Young workers are getting fired at an alarming rate in the US, with experts suggesting the troubling trend could start to plague Australia.
According to a report, 75 percent of American companies weren’t happy with their recent Gen Z hires, meaning anyone age 27 or younger.
The survey by Intelligent found that six in 10 employers had already axed their recently hired university graduates within a year.
The main problems employers found with this generation of workers were that they weren’t prepared, often wanted to leave early, start late and had poor communication skills.
Recruitment expert Roxanne Calder said that while young people in Australia aren’t getting fired at the same rapid rate as young people in the US, workplaces are still suffering similar issues.
“The messages I’m getting back from managers and employers is a mixture of starting salaries being too high and expectations not being normal,” she told news.com.au.
Calder explained that it isn’t abnormal for a university graduate to earn $80,000 for an entry-level role in 2024, but “poor Gen Zers” don’t realize that with a greater salary comes greater expectations.
“If you’re going to get $80,000 for your first job, then the company is expecting you to come on board and fire and Gen Zers don’t have the technical or soft skills to do that,” she said.
Of the companies surveyed, 79 percent said they had put younger staff on performance improvement plans, with 60 percent eventually sacking them.
Calder said she’s seen an increasing trend of Gen Zers struggling with communication at work and being unable to take on feedback.
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