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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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[โ€“] TCB13@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (32 children)

And then you've the fucktards who say in the WEF and other places that "people have to suffer" in order to be more productive / want to work.

They have seen the legacy of all these broken promises. In the old days and in many parts of the West, they would promise you if you worked for 30 years, you have this defined benefit pension, you have retiree medical care, etc. None of that exists today.

But at the end of the day it was the same fucktards who broke the social contract when it comes to work and benefits.

I'm only as good as the value I'm delivering today, and so these are the terms under which I want to work, and you either meet them or not.'"

That's the right approach to the job market and I'm not even Gen Z. The current state of things, like expecting people to work multiple jobs, underpaying, firing to then hire at half the rate, constant layoffs, unreasonable demands and managers it's all bullshit that people can't stand anymore.

numerous Gen Zers are "quiet quitting" and taking a step back at work because they're painfully aware that their hard work could essentially amount to nothing.

When a employers and governments "loudly quit" on people's life's and expectations that's what they get.

In one survey last year, 74% of managers said the generation was the most challenging to work with.

How many of those managers are 50+ years old, with all they ever wanted and a sense their hard work payed off?

[โ€“] sandevistan@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago (31 children)

Could amount to nothing

Read between the lines here, article writer ๐Ÿฅฒ, everything amounts to nothing. Nobody wants their life to pass by unlived

Old people are impossible to talk to, painfully neurotic and stupid and obsessed with collecting clothing and electronics. They have zero compassion. They know the social contract is broken and they keep telling us to make the same decisions as them knowing we will get nothing for it and die

[โ€“] TCB13@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (18 children)

Old people are impossible to talk to, painfully neurotic and stupid (...) They know the social contract is broken and they keep telling us to make the same decisions as them knowing we will get nothing for it and die

I guess this is the story of Brexit? The UK shouldn't have allowed people over 50 years old to vote on that referendum, because they aren't likely so see the effects of the decision and they're still delusional about a great empire that can stand alone while they watch American TV shows on a TV made in China and a chair designed in Sweden...

[โ€“] sandevistan@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

"Old people" is pretty inaccurate but a lot of cool old people can be presumed to be dead as well

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