Gen Z gets a lot of flak for being snowflakes, and they are.
Many of them cannot stand life. Speech or ideas they don’t like are offensive, criticism is insulting, and they can’t keep their jobs.
However, it’s not entirely their fault.
A big part of that is the way they were raised and educated.
The masthead reported earlier this week that industry research shows three-quarters of American companies are dissatisfied with Gen Z employees, and 60% fire new hires within a year. Ta.
The biggest complaints were that young workers were unprepared and unwilling to complete the day’s work, wanted to leave late, and were unable to communicate properly.
Caleb Bond says it’s not Gen Z’s fault for not being able to keep a job. Seventy Four – Stock.adobe.com
The Daily Mail also quoted recruiter Tammy Christofis Burris as saying that young people are afraid to answer the phone to potential employers, or use them for moral support during interviews. He said he suffers from “interview anxiety,” including having to bring his parents with him.
It doesn’t happen in a vacuum.
Mental health has received far more care and awareness than it did a few decades ago, which is understandable, but the pendulum has swung too far and all sorts of unpleasant experiences have become a huge problem. Masu.
Children are no longer taught resilience and are stripped of all responsibility.
There is no danger to life. All the fun equipment was removed from the playground for fear that the child might get hurt or break an arm.
They are not believed to leave in the morning on their bikes with their friends and return when the sun sets. They need to be in front of you at all times.
And once they are out of sight, they are often tracked through electronic devices.
These devices become poisonous, trapping children in a digital world instead of the real world.
Is it any wonder they can’t communicate properly when the majority of their interactions are no longer verbal or face-to-face?
“A big part of that is because of how they’re raised and how they’re taught,” Bond said. Seventy Four – Stock.adobe.com
The concept of winning or losing has been eliminated, and everyone can now receive a participation medal.
Junior sports leagues no longer keep track of scores or ladders. There will be no finals. It’s just the “fun” of participating.
But that’s not the real world. In every aspect of life, there are bound to be winners and losers.
Sometimes you succeed, sometimes you fail. But if you don’t learn how to deal with it when you’re young, of course it’s going to feel like the end of the world when you become a young adult.
Winning a soccer match or school sports day teaches us that hard work and hard work are virtues.
It also teaches sportsmanship and how to properly handle success.
Losing shows you that you can’t always succeed and how to deal with the sadness of failure.
Leaving your parents’ home at 18 was once a right of passage, but now it’s a daunting proposition.
To help support his family, my grandfather dropped out of school at the age of 14 and became an apprentice butcher, which was not unusual at the time.
I’m not saying we should pull our kids out of school and make them work full time, but it certainly instilled a sense of responsibility that is missing today.
He argues that today’s youth lack a sense of responsibility. Antonio Diaz – Stock.adobe.com
The process of developing responsibility for oneself, property, work, family, etc. is delayed.
Too many school leavers go to university to study degrees they are not particularly interested in because they are told this is the right thing to do, and as a result their development is further delayed.
Is it any wonder then that Gen Z can’t hack at work?
Throughout their childhood, they were patted on the back, told they did a good job no matter what, and locked themselves in their bedrooms staring at a screen. And now the very idea of applying for jobs or putting them on hold seems impossible.
Young people are not inherently lazy, but they have grown up in a world where laziness and mediocrity are encouraged.
