re: What is the latest OT theory on why Gen Z has no work ethic?

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Tummy ache? Need 3 days off. Headache..same. Need 2 days off to realign and meet with my shrink. These are all real reasons I’ve been asked for time off. I could continue..

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Adults shouldn’t need to tell you why they are out sick. If they have sick days they should be allowed to take them. If they don’t and/or their absenteeism is a business issue, fire them or whatever.

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Adults shouldn’t need to tell you why they are out sick. If they have sick days they should be allowed to take them. If they don’t and/or their absenteeism is a business issue, fire them or whatever.

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Frankly and legally they should.

I had an eye opening experience recently, where I was informed that I should be able to read into what an employee is telling me, or could be held accountable. FMLA related.

Without knowledge of said reason for absenteeism how am I supposed to not be held accountable? I’m not a mind reader.

Is this for blue collar or white collar work? The blue collar Gen Zers I have hired have been awesome. Like, way better than they're predecessors. I've only hired one white collar Gen Zer, and it was a disaster. Super high maintenance.

I always get these mixed up…..what age is z now?

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Some of the questions these little shits ask, I would’ve never even attended to ask my parents without an arse kicking, much less my boss

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sounds like you’re getting alpha’d by some 23 year olds

I don't think they're any less lazy than any other segment of the population. You have "hard chargers" and "lazy asses" no matter what the age. Of the people I've managed, and worked in teams with, I'd say, if you had to "generalize", they have a different perspective of "work / life balance", i.e. they ain't gonna kill themselves for you just because. And maybe that's a good thing. The other is they have different "time clocks" than older people do. Whereas I might be hitting the desk at 5 or 6am sometimes to get something done, they might be asleep then. And good for them that sucks getting up earlier but whatever. Conversely, they might be up working at 2am sometimes just because their "clocks" are different than mine.

My new theory is that their whole lives are in a holding pattern waiting for the Boomers and older Gen Xs to die off and leave them something in a will.

I'm an early Millennial raising two late stage Gen Alphas.

They're gonna be kicking Z's butt in the workforce within their first 3-5 years out of school.

Every early millennial that has lived through several financial crisis in the most crucial time of their lives, managed to have kids later in life because of it.... Their kids will be prepared and will take all the other kids lunch money.

The world went to hell, soft times and all that. The fact that everyone has the ability to pull a phone out of their pocket and spout off an opinion, right or wrong hasn’t helped. The same technology that’s allowing me to post on this iPhone has made the world a better and worse place at the same time. People born in 1980 aren’t going to be anywhere near the same as people born in 2003. Times have always changed but not the way they are now.

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does carpet bombing a developing nation count as winning a war?

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Did we lose? Iraq had the 4th largest army in the world at the time and a shitload of Soviet weaponry. How were we to know how incompetent the Iraqis were and how shitty Soviet weapons were? Thing is, we've always been good at war. We just suck at occupations.