Posted on 04/08/2022 10:48:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The last time Yaw, who declined to give his full name, was fully employed was two years ago.
But this law graduate is not really bothered by his current jobless status.
He told AsiaOne that he is particular about his future employer and he'll want to have a good work-life balance.
Yaw, a Malaysian who graduated in 2019, is preparing for the Malaysian Bar examination and teaches violin part-time.
"I think that there is a need for adjustment on the work-life balance offered by companies," he added. "Some of us do look forward to getting a job and learning new experiences along the way but there are some issues created in the workplace that are not being taken seriously - which makes us want to quit the job."
While this may sound irresponsible to those from the older generation, Yaw is not alone in his thinking.
At 25, Yaw is known as a Millennial-Gen Z Cusper, those born on the cusp of when Millennials and Gen Z-ers meet.
According to a recent Randstad survey, more than half of the Millennials and Gen Z respondents said they would quit a job if it prevented them from enjoying life.
This means that many younger people won't take up jobs that don't meet their expectations and are very willing to "walk away from one if it [the job] interferes with how they want to lead their lives", said the survey.
That compares with just over a third of those polled who identify as Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964), according to this 2022 Randstad Workmonitor.
This survey of 35,000 employees across 34 countries also showed that 41 per cent of their youngest generation of respondents - Millennials and Gen Z - claim to have quit jobs citing conflicts with their personal life.
This report, conducted online among those aged 18 to 67, also surveyed respondents from Singapore, and some of the key findings are:
52 per cent of Singapore employees say they will quit their jobs if it was preventing them from enjoying their life.
62 per cent would choose not to work at all, if money was no object.
41 per cent say they would rather be unemployed than be unhappy in a job.
56 per cent agree that their personal life is more important than their work life.
80 per cent say that flexibility in terms of working hours is important.
27 per cent say they have quit a job because it didn't provide enough flexibility.
Socialism at work.
Or, should I say, at rest.
We should start a rumor there’s a shortage of green crayons and watch the unhappiness skyrocket.
The Bible says something about that.
2 Thessalonians 3
10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “If a man will not work, he shall not eat.”
11 We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy; they are busybodies.
12 Such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and earn the bread they eat.
You can buy their used one when it's time for them to get a new one (which is quite often). That's what I did, got an iPhone 7 a couple of years ago which is still perfectly useful.
As are dust bunnies when cooked properly and served with tongue of shoe.
There is a commercial running in our area where it’s theme is inclusion and it’s relation. When it finishes the entire table is full of people who couldn’t tie their shoes who are steering into space and a Down syndrome hollers that’s a wrap.
It is a wrap alright.
“According to a recent Randstad survey, more than half of the Millennials and Gen Z respondents said they would quit a job if it prevented them from enjoying life.“
My hats off to them if they do this without going on the dole but I gotta wonder how one has an enjoyable time when broke…?
I am a machinist. I get regular recruitment calls from companys/HR/Head hunters. Up to a certain point A few months ago, their sales pitch included “...and theres lots of overtime available!” My standard response was “Is it mandatory?” answer was always some sort of affirmative but only until they get more machinists hired and get caught up. In other words: The employer is going to work you to death. I had one hr person on the verge of whining at me that they just cant hire any machinists because there are none to spare and no one wants to work overtime. Imagine that. People dont want to work their butt off in the heat/cold and filth 6 or 7 days a week when other options are available. At my age I sure dont, but 30 years of concrete floors, wear and tear on my body have taken their toll.
And pretty soon there will be no taxpayers left
Their new excuse is "global warming" or whatever they call it these days. Like their barrenness is going to make up for a woman with 15 kids in Bangladesh.
Easy to lay judgement without the entire story.
In the past, it was all, “Me and the boys have gotten together and decided that a 9-5 workday is what we’re going to be doing.”
Nowadays it’s, “I don’t CARE if you’re trying to work two jobs to make ends meet; YOU’RE GOING TO COME IN AND WORK ON YOUR OFF DAY OR ELSE.”
This because they know government will steal from the productive to give to the laziest generation.
What children? They are the children.
“Ok. I have Gen z kids and their friends. Me to one 2020 grad: how do you eat? Him (living with parents): well, the pantry is always full.”
I was discharged from the Navy in 70 and wasn’t back a week when my Mother said ‘when are you getting a job?’.
NONE of them have figured out that making money doing WORK on a JOB is what pays for the FUN things they want to do.
CREDIT REPORTS last longer than their entitlement benefits.
Good comment.
I’ve been surprised how rather one-sided this thread has been.
Yes, some young people are just irresponsible.
Yes, some young people are sponging off their parents.
Yes, some young people are sponging off the government.
Yes, a system with too many sponges will really fall apart.
But there is another side, and that is that companies totally don’t care about workers. And why should they? I get it: they care about the bottomline. They need to make a profit. The company isn’t there is help the workers. I’m fine with that.
But if workers start looking out for themselves and don’t want to work on their day off, or decide to change to a new job, or don’t really care about checking all the bureaucratic boxes, then I see it as the same thing — the company just cares about itself / the worker just cares about himself.
It’s not really an ideal world — but it’s definitely a two-way street, and I think a lot of people today don’t get it. No company is going to employ you for 50 years and then send you off with a big fat pension. Those days are gone, and workers are going to look out for themselves.
Yes. Your comments are what I was alluding to.
It’s a luxery to not have to work.
It’s easy for the older generation to look down their noses at the younger generation.
How many of them have ever tried to work a job in today’s environment?
I’ve sent out hundreds of resumes over the last years, and do you know how many callbacks I’ve gotten?
One. From a telemarketing center. That wanted me to pay THEM with money I didn’t have for training me.
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