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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a fantastic employee who is Gen Z. He has a great attitude and work ethic. He always overproduces on projects, never misses a deadline, and my favorite of all - his work needs very little editing.

I have a lead PM who put in her notice and I absolutely think this guy would be a fantastic fit. The team she was leading also skews young so promoting him wouldn't ruffle any feathers of some of my employees who have been here longer.

I called him in for a meeting Friday morning to tell him about the upcoming position and let him know I'd like to toss his name in the ring for the position. He declined. He said he's happy at his current position, even after hearing the salary bump, because he doesn't want more duties. He said his current workload is perfect for his work-life balance. I think I made a face when he said that because he clarified that he's working on building his brand in his downtime because his ultimate goal is to be able to support himself as a content creator and streamer.

I guess he is a Twitch game player in his free time. I've heard of Twitch but I'm not super familiar with it. He explained it to me and basically let me know that while he loves his job, it's not his passion like gaming.

I had my son show me some steamers this weekend on TikTok and Twitch. He explained how both platforms monetization works. It is still blowing my mind that people pay to watch another person play a video game. Anyway, I was chatting with both BILs who are also in management and they've noticed the same thing. Gen Z are great workers but overall, don't care about advancement. Anyone else seeing similar?   [/quote]

We have had similar things happen. We offered a 25% pay bump to someone to move from analyst to sr. analyst and they called meetings and demanded all kinds of information before they would accept the promotion. We also have someone who we would like to promote to a management position but she refuses to accept the position and leave her union. [/quote]

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