TikToker bashes fellow Gen-Z’ERs for not wanting to work hard

There is a clear difference between backbreaking work and exploitation, which seems to be at the heart of the fundamental contention between younger generations and older people who have managed to make a career in the labor market.

However, there are many cases of Gen Zers who rejected the idea of ​​having to prove themselves that they are able to work consistently hard, which some say are really just cases of young people outright refusing to be exploited for their services.

This TikToker, himself a Gen-Z’er, called a colleague who was quitting a job simply because he didn’t want to complete a tedious task.

What was the task? Removing what appears to be sticky adhesive residue from a vehicle for a customer. Peyton (@that.blue.longbed) indicated that the Gen Z employee in question said he would rather work at McDonald’s than go through the meticulous process of scraping the residue off the vehicle.

The TikToker shows the amount of work that needs to be done on the vehicle and says: “Our generation still has to get a little bit better. We just had a 24 year old out. Because he didn’t want to have it all taken away from him.” Leftover crash foil.”

He continues: “He didn’t want to remove any of it. I’m not saying it’s the easiest job in the world, but it’s certainly not the damn hardest. Said he’d rather work at McDonald’s than that. Age 24.

Not wanting to believe the employee Peyton was talking about was inherently at fault, one commenter wrote: “Yes I know how old he is how much are you paying him? Is there room for promotion and advancement? What are you doing for his future? ?”

Peyton responded in a follow-up clip to commenting that the young man had only been there a month before demanding to be paid the same amount as other people who had worked longer hours in the paint shop and had more skills.

However, there were a number of commentators who applauded the young man for leaving the job because he “knew its worth” and said Peyton drank “Management Kool-Aid.”

In 2021 and 2022, crowds of individuals resigned their positions during The Great Resignation. During this time, many companies and industries have hired new employees with higher salaries and remote work options.

However, many people who have decided to quit their jobs in search of greener pastures have stated that they have regrets: CNBC says 80% of workers who left their positions wish they hadn’t in the first place.

Despite these signs, other career experts also say that “job hopping” is a tried-and-tested way to secure a higher salary, since finding a new job while on the job is more attractive to the candidate.