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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 ...
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Love how arrogant you are when it’s my generation who made the internet become what it is.
But you constantly need an app on how to do basic crap, like boil an egg.
Because it’s never their fault.
I’ll bite. Having a tough time? I think I see why.
In my last (managerial) position before retiring, I reached a point where I didn’t want to hire someone unless they were (1) over 40, (2) a legal immigrant or (3) a member of a dissident subculture in the US (such as a homeschooled student or Mennonite). I know some very hard-working young people, but they all reject mainstream American culture. The sense of entitlement and passivity (with the expectation that someone else will step in and fix things for them any time they have a problem rather than showing some initiative) is crippling.
I’m not sure that is the case because the article deals with recent college graduates who might usually be able to find above minimum wage work even if it is not directly related to their degree.
this thread is awesome
Just what the heck is goyslop? Explain please.
Stop generalizing. There are good workers in both groups and bad in both groups. Many Boomers are retiring out of the workforce anyway.
Dumb Boomers?! My DAD was a computer programmer/manager. I am the Boomer. Where do you get the idea that we can not use a computer? Advertisements?
Goy=gentile It is food gentiles will eat. Processed foods.
Thanks. In context it read as a slur. Is it usually meant to be one?
I'm your age and after retiring from the military and having my own company, I had a retirement job to keep busy until my wife retires. She did and I quit and the large corporation I worked for then keeps asking me to come back and work, with tons of perks.
Were moving shortly to our retirement property instead, but the offer is still stands.
I’ve had more job offers since I retired than I got when I was working
I can dig it man!
Just show me where the gas goes in and how to start this shovel and I’ll dig it all day long😂
Your “about” page does not say where you are...
Have you not yet discovered the back-hoe?
Because you are a employee not an employer and have a renter attitude that will get you nowhere in life.
“They treat coming into work as optional, and quit without telling you they are doing so. Among other things.”
Reminds me of me when I started working in the early ‘70s. Like me, most of them will outgrow it and shape up.
Hey Mitch, you’re definitely on the wrong island to play survivor.
My 3 kids (28 to 31) show up on time, work hard, cut their breaks short and work late if stuff needs to be done. They are generally polite, but also will stick up for themselves if necessary. One is more vocal about it than the others - but she has also been asked by management “Tell me more, what do you think can be done better.” She’s just in retail, so its no big shakes, but she is getting noticed in a good way.
All three of them are, so that’s all I can ask. (Well, I did ask my smart son to become a doctor, but...)
We had PhD students who lost their phones or car keys on a weekly basis, showed up to class looking like homeless people, could not observe a schedule or keep appointments, spoke in a totally casual way to professors.... etc
-PJ
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