...and, as usual, everyone between are actually getting things done.
"Baby boomers are retiring earlier than expected, frustrated by workplace change, technology shifts, and growing tension with younger colleagues. At the same time, Gen Z talks openly about quitting jobs that feel misaligned or draining. Many leaders interpret this as a clash of values. Older workers cannot adapt. Younger workers lack commitment."
Some young people today really surprise me.
I have my students submit their essays via an online platform that enforces the word minimum. If you try submitting an essay with less than the required word count, it will block submission and tell you you haven't met the minimum word count.
Student emailed me with a screenshot asking why they couldn't submit.
When I replied to say it says in the screenshot why you couldn't submit, the response was, "But in class you made it sound like we'd only lose points not that submission would be blocked."
I was thinking to myself, "Ok, but regardless of what you think you heard in class, when the system is literally telling you that you can't submit because of the word count, maybe you should just follow instructions and meet the word requirement?"
That submittal tool should be the minimum to stay in the class, otherwise you flunk back to remedial level... Omg, just about fell out of my chair reading that...
In all seriousness, I think the skill to just solve problems without a lot of help is getting lost. Everyone these days are expecting to be handheld. I just resurrected an old PC and rebuilt it frankenstein-style with researching reddit posts and the Internet for specs, details, case studies from others in the same boat and trial and error. It's pretty much how I live my life. The way things are going, people might need help just to use a toilet in the few years...
The level of either laziness or incompetence really is a bit surprising.
Like, it literally tells you you didn't meet the word requirement. Instead of emailing me about why you can't submit, why not just follow instructions?
That reading thing can be tough.
You go to war with the army you have. Employers better figure out how to get something out of the workers that actually exist.
But but but . . . AI was supposed to solve all that, right? Right?
Good luck with that
Supply and demand at work. I would guess fast company wants to shame people back to work. It sure as hell can't pay them!