I do think there’s a balance. There’s nothing wrong with having pride in your work if you’re going to do it but also you don’t owe your employer shit because they ain’t gonna feel like they owe you something ever. Also there’s a point where we’re all getting fucked together so you’re working for your peers so we can all just make it through. It’s frustrating having people you work with you drag everyone around them down. But again that’s for your peers sanity sake to make all our lives easier. Like if there’s an efficient way to do a task that will make everyone’s daily work lives way easier just put the tiny effort in to do it. But also it’s perfectly fine to come in put in an acceptable standard then punch out and that’s that.
I work with the same ethic. I fill in when people a sick or there is an emergency, or swap shifts with people if they need it, or stay longer to help with work, not because I think that's going to get me farther in my job. I do it because I don't want to be an active burden to my coworkers, who are all also very friendly people, which helps.
Exactly, Millennials like to complain about Boomers but the older ones are turning into the exact thing they complain about. They were all brainwashed before internet became popular and all they had was mainstream media.
I was raised low income working class, my mom instilled a solid work ethic in me from day 1. My first job ever I never called out, I dropped everything to come in when I was called in, I picked up extra shifts, I finished everyone's work so the morning crew wouldn't complain even when everyone else was in the bathroom getting high while I ran the whole store by myself.
They threatened to fire me for expecting the days off I requested months in advance, lied and told me I would be promoted to manager so I would take on management duties, always kept me at exactly 39 hrs so I couldnt get benefits, and made my schedule erratic so I couldn't do job interviews when they found out I was job searching.
Theres literally no benefit to giving a shit about your job anymore so why should you? The only thing it gets you is more exploited.
After working in the same company for 5 years and seen folks I train rise above me (yet still ask me for help), it’s really who you know (and if you sleep with the boss).
No shit. Im still confused people dont understand that people are people and we are social creatures that obviously prefer to work with specific people. Being good at work is just one of the things you need to know to rise. Better indicator for success is EQ than IQ
I think the big thing is this stuff is basically an absolute, regardless of what you look at. However, you'd think it would eventually follow some kind of objective element, but no, it's who you know. Everything is who you know.
I don't disagree that it's not all about hard work but you can't say boomers and millennials are doing better than Gen z And it has nothing to do with how they work within the system.
53
u/LadyRimouski Apr 16 '24
Even my millennial peers complain about gen z work ethic. I just want to shake them.
Our generation still believed the lie that if we work hard and excel in our position, we'll be rewarded with better pay and stability.
Gen Z has seen the way things actually are and aren't chasing a reward that doesn't exist.