Yesterday, Red Baron read an article about Generation Z titled Entspannt in den Abgrund? (Relaxed into the Abyss?) by Florian Wichert.
Generation Z? I looked up the Internet and found the following graphic (click to enlarge):
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| They are running out of letters switching to the Greek alphabet (©Mglee/Wikipedia) |
I
learned Red Baron belongs to the Silent Generation, and indeed chocked by the
war, my generation didn't say much but accepted what was coming.
Generation Z, born between 1995 and 2010, has various nicknames in Germany. They are derisively called "Generation Feierabend," "Generation Schneeflocke," "Generation Krankenschein," or even "Generation Pause." The three first features are based on a common prejudice.
Generation Z, born between 1995 and 2010, has various nicknames in Germany. They are derisively called "Generation Feierabend," "Generation Schneeflocke," "Generation Krankenschein," or even "Generation Pause." The three first features are based on a common prejudice.
"Feierabend"
because the end of daily work must be particularly early with this generation.
"Snowflake" because it melts at the slightest pressure.
"Health Insurance Certificate" because Generation Z takes sick leave for a week after a critical conversation at work.
"Health Insurance Certificate" because Generation Z takes sick leave for a week after a critical conversation at work.
"Break" because, according to
official statistics, more than half a million young people in Germany do nothing.
They are called NEETs in the US: Not in Education, Employment, or Training.
Generation Z is coming into focus in Germany because the economy continues to shrink compared to other industrialized nations. Among other things, it needs a new generation's motivation, impetus, and innovations.
Popular television host Markus Lanz described Generation Z as "an oatmeal society, a guava syrup troupe on the lookout for the ideal work-life balance all the time."
Are the preconceptions true that Generation Z embraces activism over innovation, prefers yoga to make money, shuns responsibility and work in general, drinks oat milk instead of cow's milk, and slows down their commitment even further when their work is criticized? Is this, as critics fear, a generation of beleidigter Leberwürste (a bunch of prima donnas) that is putting Germany's future at risk and, in the long term, will relax and plunge the country into the abyss?
In fact, many of Generation Z want success, but not at any price. They have a somewhat different attitude to work than previous generations because:
Today the promise of prosperity no longer applies. Homeownership is only realistic with wealthy parents, even more so in the big city. The retirement age is shifting backward. And above all: Why chase after prosperity when the climate crisis will end in disaster for the foreseeable future anyway?
Didn't their parents and grandparents miss out on climate change or even cause it? Generation Z has seen from them that drudgery can lead to burnout, illness, and quarrels.
Is Generation Z right? Are the prospects really that bleak? What do you think?
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Generation Z is coming into focus in Germany because the economy continues to shrink compared to other industrialized nations. Among other things, it needs a new generation's motivation, impetus, and innovations.
Popular television host Markus Lanz described Generation Z as "an oatmeal society, a guava syrup troupe on the lookout for the ideal work-life balance all the time."
Are the preconceptions true that Generation Z embraces activism over innovation, prefers yoga to make money, shuns responsibility and work in general, drinks oat milk instead of cow's milk, and slows down their commitment even further when their work is criticized? Is this, as critics fear, a generation of beleidigter Leberwürste (a bunch of prima donnas) that is putting Germany's future at risk and, in the long term, will relax and plunge the country into the abyss?
In fact, many of Generation Z want success, but not at any price. They have a somewhat different attitude to work than previous generations because:
Today the promise of prosperity no longer applies. Homeownership is only realistic with wealthy parents, even more so in the big city. The retirement age is shifting backward. And above all: Why chase after prosperity when the climate crisis will end in disaster for the foreseeable future anyway?
Didn't their parents and grandparents miss out on climate change or even cause it? Generation Z has seen from them that drudgery can lead to burnout, illness, and quarrels.
Is Generation Z right? Are the prospects really that bleak? What do you think?
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