The Workplace Social Contract Is Broken. Now What?
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After I gave a speech about Gen-Z in the workplace, a human resources director in the audience asked if we could chat briefly. She explained that their Gen-Z employees would not stop asking for—even demanding—a four-day workweek. She was at her wit’s end, trying to explain to them why that wouldn’t work for her business.
“Tell them the discussion is over,” I said. “This business operates five days a week, end of story.”
What I didn’t know when I said it is that this level of harshness is on par with what CEOs of big companies are saying.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
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