Maybe there’s a degree of truth to this, but the issue doesn’t only apply to Gen Z… I’ve had plenty of overgrown children in their 40s and 50s lose their shit in the workplace when the slightest bit of pushback comes up about anything. I’d say this is more of a general communication skills problem these days
Look, I don’t care at all what views my coworkers might possess. And that’s the problem. Because when one of these fuckwits starts going on a bigoted rant at work, I do NOT want to hear it, and I surely don’t give a damn about it. So yeah, no, we can’t work alongside fuckwits. If they knew how to shut up, we could.
Alternative headline: boomers* don’t have the skills to know what is or is not an appropriate work conversation to have.
*I’m aware many boomers do have this skill, just matching the ignorant and overly broad style of the original statement.
“I don’t have conversation skills? Surely you are joking, sugar tits!”
Welp, Gen Z, it’s your time in the furnace I guess.
I remember when “Millennials are ruining everything” articles were the fodder for lazy writers, now it’s crap like this.
I remember when we killed Applebee’s? That was a fun weekend.
We just figured out we can microwave our own food
To be fair, Applebee’s needed to be ruined.
I agree but I’ll still miss the quesadilla burger. It was the only half-decent item in their menu.
Now it’s cap like this*
I ain’t gonna give any weight to a freaking anecdote from any one, let alone a manager. Show me the proof or sit down.
Personally I’m just not fond of working with geriatric, lead-poisoned nazis but that’s just me.
I’m guessing someone got called out for being a right wing shit head and now his poor little feelings are hurt.
So you disagree then?
They must be gen z
Channel 4 are one of the most progressive channels in the UK and she’s married to a man who works in renewable energy. I very much doubt she’s particularly right leaning.
Well, Labour is legitimately sliding right, and it’s become somewhat common among the so-called “left” in the UK to make a scapegoat out of trans people - it really wouldn’t surprise me that an older, liberal woman in the UK would have some right-wing things to say.
I’m not a big fan of Starmer, but he’s slid labour back from the far left to the centre, not to the right. I will accept your point on the trans issue though, otherwise left leaning women who should know better are acting as useful idiots for the right on that one.
Well, I didn’t mean to say Labour is far-right or anything, just that they’re sliding in the direction of the right.
The benefit cap is right wing.
Banning your MPs from joining picket lines is right wing.
Purging the left wing from your party -but leaving the right wing untouched- iis right wing.
You can only call Starmer centrist if your view is one from a right wing perspective.
The Overton window in the UK is too far to the right, as is our policy on almost every area. We need a strong push to the left to take us back to the centre, not a slightly watered down, more palatable version of Thatcherism.
Eh, this generational conflict stuff is nonsense. For years I’ve run teams of boomers, X, Y, and now Z. Have I had to punt some younger folks because they couldn’t work past some not-work-relevant difference with someone else in the office? Sure. But that’s not a Z thing at all.
Anyone who can’t check their personal baggage at the door and get work done as part of a team ends up being shown to the sidewalk. There’s no generational component to this, it’s happening to everyone of all ages.
Hahahahahahahahaha. And WHO DOES?!?!?!
nah never had that issue and I’m pretty fuckin opinionated. As a chef I argue more with old heads than gen z or millennials.
old fuckers think they know everything
Uh, that’s because the different views are fucking wild bad, and they’re not just putting up with it.
Some guy says some thing. This is no different from an out of touch boomer saying kids these days don’t want to work.
Meanwhile said CEO is the one that intentionally promotes ‘clueless’ people (Read overtly offensive) people as leaders and then paints the workers that are coerced to humor them as in the wrong when they don’t put up with it.
Have you ever actually watched Channel 4? They’re one of the more progressive voices in UK media, I very much doubt that their management are all secretly bigots behind the scenes.
Interesting way of saying “they won’t bend over and spread their arse cheeks”.
Honestly this isn’t a gen z thing, it’s just a shit article thing. 70% of this piece is just this one fucking guy bitching about the “kids these days”
Ya, my boss is someone who always makes it about generation this and generation that.
It’s not about generations, if baby boomers had the technology we have today they’d have done the same stupid shit.
Gen Z seem to lack the skillset to know their place. -boomer boss
Out of all the Gen Z bashing headlines I’ve ever seen… this is the only one I am inclined to agree with. It doesn’t even have to be a politically motivated disagreement; I’ve met too many young people that once you disagree with them on something, try to completely avoid talking to you and also do not take criticism of any kind well.
Don’t worry, us millennials ruined toast apparently.
How much could avacado toast cost, Micheal? $100?
Yup. That’s how it goes for sure for many. Not all, but there is a very large segment. They’re used to blocking or pressuring others into mass blocking (e.g., cancelling) others. There’s a time and a place for it, but it also seems to be the norm for anything that doesn’t align with them exactly.
I’m a millennial and we have our own issues, but that is theirs.
I can’t read the article, so not sure if this is all politically motivated or not. If so, I guess I can see their side to not disagreeing - there are moral issues that must be upheld.
As a millenial, we at least made it to our teenage years before the internet and social media was ubiquitous. With Gen Z, those mechanics have been there their whole life.
Yup. I think that’s a big part of how/why they they are unwilling to disagree and keep a relationship even if you disagree - it’s easy to just block people and move on or organize a massive online movement against someone/something.
