What's Wrong With Gen-Z | Explained With Data

Aevy TV
1 Mar 202425:32

Summary

TLDRThe video discusses how Generation Z is reshaping workplaces with their demands for better mental health support, work-life balance, and jobs with a larger purpose. It analyzes why there is friction between Gen Z and older generations, attributing it to Gen Z's unique experiences entering the workforce during the pandemic's remote work culture. The video argues both organizations and Gen Z employees need to practice empathy, set clear expectations, and dedicate time to understand each other better. It concludes that with some effort and understanding, workplaces can adapt to benefit all generations.

Takeaways

  • ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŽ“ Gen Z's entry into the workforce has been marked by remote work due to the pandemic, affecting their workplace socialization and expectations.
  • ๐Ÿ“Š The majority of the Indian workforce now comprises Millennials and Gen Z, with Gen Z set to overtake Baby Boomers in the workplace by 2024.
  • ๐Ÿ™ Gen Z values mental health highly, with many preferring lower pay for better mental health benefits, influencing companies to expand health services.
  • ๐Ÿ–ฅ Gen Z seeks a strict work-life balance, challenging traditional work cultures and advocating for practices like the 4-day work week.
  • ๐Ÿšซ The concept of 'quiet quitting' reflects Gen Z's belief in not overinvesting in work, emphasizing work is not their sole identity.
  • ๐Ÿ’ฐ Gen Z demands workplaces with a purpose beyond profits, showing a preference for companies that contribute positively to society and the environment.
  • ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ Older generations perceive Gen Z as challenging to work with, citing differences in work ethic and values.
  • ๐Ÿ“Š Gen Z's digital nativity shapes their worldviews and work expectations, influenced by global access to information and social media platforms.
  • ๐ŸŒŽ Workplace dynamics are evolving with Gen Z's preferences, impacting hiring, retention, and company culture.
  • ๐Ÿ“ Effective management of Gen Z involves clear expectation setting, understanding individual needs, and fostering a culture fit from the start.

Q & A

  • What percentage of the Indian workforce is made up of Millennials and Gen Z?

    -From 1995 until now, 60% of India's 524 million strong workforce is formed by Millennials and Gen Z.

  • What is the predicted year when Gen Z will officially overtake Baby Boomers in the US workplace?

    -In the USA, Gen Z will officially overtake the Baby Boomers in workplace by 2024.

  • What are some key demands Gen Z has for the workplace regarding mental health?

    -Some key mental health demands Gen Z has are: better mental health practices and services in the workplace, willingness to be paid less in exchange for better mental health benefits, increased scope and spending on mental healthcare by companies.

  • What is meant by the term 'quiet quitting' in relation to Gen Z?

    -'Quiet quitting' refers to the Gen Z belief that work should not be the only part of one's identity, so they don't feel the need to give 100% effort at work since the returns are disproportionate.

  • Why do managers sometimes struggle with hiring and working with Gen Z employees?

    -Managers struggle because Gen Z entered the workforce during the pandemic mostly through remote work, so enculturation and expectation setting happened inadequately. The disconnect in expectations creates challenges.

  • What can organizations do to better align with Gen Z in terms of purpose?

    -Organizations can work towards larger purposes beyond profits, prioritize environmental sustainability, and ensure alignment with Gen Z personal views and beliefs.

  • What are some solutions mentioned in the video for smooth collaboration between Gen Z and older generations?

    -Solutions include clear expectation setting, understanding individual motivations, spending time getting to know team members, evaluating cultural fit early on, and having patience as a young employee.

  • How does the economic and political timing of when a generation enters the workforce impact their behaviors?

    -The specific economic, political and technological climate when a generation enters work shapes their perspectives and reactions. This context helps explain some generational behaviors.

  • What can managers do to set expectations early on with new Gen Z hires?

    -Managers can create guides outlining their management style, communication preferences, etc. They can codify workplace values, describe hardline policies upfront, and emphasize the importance of culture fit.

  • What advice does the speaker have for young people to build long-term careers?

    -The advice includes having patience in new roles, dedicating more than 5-6 months before shifting jobs, not taking shortcuts, and not giving up easily when things get tough.

Outlines

00:00

๐Ÿ˜€ Introducing Gen Z's entry and impact in the Indian workforce

The paragraph introduces Gen Z as the latest generation entering the workforce, forming 60% of India's over 500 million strong workforce. It highlights how Gen Z is redefining the future of workplace with new demands around mental health, work-life balance, purpose over profits, and notions of "quiet quitting".

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๐Ÿ˜Š Gen Z's demand for better mental health support at work

The paragraph elaborates on Gen Z's demand for better mental health benefits, with 61% willing to accept lower pay in exchange. It mentions how workplaces have expanded health services to meet this demand, creating business potential for mental healthcare services.

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๐Ÿค” Gen Z wants strict work-life balance and meaningful work

The paragraph discusses Gen Z's desire for work-life balance, with 57% willing to work at companies fostering this. It touches on debates around work-life balance in India, linking it to Gen Z's greater demand for purpose and meaning in work beyond profits.

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๐Ÿ˜• The puzzling trend of 'quiet quitting' among Gen Z

This paragraph analyzes the trend of 'quiet quitting' - where Gen Z believes work should not define their entire identity. 73% of Indian Gen Z align with limiting work efforts to match returns. This is seen as entitlement by older generations.

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๐Ÿ˜ฎ Why Gen Z is reshaping the workplace

The paragraph looks at reasons behind Gen Z trends - remote work during pandemic limited workplace enculturation; greater world exposure and opinion sharing power with social media emboldened their views; and inheriting more anxious world. It draws parallels to coming-of-age trends of past generations.

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๐Ÿค Building understanding to work better with Gen Z

This concluding paragraph shares tips for working with Gen Z - set clear expectations early on; understand individual motivations; have patience as Gen Z builds careers avoiding quick jumps. It advocates reading 'Good Work' essay to find work fulfilment.

Mindmap

Keywords

๐Ÿ’กGen Z

Gen Z refers to the generation born between 1997-2012. They are the youngest generation entering the workforce and are reshaping it with their demands and preferences. The video analyzes how Gen Z is changing the workplace in terms of wanting better mental health benefits, strict work-life balance, and purpose-driven work.

๐Ÿ’กmental health

Gen Z prioritizes mental health and well-being, even willing to take pay cuts for better benefits. This is changing workplaces to expand health services and rethink stressful work environments.

๐Ÿ’กwork-life balance

Gen Z wants strict work-life balance rather than overworking. Terms like 'lazy girl jobs' and 'quiet quitting' reflect Gen Z's rebellion against hustle culture and valuing personal time.

๐Ÿ’กpurpose

Gen Z wants meaningful work aligned with making the world better, not just for profits. So organizations now need an ethical purpose beyond financial motives to attract and retain Gen Z workers.

๐Ÿ’กretention

With their demands for purpose and work-life balance, Gen Z poses retention challenges if workplaces cannot adapt. The video explains this frustrates older managers who invest in onboarding and training only to see high Gen Z turnover.

๐Ÿ’กpandemic

The pandemic shaped Gen Z's entry into remote workplaces devoid of in-person enculturation via older generations. This missed socialization helps explain some gaps in workplace expectations.

๐Ÿ’กinformation access

As digital natives, Gen Z has wide information access most generations lacked, leading them to form strong opinions earlier that now carry over into the workplace.

๐Ÿ’กenculturation

Enculturation refers to learning workplace behavior and culture from more experienced generations. Lack of in-person enculturation for Gen Z during the pandemic is seen as a factor in current workplace conflicts.

๐Ÿ’กexpectation setting

The video advises clear expectation setting around workplace rules, values and communication as the top solution to address issues with Gen Z workers.

๐Ÿ’กpatience

For Gen Z themselves, the video advises having patience in new roles, dedicating more than a few months before quitting as anything worthwhile takes time to build.

Highlights

Gen Z represents 32% of the global population and is redefining the future of workplace.

61% of Indian Gen Z prefer being paid less in exchange for better mental health benefits at work.

Gen Z is more likely to work at organizations actively working to make the world better and align with their personal views.

Gen Z experienced workplaces devoid of joy through screens, with deteriorating mental health of older generations.

Gen Z is the first generation to experience the blurring of online and offline worlds.

Access to information impacts how Gen Z views the world and their place in it.

Criticism of Gen Z is that previous generations did not enjoy their level of self-expression.

Anxiety Gen Z has about workplace stems from irreversible changes like AI, climate change, rising costs.

Every generation goes through a teething period when joining the workplace.

Codify your company values and become known for them to attract talent that fits your culture.

Understand what your employees' motivations are and help them fulfill those needs.

Building something lasting requires time, patience, hard work and luck.

Don't give up on work you enjoy if it gets tough on some days.

Share work you find meaningful rather than leave jobs quickly.

Possibility of loving your work enough to dedicate 70 hours per week.

Transcripts

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what is this nonsense I'm getting

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bullied in your

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you guys don't know

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my person

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decision jenzi quietly gave up and no

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one noticed jenzi the first generation

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with no purpose why is jendi rejecting

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hustle culture and redefining the

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meaning of work why the new generation

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is harder to work with no no these are

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not my thoughts if you simply type jenz

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plus workspace in your YouTube search

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bar the videos with the highest views

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will have these headlines sure YouTube

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headlines can often be clickbait but

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what truly surprised me was the sheer

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number of videos made on this topic

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something is definitely going on here so

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we have around 80 people across the

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companies okay and 60% of them are genzi

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so as we expand and hire and grow the

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organization I was reading about this

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and I was curious why are we leveling

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these allegations against the new adults

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entering the workforce after all they

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will also be around right so I decided

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to understand the situation better do

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Young Folks really hate work and are a

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pain to work with or is there something

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else going on here so whether you're a

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startup founder manager or just a jenzy

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who's getting into their first job watch

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till the end because I have some very

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interesting findings which can help you

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so the workforce has four different

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Generations first is Baby Boomers then

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is Gen X third is Millennials and the

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last is Generation Z or gen Z until 1995

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60% of the Indian Workforce comprised of

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Baby Boomers and Genex but from 1995

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until now 60% of India's 524 million

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strong Workforce is formed by

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Millennials and genzies and the number

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of genzies in the workforce is only

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going to increase in fact in the USA

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genzies will officially overtake the

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Baby Boomers in workplace by 2024 yep

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that's this year so goodbye to all

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oldies if you see globally jendi

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represents approximately 32% of the

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global population and they are

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redefining the future of workplace here

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is how starting with mental health

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according to a report by deoy Indian

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companies lose about 14 billion dollars

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every year in value because of poor

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mental health practices in the workplace

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and jenz wish to change that in fact I

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don't know this but did you know that

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61% of Indian genzies prefer being paid

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less in exchange for better mental

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health benefits in the workplace to

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their credit eight in 10 workplaces in

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India have expanded Health Services to

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include mental health benefits in 2023

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in fact their ENT demand for better

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mental health has also increased the

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business scope for these services Bloom

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Ventures for instance in its October

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2022 report pegged the Indian mental

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healthcare industry online and offline

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as a roughly $3 billion opportunity wo

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that jenz seem to want is prioritizing

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strict work life balance see Mental

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Health Services is still something a

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workplace can quickly adapt to but the

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question of 4day work week and Notions

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of work life balance immediately sends

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Indian Genex into a TI if you spend time

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on the internet you must have seen that

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in the last two years work life balance

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has become a hotly contested Topic in

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the Indian workplace so much so that we

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have someone or the other discussing it

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every quarter and getting cancelled from

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Naran mu's 70-hour work we comment to

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shantanu Desh Pand LinkedIn post on work

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life balance and babish shara's

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glorification of no work life balance

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all were met with some kind of

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resistance Indian employees are not

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expected to have a survey said that 57%

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of genzies would work for companies that

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Foster strict work life balance but

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question is what is this work life

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balance event and how does Indian genz

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Define work life balance I have a life

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outside this cubicle I want flexible

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work

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timing laptop so I can work from my

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home I can work 10 times harder when I'm

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in my comfort zone and my comfort no

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dress

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C I can't travel to work man my D just

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told me that I can't go out in the sun

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look at my skin so you heard that that

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is work life balance for jenes fun fact

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here in July 2023 Lazy Girl jobs became

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a social media Trend highlighting the

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importance of work life balance what are

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lazy girl jobs now simply put lazy legal

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jobs promote work life balance as

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opposed to extreme ambition and work to

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the point of burnout but that being said

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work life balance is still an important

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factor that Indian genes value just as

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much before they join an organization so

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far how genzies are reshaping the

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workplace and the demands don't seem to

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over the top right if better Mental

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Health Services and ensuring work life

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balance makes the workplace more

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efficient we should fulfill such demands

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what do you think however there is one

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specific demand or should I say silent

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Rebellion which doesn't quite make sense

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to me it's what they are calling quiet

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quitting I'm sorry for throwing all this

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jargon at you in one day but let me

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explain so jenes basically believe that

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work is not the only part of their

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identity to further this belief they

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feel they need not give that 100% to a

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workplace because the returns are only

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100% for some employees so the quiet

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quitting hashtag caught up in July 2022

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and for once it wasn't just an American

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trend jenz from all all over the world

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even from Asia participated in it a

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survey conducted by slack on knowledge

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workers in India noted that 73% of

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Indian genzies aligned with ideas like

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quiet quitting in fact Kevin oi of Shar

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Tang Fame taged The Quiet quitting

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movement as being worse than the

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pandemic only to be globally cancelled

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by genzies who felt that they wouldn't

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die for jobs that don't care for the

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people who work for them this brings us

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to another factor that Jen's belief

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should change in the workplace that is

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purpose this quiet quitting movement and

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the great resignation were all social

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media movements highlighting that much

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work is inherently not meaningful see

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jenes feel they need to be fully

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involved in the workplace the

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organizations they work for also had to

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work towards the purpose larger than

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profits so profits out purpose in if the

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jenes redesign the workplace that will

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definitely be a flavor but the question

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here is what does organization with a

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purpose even mean does it mean that

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every business should be an NGO does it

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mean the mission and vision statements

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of organizations are now important nope

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genzies want to work at organizations

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that are actively working to make the

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world a better place they are less

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likely to work at organizations that

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disagree with their personal views and

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beliefs of the world additionally

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they're also prioritizing environmental

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sustainability issues that concern the

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workplace look at the snapshot from deoe

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India survey on geni priorities in the

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workplace in fact according to another

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survey 88% % of genes in India

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considered switching jobs in the

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organization they worked with wasn't

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politically and environmentally equipped

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to make changes for a better future now

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let's ask ourselves how does this

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actually change a workplace the answer

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is it impacts retention see a workplace

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invests significant time and money in

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training a fresh hire and after youve

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invested your time energy genzies will

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still leave because they don't feel that

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larger purpose and it can obviously piss

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off the hiring managers and colleagues

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from older Generations because they have

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wasted a significant amount of time and

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money and effort and this is where the

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narrative about genzies shift from they

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are demanding to they are entitled so

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let's look at what the managers are

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saying now they feel that jenzi is way

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too aware of the world but not enough to

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understand that it works less ideally

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than they would like it to this

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discrepancy between jenes owning their

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opinions and trying to enforce them in a

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workplace also creates a Chasm where

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hiring is concerned so last year April

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when Resume Builder ser over 1300

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managers and Business Leaders they found

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that 74% of them believe jenzi is more

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challenging to work with than other

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Generations 34% of these respondents

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prefer to work with Millennials 30% with

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Genex and 4% with Baby Boomers 65% said

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that they more commonly need to fire

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genzies than employees of other

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Generations being too easily offended

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was the top reason for genes getting

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fired honestly I wouldn't blame the

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managers because see when you start work

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it's supposed to be new and challenging

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so you may not have work life balance

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from the get-go and jenes can't jump the

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gun to behave in entitled ways even

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before they get hired but it turns out

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that not being hired is also a nonissue

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for genzies because they can always do

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something called rage apply understand

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that your jargon comprehension meter for

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today is broken but bear with me for

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just a few minutes so what is Rage apply

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after the quiet quitting movement of

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2022 rage applier surface in 2023 so

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when unhappy at your current job apply

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to all open positions to see if you can

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get a better pay raise at your new job

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so this turn actually started in Canada

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when a Tik Tok user redw a social media

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marketeer shared an experience of

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applying to 15 jobs after being angry at

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her workplace and landed a job with a

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$25,000 hike garnering millions of views

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many users were vouching for the trend

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by sharing their successful stories of

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of securing jobs with Hefty hikes and

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perks if you pointed out that jenzi was

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redefining the workplace one social

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media viral Trend at a time you would be

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right I can literally keep going on and

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on about jenz quirks in the workplace

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but the more crucial piece of this

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discussion is why are genzies being

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targeted so aggressively is there any

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solution to all this firstly why are so

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many problem arising even I found a

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majority of these answers and let me

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take you through them so you see Jen's

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entry into the work Force happened

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during the pandemic remote work was

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basically the definition of a workplace

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while this may not sound important to

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you but it is a big deal let me explain

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why see when we first start school we

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learn to be students by observing our

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peers teachers and other authority

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figures shape our Behavior through close

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contact in fact even our parents teach

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us how to behave in social situations

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when we are children so in sociology

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there's a concept called enculturation

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which basically says that we learn how

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how to behave in an environment with the

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help of others who have been around for

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longer now in the case of jenes the

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workplace and culturation happened over

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Zoom calls remote work and a very

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mentally taxing time for the world genz

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is observed Millennials and genx is

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deteriorating mental health crushing

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pressure to work and deliver results at

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a time when the world had stopped moving

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so in their initial working years they

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worked remotely with additional stress

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of how the world would normalize once

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the pandemic ended this uncertainty

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looming at the time was a lot to deal

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with regardless of which generation

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you're from so without appropriate

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communication between older employees

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and the new genes workplace expectation

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setting didn't happen as usual I'll tell

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you what was happening there was a lot

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of Blank Space due to new ways of work

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culture and it set up expectations in

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the wrong direction while remote work

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did prove beneficial jenz did not get

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enough experience in physical office

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setups till after 2 years of entering

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the workforce and endless Zoom calls

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slack notifications even had the other

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Generations deing from something called

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online fatigue so if you look at it

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Jen's experienced workplaces devoid of

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Joy through their screens where first

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mental health workshops and game night

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did not change their view of work yeah

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you can say that it was temporary and

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everyone experienced the same situation

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however starting work in such an

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environment added to the mystery in fact

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in India 2021 was marked by jenz is

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getting rejected in spite of being

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qualified another reason for this

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targeted attack has nothing to do with

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jenzi and all to do with their timing of

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their birth people born between 1997 and

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2012 are considered genzies the internet

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came around in 1995 and it literally

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changed how we did everything so think

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about it okay jenzi is actually the

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first generation to experience the

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blooding of online and offline worlds

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with the innovation in cameras mobile

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phones t TV genzies are exposed to way

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more information from the world than

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other generations and this access to

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information certainly impacts how you

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view the world and your place in it for

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example watching news about fires in

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Haiti and witnessing a fundraising

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campaign gather Aid in record time can

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change one's perspective on how fast

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change occurs globally think about it

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even regarding careers genes have way

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more access to what's possible because

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of how economies have advanced the world

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has indeed become smaller and more

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accessible masking the inherent

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complexity with which it operates

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platforms like Facebook YouTube

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Instagram have allowed people to express

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themselves Steely and for any genen Z to

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think that their opinion counts is as

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easy as putting out a rant video about

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their workplace and going viral honestly

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most Generations before the genzies did

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not have this kind of sway in the world

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part of the reason jenes are a target of

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criticism is that the previous

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generations did not enjoy this level of

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self-expression I mean we were too

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scared of our parents to express any

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opinion whatsoever lastly to be fair

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genzies are inheriting a world that is

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at the cusp of some really irreversible

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changes be it AI climate change rising

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cost of living or unaffordable education

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all of these factors lend to the anxiety

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aeny has about the workplace no wonder

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they prioritize mental health or want to

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work for businesses that value larger

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purposes like the climate it's actually

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very similar to the emotions you Gra

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with when you hit puberty actually you

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know what genes are not the only

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generation going through puberty in a

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workplace it has happened before with

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other Generations too if you look at the

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Baby Boomers they entered the workforce

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at the back of a new found victory of

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independent struggles and post-war

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economic decline so naturally with

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primary Industries being set up and

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large corporations defining the meaning

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of work the Boomers were encultured to

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respect hierarchy and Authority but

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constantly being subservient to

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Authority also produced a a

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counterculture movement in the west with

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back toand voluntary Simplicity and

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communal living experiments that were

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all in part attempts to find meaning

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outside the employment structure if you

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look at baby rors puberty or rebellious

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moment at work it was actually

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represented by hippie culture at its

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tenets which were also all anti-work

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movements us Millennials too joined the

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workplace right when the financial

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crisis hit and had to make do with the

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workplace with no space for our demands

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I think the millennial puberty move mov

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arrived when they were bombarded with

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the follow your passion messages in

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workplaces that weren't sufficiently

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equipped to make space for such passion

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I think all the current standup

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comedians in India are great examples of

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Millennials rebelling at work to meet

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their demands so if you look at India

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the demarcation between Generations

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isn't as neat either because our

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country's cultural economic and

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political tropes are nothing like those

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in the west see if you look at India the

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pace of change differs slightly than the

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West because our economy only opened up

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after 199 91 economic reforms so you

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will notice that our parents still value

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government jobs and security moreover

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Indian genzi Behavior can only be

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attributed to Urban genes since their

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counterparts in tier 2 and tier three

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cities have vastly differently lives and

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expectations from work but is this video

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about rebranding genzies as the sound

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generation if that's your takeaway I

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support it but here's something I want

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you to understand see each generation's

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entry into the workplace is marked by a

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specific economic political and

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technological environment each

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generation's reactions and how they play

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out in the workplace have also been very

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different genes and the behavior are

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spoken about more than any other

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generation because of our inent need to

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document every little change and event

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when we process the world one viral real

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at a time we are bound to magnify

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something that could be insignificant

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and this is not going to stop anytime

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soon but what needs to change is our

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Gaze on genzies in the workplace see

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every generation goes through a teething

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period when they join a workplace

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currently we are mere witness to the

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jenz teething period what's different is

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that we make content out of every little

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detail out there podcast newspapers

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startup blogs and everyone on Twitter

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Reddit and Kora is talking about the

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same details about jendi behaviors and

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demands without sufficiently grasping

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their context and context is key and to

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be honest for the longest time I also

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had a very similar narrative in my head

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that genzies are entitled genes don't

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want to work hard but once I spent some

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time and understood the problem rather

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this generation better I realiz this is

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something very solvable so I would also

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like to share a few things that have

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helped me during hiring and working with

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this generation some context here so a

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and AOS are actually the first proper

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organizations that I've built so I

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didn't know a lot of this before but I

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do know now the most important thing

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that I've learned is expectation setting

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what is okay what can this person expect

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rules routine means setting expectations

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around every single thing and this works

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universally for jenzy Millennials anyone

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you hire or get on board so the CEO of

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stpe Claire Huges Jackson she has this

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guide okay that she shares with whoever

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she works with it's called a guide to

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work with her which is everything listed

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out her management style whether it's

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Hands-On or collaborative how she gives

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and takes feedback how she likes

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communication and I found that to be

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excellent it's literally crafting out

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what an individual can Expect While

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working with her this I feel is

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something that every manager founder

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should do in my opinion set clear

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expectations on every single thing from

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the very beginning and communicate them

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again and again and again print them and

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put them in your workplace if you have

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to but this will definitely help

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describe all the misery Hardline values

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and set high standards Upfront for this

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new joiny tell him or her how do you

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guys get the job done in your

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organization codify your values and

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become known for them now can this DET

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some Talent yes maybe but that means

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they weren't a culture fit in the first

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place see secondly while you want the

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folks around you to understand your

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working style you need to understand

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them too I think what a lot of

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organizations and managers forget is at

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the end of the day the person you're

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hiring is also a human and all humans

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have the same needs they all want the

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same thing and I feel like all of these

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needs can easily be stacked against Mass

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L hierarchy someone might be there for

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purpose someone might just be there for

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money but you need to know what they are

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there for and that actually comes with

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spending time and listening to them they

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said that every manager can only have

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five to seven people reporting to them

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so if you have those five people do you

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know those five people's life beyond

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work what is it that they are there for

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if somebody in your team has joined

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because of your vision and purpose you

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need to tell them the story of why the

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company exists because that is what they

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need to hear again and again to find

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their work valuable if someone is there

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to learn then you need to figure out how

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the workplace can Aid that and how you

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can help the them with their needs see

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not all demands can be met obviously but

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that is again where expectation settings

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come into play lastly you know a lot of

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this work can be done in the very

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beginning itself before the person even

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comes on board so artgil talks about

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something called beer test where he says

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that after you have found someone who

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has the right skills take the person out

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for dinner or beers and see if you and

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your team would enjoy having the person

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around if there'll be a culture fit if

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the person has the skills which is

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actually more easy to gauge just by

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spending a little bit time with them so

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you can actually solve a lot of these

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problems and do expectation setting at

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the very beginning itself now coming to

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jendes who might just be starting out if

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you want to build a long-term successful

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career you need to have a little bit

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patience so when we started a right we

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had some really young folks join us and

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leave wanting to replicate and build the

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same thing they tried they weren't able

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to do it then they came back so what I

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figured that young folks don't realize

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is that building something that outlasts

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you requires a a lot of time patience

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hard work and also a lot of luck right

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decisions right timing in the right

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direction is actually very hard to nail

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see it's good to change your dreams but

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stop looking for shortcuts I know it's

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tough to even expect some of you to have

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a 5-year plan but at least dedicate more

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than 5 to 6 months to something you've

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decided to pursue and really want if you

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keep shifting jobs every 2 3 months

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because it's not fun anymore how will

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you reach that point where work actually

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becomes fun how will you build any

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leverage for yourself see anything new

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is always hard and requires more time

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and learning so don't give up before

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you've even scratched the surface also

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as much as all of you want to go explore

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find yourselves go see the world when

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you're young you also don't want to be

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struggling for Capital when you're in

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your 40s so don't make work or things

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that bring you money your enemy anything

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new is always going to be hard it

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requires more time and learning so don't

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give up before you've even scratched the

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surface and I want to leave with one

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last thing there is actually a

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possibility of loving your work so much

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that you want to dedicate 70 hours per

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week to it so if you do find something

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you enjoy do not give up on it if it got

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a little tough or bad on few days or

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wasn't fun on few days I want to share

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an essay about good work in description

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I think each and every one of you should

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read it it helped me a lot and it could

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help you too anyway that is it for

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