Whenever I hear those four words, my brain flatlines. I scramble
My university years, from 2018 to 2022, were illuminated by the glow of my desk lamp. I’d work for days on end, throwing myself into classes, clubs and writing for the university newspaper, where I was also a managing online editor. I would spend days barely sleeping, hopped up on caffeine and adrenaline. My roommate got used to seeing me emerge from my room at odd hours in a long white robe, hair swept into a bun, laptop in hand.
I’m a member of Generation Z, the cohort of young adults born between 1997 and 2012. I came into the world in the year of Y2K, and I was a toddler when the twin towers fell and the iPod launched. As a teenager, I watched the world worship tech giants like Steve Jobs, who bragged about their 80-hour workweeks.
We aren’t the first generation to earn this kind of ire. Thirty years ago, Generation X were branded “slackers.” Fifteen years ago, millennials entered the workforce amid talk of balance and work-life flexibility. In the end, that flexibility turned into an always-on hustle. Khozema always knew she wanted to make her parents’ sacrifices worth something. She graduated as high school valedictorian and studied civil engineering at the University of Ottawa. In August of 2021, she was hired by a construction company as a quality inspector on job sites. As a young woman in an industry still rife with old-school, tough-guy thinking, she’d frequently hear older men complain about her generation’s insistence on setting boundaries between work and the rest of their lives.
“I’ll be looking for my first teaching job this fall, and the two main things I want are permanence and opportunities for extra work,” says Brendan Simone, a 23-year-old elementary school teacher in Edmonton. “I care about work-life balance, but a lot of teachers have side hustles now because life is getting more expensive.”
At the same time, a related phenomenon known as “the Great Rethink” is forcing employees and employers to reconsider their relationship to work, and to one another. The power to redefine those relationships is increasingly in employees’ hands.
Great it’s about time they take control of their lives . No longer will they be brained washed to think that hard work will pay off. It doesn’t ! Loyalty is earned . Hopefully companies are beginning to realize that !
stephaniebye_ Are you just gonna keep posting this article 4 times a day, like... forever?
It isn't smart, it is actually quite ignorant. Productivity will be a severe issue and you'll see how quickly that translates into standard of living reductions.
People 100 years ago predicted a dwindling work week due to increased productivity. Why hasn't that happened? I try to answer that question in this essay: Good for a new generation to continue this fight!
The world is going to roll gen z.
stephaniebye_ Essentially, pay me to TikTok, working makes then unsafe, etc.?
stephaniebye_ Maybe you are wrong Maclean's
stephaniebye_ Over socialized and under informed
stephaniebye_ Ummm, no … We’re not wrong. And, what’s following is even worse, especially after pandemic lockdowns and other restrictions …
stephaniebye_ Millennials:
stephaniebye_ How many more times are you gonna post this?
stephaniebye_ This might hit a bit harder if the person ever had a job
stephaniebye_ Hah hah hah
stephaniebye_ Ya, sure.
stephaniebye_ Gen Z / Millennial, etc...
stephaniebye_ Get the job, keep your head down, do what you're told, learn and in a few years then challenge the status quo. Before then you will be considered a rabble rouser or an employee who can't get along. And get your face out of your phone for more than 2 minutes
stephaniebye_ What is your incentive to pretend that Gen Z (or any 20 year old) should or has the knowledge or experience to be telling anyone how to get anything done?
stephaniebye_ Every demographic group of young XYZ people wants to upset the establishment. The old people always say they’re “Coddled.” “Lazy.” “Entitled.” …but seriously, this is the most empowered coddled, lazy, entitled generation ever.
stephaniebye_ Coddled, lazy, and entitled is exactly right!
stephaniebye_ HA LA RIOUS
stephaniebye_ I work in an office with some moderately desirable positions available that are ear marked for younger potential workers (we'd prefer to fill them with youth that will grow with the company). In two years we've filled one spot. Basic things like consistency are big issues.
stephaniebye_ Such weakness. Thank God humanity fought the two world wars before this pathetic, whiny, good for nothing generation came along. We'd all be Nazis were they in charge of our common defense lol.
stephaniebye_ I'm a boomer and I applaud them. The work culture needs change. Stand your ground, Gen Z.
stephaniebye_ No point in living if all you’re doing is working.
stephaniebye_ Nope. Gen Z is 2005 to 2024. Still living in their parent's homes, still whining about the cost of everything, still hold unrealistic expectations, still think their narcissism entitles them to the life it took their parents 30 yrs of hard work to acquire. Haidt is right.
stephaniebye_ No, it’s lazy.
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