Office Space

 "Quiet Quitting"

I had already seen the movie Office Space before watching it as a part of this class but it had been a couple years so I didn’t remember everything. I found that “quiet quitting” was both very prevalent in the movie but also in today's society. “Why should I have to put in more effort if I’m not going to get anymore more out of it”. With bosses that couldn’t care less about you, a job that doesn’t pay great, and a hard time paying off any kind of rent or bills, it can be hard to care about what you’re doing at work. 

 Gen Z in the Workforce

As someone who is part of Gen Z, I have heard my fair share about what my generation acts like as part of the workforce. I’ve been told that we’re lazy, we don’t care about our work, we take shortcuts, and that we basically should not be taken seriously. It saddens me to know that this is where my generation is being placed because this bias will fall onto me whenever I go out into the workforce. In the couple of jobs I have worked outside of university, I have not personally experienced these biases but most of these have been part-time small jobs while I am on break.I fully expect when I leave university and try to find a full time job that I will have to fight against these biases and prove why we do have a driving work force.  

After reading upon what Gen Z wants from a job, I can agree with the list that is also what I am looking for in a job. I am someone who needs to be challenged or at least feel like I am developing my skills and that I am contributing. I am going into a creative field that currently has had issues with job security in the past couple years so I am worried about entering the workforce.