Why not try to win them over rather than disparage them?
Why not try to win them over rather than disparage them?
Good plan, but there's a lot of work to be done. Our kid, who is Millennial but only a few years from the Gen X crowd, is already having to deal with them at work. Becoming a tech company manager a few years back at age 26, many of the newer recruits are Gen X'ers, and from our kid's descriptions, they are an entitled bunch.
The comment someone else made on this thread about participation trophies rings true with them. They feel since they are showing up for work, that should be sufficient for a paycheck. The fun part is with the recently announced layoffs, they are now in a panic. Our kid is getting questions from them, like "Will I be laid off?" or "How can I keep my job?". How about doing your f*cking job and doing it well!!
The only thing that will win them over is showing them “before” and “after” photos of 2nd trimester feticides.
I don't like it. And Gen Z is not my future.
I do work with quite a few of them. All of the ones I work with are conscientious, hard-working, and follow directions well. I like them and believe they are getting a bad rap which they do not deserve. They are starting out with an enormous economic handicap which they can never overcome by themselves.
I used to feel sorry for them. I still do, after a fashion. The problem is that I listen to them with sympathy, and they talk. There is a lot of frustration in their lives. They seem unsure who or what is to blame for that. What they are being told systematically in all media offerings is that it is old white guys who are to blame. Relentless propaganda is effective and some of them believe it.
I am convinced that when the orders come down from authorities to haul the inconvenient old geezers off to the "Wellness Centers" for euthanasia, it will be the Gen Z folks who implement those programs.
But a lot of those Gen Z boys and girls are not going to make it themselves to the status of "old geezers". I know of too many who have already "Died Suddenly" from causes which are not allowed to be attributed to their mRNA treatments and boosters.