11mo ago

Gen Z is prioritizing living over working because they've seen 'the legacy of broken promises' in corporate America, a future-of-work expert says

www.businessinsider.com Gen Z is prioritizing living over working because they've seen 'the legacy of broken promises' in corporate America, a future-of-work expert says

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.

Gen Z is prioritizing living over working because they've seen 'the legacy of broken promises' in corporate America, a future-of-work expert says

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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No one has ever wanted to work.
- If you live in more ancient times, do you want to be a slave?
- Soft disagree. I want to do meaningful work and interesting work. It's boring bullshit getting 10 managers to approve a change when none of them know what I even do. I love working on my projects in my garage, or in my kitchen on baking something.
- Wow what a sweeping statement with no legs to stand on.
  I love work. I worked (yes) quite hard to get a degree and become a developer and ML engineer. One day, I'd like to work in computational neuroscience. I hate so many things about work culture, but the work itself? Naaah, it's awesome. I'd rather spend every day in this life working on something I love and have interested in, instead of going around making sweeping statements about the entire globe on the internet, incapable of accepting that not everyone is like me.
  
  I feel the same way.
  
  Then get ready for lots of downvotes because apparently pointing out that someone made a sweeping generalization then telling the world you're one of those few who enjoy their jobs means you deserve being downvoted to hell 😁
  
  snek's statement still stands. They announced they love work. It negates the prior statement. Why downvote then?
  
  I thought this was Work Reform, not Anti Work 😭 my mistake
  
  Modern "work" does not involve doing something you're passionate about or interested in for the vast majority of people...
  
  Yep so not "all" of them.
  
  Check out the term "hyperbole"
  
  Oh my oh my sorry for taking people in the internet at face value. Next time I'll just guess what their thought process was and live my life based on that.
  
  Thanks but apology declined
  
  Here's another one: I'm so sorry your life must really suck with work and all to the point that you can't see other people enjoying it and where you feel the need to say they aren't really "working" just because they found something they love and succeeded in navigating the shitty system (out or merit or luck or privilege, whatever) and you didn't /:
  We can all be on the same side. I hate modern work culture and I actively try to improve it and myself day after day. I'm sure you do too.
  Could you accept that one too?
  Cheers bud.
  
  No. Also, I like my job
  
  Of course you do 🙄
  
  ?
  
  Lol, good try at turning snek's argument against him, but that was clearly sarcasm.
  owen is the reason /s was invented.
  
  Burh. As if I would say "apology declined" in earnest
  
  Cheating. This is akin to saying, "I was just kidding!"
  
  Cheating? This isn't a game, it's a conversation
  
  Cheating. Changed the definition of the word "work"
  
  Whatever you do isn't work, buddy and you knew that before replying.
  
  It literally Is work, and you knew that before replying /: see we can both say shit like that.
  
  You need it to be defined as work.

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