Anonymous
Post 06/15/2023 16:15     Subject: Gen Z lacking social skills
My group has 3 Gen Zs, one millennial, and mostly GenXers.
I absolutely adore the Gen Zs - they are hard working, enthusiastic, and friendly and respectful to everyone, as opposed to the old fogies who feel like they only need to be respectful to the big bosses.
(I'd really like to throw my millennial out on the street, but I won't condemn an entire generation because he's incompetent)
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2023 16:10     Subject: Gen Z lacking social skills
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Anonymous wrote:We have summer associates at my law firm and I remind them when they talk to partners face to face, don't have their phone in their hands, and when they go out to lunch with attorneys don't put their phone on the table. One was like "yes of course" and he's 29, and the other was like "Oh damn, really? Why? But can I text while I'm in my office? Like, alone?" and she's 25. It'll be interesting to see who we extend offers to.


I always put my phone on the table bc I have kids and if the school needed to call me I need to know about it. Imagine most parents whether in legal profession or not feel similarly. You sound v rigid


Yep. Same - I am the primary contact for my kid's daycare. There's a difference between phone on the table and buried in scrolling the phone.


Phone in a pocket on silent vibrate works well FYI.


Says a guy whose business clothes always has pockets
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2023 16:10     Subject: Gen Z lacking social skills
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Anonymous wrote:We have summer associates at my law firm and I remind them when they talk to partners face to face, don't have their phone in their hands, and when they go out to lunch with attorneys don't put their phone on the table. One was like "yes of course" and he's 29, and the other was like "Oh damn, really? Why? But can I text while I'm in my office? Like, alone?" and she's 25. It'll be interesting to see who we extend offers to.


I always put my phone on the table bc I have kids and if the school needed to call me I need to know about it. Imagine most parents whether in legal profession or not feel similarly. You sound v rigid


That’s ridiculous. If they called you could call back after the meeting/lunch. It’s not like you are a doctor because you have kids.

Put the phone in pocket or purse, if someone calls you’ll likely feel vibration or hear ringtone.


It’s more important to me to be avail if my kid had a medical emergency - or my parent- than to impress anyone who has some bizarre issue with someone’s phone being on a table


Sorry that you have to bail your kid out of jail all the time. I have three kids 16, 21 and 22 and only twice I got a call at work for an emergency in 22 years. Both times wife was in labor

Luckily my third kid was born when already home and parents nice enough to die not during work hours .


I can't imagine how empowering that must feel. Bravo!


Right? I can't imagine someone actually arguing with someone, especially a mother, about wanting to have their phone out in case the school calls. And how many kids have called or texted their parents phones during school shootings? That's our lifeline in case something happens. You must be really really old to not get this.


Sorry your children are Nancy boys. Back in my day I could go full Rambo and give a shooter a beat down. Seriously dead people are dead 💀 no need to interrupt my work day cause grandma choked on a chicken bone or your ADHD kid got a pencil stuck in his nose.

I once had a triple roll over in a car accident at 23 and broke three bones. A few Budweisers and an aspirin I was back at work in a few hours.

Then again we shut down whole county in 2020 due to runny noses.

My rule is no cell phones out. You can use them on your lunch break or your 15 minute afternoon break in stairwell or parking lot. My executive assistant or my phone number is available for spousal or kids emergencies. I allocate up to 120 seconds a day.

Do you expect your doctor texting during your surgery? No. And Doctors are doing less important work.

FMLA stands for Female and Male Lazy Asses. You can rest when you are dead


HE'LL YEA BORTHER!!!!1111
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2023 16:05     Subject: Gen Z lacking social skills
Anonymous wrote:Maybe y’all are just boring?


+1

Younger people don't feel the need to make useless small talk. Thank goodness.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2023 16:00     Subject: Gen Z lacking social skills
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Anonymous wrote:My Gen Z coworkers dress so inappropriately it is laughable. We work in a hospital.
-Long acrylic nails and colored fake eyelashes
-Leggings so tight you can see cameltoe with crop tops
-Sweatshirt covered in cat hair with a political slogan printed on it
The manager keeps sending out passive aggressive emails about people needing to comply with the dress code and the offenders just keep ignoring it. She is too afraid to speak to them personally. It makes no sense because the rest of us just wear SCRUBS which are cheap and as comfortable as pajamas but even that is too much to ask apparently.


Seems like the manager is the one who lacks social skills. Why can't she speak to employees personally??

Because the last time she gently admonished an employee for rule breaking (vaping inside the hospital, caught on video) she was accused of discrimination and had to defend herself against a tribunal of HR ladies. Put the fear of God in her.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2023 09:51     Subject: Gen Z lacking social skills
Anonymous wrote:We don’t allow personal cell phones at work. Problem solved


How does that solve the problem? we can still be rude and use our work phones at the table or meeting.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2023 09:29     Subject: Gen Z lacking social skills
There's been a marked step down in quality coming out college in the past two years. It's a combination of Covid, phones, and coddling. It manifests as lack of ambition plus obsession with "self care" and justice. Also--extremely poor writing and critical thinking. We now screen for this kind of narcissistic behavior heavily; have been burned too many times. There are still good eggs out there, but you have to look for them.
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2023 09:27     Subject: Gen Z lacking social skills
Anonymous wrote:My Gen Z coworkers dress so inappropriately it is laughable. We work in a hospital.
-Long acrylic nails and colored fake eyelashes
-Leggings so tight you can see cameltoe with crop tops
-Sweatshirt covered in cat hair with a political slogan printed on it
The manager keeps sending out passive aggressive emails about people needing to comply with the dress code and the offenders just keep ignoring it. She is too afraid to speak to them personally. It makes no sense because the rest of us just wear SCRUBS which are cheap and as comfortable as pajamas but even that is too much to ask apparently.


Seems like the manager is the one who lacks social skills. Why can't she speak to employees personally??
Anonymous
Post 06/15/2023 09:17     Subject: Gen Z lacking social skills
My Gen Z coworkers dress so inappropriately it is laughable. We work in a hospital.
-Long acrylic nails and colored fake eyelashes
-Leggings so tight you can see cameltoe with crop tops
-Sweatshirt covered in cat hair with a political slogan printed on it
The manager keeps sending out passive aggressive emails about people needing to comply with the dress code and the offenders just keep ignoring it. She is too afraid to speak to them personally. It makes no sense because the rest of us just wear SCRUBS which are cheap and as comfortable as pajamas but even that is too much to ask apparently.