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As Gen Z joins the workforce in larger numbers, many are being dismissed as too lazy to work, or too self-absorbed to do so. Over half of employers consider Gen Z employees entitled and unprepared for work.
Yet the perception of a certain generation being selfish or lazy is nothing new. Baby Boomers—who are now in the position to hire many Gen Z workers—were once called the “Me Generation.” Gen X was considered too “laid back.” Millennials, no strangers to criticism, were labeled the “ME ME ME” generation.
Gen Z—defined as those born between 1997 and 2012—is not