Kaylee McGhee White, an editor at the Washington Examiner, recently shared some hard truths with her fellow Gen Zers, those born after 1997.
During an appearance on “Making Money with Charles Payne,” she discussed a viral TikTok video.
In the viral TikTok video, a young woman complains about how tough it is to manage life with a 9-to-5 job, saying, “I want to shower, eat my dinner and go to sleep. I don’t have time or energy to cook my dinner either. Like, I don’t have energy to work out, like that’s out the window.”
“Like I’m so upset,” she continued. “Nothing to do with my job at all, but just like the 9-to-5 schedule in general is crazy.”
McGee White, had a brief chuckle, “Gen Z, discovering the real world. It never gets old.”
Then she took issue: “And I say this as someone who is Gen Z, and they’re shocked at the idea that you actually have to work a full-time job in order to make money.”
This isn’t just her opinion; it’s backed up by numbers. A survey from ResumeBuilder reveals that 75% of business leaders find Gen Z “more difficult to work with than other generations.”
In addition, 49% of business leaders and managers surveyed said that it was difficult to work with Gen Z all or most of the time due to lack of communication skills, effort, motivation and even technological skills.
Nearly half say this difficulty comes from Gen Z’s lack of effort, motivation, and even basic skills like communication and technology.
“I assume that she’s probably only a couple of years younger than I am. So this is her first, maybe her second job, right?” McGee White said.
“The best way is to buckle down, work hard and achieve what you want,” McGhee White advised. “Success isn’t handed to you, and that’s exactly what my generation assumes,” she continued.
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McGee White believes the entitlement concept was exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic that led to a boom in remote work.
She refers to them as “the COVID kids,” stating that years of remote schooling have led them to believe they should be “handed remote jobs.” The issue isn’t just about disliking a 9-to-5 schedule; it’s more about the culture of expecting rewards without putting in the effort.
She agrees with Charles Payne’s belief that you have to make some sacrifices to succeed, saying, “you got to put some skin in the game.”
The idea is simple: if you want to get ahead in life, you need to work hard and make some sacrifices.
McGhee White also raises concerns about how society, particularly government policy, is affecting young people’s views on work, specifically the concept of student loan forgiveness as a prime example.
“We’re teaching kids that they don’t have to work hard to pay off their student loans and that other people will do it for them,” she states.
The truth most people have a bit of shell-shock transitioning from college to full time work. Realities of life set in and it is ok to acknowledge it is not enjoyable.
However, the post-pandemic world reveals there was definitely damage done to the younger generations through isolation, at home “schooling” and work from home jobs that are disappearing.
It is time to start instilling work ethic, goals, and realistic life responsibilities into our youth to help them understand that rarely in life is anything just handed to you.
If we don’t work to fix the problem, our country will be in a terrible place in the decades to come.
