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In the United States, a growing number of Gen Z employees are being fired after just a few months by exhausted and annoyed executives. In France too, the gap sometimes seems to be widening and misunderstandings to multiply.
Could these twenty-somethings be so unprofessional? On social networks, there are countless videos that make fun of their lightness – an employee doing her nails in the middle of the day, another participating in a videoconference from a tanning booth… “An intern has already told me “wesh then?” by way of hello, says Judith (1), 36 years old, executive in a Parisian communications company. I remained speechless, unable to respond. Another complained, in a rather vulgar way, about the location of the toilets, which was too indiscreet for her taste. Several young people gave me the feeling of not having the codes.”
Judith is not the only one to share this feeling. Other managers or executives interviewed for this article sometimes seem confused, even helpless, when faced with young, recently graduated employees with habits very different from theirs. 86% of business leaders perceive Gen Z this way – the generation…
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