Gen Z’s communication skills or lack thereof

[chipbennett]

There is certainly at least one person who apparently anoints all of their own beliefs as a product of critical thinking and takes disagreement with those preconceptions as evidence of a lack of critical thought

Very progressive of them

Hey, Kut it out.

 

[BugI02]

Some thought went into it and I'm being critical

Voila!

 

[actaeon277]

Just to add a point.
When I say "Gen Z" or whatever gen, or "parents" it is a generalization.
Not "all" of any group meets the goods, and bads.
My neighbors have well behaved kids that seem pretty smart.

But, I've seen people screw their car up cause they don't know how to jump it.
Not know how to use a can opener.
Not know how to change a tire.
Waited for their landlord to change lightbulbs or smoke detector batteries.

1st thought.
I can't believe they don't know how.
2nd, how about the parents that never taught them.
3rd, even if your parents didn't teach you, you have the internet to find out things. Or there are often adult Ed classes.
At a certain point, you have to stop blaming your parents, and go find out.

But then, my parents often made me solve my own problems .
Here's how to make a fist..oh, you got knocked down, better move faster, punch harder

But, hard to do that if the parents solved every problem.

 

[DadSmith]

Our middle name is "Gun Owners" so you can figure the political leaning.

I've banned 48 from this site. None were for having differing opinions. Being insufferable bomb-throwing trolls on the other hand...

The ban hammer has struck 48 times.

 

[JettaKnight]

Can confirm.

I work in a location that has 9 total employees. At 45 years old, I’m the 2nd oldest person there. A couple weeks ago, a group of 4 coworkers cornered my boss in his office and spent 2 hours trying to get me fired because they said I am “grumpy”.

And by “grumpy” they mean that I have zero desire to be a part of their little “friend group” that Doordashes Starbucks every day or spending more time socializing with each other rather than actually doing the job that the company pays us to do. I keep to myself, don’t really talk to anyone apart from work related conversation, and I perform my job very well. That’s not good enough for them.

Keep in mind that these people are all under 30, and were all hired after me. I’m old school and believe that work isn’t social hour and I should be doing what my company hired me to do. They have no tolerance for people who are different than them. And despite the fact that I am the most knowledgeable and competent at my job, they still want me gone because I’m no fun.

I blame social media and lack of good parenting.

You do sound grumpy, dood, and I'm older than you.


At my office, it's the youngsters putting in 60 hour weeks, they actually care about the goals. It's the old guys that are doing the minimum. Work to pension age, leave, then come back as a contractor because you hid everything to ensure you're needed and can game the system.


I really don't care if they my crew has Doordashes - work hard, play hard, take breaks when you need it. Other jobs I've had in the past had bicycle to take out for a ride when you need a break. We had one employee that bought Popeye's for all of us every Thursday and was a frequent Door Dash user. But that guy was also the one working nights, weekends, and holidays to meet schedule.

If they screw around from 2-3 pm, I don't care because I know they're going to be there at 10pm, then there on the weekends; I can't keep up. I do socialize with them, and I also support them - my job is to mentor them, remove their roadblocks, and keep them on task.


As to "this generation can't communicate", it's all just clickbait flummery. Honestly some of the worst communicators are Boomers. Have you read INGO?

As to work, some of the most verbose and in-depth communicators are the ones under 30 in my industry. I will fight to the death for my GenZ team. (except for one useless waste of oxygen)




But hey, don't let me interfere with the time-honored tradition of s**ting on the next generation.

 

[Hookeye]

Can confirm.

I work in a location that has 9 total employees. At 45 years old, I’m the 2nd oldest person there. A couple weeks ago, a group of 4 coworkers cornered my boss in his office and spent 2 hours trying to get me fired because they said I am “grumpy”.

And by “grumpy” they mean that I have zero desire to be a part of their little “friend group” that Doordashes Starbucks every day or spending more time socializing with each other rather than actually doing the job that the company pays us to do. I keep to myself, don’t really talk to anyone apart from work related conversation, and I perform my job very well. That’s not good enough for them.

Keep in mind that these people are all under 30, and were all hired after me. I’m old school and believe that work isn’t social hour and I should be doing what my company hired me to do. They have no tolerance for people who are different than them. And despite the fact that I am the most knowledgeable and competent at my job, they still want me gone because I’m no fun.

I blame social media and lack of good parenting.

Thats just liberal herd mentality ( under 30 Tik Tok fans).
Form a group to get rid of those ya dont like.
The office antifa if you will.

Boomers have a bunch of issues too. Seems like dudes hit 65 and turn into old women.

Not just age dependent, think regional also affecting folks tolerance and overall ability to think ( bad genetics or something in the water? )

 

[KellyinAvon]

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[JettaKnight]

Thats just liberal herd mentality.
Form a group to get rid of those ya dont like.

That's not "liberal herd mentality", that just plain herd mentality.

The GOP used to be a big tent - now there's a RINO witch hunt.

 

[JettaKnight]

49...

What?! Where?!

 

[Hookeye]

My kids (all adults) dont care for the communication and work ethic of their age group, or those younger LOL

 

[KellyinAvon]

What?! Where?!

I put the brakes on a runner today. The staff is deliberating over the duration of the ban.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

49...

The church bell chimed till it rang 49 times for each notch on Kelly's ban hammer... (with apologies to Gordon Lightfoot).

 

[DoggyDaddy]

At my office, it's the youngsters putting in 60 hour weeks, they actually care about the goals. It's the old guys that are doing the minimum. Work to pension age, leave, then come back as a contractor because you hid everything to ensure you're needed and can game the system.

Not that way at mine. I'm close to retirement age and I put in the extra hours at the beginning of the day (4:00 - 4:30 start time, even though my "shift" doesn't start until 6:00) and at the end of the day (sometimes working until 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. if needed). None of the youngsters are doing that. Although TBH, there aren't all that many youngsters in my department.

 

[KellyinAvon]

If it wasn't for the grumpy, how would you know who is happy?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

If it wasn't for the grumpy, how would you know who is happy?

They also serve, who only stand and grump.

 

[Hoosierdood]

Not that way at mine. I'm close to retirement age and I put in the extra hours at the beginning of the day (4:00 - 4:30 start time, even though my "shift" doesn't start until 6:00) and at the end of the day (sometimes working until 7:00 or 8:00 p.m. if needed). None of the youngsters are doing that. Although TBH, there aren't all that many youngsters in my department.

The coworker who works directly with me (ring leader of the 4 who call me grumpy) was hired 11 months ago. He has missed close to 2 months of work since being hired due to "not feeling well". I'm sure Jetta has a different experience, but where I'm at, the younger generation is definitely not the ones going over and above.

 

[KellyinAvon]

They also serve, who only stand and grump.

Back in my day... we didn't have caller ID.