Yikes. Result of texting and?--Companies are firing Gen Z employees soon after hiring them.

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This is from a European News Source, but I tend to doubt they are unique. I have had tremendous problems with grad students and interns being unable to write--even if you ignore the horrific spelling and grammar. I've now had to cut back on agreeing to mentor students completing a thesis for their Master's degrees because I end up exhausting all my spare time rewriting, editing, meeting to discuss what they are trying to convey, and ending up finding them unable to meet even minimal standards one would expect for their level of education. Not just Gen Z, mind you--this has been going on for a while. Still, I find this alarming if it is widespread.

Companies are firing Gen Z employees soon after hiring them. What's behind their job struggles?
https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/12/08/companies-are-firing-gen-z-workers-soon-after-hiring-them-whats-behind-their-job-market-st?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Generation Z is beginning to enter a workforce that isn't fully prepared for them.

As many recent graduates face complaints about how they fit into the workplace, employers report increasing hesitancy in hiring them, according to a report by the education and career advisory platform, Intelligent.

The report, which was based on a survey of nearly 1,000 hiring managers, found that one in six employers were reluctant to hire Gen Z workers mainly due to their reputation for being entitled and easily offended.
Moreover, more than half said that this generation, which refers to people born between 1997 and the early 2010s, lacks a strong work ethic, struggles with communication, doesn't handle feedback well, and is generally unprepared for the demands of the workforce.

Holly Schroth, senior lecturer at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, explained that Gen Z's focus on extracurricular activities to boost their college competitiveness rather than gaining job experience has led to "unrealistic expectations" about the workplace and how to deal with their bosses.

"They [Gen Z] don't know basic skills for social interaction with customers, clients, and co-workers, nor workplace etiquette," Schroth told Euronews Next in an email.

I would note that these are among the students most impacted by COVID-19 restrictions and social isolation so they are going to need a LOT of mentoring. I do hope they get it somewhere along the way.