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A future-of-work expert said Gen Zers didn't have the "promise of stability" at work, so they're putting their personal lives and well-being first.

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[–] [email protected] 71 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Promise of what? I think the major change with millennials and gen z is that we see through the dogmatism that is corporate culture. Even if the promise was that of the "American dream" 50 years ago it's quite clearly not worth it to sacrifice your youth and 1/3 of your life (another third being sleep) to afford to sit around in a house and squeeze in stagnant social obligations for the rest of your life.

Life is what you make of it, and familial loyalty to a company that doesn't care about me just doesn't cut it.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 months ago

A corporate 'promise' is a verbal unenforceable contract. What do you even do with the promise of a habitual liar?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A tent in the designated homelessness zone is more apt

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A homeless zone? In this society?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hmm yeah you're right. I guess I will just scuttle around the sewers on all fours and eat trash

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

You can order pizza according to the cartoons I grew up watching. It didn't ever cover how the teenage turtles and their rat mentor made money. Try to find a reporter in a jumpsuit she might be able to help.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Surely you overestimate their chances.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Too bad the Force isn't with us.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Some of us gen x saw this in high school but were surrounded by angry boomers who treated us like we were idiots.