added by Keely Adler · updated 2y ago
Gen Z does not dream of labor
- Unlike older millennials and GenXers like me, they joined the workforce late enough that their thinking was not too influenced (contaminated?) by the baggage of traditional industrial organizations. Unlike Zoomers, they already have experience of workplaces — but crucially workplaces that have already been transformed by the internet in a way that ... See more
from Lands of Lorecraft by Venkatesh Rao
Alex Wittenberg added
But many younger workers — knowingly and unknowingly following in a long tradition of labor activism and more radical anti-work politics — are immersed in media (particularly on TikTok, but also on Reddit) that invites them to question the directive to “love” your job or even want to work.
from Bed Rotting and Loud Quitting by Anne Helen Petersen
Keely Adler added
- The problem isn't that the youngest generation hates work; the problem is that many of the jobs offered to the youngest generation aren't work at all. The spreadsheet-heavy, mid-level-manager-dominated, buzzword-filled roles offered to us are jobs, but they are hardly "work."
from On Meaningless Careers by Jack Raines
sari added