These latest provisions to the workforce have left many of their not-much-older managers enraged. They caved to avoid social media shaming by the web-savvy "dot-com kids."
"When I was entering the workforce I would not have delegated to my boss. Gen Z doesn’t hesitate to do that," said Polly Rodriguez, 34, the CEO of sexual wellness company Unbound, one of many CEOs who expressed their thoughts to the New York Times.
"Some young former employees are much more willing to burn bridges.
"To me it’s shortsighted. Is it worth the social clout of getting gratification on social media but then trashing someone who could continue to help you professionally?"
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By 2025, members of Generation Z - those born between 1997 and 2021 - will make up 27 percent of the global workforce, predicts the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
Rodriguez revealed an incident where her co-founder contacted her to say a younger social media manager had called on a Saturday to demand to know how the vibrator start-up would be advocating Black Lives Matter.
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Rodriguez reached out to her bosses in June 2020, days after George Floyd was killed. Both bosses were shocked by the call on a non-work day, assuming a staff member would only contact on the weekend in an emergency.
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The fear of bad publicity from web-savvy workers led Unbound to select a diversity, equity, and inclusion Officer to train staff, as well as start a fundraiser for a group that helps sex workers of color.
Meanwhile, CEO of a lab-testing start-up, Lola Priego, 31, was horrified to receive a note on workplace messaging service Slack from a Gen Z employee who insisted on assigning the boss a task.
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Priego acknowledged her subordinate saw her as approachable, but confessed that another senior colleague was dismayed by the disrespect for the traditional workplace hierarchy.
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Ali Kriegsman, 30, co-founder of the retail tech company Bulletin, doesn't know how to react when her employees begin requesting paid time off for ailments that her generation would grin and bear, like period cramps and anxiety attacks.
She said a typical call-in, usually sent via text, reads something like this: "Hey, I woke up and I'm not in a good place mentally - I'm not going to come in today."