Artificial intelligence
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1 day agoGen Z Sabotaging AI at Work So It Won't Take Their Job
A significant portion of workers are sabotaging AI initiatives due to concerns over automation, security, and increased workload.
We sold them a career vision which they probably aren't going to get. They're more willing to afford the thought of, 'I'm going to find something else, but I can't really afford to pull the trigger myself'. This reflects how young workers face student debt, rising living costs, and diminished prospects for traditional milestones like homeownership, making voluntary job transitions feel financially impossible despite career dissatisfaction.
Generation X, the Forgotten Generation, the Latchkey Generation, the Oregon Trail Generation; these are just a few of the names for the disaffected, sarcastic youth of the 1980s. Now, they are in the fully grown adult workforce, approaching retirement age, and finding their lifelong cynicism validated. Gen X grew up with the promise that if you work hard and play by the rules, you can have a nice, middle-class life.