Gen Z workers have been branded as demanding, unmotivated, and even entitled—a word that was used not too long ago to describe millennials. In an Intelligent.com survey last fall, 60 percent of employers said they had fired Gen Z workers not long after hiring them, and one in six managers said they were hesitant to hire recent college graduates.
It's no surprise that Gen Z continues to be misunderstood, or that older employees might rely on lazy tropes as they try to make sense of a new generation. While it’s true that Gen Z employees may have higher expectations for the workplace, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing—in fact, it may just be a necessary corrective in the face of questionable leadership.
"What many have labeled '[quiet] quitting' is actually a rational response to workplaces that lack fairness, structure and alignment with employee values," leadership strategist Jeff LeBlanc wrote recently. “Instead of writing off an entire generation, leaders should be asking: 'What are we doing wrong?'"
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