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[deleted] t1_j77mmee wrote

Todays children will be absolute nightmares as adults. Gen z as a whole can be pretty questionable. But I am quite nervous for when kids born after 2010 start entering the workforce.

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TEDDYMONSTER2 t1_j77zfxz wrote

Said every generation ever. Society didn’t collapse when the boomers entered the workforce, and it won’t when the zoomers enter it.

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[deleted] t1_j780ntu wrote

I’m not saying it will collapse, but the age of information has allowed people to become shockingly dumb and lacking in critical thinking. I can’t tell you how many gen z people have been hired at my job in entry level roles that have just piss poor performance and motivation. I’m like I get it, the world sucks, the economy is built against you. But we hired a previously retired guy for the same role and he is running circles around literally kids less than half his age. It’s so infuriating when people just don’t care. I say this as a millennial, I’m not some boomer saying nobody wants to work. We pay a good wage, good benefits, good insurance and there’s plenty of room for advancement for go getters. But literally every single gen z has either quit or just does bare minimum and sits on their phones.

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mypantsareonmyhead t1_j79018i wrote

>but the age of information has allowed people to become shockingly dumb and lacking in critical thinking

Welcome to humanity. What you describe is common to humans since the dawn of our time.

Stop deluding yourself that Grampa's generation were socially aware, open minded, curious, intelligent, balanced, or in any way different to us. They weren't.

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[deleted] t1_j790me1 wrote

Oh I don’t think they where at all. One of my favorite quotes is from George Carlin “think about how dumb the average person is, then realize that half of all people are dumber than that guy” I would wager though that grampas generation garnered much more street smarts and basic understandings of the world than the current youth. But I won’t argue that they where more intelligent by any means. We’re smarter today than humans have ever been. But like you said. That’s kind of a constant in humanity, of course we’re smarter now.

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JoshuaACNewman t1_j7820sb wrote

My friend, that is the direct (and knock-on) result of Bush’s No Child Left Behind program for defunding schools and its prioritization of education metrics over education.

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FlatteringFlatuance t1_j78qnly wrote

Why is the previously retired guy at the job, and do you think he has plans to continue the advancement that you say there is plenty of room for? Also you start your comment about stupidity and critical thinking and then go right into something completely different, motivation. Give us a time frame of how long a typical gen z employee lasts and how long senor senior has been there. How long does it take to get considered for advancement or a pay raise? Also the type of job is important as well since a lot of Gen Z are either starting college at this point (so not looking to make a career out of a job right now) or are disenfranchised about life because there is seemingly no way to support themselves no matter how hard they work considering the price of things (and especially housing) has gone through the roof. If he came out of retirement just to fill his time rather than as a means to an end it’s much more likely he is going to enjoy his job. He probably owns a house or has half the cost of rent in a mortgage.

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