I'll Rather Be Jobless Than Be Unhappy at Work, Says Gen Z

AsiaOne ^ | APRIL 08, 2022 | Khoo Yi-Hang

[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.

[Luircin]

Hear hear.

My last job before health reasons forced me out was one where I worked at a ministry position for 40 hours/week. 60 to 80 hours/week during Lent.

It was one of the most surreal things I’ve ever heard to hear a bunch of boomer and genx aged congregation members whining to the district president that I don’t want to work unpaid overtime. And this isn’t even emergency calls.

[BatGuano]

There are no “Copybook Headings” to read and copy now.
They don’t teach handwriting or “Cursive,” any longer.
There are many young adults in college that cannot read
cursive! And the headings are no longer taught as ways to lead a productive life. The teachers are too busy telling pupils about their sex lives.
And the corruption gang in Congress steal as much as possible, protected by all of the other thieves in their midst.

[rlmorel]

The problem is, when they bring the system down, there are two groups of people on the Left who will feel the pain just as we conservatives will:

1. One group is going to be completely astonished and frankly surprised at the result. It will be as if a piano had dropped out of the sky on top of them. They will not know what hit them. These are the various useful idiots and ignorant leftists who believed all the BS fed to them by the hardcore Leftists.

2. The other group will be composed of various grades of Leftists who understood the downside, and fully bought in to the "you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs".

   Their problem is that they think they will be on the side of the people making all the rules, in other words (our words) they would be part of the "inner party" and their privileged life will will continue.

   Those people are too stupid to understand they they are considered useful idiots too by the REAL "inner party" people, and would be viewed by them as threats to be marginalized or eliminated.

   These are the ones, as they are dragged away to be imprisoned or murdered, would scream in puzzlement "Why are you doing this to me? I am on your side!!!"

[Does so]

“They don’t teach handwriting or “Cursive,” any longer.”

FEW can read my Cursive...lol

OTOH, I’ve seen beautiful printing—by hand.