Gen Z and the Workforce

[Jason]

Why are companies firing Gen Z employees soon after hiring them?

A recent report found that companies were dissatisfied with their Generation Z (Gen Z) new hires and may avoid hiring recent graduates in the future.

www.euronews.com

They're not doing so well. Managers see them as immature.

 

[Tracy]

They're not doing so well. Managers see them as immature.

Read that and found it interesting. I found it it telling that one of the big things was about how easily offended they get. I have to wonder if that is directly tied back to the fact that much of society has catered to/sheltered our youth in the last 30-40 years (which got progressively more-so as those became parents)?
It seems instead of parents (and school) imparting skills (social interactions and similar) it's now up to the companies to do so?
I saw that happening when my children were young. It was moving from the parents to the schools being expected to teach the children life skills.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I'm a millenial, so I'm part of the generation before Gen Z. Not everyone is like this though, I've always had a good work ethic and I worked with some Gen Z people who also had a good work ethic too. Maybe due to the fact that kids started disappearing more in the 80's and 90's, the boomers and older Gen X generation of parents raised my generation coddled to make sure we were protected but maybe they were a little over protective? I think schools should teach some life skills like how to do taxes, but the parents should teach their kids to have a good work ethic and other life skills. I feel like articles about a decade ago were saying the same thing about my generation, and I'm sure articles from the early 00's were talking about how younger Gen X were lazy, it just keeps going on and on.

 

[Jason]

Credit scores and social services (in regards to child custody) punish such people also.

 

[Henrywrites]

Firing them isn't the best. The solution is to provide a training platform where they can learn. There are some Gen Z people that have good ethic when it comes to work and it's not generalized for everybody.

 

[Tracy]

There are some Gen Z people that have good ethic when it comes to work and it's not generalized for everybody.

There are always outliers. But it appears that in general that Gen Z has issues according to numerous reports.
And I honestly don't think it is a businesses job to teach employees basic life skills like communications, team work and similar. That should have been done years before they reached the age of full time employment.

 

[saoussen57651]

Firing them isn't the best. The solution is to provide a training platform where they can learn. There are some Gen Z people that have good ethic when it comes to work and it's not generalized for everybody.

It depends for example if you follow good examples in the life so they could create good things or follow bad examples in life for Gen Z people.

 

[Jason]

Culture is based too much on victimization. But some PC is understandable or people couldn't coexist without conflict.

Anyway, it seems like some people "of that type" are always blaming others. For instance, they might think a fast food place owes them free drinks because the CEO is too rich. But they fail to understand that freeloading hurts working people at the restaurant and consumers, regardless of what psychopath is the CEO.

 

[Teegold]

Is firing the best approach though? What are the companies gonna do now, hire folks who are supposed to be retired by now? 🤔

 

[Henrywrites]

There are always outliers. But it appears that in general that Gen Z has issues according to numerous reports.
And I honestly don't think it is a businesses job to teach employees basic life skills like communications, team work and similar. That should have been done years before they reached the age of full time employment.

Yeah, that's so true but the way they have seminars for their experienced workers suppose to the the way they will have seminar training for Gen Z to help them in growing.

Anybody that didn't learn communication will find it very hard while in working place, there's a need to improve in that very well.

 

[Henrywrites]

It depends for example if you follow good examples in the life so they could create good things or follow bad examples in life for Gen Z people.

If you are capable of giving them the good examples, they will be glad to follow them. Nobody have it all and same goes to Gen Z because they need more training they can ever get.

 

[Tracy]

Yeah, that's so true but the way they have seminars for their experienced workers suppose to the the way they will have seminar training for Gen Z to help them in growing.

I guess it's because I am from a different era, but I still do not think it is the responsibility of a business to teach basic life skills to their employees. Teaching/guiding them in the ins/outs and finer points of the business field yes. But sorry, if you didn't learn basic life skills while you were growing up that is on you to "catch up". Not only will it stand people in good stead at a job, but IRL also.

 

[Jason]

I guess it's because I am from a different era, but I still do not think it is the responsibility of a business to teach basic life skills to their employees. Teaching/guiding them in the ins/outs and finer points of the business field yes. But sorry, if you didn't learn basic life skills while you were growing up that is on you to "catch up". Not only will it stand people in good stead at a job, but IRL also.

Well, Gen Z are victims in one way cause the parents were too easy on them and it might be due to all the one parent homes and step-parent situations.

 

[Tracy]

Well, Gen Z are victims in one way cause the parents were too easy on them and it might be due to all the one parent homes and step-parent situations.

A lot of it is due to the parents. They failed to teach them when they were young, but it also revolves around themselves.
An interesting article I read on MSN that deals with this.

 

[Jason]

A lot of it is due to the parents. They failed to teach them when they were young, but it also revolves around themselves.
An interesting article I read on MSN that deals with this.

It is true companies are getting more greedy, but also people are getting softer (to drive us away from a production economy).

And one way the US is getting soft is the emphasis on college education and online work. No offense to anyone involved in that, but it's gotten to the point where people don't want real physical work. I fell for this delusion also.

 

[Tracy]

And one way the US is getting soft is the emphasis on college education and online work. No offense to anyone involved in that, but it's gotten to the point where people don't want real physical work. I fell for this delusion also.

It really is a pity how college education is pushed as being the answer to all problems and a guarantee of making lots of money.
Trade schools have always been a viable option, but your comment on the physical labor being required is a very telling issue. What I find interesting is that of my friends children and grand children, there have been several that were easily intelligent enough to excel in college without breaking a sweat. But they entered trade fields (welders, linemen and such) because they actually enjoyed the physical labor aspect of it and could not imagine sitting on their arse inside a building for 8 hours a day pushing buttons/keys.

 

[Jason]

It really is a pity how college education is pushed as being the answer to all problems and a guarantee of making lots of money.
Trade schools have always been a viable option, but your comment on the physical labor being required is a very telling issue. What I find interesting is that of my friends children and grand children, there have been several that were easily intelligent enough to excel in college without breaking a sweat. But they entered trade fields (welders, linemen and such) because they actually enjoyed the physical labor aspect of it and could not imagine sitting on their arse inside a building for 8 hours a day pushing buttons/keys.

There was this inner-redneck telling me to trash this college stuff back in my 20s. But I didn't listen!

 

[Henrywrites]

I guess it's because I am from a different era, but I still do not think it is the responsibility of a business to teach basic life skills to their employees. Teaching/guiding them in the ins/outs and finer points of the business field yes. But sorry, if you didn't learn basic life skills while you were growing up that is on you to "catch up". Not only will it stand people in good stead at a job, but IRL also.

I am also talking about the teaching/guiding them in everything concerning the businesses.

We all know that basic life skills are always taught at home and in schools never in the business sectors.

 

[Jason]

Project 2025 in the US seeks to encourage military training among youth. Would that grow kids up?