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Gen Z workers are not tech-savvy in the workplace – and it’s a growing problem
WorkLife ^ | 12.14.2022 | Oliver Pickup

Posted on 12/26/2022 6:11:54 PM PST by libh8er

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1 posted on 12/26/2022 6:11:54 PM PST by libh8er
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I work in IT at a large office. Many know very little other then how to use amazon,


2 posted on 12/26/2022 6:15:30 PM PST by ARGLOCKGUY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0KjdDJr1c


3 posted on 12/26/2022 6:17:48 PM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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Move the work apps to smartphones and Xbox consoles and the millennials will be fine. LOL


4 posted on 12/26/2022 6:19:28 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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I work on a team in an agile environment where it became obvious to me the project was going to fail. I told my Boss and she was shocked.

“Why haven’t the project managers told me it was failing?”

“They don’t see it coming. They have never seen a project fail before.”


5 posted on 12/26/2022 6:19:28 PM PST by MattMusson (Sometimes the wind bweek.lows too much)
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Thank God, I thought they were just lazy with no drive, goals or ambition.


6 posted on 12/26/2022 6:19:40 PM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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We’ve had a hard time getting new employees of that age to follow our rules or processes. They always want to do it their way, even if specifically directed by management to do it a certain way. It’s like they’d rather just be fired, and find a different job somewhere else, than follow what a supervisor requests. Any supervisor, with some of them.

I started the process on letting another one go last week, so the process would at least take until after Christmas. But when you tell someone how to do something simple, that will solve the problem they’re complaining about but can’t figure out on their own, and you do it every single day for a week, and they instead try everything else but what you told them to do, they deserve to be let go.

This is the second one to flame out like this in the last 12 months, out of about 5 of that age group hired. One of the others quit, so out of 5 only 2 have been keepers. So far.


7 posted on 12/26/2022 6:23:38 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who follows it.)
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A high percentage of the Snowflakes and Zeros are total morons. Just Hikers, Bikers and Cellphone Pokers. That’s about the extent of their skills. Dumber than a box of rocks. No wonder they don’t want to pay for their student loans. The jugheads never learned anything so they don’t think they should have to pay for it. The best job they can get is a Starbucks “barista” position.


8 posted on 12/26/2022 6:25:22 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Amerika! The whole world is watching and laughing their asses off. )
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I love that video. I’ve interviewed people not much different.


9 posted on 12/26/2022 6:26:02 PM PST by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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They grew up playing video games. When I was a kid funds were so scarce I barely got a C64 and a tape deck. Had to program my own games.


10 posted on 12/26/2022 6:26:08 PM PST by Right Wing Vegan (Pot legalization licenses every degenerate pothead piece of trash to force drug neighbors.)
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In the blue collar industries like trucking, when a Gen Z underperforms (which is the rule rather than the exception), it is common to hear “I just got millennialed,” and everyone knows what that means.

The noun has become a verb to describe their poor work ethic and lack of common sense.


11 posted on 12/26/2022 6:27:01 PM PST by Salvavida (“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.”)
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They play on their phones. They don’t use excel or any other tool


12 posted on 12/26/2022 6:27:33 PM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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Meanwhile most people under 30 have no idea how to use a hammer or a screwdriver.

They might be geniuses with their phones and apps but they’re useless with a Frisbee or a baseball.

What’s ironic is that their phones were created by people in their forties to eighties.


13 posted on 12/26/2022 6:28:47 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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I work in IT at a large office. Many know very little other then how to use amazon,

True. They lack compute tech skills beyond using chat programs, tik-tok, sms, twatter/instacrap/fascistbook and have no idea how to use an "app" that isn't on a phone or tablet.

And they think they're entitled to everything too. Disgusting.

14 posted on 12/26/2022 6:28:58 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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IT Crowd - Jen’s Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuPolrd9yuo


15 posted on 12/26/2022 6:29:32 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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In other words, they’re stupid.

But I bet they’re enough “tech savie” to get top scores in “HALO”


16 posted on 12/26/2022 6:29:50 PM PST by RedMonqey
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Used to work with summer interns. Every one listed microsoft skills on their resume. Had a project that needed to use access. Not one knew how to use it.


17 posted on 12/26/2022 6:30:48 PM PST by ealgeone
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Corporations, in collusion with government, set about reducing the salaries of IT staff starting more than a decade ago. One result is that IT staff walked away from the industry and Gen Z didn't learn a lot.

I'm also surprised at how many new employees don't have a computer at home and thus never learn anything beyond what they're told at work.

They have gaming consoles, smart TVs, and smart phones but no computers and don't care to get one.

18 posted on 12/26/2022 6:31:53 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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The three G.Z.’s that I know, leave me in the digital dust;
not that that’s very hard to do. They are co-workers and I’m thankful all 3 are respectful and patient (some more than others) as I work on improvement.


19 posted on 12/26/2022 6:32:41 PM PST by lee martell
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These 1 in 5 should have been around at the beginning when we were told by some smarmy IT guy to reboot twice and then call back if that didn’t work.


20 posted on 12/26/2022 6:33:24 PM PST by shotgun
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