A survey of 1,344 managers and business executives shows that 74 percent of them believe that the Gen Z is more difficult to work with than any other generation.
In the corporate world, Gen Zs might be regarded as sassy, confident, and determined, but they are also overconfident, sluggish, not goal-oriented, and selfish. The results of the survey indicate that GenZers are the hardest to manage. Managers and recruiters in the business world attested to this in a survey conducted by Resume Builder.
Gen Z is the generation that succeeds Millennials before Generation Alpha. Researchers and the media consider the mid-to-late 1990s as the starting birth year and the early 2010s as the ending birth year.
When asked why dealing with Zoomers was challenging, 74 percent of managers and business executives cited Gen Zs’ lower motivation, technological illiteracy, dishonesty, short attention span, and easily-offended nature as explanations.
Twelve percent of the survey sample also confirmed that they had fired a GenZer less than one week after their start date. Individuals in the corporate sector acknowledged that they preferred to hire individuals of the Gen X, Millennial, and Baby Boomer generations.
Sixty-five percent of employers feel they must fire Gen Z workers more frequently than those from other generations.
Mixed bag
A human resource expert, Mr Lawal Olanrewaju, told Dataphyte that Gen Zs were really difficult to work with. He further explained, “Gen Zs are not dependable and loyal; they are fast to leave a job when they find one that pays better, which drives up the cost of hiring for businesses.”
He however noted that Gen Zers were simple to work within a flexible and accommodating setting.
He acknowledged that the rigidity of the older generations was a challenge for most Gen Zs when working with them, stressing that they were simpler to deal with because of their workplace versatility.
In a report by a platform known as Resume Builder, career advisor, Stacie Haller, explained reasons why Gen Zs were like that towards work. Haller said it was primarily a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that most Gen Zs missed out on building interpersonal relationships and communication skills. Haller added that most had to attend classes and start working remotely away from their coworkers,
A GenZ content producer, Ms Ifunaya Jones, disagreed. “The corporate world is just intimidated by the audacity and confidence of the Gen Zs. There’s no generation that has done it like the Gen Zs, and this scares the older generations. Breaking the status quo isn’t going to be okay with everybody,” she said.
One-thirds of the world’s population and 27 percent of the labour force in OECD nations will be Gen Zs by 2025. For the workplace, this upcoming generation has higher standards than ever. Flexible work schedules, shared ideals, higher compensation, and more mental health support must be prioritised, according to a report.
The Gen Z generation has certain expectations for their employment, including flexibility, diversity, equity, support for mental health, and inclusiveness.