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Gen Z is prioritizing living over working because they've seen 'the legacy of broken promises' in corporate America, a future-of-work expert says(www.businessinsider.com)

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A future-of-work expert said Gen Zers didn’t have the “promise of stability” at work, so they’re putting their personal lives and well-being first.

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???@lemmy.world
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Wow what a sweeping statement with no legs to stand on.

I love work. I worked (yes) quite hard to get a degree and become a developer and ML engineer. One day, I’d like to work in computational neuroscience. I hate so many things about work culture, but the work itself? Naaah, it’s awesome. I’d rather spend every day in this life working on something I love and have interested in, instead of going around making sweeping statements about the entire globe on the internet, incapable of accepting that not everyone is like me.

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owen@lemmy.ca
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Modern “work” does not involve doing something you’re passionate about or interested in for the vast majority of people…

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Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Cheating. Changed the definition of the word “work”

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???@lemmy.world
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Yep so not “all” of them.

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owen@lemmy.ca
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Check out the term “hyperbole”

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the_q@lemmy.world
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Whatever you do isn’t work, buddy and you knew that before replying.

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???@lemmy.world
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It literally Is work, and you knew that before replying /: see we can both say shit like that.

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the_q@lemmy.world
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You need it to be defined as work.

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Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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snek’s statement still stands. They announced they love work. It negates the prior statement. Why downvote then?

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???@lemmy.world
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I thought this was Work Reform, not Anti Work 😭 my mistake

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SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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I feel the same way.

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???@lemmy.world
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Then get ready for lots of downvotes because apparently pointing out that someone made a sweeping generalization then telling the world you’re one of those few who enjoy their jobs means you deserve being downvoted to hell 😁

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  • All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
  • Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
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