Posted on 02/01/2024 12:29:09 PM PST by Red Badger
A Gen Z employee has sparked furious debate after telling their boss that they couldn't attend an 8 a.m. meeting because they had a 'workout class.'
TikTok users have fired off at the hosts of the podcast Demoted, Natalie Marie and Ross Pomerantz, after they shared their reaction to an email they received from a listener claiming their Gen Z employer refused to attend an 8 a.m. meeting because it conflicted with their 'workout class.'
The hosts' response to the email ignited a fiery conversation as people on the web argued about work-life balance.
And, one Gen Z TikTok creator added fuel to the fire when he put himself in the shoes of the employee and questioned if his denial to attend meetings outside of his work hours should be something he was reprimanded for.
The debate began when a now-deleted clip of the podcast hosts discussing the topic went viral.
In the video, Natalie reads off an email she received from a listener.
In the email, the listener asked whether it should be 'allowed' for their 'Gen Z new hire' to refuse to show up to an early morning meeting because they had a workout class.
Natalie then chimed in with her own reaction. She said: 'You just started this job. I don't give a flying s*** about your workout class. Also an 8 a.m. workout class is too late. Work out at six, maybe seven.'
Meanwhile, Ross noted that the employee's response made him 'angry.'
He said: 'My visceral reaction was are you f***ing kidding me? My hand's shaking, and it's not from the caffeine.'
Both of the podcast hosts noted that while mental health was important, 'personal time' shouldn't interfere with work.
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In commission work there is always a low man on the chart on the wall so we always knew who was doing what, a guy who isn’t suited for the work is driven out quickly.
In plumbing service work in Southern California, the work is almost always commission, and a bad producer not only shows up quickly in his own wages he shows up in low income for the company and in only partially servicing the customers the company has spent so much on and worked so hard to get.
At least they gave him a second chance. That’s more than some employers would do.
My boss hired a young lady who came in the first day and then just didn’t show up after that. When she had hired me, I was so desperate for a job that I offered to work free for the first week so that she could gauge if I were worth training. Happily for my gas expenses, she paid me anyway and even gave me and my co-worker her business when she retired.
Sorting all the “they, them and their” wore me out so **** it….
Looks like you’ve been missing a lot of work lately.
Well, I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve been *missing* it, Bob.
We used to have 6AM meetings because they were joint meetings with our staff based in India.
We always joked that if anyone scheduled a meeting on Friday afternoon they had to bring beer.
I indeed their DO YOU KNOW WHO IM window decal is useless at work.
“If this employee was hired with the expectation that he’d be starting work every day at 9:00AM, then I’m on his side — and it doesn’t matter what he’s doing at 8:00. If the employer had made it clear that an occasional early meeting was part of the expectations for the position, then I’m on this employer’s side.“
What BS! My boss tells me, an entry level employee, that we’re meeting at 4 am, I’m there. What part of “Boss” do the you not get? This is an entry level employee! You would allow an entry level employee dictate terms to you? Seriously?
We were all in house except for two 250,000 boilers. Insurance requirement. We had class A operator’s but not the engineering expertise. Not many steam fitters left.
Best thing about working from home, is my commute is about 10 seconds. Literally saves me 3 hours a day, where I no longer have to drive to work.
The employee can go eat his own boogers.
“You’re fired!”
LOL... yup
Is it his regular work hours?
When I worked graves I darned well wasn’t going to come in unpaid for a 9:00 meeting. They could either pay me O.T. or replace me.
Businesses do not own employees, Lincoln freed the slaves.
*NOBODY* owes any employer a single thing except to work in an ethical and productive manner while on the clock.
Once an employer goes down the path of not hiring the best applicant but rather primarily focusing on meeting DEI goals what did they expect? I have no sympathy. Let them burn.
It depends. What was the agreement when the person was hired?
How is the person paid (hourly? salary?)
Is there a weekly schedule? Was/is the schedule adhered to?
4 am? No thanks.
You’re paid to do a job, not to give up control of your life.
We have “all hands” meetings that crawl all around the clock, cause we’re everywhere. I ignore them. Most of in my office ignore them. We’re an acquisition company, there’s a million products, they never mention ours. We just don’t care.
Also, I rather like see companies that once freely abused employees with crap like this (in my case expecting one to come in on a different shift, without pay) now whining and moaning that they can’t find and keep employees. I love seeing the shoe on the other foot.
No company that treats employees well has ever had an issue like this. Show me a company that can’t hire plenty of good people with ease and I’ll show you a miserably run company that thinks it’s still the 1970’s.
Most of the employers I’ve ever had are out of business now, the few who treated me well seem to be doing fine; God Bless the free market.
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