Gen Z Workers Are Annoying Their Bosses

The numbers: 60% of employers have already fired Generation Z employees they hired earlier this year, per a new Intelligent survey. (Washington Examiner)

• 1 in 7 businesses are considering not hiring recent college graduates next year due to issues they've experienced.

• 50% of employers reported that Gen Z workers are difficult to work with and lack motivation.

Context: We’re seeing a generational clash of cultures in the face of big demographic change in America, as aging boomers hand the torch off to millennials, Gen Xers and Gen Z.

Bubba’s Two Cents

In a deeply divided, politically polarized America, age differences are just another thing for us to fight over. Whether it’s boomers claiming millennials and Gen Zers are entitled and coddled, or younger Americans casting boomers as selfish and out-of-touch — dumping on the generation right below or above you is a rite of passage. The silver lining for all the grouchy cranks out there: one day that young punk driving you crazy with his newfangled ideas will be in your shoes. It’s a beautiful/vicious cycle.