At a retail business based in New York, managers were distressed to encounter young employees who wanted paid time off when coping with anxiety or period cramps. At a supplement company, a Gen Z worker questioned why she would be expected to clock in for a standard eight-hour day when she might get through her to-do list by the afternoon. At a biotech venture, entry-level staff members delegated tasks to the founder. And spanning sectors and start-ups, the youngest members of the work force have demanded what they see as a long overdue shift away from corporate neutrality toward a more open expression of values, whether through executives displaying their pronouns on Slack or putting out statements in support of the protests for Black Lives Matter.
I can't see this article as anything other than an attempt to sow discord between millennials and Gen Z. Fuck that.
As a millennial, all it made me think was "damn, Gen Z is based"
Can't fool me, crooked New York Times - I dream of the day that the zoomer vanguard puts me up on the wall
It's kinda true though, I managed to get myself a $3 raise after a few months and realized that all the older/30 something's that started before me never asked for one and were making less so I told them to ask for raises and they got them...
I don't think it's necessarily a generationally unique thing, just that younger workers are more energetic and not totally beat down by the system.
Which is why younger workers need to start organizing the olds.