The author of the viral thread shared how they’d been seeing lots of social media posts about how Gen Z doesn’t have the same values that previous generations do. “As someone who is on the cusp of being considered a millennial and a Gen Z’er, I’d talk to a lot of people online and in real life who would criticize Gen Z for holding different outlooks on work and life without trying to see things from a younger generation’s perspective. While I do believe a lot of the criticism I’ve heard is valid, I also thought to myself, ‘There has to be something younger generations are doing well, even if they’re ruffling some feathers.'”
From u/jarbid16’s perspective, one thing that Gen Z is doing particularly well is drawing their boundaries at work. “This is one of the things that really resonated with a lot of other Reddit users who responded to my post. It’s clear that the landscape of the workforce has changed quite dramatically over the decades and that things that were accepted as the norm back then simply aren’t normal now,” they told Bored Panda.
“One thing that I hear constantly is that ‘younger generations don’t want to work hard.’ I understand the sentiment behind this, but the cost of living has skyrocketed over the years, and oftentimes, hard work isn’t always rewarded with more pay/benefits. People have bills to pay, and life can feel fruitless for many when you have to work so hard to get so little in return,” the OP shared their opinion.
