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☆ A workplace expert says Gen Zers posting videos of themselves getting laid off online are seeking 'validation' because they feel lonely
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe youngest generation at work have found a new way to vent their frustrations at working in corporate America: filming themselves getting laid off or fired, and posting it on social media. "From the Gen Z perspective, this woman feels like a hero," Schawbel said about Pietsch. She got followers, she got attention, because of the algorithm and the echo chamber that surrounds her on social media, and on TikTok especially." Social media fame, likes, followers, and comments might create a facade of social connection for some lonely Gen Zers. A lot of recruiters would be wary of hiring someone like that because company’s "don’t want to be the next victim" of a social media rant.

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☆ A corporate employee sparked a workplace etiquette debate after posting a 10-minute TikTok seemingly showing herself getting fired
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewA corporate employee is going viral online after she recorded and posted to TikTok a video of herself which appears to show her losing her job. Brittany Pietsch, who goes by the handle @brittanypeachhh on TikTok, posted the video on Thursday in which she seemed to be in a call with HR executives at Cloudflare, a cloud-based security firm. One person on Reddit even commented that she displays good sales skills in the video: "I've seen people saying this may negatively affect her career. Exposing a company online is a 'double-edged sword'Pietch's reaction to have her role terminated and uploading the recording online reflects how younger generations have higher demands and greater expectations for honesty at work. AdvertisementDaniel Space, an HR expert who has worked in the tech industry, shared similar views in a TikTok video , where he said companies may withhold severance pay as a result.

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☆ Gen Z may be on track to kill middle management
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

The result may be that Gen Z largely kills off middle management roles for good. AdvertisementIt may even be that Gen Z kills off middle management for good. Success looks different to Gen ZBen Voyer, an ESCP Business School professor and founder of the Gen Z Observatory, told BI that his research showed that "success takes many more different forms" for Gen Z workers. Advertisement"It seems like the employees like to blame the middle managers, and the leadership likes to blame middle managers," she said. AdvertisementKing also agreed that Gen Z rejecting middle management is not because they're work-averse or lazy.

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