Gen Z is the hardest to work with compared to any of the other generations, 74 per cent of the study's 1300 respondents feel. Photo / Getty Images
Gen Z is the hardest to work with compared to any of the other generations, 74 per cent of the study's 1300 respondents feel. Photo / Getty Images
Employers are opening up about their experiences with hiring Gen Z employees - and it’s not a pretty picture.
Fifty per cent of general managers have been forced to lay off Gen Z workers with claims that they “lack motivation” and are “easily offended”, with oneyoung boss recounting an interview where a young person arrived wearing a hood and a tracksuit, according to Daily Mail.
Recruitment company ResumeBuilder began a study where they asked team leaders about their experiences in the workforce - and the results were shocking.
The study showed that out of the 1300 respondents, 74 per cent feel Gen Z is the hardest to work with compared to any of the other generations.
Various employers called in to Avneesha CADA radio complaining about their Gen Z workers, with one saying they were not “able to say good morning”, with another revealing that “they don’t want to show up.”
A woman named Alana called in to shed light on a recent interview she had conducted.
Employers claim that Gen Z workers are too easily distracted and easily offended. Photo / Getty Images
The manager, who is a millennial, revealed she’s been working since the age of 14, so she knows that “young people can work hard”, however her experience with Gen Z workers - born between 1997 to 2012 - is “shocking”.
“We just interviewed a person the other day and she rocked up on her bed in an online interview.
