Gen-Z: Curse or Cure for the Workplace

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Me, me, me?

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Well, hello, everybody! It has been a while. I am your host, Magnus Carter, and you are listening to the Making More Money For You show.

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This is going to be an amazing show. Uh, it's only gonna be myself.

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It's been a while since I did one of these, so please bear with me.

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And I thank you for tuning in. This show is all about the latest book that I just.

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released with LPS Publishing House LLC. not only… did I wait on this book for a while? I also did quite a bit of research on it.

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And I believe I'm going to name this show… Gen Z… curse or cure.

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Because in the workforce today. There's many people retiring.

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A lot of people want to get out of there.

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you know, get out of their jobs and start living their lives.

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From the 8th to 12 to 15 hour days, 7 days stretches, 15 day stretches, month-long stretches even.

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They've had enough of it, and it's time for them to actually kick back.

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Take what they learn. take what the little bit of the company gave them in their 401K, because everybody stopped using pensions because they're cheap bastards.

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And I'm going to stand beside that, because… Long ago, pensions were the way.

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that companies… value their employees because of all the time, effort, and sacrifice that they give.

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But nowadays, it's the 401K. Not even stock options, if you're lucky, if you can get stock options, depending on your company.

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Might be worth saving, might not be. That's for you to decide, and also your journey as an investor.

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If you want to learn more about that. Uh, tune in and check out any of my other podcasts, or radio shows, if you will.

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They're on all streaming services. So, let's get back to the topic at hand.

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Gen Z. This generation… has been put through… the ringer already. From growing up.

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They were given everything that they've ever wanted. We'll start with that. And it's a digital age now.

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Nobody really did work. Uh, for, you know, with them. It was more or less.

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on the screen, they'll learn on their own. That's good, and it's bad. Uh, as we've seen… And as I've been seeing.

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in the research areas of. my book, which is Making More Money for You.

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working, in quotation marks, with Gen Z. So, there's a lot of things I want to go over with Gen Z, the workforce.

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the ever-changing… environment, uh… constraints management.

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you know, I'm gonna make all this about… the company owners, and the workers.

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You know, not only is it up to the company to provide resources.

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for the company that still make money and have jobs.

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and produce a… a revenue coming in.

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That's positive and not in the negative. You know, the workforce itself, we're gonna do devil's advocate on both of these.

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So as we're going through this, so as I'm gonna go through this.

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I am going to reference my book, reference some things that I've seen out in the wild, some things that.

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are… many, many things.

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on the side of… what this generation can do, what it does do, and what it doesn't want to do.

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And if they're lazy or not. You know, that's one of the major questions that I keep getting asked, is like, why are they so lazy?

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Why don't they do stuff? Why are they doing this, and why are they doing that?

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I want to get into all that. You know, I'm not gonna get… Respectively.

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deep in everything. But just enough to get you, uh, through the next week or so.

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Or maybe longer, depending on how much you… of my insight EUs, or… insight that you don't use, and it's like, oh, he doesn't know what he's saying.

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Well, I kinda like… I kind of think I do understand what I'm kind of saying here. I've been doing this book thing, been mentored many times throughout.

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Throughout my whole transition as an author, and… part owner in the publishing company, LPS Publishing House, LLC.

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And… to show fact of that. The book that just launched on… Monday is the number one new release on Amazon as we speak.

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And as this is going on. And I am recording this on 10-28-2025.

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It is still number one in HR development, it is also in the top 5 in 2 other categories.

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And those categories are…

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Well, let's see here… oh, I got 3 reviews, 4 stars.

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It's okay. Oh, it's number 2 in human personnel right now. Entrepreneurship and human resources.

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So… we're going to take a look at those later.

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And I can probably say one of my haters already got to it and put a one-star review on it because they cannot… It's their choice, it's whatever they want to do.

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So, I'm not gonna dwell on that aspect of it.

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But, to say one thing. Gen Z… Now entering the workforce.

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Because, one, their parents are tired of supporting them. Two, they want money of their own.

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Three, they're getting out of college. You know, college was supposed to be free for them.

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And that's all they want to know. Uh, not so much. You sign those loans, you pay them.

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I'm gonna be harsh, you know? You decide to go to school, well, you decide to go to school for and learn to trade.

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or get a degree, and that was on you.

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And you're alone because that was your choice. as an adult. And I still believe you should be able to pay it back.

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I paid mine back. 10… well, way before.

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you know, they were supposed to be due, or before the interest rates are, like, 8-9% now, and.

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federal grants and federal loans. Well, not… no grants, there's no loans on grants, and no… repayment on grants. Sorry about that.

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So, only to say this is… the Gen Z population that's actually entering the workforce.

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Can't get off their phone. It has been… they grew up with it.

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Uh, first thing that they got is… 3, 4 years old, maybe 5 as they had a tablet to watch videos on.

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Then, from the streaming fact of. a cell phone, another tablet.

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There's very little… interaction with them, so they know the screens.

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and actually talking to people. became… you know, a chore for them, because even the school systems now.

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are all digital. Not to mention, when we're through COVID, where we couldn't even talk to anybody or touch anybody or see anything.

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We were stuck in our homes as prisoners. from the government, because they wanted to… really break us down and make us… dependent on… on drugs and technology.

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And for those consequences, a lot of people. have passed away from that.

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And the aspect of… the up-and-coming kids… Those generations, from anywhere from kindergarten up to graduates in.

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And undergrads in college, they missed out on a lot of things. The year of nothing, really.

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And now we're told… COVID's still there, deal with it. And… That could have been all taken care of.

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at the beginning, because that's when working in healthcare, I have learned that.

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It's still a disease, it's… it… You know the effects, but I digress.

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I digress a lot. This is all about Gen Z and getting them into the workforce.

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So, even with COVID. jobs were shut down. The only thing… people that were really working were essential workers, they deemed was essential workers.

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So, one of the things that… is lacking is personal… personality skills, or actually being able to communicate effectively.

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from one person to another person. And that actually… starts with the interview process, or even the job placement.

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when people… are applying for jobs, or applying for these jobs.

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They're going through… the job descriptions, like, okay, they check 3 out of 4 boxes, and they apply for it.

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to get to the interview process and fail it miserably because they don't know how to communicate and how to answer questions.

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that are actually thinking questions. So, their comprehensive skills and being able to articulate answers.

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based on personal experience, is almost zero. So… HR is having nothing but issues.

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that I can see, and I've… I've seen… everywhere. Everybody's hiring.

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Because it can't keep people. Why can't they keep people? Because they're not finding the right people to fit the positions they're looking for.

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And the reason they can't find that is because the job descriptions.

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don't… necessarily represent.

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what they're working, what they want the people to work, or what the functionality of.

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the actual… job itself to do.

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You know, throughout my years of being in the workforce.

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I've met some pretty shady managers that tried to get all this extra work out of you for not paying them.

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And in this day and age, it is more known now.

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than it has ever been known in the past, because Gen Z is saying no to it.

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I will give them that. They actually have self-worth.

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Self-worth. of actually knowing what time is worth.

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And what the job is actually spent to do.

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Not to say that… there could be compromises on both sides, that's what the job negotiations for and the salary negotiations are for.

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But when you go to a McDonald's and you see, or any other fast food restaurant that are offering 401Ks.

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Paid vacation. College reimbursement, college tuition.

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And… medical benefits.

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for a very… non-labor-intensive and.

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mentally strenuous position. Compared to a CEO.

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Compared to a manager, compared to a network engineer, compared to… a doctor, a lab technician.

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It doesn't make sense. And… that… this is one of the reasons why people aren't working these jobs, is because they're not supposed to be sustainable for.

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long-term. These positions. are actually made to get you work experience, so you can go up the ladder.

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So you can actually do more… have more responsibility. So you can gain the skills that are.

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learning how to talk to people, how to follow orders, how to show up on time, how to… Oh, let's see here, how to show up on time?

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Uh, how to communicate with other co-workers and problem-solving skills.

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Plus, actually doing repetitive things, so you… learn how to do tasks in a better and in a more efficient time frame.

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And then step up from there. But as… time has gone on… People kept staying.

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At the same jobs and not moving forward. Granted, people will do that.

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But not all people are supposed to be doing that.

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So, what I'm saying here… In the first part of this segment.

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is that… when looking for a job.

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List what you're supposed to be doing. never… this is to HR.

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Honestly in management. Never put down other job duties may be needed.

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Because once you put that in there, you're shooting yourselves in the foot.

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Because you were expecting them to go above and beyond what they're actually getting paid for.

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If you want them to do something else, put it in the job description, label it out.

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So there's no surprises, and then pay them for it.

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It's not that hard. Really, it really isn't. I do… I see that in my job… in my positions now.

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I've seen it in prior positions. Especially… when I was due for a raise, when I decided to leave a company.

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that… I got my new job offer, I got the title I wanted, I got the money kinda right where it was. It needed to be a little negotiated a little bit.

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But the job description is to be determined at a later time.

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Absolutely not. If you ever see that on anything that you are willing to sign.

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that has your signature on it. for any purpose.

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to gain financial success, or move up in your career.

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don't sign it. Because once you sign that.

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Anything they say and can do. will be your responsibility, even if it's not your job.

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Not in your department. Um, anything in the company, they can ask you to do anything. If they want you to go up a floor.

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You need to go map the floor, because you sign it with other job responsibilities.

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So, that's one thing that Gen Z really needs to do, and that's any worker out there.

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Please be careful of what you sign and what you agree to. Always negotiate.

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If you cannot come to a negotiation. And you feel that you're under pre… under pivot… uh, not underprivileged, but… underappreciate it, there's other jobs out there.

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Honestly, do not tell your manager you're looking to leave.

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But if you throw that card out there, be prepared.

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to leave the company, or they will find a way to make you.

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want to leave, or find a technicality to have you removed from your position.

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So guys, I want to say, before this first segment is over.

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I want to say thank you for tuning in.

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This is the making more money for you show. I am your host, Magnus Carter.

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We're talking about working with Gen Z. Uh, Gen Z, the curse… curse or cure of the workforce.

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Uh, and, you know, I'm gonna get into a little bit more in the second segment. I'm gonna go into some of the topics that are.

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that are hot topics, besides the actual. job process of looking at job descriptions and.

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Oh, what is it? Job descriptions and negotiations, because they're… And negotiations are a little bit further down the road once you get the position.

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And do not negotiate after you start your job.

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People have been doing that, and they've been quitting.

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I've been seeing that a lot in a lot of different areas.

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So… just be mindful of that. I'm gonna take a short break in a second or two.

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while… our lovely sponsors play whatever they need to play.

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Don't worry. It's there. But… hang tight.

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And we're gonna be back with more of the Making More Money For You show.

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Alright, let's do this.

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Hey guys, welcome back to the Making More Money For You show. I am your host, Magnus Carter.

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Today, we are talking about… investing in workers.

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Gen Z, the cures… The cure or the curse of the workforce.

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You know, uh, I just actually released a book, Making More Money for You, uh, this is the seventh book in the series.

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working, with air quotes. with Gen Z. You know, the first topic.

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I did a little bit of what I've been up to, you know, making books.

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Uh, talking about Gen Z, uh, finding the right position, going through the job description.

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If you see anything else that says other job… other related job duties, do not sign. Have them specify what the job duties are.

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Because once you see the other in there, they can make you do whatever they feel is necessary for you to hold your job.

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And if you don't do it, you can get written up and disciplinary actions.

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So, we're gonna talk a little bit more about the book, I'm gonna go through some of the top… some of the hot topics out there.

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with Gen Z hiring managers and corporate America. Corporate America has been… very ridiculously changed since COVID.

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Everything out there is more…

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technology-based, and… With that being said, with the technology, uh, everybody else, there's multiple generations now.

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you know, I got the boomers still hanging on out there because they can't retire because everything's so screwed up with the.

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With the economy. I know our lovely president's doing his best to do that. Thank you, Mr. President.

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Uh, so they're hanging on. You know, we have the Gen X folks.

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Why? I'm on the bridge of Gen X and Millennials, but I'm more Gen X.

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than anything. You know, is we don't want to be bothered. We want to do our job, we want to go home, we want to drink, we want to go have fun, we want to go… travel, we want to do stuff.

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We don't care about politics. We go, we do a job, we get the hell out of there.

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Perfect. Millennials, it's all about feelings. you know, they came into the workforce, they still did… they still had a work ethic with them.

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But then they started acting, it's like, oh, this is too harsh, we can't have this, we can't have that.

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you know, things started to change, and you started seeing things going downhill.

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There is an increase in… you know, uh… what was it? Not… some sort of lawsuits. I think it wasn't discrimination lawsuits, it's actually a… uh… complaints, if you will, because of harassment.

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the unjustly cause of… things in the workplace, and not being treated right, and blah blah blah.

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So, now… with the… you know, if they, of course.

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the other two generations, the Boomers and Gen X, you know, modify it a little bit. It's like, okay, we can handle a little bit of your whining because you're still doing work.

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Now, Gen Z, enter Gen Z. the workforce will never be the same after this generation.

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Ever. Because work ethic… Sucks. The drive is not there.

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Basic skills are not there. Like, how to show up on work on time.

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Uh, to talk to somebody, how to actually put the phone away to do a job.

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how to… you know, appreciate what they have. Always complaining because they feel they are the entitled generation. Everything is supposed to be given to them.

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They're taught… from their institutions and everywhere else that they seek information.

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that they should all be making $60,000, $70,000 out of the gate.

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No. Can you make 60K plus? Absolutely.

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Depending on what your job is, and where you plan on working.

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But the average person takes a long time to get there, especially with the medians these days. They're anywhere from 40K up, depending on where you live.

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Well, you live in New York City, I think it's, like, 75, 80K is median.

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Uh, minimum. You know, or you're actually in the poor, it's probably above that right now, I can't remember.

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It's been a while since I looked at a chart.

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But, they're expecting all of this. On top of that, the housing market and everything else out in the world is 300 times.

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300% marked up more now than it was… 5 to 6… 5 to 8 years ago.

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Inflation sucks. You know, the Biden administration said there's no inflation. I'm like, um, please tell my paycheck that?

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And please tell the stories that are raising their prices up.

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You know, the same box of cereal is, like, $5 now.

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back 5, 6… well, maybe before COVID, 2-3 years.

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It was, like, $275, $3 a box. No inflation.

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I don't believe that one bit. Well, we're programmed to do that. Look at even gasoline. The stuff we need to get to work… And even cars. Cars now are $50,000, $60,000 for cars that should be in the.

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$15,000 to $30,000. It's ridiculous. Pickup trucks?

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$60,000 plus for effect… for… A flippin' pick a… pickup truck.

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You know, you're paying mortgage prices here. And with Gen Z and Millennials.

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They are in such turmoil because the housing market is so… turned upside down as well.

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they're still living with their parents. You know.

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When I actually graduated school. And got a job that's actually everything that you're supposed to do.

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Because I followed the line for a little while until investing and whatnot.

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about finding a house? It's ridiculous now. For the same house that used to cost $75,000, $80,000.

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are up over… up close to $200K. It's not worth $200K. But the market is saying it is, because there's such a demand right now.

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So, but one thing that isn't… dire demand for companies is… workers that are willing to do a job.

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even… not even well anymore. They've toned everything down so far.

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That you just have to show up to the place to get a paycheck.

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And do maybe a couple small things. So, it's crazy on how everything has been…

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has been shifted, one, because of COVID, and two, this generation that has… You know, it has ambition.

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But the ambition is all in the technology and not actually working with people.

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You know, I… personally, as a network engineer. for over 20 years.

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When I get done with a computer and done work, I… that is the last thing on my mind I want to go and do. I actually want to sit outside.

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I want to go hang out with some friends, I want to listen to some music.

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But personally, that's just me, you know? Even in the middle of my career as a network engineer.

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I would play video games, because… it would just drown everything out. Nowadays, you have esports, you have all this other stuff that is still in front of a video game.

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And not interacting with people. I digress again. I… I am not apologizing for digression, because this is all relevant, because it's Gen Z.

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This is the way they're raised, this is the things they do.

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This is their… You know, their moment in time.

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I'm actually going to…

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reference the… working with you, working with Gen Z Book.

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A little tidbit here.

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Please bear with me… And let's not say about Gen Alpha that's coming after Jen.

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Gen Z. That is gonna be a little bit even worse. That's another book and another… Another… podcast or a radio show after.

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Okay. Here's one of the things. Less intertwined with the company. Employee… Engagement with the company's mission, and branding has always been low for Gen X and Millennials.

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But the situation was getting better around the 2010s until the pandemic.

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Honestly, because the companies were actually listening to it.

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To us, out there. Because, hey, you know. we're getting more… more people out there, they have to change the rules, they're changing it a little bit at a time, which is great, because… of everything that was going on back then.

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You know, uh, we're getting more digital, we're getting more… more efficient with some things.

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So they were starting to evolve, and evolve towards.

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everything that the workers needed. But as soon as COVID hit, boom.

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everything was remote, everybody was working in pajamas. The dress codes went out the window.

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the respect went out the window because you're not in front of, actually, somebody, you're actually on a Zoom call.

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you know, 10, 50, 100 miles away, or across the country.

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A lot of people during the pandemic were working on a beach.

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I wish I was one of those people. But I was not.

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Yeah, right here, right here in the book I put. Another reason could be that.

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because of the remote work, the workers are less engaged, and the actual office space, and less likely to associate themselves with the company altogether.

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Even their colleagues, less than 40% of the people report it being connected to the mission of the company.

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with working… workers feeling isolated and purposeless. You know, that's one thing about an office.

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in a building, is you're actually there to do one common thing. Generate revenue for the company.

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basic thing. Whatever it's marketing. compute PC repair.

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Uh, calling people on the phone. water coolers, cooking dinner.

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Cooking the lunches or whatnot, janitorial staff. It is all for the company to… proceed and work. You know, it's… Plus, you had a camaraderie of hitting everybody in the office when you had co-workers.

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He had… like things. Honestly, and you're… you interacted with people.

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Where are they your best friends ever? Some can be, some aren't.

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But you're… acquaintances, as someone told me.

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or work… work folks. relied on you, and you relied on them to actually get work… do stuff. To get work done.

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to make goals happen. to have something to work towards. Also, it was a lot easier to… manage people in one location instead of constantly trying to call somebody on a Zoom call.

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And they don't pick up because they were out walking their dog.

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in the bathroom, taking a shower. you know, taking care of one of the kids.

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And… or one of the animals, or… Something. Doing something besides work.

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And work… work progress really sucked, because they weren't focused on the job itself, they're doing everything else.

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And I'm gonna fight this on the backside of things for the people working at home.

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There was no disconnection. You want from one thing right to the next thing.

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You know, there was no break, there's no… Uh, no downtime, there's no decompressing, there's no… yelling or screaming in the car on the drive home.

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you know, it's… you're automatically in the house mode.

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And then once work time came around, you went right into work mode.

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It was… it… it seriously is. It is now, and it was then.

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Especially the isolation, where the only people you could actually talk to are the people in your house.

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I know a lot of people that almost didn't make it through COVID because they spent too much time with the other person.

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I'm just… just gonna throw that out there. So, you know, that's one of the things… another one of the things is.

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that Gen Z. since there's so many jobs open, and there's such a short… telepool now, with the skills they need.

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They want more money. You know, with the inflation… like I was talking about before, the housing market, cars, everything's inflated.

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It's gonna come down, it's gonna… the balloon's gonna pop at some point.

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So… who knows what it's gonna be. It's slowly deflating, it's inflating, it's deflating, it's inflating.

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You know, it's a game of cat and mouse.

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But… the reason why prices are… one of the reasons prices are so much at McDonald's is they're getting paid $16… $15 plus an hour.

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You know, that $0.69 $1.25 cheeseburger, double cheeseburger. That was years ago, we're still getting paid, like, $4 an hour.

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you put in the fact that they're getting paid $15, $16 an hour, what their benefits, what their vacation time, what… you know, medical and all that other stuff.

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a big max, like, 10 bucks now. That is insane!

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And it still sucks. Honestly. Seriously.

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So… That's what we're facing right now. The inflation of that… Uh, so Gen Z is on that.

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Because they want more money, because they have to pay bills, they're still living in their parents'.

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They're still living in her parents' garage. Or in their basement, with their video games on, and trying to get a job.

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Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes. Because that's so many… and… you know, one thing I'm gonna get into when entering… when interviewing.

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you know, Gen Z doesn't think in the… concrete way anymore. They think more abstract and… Because when they changed math, and they changed all the curriculums and stuff.

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They put all this extra garbage in there where… Facts aren't really facts anymore. Facts are stories.

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So, one thing that I've found out, some of the questions that HR people are asking is, like.

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If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?

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Good question. Million dollars nowadays is, like. $150,000 back in… Like, the 80s. You know, that's… A million dollars now is really not much.

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So, there's that aspect of it. There's the… well… Tell me, you know, tell us a time where… since they don't have work experience, where you helped your family out?

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Or where you solved a problem with your family.

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It's… they gotta find ways around it, because… when they look at resumes, resumes are… More blank paper, and more one-page liners than I've ever seen in my life.

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Because I… after trying to hire editors and… graphic designers.

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cover designers… I was looking at some of the resumes out there, and they're not even one page, they're just like, high school.

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Track team. Honors English.

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the… debate team, college. Oh, college, we played golf. I'm like, okay, we play golf, and we played EA sports.

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Nothing else. I'm like… Well, you know, he has those questions, it's like, well, what programs do you use, and… And whatnot that you would actually be using. Can you… can you work this? Can you learn this?

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A lot of them… Can't even answer the question of a simple yes or no question.

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So, when we get into more of that, and uh… the actual work.

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It's… it's a challenge anywhere out there. I am facing the same thing.

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As thousands of other… of all you other guys out there, HR development, CEOs, managers, supervisors.

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the communication is a giant barrier because they can't put their phone down.

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Or it's the new lingo out there, it's like, oh.

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That's so riz, and… you know, trying to learn that lingo, I'm like, no, I'm not learning the lingo either. You talk like a… like a person, or, you know, there's other places out there.

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So… and that's where a lot of the disconnect is.

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Another disconnect is people… Gen Z doesn't feel like they're heard.

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Or their feelings get hurt because they don't underst… they're actually talked too harshly, because… You know, they did something wrong, and nobody really yelled at them as they were growing up or doing anything.

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So they quit. And that's why a lot of them have, like, 6 or 7 jobs on their resume.

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But, like, 2, maybe 3 months at tops. So, I'm gonna let you digest on this aspect of things.

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And this rant of mine, which… I will continue at one more segment here.

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And… I'm gonna tell you how to get the book.

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Also, if you have any questions for me, I'll give you all that contact info, which is… Absolutely important, because I like keeping up with you guys.

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I want to take a quick break, and I'm gonna come right back.

00:35:28.600 --> 00:35:33.600
Hey, everybody! Welcome back to the Making More Money for You show. Sorry for the pause.

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Had to happen. Not gonna lie. But the first two segments… went over, you know, the job description, Y, Gen Z.

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can be the curse or the cure for the workforce.

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I went in the morning to negative things, but… In this last section, I'm gonna go over some of the remedies and some of the things that can be actually implemented.

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the hell… I'm only gonna go over a couple things so that this is a short segment.

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Plus, I don't want to go too in-depth, because, you know, I still have this book thing for sale.

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I gotta make a couple dollars here, a couple dollars there.

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So… Let's get right into it. Okay.

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One thing… since Gen Z really didn't have any mentors or anything growing up, because they were addicted to their phones.

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or smart devices. Plus, with the lack of…

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human interaction during COVID and such things. We are going to… I'm going to talk about, you know.

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Start a mentor program in your workplace. set them up with the, like, the grumpy old guy that's about ready to retire.

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Or the happy guy that's gonna about… gonna be ready to retire.

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Because he knows that he's on his way out, he will do whatever it takes to get through the day.

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Bottom line? It'll be like a knowledge transfer for everybody involved.

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You know, sometimes… it's a good thing, sometimes it's a bad thing, they may kill themselves, kill each other.

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Or if they're in a walk out, whatever. But the retirement guy that's at his end, he's not gonna walk out because he works too hard.

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to get out, especially without a pension, without this 401K.

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You know, has paid life insurance, paid medical insurance, whatever it is.

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So he's gonna do the work. excuse me, now you gotta be mindful when you do that.

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You kinda gotta… need to put them with someone that he's really not gonna… Really not gonna kill.

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Or, you know, just put his nose up and just not talk to him.

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For them. But the Gen Z person has to have the aptitude that.

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is… will work for the job. So, that is one thing to do. And also have… I hate to say this, but… have Gen Z actually teach something.

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I know that's way out in left field. I know you're probably cringing at the thought about that, or actually thought about it, and your boss shot it down.

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But here are a couple reasons why you actually want them to do that.

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One, they can feel the responsibility, it's like, okay, they're being hurt.

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They like being heard, they like their feelings, touchy… you know, touchy-feely, everything going on, happy that… you know, that they're trying to make a difference.

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Two, they can actually use their digital media. or digital, whatever capabilities to make a very nice PowerPoint presentation or a video.

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to actually show a skill. So, it gives them some sort of production and purpose to work towards.

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and also have… like a Zoom call with them. I know people… Love Zoom calls, and I don't understand the point… I really don't understand Zoom anymore.

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I don't understand, people, how people cannot still… Find the join button.

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Find the pause button. Find the stop button, or… even hook up their microphone or headphones.

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It's been 3 years. Get over it, and use it.

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Quit making excuses. Seriously, that is one of the last things. Oh, I'm sorry I'm late.

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You knew what time it was. You know to be there 5 minutes early, and you know that.

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There's going to be an issue with your Zoom, because one, you need to update, two, you gotta sign into it.

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Or you gotta reboot the system, your computer system. Come on.

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It's been 3 years. Use your brains. You know, quit making excuses and making a spectacular of yourself.

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Because no one likes it, and no one likes you for doing it.

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Because they want to get off… the conference calls as fast as I can, because they actually have work to do.

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I'm gonna put it out there. Just an FYI.

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So, that's another thing that you can do, is have them lead something like that.

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Uh… Oh, just an FYI, over 50% of all startup businesses will fail in the next decade.

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And nearly a quarter of them in their first year, because.

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they don't have the talent. Need it to sustain… for revenue-producing work.

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Bottom line, any new startup out there. You are at odds of failing within the first decade.

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Work good, work hard, make smart decisions. Just an FYI.

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get everybody on board fast, believe in your mission.

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do what you need to do to make it… to make it work.

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You know, I'm pulling for you guys.

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Some of the strengths of Gen Z. Well… There's some out there.

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use them for marketing. That's what they do. They do their little tenses on TikTok, they do whatever they do.

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you know, they're good with it. They know social media, they know how to get things done, they know how to… make a stand for something. If you have something… That's basically wanting to… Be known about the company.

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tell them to do it. They will more than likely give you an okay. It'll be done in, like, 30 seconds.

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What they do the rest of their time later? That's up to you guys. That's up to your manager or supervisor.

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You know, that's one of the main things that they do, is use their creativity to… To further the company.

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If they have… if you have a process? Sit down with them. It's like, hey, this is what we're doing. What do you think?

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Not everybody should be able to do that. Just gonna put that out there.

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You know, select a few. The ones that show interest in it.

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The one that shows that they're willing to stay with the company.

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The one that shows they're going to… actually do the work to make it… to make it happen.

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And then the other people… I don't do the work themselves. You know, have… have the other Gen Z folks work with.

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The other generations, like the millennials. and the Gen X, and the… Boomers. One thing about society is now is this woke garbage out there.

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I'm just gonna say woke is garbage. Because there's no place for that in the workforce, honestly.

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If you can't be professional enough to add professional courtesy for each other, you shouldn't be working there.

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there… all this extra… well, you hurt my feelings for this, you hurt my feelings for that.

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get over it. The… the woke… thing is just… there to be a distraction from… uh, positive, productive people.

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Bottom line, I see it… you see it everywhere.

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People are sick of it. People don't care anymore.

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They want to go and live their lives. They don't want to shut down their throats either.

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That's… that's exactly what it is. woke is just garbage.

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So… And I'm actually happy about everything that's being done.

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out there that is trying to eliminate woke. woke society, because… If we can't work together for a common goal, you shouldn't be at that place, you should go find somewhere else that actually aligns with your.

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your beliefs, your work habits, your work ethics, if you have any of those.

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So, that is the… honestly, if… if you feel like the… Oh, that's one thing the HR can do, is have a super small trial period.

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It is a pain in the butt. To do this, but if you do a trial period of, like, 2 weeks instead of a 90-day probationary period.

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It will save you so much headache, and so much in… Uh, let's see here… the… the corporate world of slang would be… Um…

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Workman's comp, workman's, you know, unemployment. Uh, actually filling out the… The benefits… have them do work.

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For two weeks. It's like, okay, you're gonna do this, you know, this is your trial period. You get 4 hours away… 4 hours a day for 2 weeks, if you can do the job, you're hired, and this is what you do.

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Honestly, that's one of the best things that I've seen. I've seen actual companies do that.

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And they've cleared out so many… so much dead weight that we're… that they say they can do the… the tasks that were assigned to them.

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And they got rid of them. It's like, okay, you have a paycheck, here, go see a buy.

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And they didn't pay… have to pay anything else out of pocket for it, because it was under contract. It's like, this is what you agreed to.

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These are your terms. You know, you're late so many times, you're late so many minutes.

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You put that… you put those stipulations in there?

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they can't do anything about it. And… also check what your company policy and legal team on that.

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Because certain states have certain different rules. Okay. Especially at-will states for not at-will states, so… Consult your… consult your legal team and your other HR representatives.

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But I know companies that are doing that, especially startup companies, and also… Uh, proprietary companies, LLCs, and other such… Such things as small business and some mediums that are starting to implement that.

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And they've been seeing, really, some really good results and some retention in their workforce.

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Oh, oh, yeah, I hated this part. One thing that you could offer, instead of… More money for the job they're doing.

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And I… I… used to think the same way about this is offered them free food.

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everybody's hungry. The one medical company I used to work for, health company.

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There's two offices. There's one in California, one in Pennsylvania.

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If you've worked with me, or actually worked in the area, you know which company this is.

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But in their California office, they offered. Car washes, car detailing.

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Um, masseuse is to come in… come on site.

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Food, beverages. candy.

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food trucks to come on site, because they want you to sit there and work.

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They're work… their work ethic is… their thought and awesome.

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Awesome way to do this, and they were ingenious for doing this.

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is if you… the more amenities that are on-site, like Google has, or Microsoft has.

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The happier the worker's going to be, and the less time away from their desks they're going to be.

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So they're gonna put out more work. less time going in between things.

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And… The company makes money. That is one of the most ingenious things that they have done.

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the… Pennsylvania office started out like that, and then it became more work.

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And then they took everything away from us, and people got disgruntled, people left.

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And eventually, when we found out. how other things in the California office was raised.

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And done. Yeah, that didn't go too well with the workers, especially when they found out the masseuse was coming in, like.

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Once or twice a month. So… that's just… some wonderful, wonderful things that you can do to actually retain people.

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Be conscious of who you're hiring. search, you know, I am… One thing that I hate about this society right now, and… This world is… everything is on digital media.

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I have taken a step back from social media, and my life has been nothing but better.

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from that. But for a company to… fire someone over their personal social media account?

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is fucking garbage. Bottom line, fucking garbage.

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You have taken their First Amendment right away, so they can actually.

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keep a job. Fuck you. Bottom line, I am not gonna sugarcoat it.

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That is complete garbage. Now, if that… if they brought that into the work area, and they kept saying that stuff, that's another story. But on their own personal time.

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their own personal space, their personal…

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Personal social media. That's garbage. No, there needs to be a line drawn there.

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No way. That's just overstepping their bounds. They can bitch and moan at whoever they want, whenever they want, outside of work.

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If it's on a company… if it's on a company… Equipment, you can absolutely fire them.

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Or on company time, absolutely fire them. If it's still on… in the workplace.

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Fire them. But, on your own personal stuff, I can care less. That's just garbage.

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So, that is my final… rent of the Gen Z workplace, the… The cure, or… The curse, and the work… Gen Z… care a curse in the workplace.

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