My experience hiring Gen Z has been extremely positive — though many employers have complaints about that generation.
In my experience, employers say Gen Z folks:
- Don’t have a work ethic
- Lack discipline
- Demand instant gratification
- Think they deserve attention just for being alive (because they have always had attention)
- Think they are better and smarter than their bosses
- Are happy to tell their bosses what is wrong with them
- Are overly sensitive and easily offended
- Demand freedom and “personal space”
- Won’t bother learning something they don’t think is important
In a very recent ResumeBuilder survey of more than 1,300 managers, 74 percent of respondents said they find Gen Z more difficult to work with than other generations. Of those, 12 percent said they had to fire a young worker within their first week on the job.
That’s a damning list of negative attributes, especially to…
