Posted on 01/29/2023 3:49:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
For any young worker who needs to hear this, your power in the labour market won’t last and quietly quitting could be setting you up to get loudly fired, says for Bloomberg Opinion.
NEW YORK: Every generation faces a sceptical reception in the labour force. Baby boomers were called self-centred, Gen X was lazy and millennials were considered entitled. For Gen Z, it’s the same - but different.
When I was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week, there was the normal buzz about economic conditions and climate change. But everyone I spoke with mainly wanted to talk about something else: How the pandemic has changed the labour market, and especially how it has affected Gen Z.
Young people have never entered the labour force with more power - unemployment is low and the demand for labour is high - and they are exercising that power by changing workplace norms. The good times may not last, though, and Gen Z could wind up being the ones who pay the bigger price.
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70 years of rampant abortion and the high expense of raising educated children has led to demographic inversion, and young Japanese workers holding all the cards. The only solution is the one Japan is least likely to implement, which is bringing in workers from abroad, even though there are many educated workers world-wide who are Nihonophiles and would love to become permanent residents and corporate management.
Layoffs cause all kinds of far reaching issues. It destroys company loyalty even if you don’t get laid off.
I don’t understand the universal desire to put bodies back in offices.
I realized decades ago that I could easily do my job (IT) from home. Thanks largely to Covid, I finally had an employer willing.
Just as I suspected, my productivity has soared and I’m a happier employee, and the company saves money because I pay the heat/water/Internet/phone bills for my space at home.
If someone wants me to drive into the office again, they’re going to have to pay me much more and deal with the resulting lack of productivity. It’s a lose/lose proposition for the company.
But it is still ok for companies to ghost interview candidates right? And to change work requirements, add duties, and never go through with promised compensation?
The sword cuts both ways. I got an angry email from a recruiter saying I need to answer his emails or the company I have no interest on working for will black list me.
Control freakery is the reason why. Also the reason why at one company I worked for, the rank and file were in huge open plan offices, screens always visible. Senior management had private offices with doors, and every single one of them had screen facing away from the door.
I also work in IT. I’ve been remote since 2009. Got laid off in June 2022, and didn’t even consider a job that required me to go on site. Took just over 3 months to find another position, 100% remote. I’ll never commute to work again, unless you count walking to my desk in the other room as “commuting”.
bkmk
Why not re-classify them as "independent contractors."
I don’ wanna work. Just wanna bang on the drum all day.
This is the example set by social media “influencers”.
This is a serious problem everywhere.
Except maybe Russia where there are plenty of involuntary jobs in the military.
This may be another Lost Generation, like that of WWI.
Yes i am in it. Most jobs before covid were not remote. Seems like most of them are now remote.
I dont like working from home. I guess i am an outlier. Too many distractions at home and then i would no longer enjoy the food the women bring in. My workplace is the best. Never had it so good.
Because they’re not independent and they’re not contractors?
My current employer has employees in multiple states. Often their manager isn’t in the same one. Just as often, the people or systems they support aren’t in the same state.
There’s no reason to arbitrarily tether them to a desk in an office. The users they serve aren’t there. The supervisor who manages them isn’t there. The employees largely don’t want to be there either (it’s optional for most still)
I would much rather be in the office where I can engage my workers and clients in a more professional setting. I'm sick of ZOOM calls with co-workers wearing shirts and sports jackets from the waist up and cargo shorts and sandals from the waist down. Also backgrounds of their dining rooms and the noise of barking dogs, shouting children, etc. Would much rather grab some coffee at the office with them and hash things out in person.
Maybe I'm just old school. I'm a Baby Boomer just a few years from retirement so what do I know.
I predict that employers will find ways to manage with fewer employees and when all the COVID money and other programs like rent moratoriums run out, folks will return to the workforce and find openings are scarce. Unemployment will soar, and there will be no doubts about recession.
We had an on-site departmental meeting a few months before the holidays. It was a great experience and I’m glad to have been part of it.
But the cost was enormous even though 1/3 to 1/2 of the people were locals.
I’d have preferred to meet a lot of the people I support, but some are in VA, some in NC, some in FL, some in TX. Plus not everyone works the same hours. It’s just not practical.
This eliminates one of the major disruptive factors that emerged in our economy after World War II — when it became commonplace for people to spend most of their waking hours miles from home, working in places where they had no say in how the local government is run.
Of course, my job enables me to do this easily because I work for clients spread across multiple states, and I am the boss. My office isn’t a spare bedroom, either … it’s a full walk-out basement with extra desks for contractors, meeting space, and all the office electronics I need.
Part of that is the Japanese sense of superiority lurking in the background of their culture.
CC
You’re absolutely correct. High quality communication —essential to business— requires physical presence. Other forms can do quite well, but the amount of information being exchanged at the subliminal level when two or more people gather cannot be replaced by any technology.
I’m also in IT. Was hired as a remote worker so I hope I am never asked.
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