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Amid ’90-hours work week’ row, GenZ employees are opting ‘career catfishing’; here’s all about it
2 days, 23 hours ago

Amid ’90-hours work week’ row, GenZ employees are opting ‘career catfishing’; here’s all about it

Live Mint  

Amid the ongoing row over '90-hour workweek', sparked by Larsen & Toubro Chairman SN Subrahmanyan, a new generation Z’s trend called 'career catfishing' is making the headlines, reported Hindustan Times. According to a report by CVGenius, an online résumé platform quoted by HT, the new phenomenon involves Gen Z employees accepting job offers but not showing up on their first …

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Do Gen Z workers need etiquette training?
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Do Gen Z workers need etiquette training?

Live Mint  

Earlier this month, a manager shared a screenshot on social media, showing how one of his Gen Z team members took leave without mentioning the pretext. Another survey conducted in October by Intelligent.com found that 8 in 10 hiring managers believe Gen Z workers need “etiquette training", citing issues with dress code, compensation demands, and communication skills. Initially, Delhi-based Ankit …

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Gen Z and the vanishing lunch: The new norms of dining at work
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gen Z and the vanishing lunch: The new norms of dining at work

Salon  

Amid the pandemic, the widespread closures of offices spurred a new era of remote working. When asked back in 2019 what she would consider a life well-lived, Ruchika T. Malhotra said it’s “a proper, generous lunch break.” “I’d consider my life well-lived if I took time to eat lunch during the workday almost every day,” she wrote in the Harvard …

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Text reveals how much Gen Z have changed work culture: 'They'll collapse the economy'
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Text reveals how much Gen Z have changed work culture: 'They'll collapse the economy'

Daily Mail  

A boss has revealed the cheeky text a Gen Z employee sent her one Thursday afternoon which proves just how much they're changing the way businesses operate. The text between the Gen Z worker and her millennial boss is a sign of the shifting work culture across the country, but not everyone agrees that it's for the better Jessy Marshall …

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Business owner sparks massive generational debate after leaving a young worker in tears: 'Harden up'
7 months, 1 week ago

Business owner sparks massive generational debate after leaving a young worker in tears: 'Harden up'

Daily Mail  

A business owner has called out older managers to treat their Gen Z staff better after she witnessed two young workers break down in tears while on the job. Sunshine Coast business owner Rachel Lynch shared a video about the generational problem faced in the workforce between older managers and young Gen Z workers In the first incident, Ms Lynch …

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What’s It Like to Work for a Gen Z Boss? Very Different
10 months ago

What’s It Like to Work for a Gen Z Boss? Very Different

Live Mint  

At a New York startup company called August, employees enjoy “mindfulness Fridays”—a more-relaxed workday for deep focus without meetings. “One of the things I’ve learned the most is to slow down.” The self-described fast-paced entrepreneur, who published a book while a sophomore in college and started a global nonprofit distributing menstrual products while in high school, says that “while I …

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Why Gen Z could be the answer to your workforce woes
1 year, 7 months ago

Why Gen Z could be the answer to your workforce woes

The Independent  

University of Waterloo is a Business Reporter client. Bringing Gen Z workers into the labour force now, when they’re early in their careers, is the solution to both pieces of this economic puzzle. Our research also shows that Gen Z workers pay close attention to an organisation’s values, with nearly half of those surveyed in a recent study saying that …

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More than HALF of managers have been forced to fire Gen Z workers
1 year, 8 months ago

More than HALF of managers have been forced to fire Gen Z workers

Daily Mail  

More than half of managers have been forced to fire Gen Z workers after claiming that they 'lack motivation' and are 'easily offended.' And, of that group, 59 per cent said they had been forced to fire a Gen Z worker, with 12 per cent doing so within the first week of their employment. More than half of managers have …

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Why Gen Z workers are already so burned out
2 years, 7 months ago

Why Gen Z workers are already so burned out

BBC  

Why Gen Z workers are already so burned out Getty Images The youngest employees are already feeling pressured and exhausted – even in the earliest stages of their careers. Getty Images A screen-time intensive culture, plus pressures to perform at all hours, are already bringing Gen Z to their knees Intensified pressure points Kim Hollingdale, a visiting assistant professor of …

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How are Indians coping with the ongoing pandemic of burnout?
3 years, 9 months ago

How are Indians coping with the ongoing pandemic of burnout?

Live Mint  

At some point last year, when the pandemic had dug its claws deep into Indian society and the lockdown was at its peak, Arya Sharma began losing track of her work hours and the rest of her life. Although eventually she became a lawyer, Singh says she has experienced burnout several times through various stages of her life, mostly because …

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