavery. You have a weird warped pedantic perspective on what work means. And somejow the rest of us should take the dictionary definition and throw it out of the window and instead adopt your made up definition that seems to only work in your head? 😬 No thanks.

The first is modern slavery. The second is work. Hope it helps! Cheers.

Ps: SEO manager? Clearly it was a mistake to engage you at all because you didn't read squat shit of what I wrote. Note to the future: do not engage people who haven't even read your own text, and don't bother reading their text to the end. They are upset at a phantom in their heads, not you.

[–] the_q@lemmy.world -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah you're definitely one of those people that talks louder than whoever they're talking with and assumes they're right. Enjoy your "work".

[–] snek@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

I am enjoying it, thanks.