Gen Z now wants to get paid for breaks

[Anonymous]

Elder millennial here and I’m all about these gen z workers. I feel the same way they do about work - always have. They just have the balls to say it and do something about it. And I’m here for it. Go Gen Z!

[Anonymous]

And some of you wonder why Boomers are hired and/or continue to work at the request of their employers.

[Anonymous]

So GenZ wants to get promoted?

I'm elder millennial and I see my Boomer boss' job which I'll inherit when she retires in the next 3-5 years. I don't think I want it. She seems stressed all the time, identity is mostly work. Right now she's my buffer between the CEO and more work. I'd rather coast at my level for a long time...

[Anonymous]

Screw that. Employees should be compensated for commuting time if companies want them in the office. We all know most work can be done for home. Commuting to work involuntarily IS work. Employees shouldn't have to spend their own money doing it too.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never understood the point of a mandatory unpaid lunch break. I’d rather eat at my desk while working and leave earlier.

I’m a millennial and I love the energy Gen Z is bringing to the workplace. Capitalism sucks!

[Anonymous]

I’ve had a paid break(s). I’m 50, what is the big deal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never understood the point of a mandatory unpaid lunch break. I’d rather eat at my desk while working and leave earlier.

I’m a millennial and I love the energy Gen Z is bringing to the workplace. Capitalism sucks!

The point? Free labor. Most people are like you and eat at their desks, for maybe 15-20 minutes. Then your employer gets the other 20-30 minutes for free.

[Anonymous]

I feel like they are smart and understand at 25 what some 50yo still don't get.

[Anonymous]

I’m solidly Gen X, and without seeing the post (no interest in clicking random links on DCUM that may or not be legit, or TikTok).

I actually don’t think the poster is wrong. I remember in my early years of employment being livid that we “had” to take lunch, but weren’t able to leave, or even choose when we had that break. I’ve been WAH for years and not sure if it’s the same way, but I get the frustration if it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like they are smart and understand at 25 what some 50yo still don't get.

Gen Z knows way less than boomers or silent generation people did at a young age.

My uncle for instance was drafted in WWII at 18, fought the Germans and survived returned home worked as a bouncer and was a golden glover boxer, and got married, bought a house and had a kid by 25. He then joined NYC Police where he retired a captain.

Todays 25 year old thinks attending a zoom meeting is worthy of a Nobel peace prize.

To be fair their parents babied them and no wars in their life.

My own mother and father started full time work at 14. No HS back then.

The airplane with Wright Brothers 1903 and we landed on moon just 66 years later. We build Empire State Building one year. What are these kids getting done today ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like they are smart and understand at 25 what some 50yo still don't get.

Gen Z knows way less than boomers or silent generation people did at a young age.

My uncle for instance was drafted in WWII at 18, fought the Germans and survived returned home worked as a bouncer and was a golden glover boxer, and got married, bought a house and had a kid by 25. He then joined NYC Police where he retired a captain.

Todays 25 year old thinks attending a zoom meeting is worthy of a Nobel peace prize.

To be fair their parents babied them and no wars in their life.

My own mother and father started full time work at 14. No HS back then.

The airplane with Wright Brothers 1903 and we landed on moon just 66 years later. We build Empire State Building one year. What are these kids getting done today ?

You mean, besides Iraq and Afghanistan? Until we left Afghanistan, we had been at war for my now 22 year olds ENTIRE life.

I love this generation BTW. And not just the ones I gave birth to. Smart, engaged, kind, empathetic, and much harder working and with much more direction in HS and college than GenX. Had to be, to get into a college as UMC students that UMC parents could pay for. They have different ideas than my generation. And good for them. The world is a different place. We need younger people to help us change with it. They are also less willing to just accept what they are told. Given Trump was President during their for their for their formative years, they should be.

Some of their ideas will make work and our nation better. And some are duds. As has been the case for every generation. But, they are less afraid to be themselves and less willing to conform. Which may make Boomers uncomfortable. But, the Boomer got their chance to remake the world in their image. And now they think they should have a moratorium on change. Not the way that works. You had your shot. Now it’s someone else’s turn.

By the numbers women are very overrepresented in college and most college educated professions. Which brings different values, like work life balance. But I don’t want us to become Japan or South Korea, where the women getting 2/3 of the college degrees discover that is it’s impossible to both have a job that enables them supports kids and, you know, actually have kids. Which is necessary for social security and the economy.

I’m sure you have a lot to teach Gen Z. But it never dawns on you that they could teach you something.

[Anonymous]

I'm really not impressed with the recent grads. They seem to have had their hands held a little too firmly throughout their 'academic' careers and seem to expect I continue to do so as their boss, for tasks they should really start to figure out how to own themselves. No, I do not want to talk to you every hour to give you feedback as if the point of work was to give you an A+ and a smile at the end. These kids have never failed at anything, apparently, and don't seem to want to do so now. That's a shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm really not impressed with the recent grads. They seem to have had their hands held a little too firmly throughout their 'academic' careers and seem to expect I continue to do so as their boss, for tasks they should really start to figure out how to own themselves. No, I do not want to talk to you every hour to give you feedback as if the point of work was to give you an A+ and a smile at the end. These kids have never failed at anything, apparently, and don't seem to want to do so now. That's a shame.

You are bad at your job. It’s your job to communicate expectations clearly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really not impressed with the recent grads. They seem to have had their hands held a little too firmly throughout their 'academic' careers and seem to expect I continue to do so as their boss, for tasks they should really start to figure out how to own themselves. No, I do not want to talk to you every hour to give you feedback as if the point of work was to give you an A+ and a smile at the end. These kids have never failed at anything, apparently, and don't seem to want to do so now. That's a shame.

You are bad at your job. It’s your job to communicate expectations clearly.

Nah, previous poster is right. Gen Z is a product of massive grade inflation, helicopter parenting, instant gratification, and never having any setbacks in life. Teachers were afraid to give them C, D, and Fs they probably deserved. They all think they're straight A students who are the smartest in the room when in reality they're probably C- grade level grads once you subtract their huge grade inflation out.

Hell, they've never even really had to tough out a single major economic recession yet in their professional working life. They're going to fold like tacos once a real economic S storm happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really not impressed with the recent grads. They seem to have had their hands held a little too firmly throughout their 'academic' careers and seem to expect I continue to do so as their boss, for tasks they should really start to figure out how to own themselves. No, I do not want to talk to you every hour to give you feedback as if the point of work was to give you an A+ and a smile at the end. These kids have never failed at anything, apparently, and don't seem to want to do so now. That's a shame.

You are bad at your job. It’s your job to communicate expectations clearly.

Nah, previous poster is right. Gen Z is a product of massive grade inflation, helicopter parenting, instant gratification, and never having any setbacks in life. Teachers were afraid to give them C, D, and Fs they probably deserved. They all think they're straight A students who are the smartest in the room when in reality they're probably C- grade level grads once you subtract their huge grade inflation out.

Hell, they've never even really had to tough out a single major economic recession yet in their professional working life. They're going to fold like tacos once a real economic S storm happens.

So you're saying it's the fault of older generations? I agree with you. The older generations did a disservice to ourselves and Gen Z. But it's just like us to place the blame anywhere else.