Workers: "I can't even live on a full day's work and rent costs more than half my wage"
Media: "Wow workers are really disgrunteld nowadays, no idea why but it's going to be a problem for megacorps"
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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Funny you say that because my rent just went up another hundred dollars. Just over half of what I would make were I working full time.
Edit: fixed a logistical error in my brain process, it's late.
There is no real reward for working anymore.
If you’re working full time and still have to live with your parents or roommates and check prices when buying groceries you’re not getting reimbursed for your work. At this point you feel like a slave and not a free man.
Exactly that.
Feels like CURRENT_GENERATION is most disgruntled articles always pop up during periods of pending or current recession.
"The disease is causing the ailment that is quiet quitting and the Great Resignation. That's not the problem. That's the manifestation of this underlying sort of chasm between the needs, wants and expectations of the modern employee and what employers are providing."
There you go. Calling the reasons for this a disease.
Also as an older employee and one who knows even older and retiring employees, employers used to provide more. More in money (adjusted for inflation) too, but also more in benefits. MUCH more in benefits.
I'm rooting for you, Gen Z. Do and say the things that previous generations were trained not to do...
This article is aloof and out of touch. The challenges facing Gen Z are obvious.
Pollak recommended that companies employ a method called "reverse mentoring," in which junior and senior employees meet regularly to discuss their perspectives on the workplace.
That mix could help increase workplace satisfaction and counter negative feelings younger workers have about their jobs. For instance, older employees are more likely to find their jobs enjoyable and fulfilling
No shit, older people have their housing, and also canard advice like "just show up". When Gen Z shows up with 60k in debt, outrageously obscenely unaffordable housing prospects, absurd healthcare costs, and inflation all stacked ontop, the issue is not with the generation but the disparity. "Reverse mentoring" will only infuriate them.
This is coming from a Xennial, who is still waiting for those "good times" to show up that the fucking idiot boomers got handed early on.