A survey on workplace complaints from the youngest generation aimed at “Boomers” left one Gen Z-er calling out her peers’ “entitlement.”
“…there is a general sense of laziness…”
(Video: Fox News)
Technology has undoubtedly reshaped the way society interacts and for those who’ve never known a world without high-speed internet where “Google” wasn’t a verb, workplace habits and policies of those with traditional upbringings come across as not only outdated but often frustrating and intrusive.
A recent survey conducted by news.com.au asked Millennials and Gen Zers to opine about Baby Boomers and found many griping about “unnecessary phone calls,” tech problems solved with a quick web search, replying to all in emails, and an “obsession with job titles and hierarchy.”
“It is so embarrassing and such a social construct,” one young woman told the outlet. “What do you mean I can’t email someone I work with?”
The same respondent complained of “The use of calls because ‘it’s easier to explain over the phone.’ No, you are just too lazy to type it out, so now I have to dictate the request, and then there’s no paper trail.”
“If there’s an error, they can blame you,” she added further.
The panel on Fox News’s “Outnumbered” addressed the survey after it was republished in the New York Post where the varied demographics similarly differed in their take on the workplace.
Kayleigh McEnany contended from a self-described Millennial’s perspective, “I think Gen Z is creative and spirited and lively. There may be some lazy ones, but there are some really good ones.”
Meanwhile, guest Kaylee McGhee, an editor for the Washington Examiner, spoke for Gen Z when she said, “We have a big problem, which is entitlement.”
“I like some of the things that Gen Z has pushed for, especially in the wake of the pandemic. I think remote work, flexible work hours, the like, have been amazing, especially for working women and moms,” she noted.
“But, there is a general sense of laziness that they, they want the six-figure salaries right out of college,” McGhee added, “they never want to go into the office, they don’t like in-person communication or the things that generally make for a healthy work environment.”
The survey’s findings were similar to those from UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey that found Millennials’ “individualistic” behavior had left them engaging in far fewer physical relationships with people than older generations.
“Young adults are behaving the way their parents did,” wrote Phillip Reese for Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Health News. “They’re not drinking as much, they’re facing more mental health challenges, and they’re living with their parents longer. On top of that, computer games and social media have become a sort of stand-in for physical relationships.”
Study finds staggering number of young Californians age 18-30 have gone at least a year without sexhttps://t.co/LEYtx7Kxj0
— American Wire News (@americanwire_) May 24, 2023
Hitting on gripes that also included formal meetings and promotion-seeking, Fox News’ Emily Compagno defended traditional workplace norms and said, “Face-to-face and explaining is easier than typing it out and [then] it takes longer. I think there’s a reliance on technology by the younger people that the older people just don’t understand.”
Cheryl Casone noted, “We’ve got all these different generations now in the workplace — Baby Boomers all the way down to Gen Z — and there’s been a lot of friction that companies are now having to deal with.”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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