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Bosses are firing Gen Z grads just months after hiring them—here’s what they say needs to change
Fortune ^ | 3/10/2026 | Orianna Rosa Royle

Posted on 03/12/2026 6:14:19 PM PDT by simpson96

After complaining for years that Gen Z grads are difficult to work with, bosses are no longer all talk, no action: Now they’re rapidly firing young workers who aren’t up to scratch just months after hiring them.

The numbers are stark. According to a survey, six in 10 employers admitted they had already sacked the Gen Z workers they had hired fresh out of college.

Intelligent.com, a platform dedicated to helping young professionals navigate the future of work, surveyed nearly 1,000 U.S. business leaders. It found that the class of 2024’s shortcomings are shaping how bosses hire next—and it’s not good news for future grads.(snip)

So where is it going wrong for fresh-faced graduates?

Employers’ gripe with young people today is their lack of motivation or initiative—50% of the leaders surveyed cited that as the reason why things didn’t work out with their new hire.

Bosses also pointed to Gen Z being unprofessional, unorganized, and having poor communication skills as their top reasons for having to sack grads.

Leaders say they have struggled with the latest generation’s tangible challenges, including being late to work and meetings often, not wearing office-appropriate clothing, and using language appropriate for the workspace.

Now, more than half of hiring managers have come to the conclusion that college grads are unprepared for the world of work.

(Excerpt) Read more at fortune.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: fired; gaming; genz; labor; socialmedia; victimhoodcult
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To: Maskot

So white males are attacked on all fronts by those who hate us and are jealous of us and you are saying that it is all the fault of...... white males?!


221 posted on 03/13/2026 3:24:44 PM PDT by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: mitchjackson1972

LOL...you kids are so insanely evil with absolutely no common sense or business skills


222 posted on 03/13/2026 3:31:08 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: mitchjackson1972

You didn’t arrive at this place alone. If you went to college, every single one of your professors had a hand in beating you down. Your college administrators, counselors, ADMISSIONS personal as well. Every Democrat politician that you voted for, has failed you and lied to you. FROM DAY ONE. Heck, maybe even your parents failed you… I don’t know.

Every generation has gone through the same thing that you’re going through now. That is...youngers always think they are smarter, more “enlightened” and “accepting “ than the previous generation. It never works out well

Once you really start to take a good look at who has put your “I’m a horrible white man” thoughts into your head, thanks become clearer. It’s not the people in this forum


223 posted on 03/13/2026 3:37:10 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: mitchjackson1972
People are not refusing to hire you because of your sex or your skin shade. They are not hiring you mostly because you do not apply and partly because they can sense what you have done to yourself.

You are lazy, you have no skills and you have decided to take on the mantle of victim.

The first two problems people might decide to overlook. The last, they can't.

You are throwing a pity party for yourself every waking moment and people can not stand that.

So I suggest you learn how to print neat signs on cardboard about how "anything helps". Because you are not worth bothering with.

224 posted on 03/13/2026 3:41:02 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: mitchjackson1972

You have zero ability to grasp what anybody saying so this is good night. You lie about what everybody else is saying, you are not deciphering the lifelines that have been given to you and all you wanna do is fight. I don’t play that game

Every single man in my family is white. I hate none of them. Why would I? Every single person in your head is apparently against Mitch just for existing. There’s no more conversation here


225 posted on 03/13/2026 3:41:37 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Gawd we need a thumbs up thingy! 🙇‍♀️


226 posted on 03/13/2026 3:47:52 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Maskot

“Every Democrat politician that you voted for”

Unlike you, I do not vote for democrats

“Every generation has gone through the same thing that you’re going through now”

Ah yes please tell us all about the DEI back in the 1980’s

“I’m a horrible white man”

Once again, YOU democrats are saying that, not us


227 posted on 03/13/2026 3:48:37 PM PDT by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: mitchjackson1972

🤦🏻‍♀️
Whoosh.......


228 posted on 03/13/2026 3:50:30 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“People are not refusing to hire you because of your sex or your skin shade.”

The FAA REFUSED To Hire Qualified Whites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSsMuAusVJ8&pp=ygUacmVmdXNlZCBoaXJlIGJlY2F1c2Ugd2hpdGU%3D

NU accused of discriminating against white men during hiring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7bdyJ7rSz0&pp=ygUacmVmdXNlZCBoaXJlIGJlY2F1c2Ugd2hpdGU%3D

Hiring Managers Admit It: White Men Discriminated Against by Woke Hiring Policies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l60picxTvto&pp=ygUacmVmdXNlZCBoaXJlIGJlY2F1c2Ugd2hpdGU%3D

Unity Engineer Defends Dani Lalonders Refusing To Hire White People To Work On A Video Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35eOkUmkf3s&pp=ygUacmVmdXNlZCBoaXJlIGJlY2F1c2Ugd2hpdGXSBwkJxQoBhyohjO8%3D

Sky News host reacts to ‘woke’ Disney refusing to hire ‘white males’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxHLNms3rbU&pp=ygUacmVmdXNlZCBoaXJlIGJlY2F1c2Ugd2hpdGXSBwkJxQoBhyohjO8%3D

Disney VP admits to avoiding hiring white men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42a87ZKZYcM&pp=ygUacmVmdXNlZCBoaXJlIGJlY2F1c2Ugd2hpdGU%3D

Youtube recruiter sues google for allegedly refusing to hire white and asian men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8bOb4pZ-7o&pp=ygUacmVmdXNlZCBoaXJlIGJlY2F1c2Ugd2hpdGU%3D


229 posted on 03/13/2026 3:53:28 PM PDT by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: Maskot

Show me the DEI in the 1980’s


230 posted on 03/13/2026 3:54:29 PM PDT by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

We got a gopher troll noob


231 posted on 03/13/2026 3:57:24 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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To: Fledermaus

Yeah there’s a future mental patient or shooter in here


232 posted on 03/13/2026 4:02:53 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Maskot

No, you are just an anti white bigot who falsely accuses people of being a blue collar worker but also openly showing that you insult and hate blue collar workers:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4370421/posts?page=145#145


233 posted on 03/13/2026 4:17:22 PM PDT by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: Fledermaus

No, we got someone talking common sense is what we have here


234 posted on 03/13/2026 4:18:09 PM PDT by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: mitchjackson1972

Sweet pea, I do gig work myself as a retired person just to keep myself busy… I don’t do it as a career. Obviously you don’t know the difference and are spiraling big-time. Poor baby

GET HELP


235 posted on 03/13/2026 4:26:01 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: mitchjackson1972

Dang! Your response really DOES shout, “I’m not mature enough to hire!”


236 posted on 03/13/2026 4:26:10 PM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: simpson96; All

Gen Z in the workforce:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVe9ZKekrhQ/?igsh=MWszejM2M2ExZTB5eA==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT-Z6Tzj3wi/?igsh=MXVhaHdodDFubDdrOQ==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DS4xcAUCN1m/?igsh=dHhwMXhnc2lpeTN6

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT-aXPODFB9/?igsh=MWtxM2lpc21iODh6eA==


237 posted on 03/13/2026 4:28:28 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Mr Rogers

Shhhh... Mitch needs a mental health day. It’s kinda not nice to hit a Democrat when they’re tweeking......


238 posted on 03/13/2026 4:48:03 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: Maskot

Why do you democrats hate people who work customer service jobs?

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4370421/posts?page=145#145


239 posted on 03/13/2026 4:51:34 PM PDT by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: Mr Rogers

Yeah how dare white people point out that H1B and illegals are taking jobs meant for americans


240 posted on 03/13/2026 4:52:28 PM PDT by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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