The Rising Anti-Work Movement
The Rising Anti-Work Movement J.M. Rogers ... As Millennials and Gen Z continue to resign en mass, the phenomenon once dramatically referred to as “The Great Resignation” is looking more and more like a soft workers’ strike. Having worked constantly since my 15 th birthday, I have encountered many dejected employees. As a retail manager during the late 2000s (me being in my twenties then), I often found it difficult to understand why so many of my workers were disinterested, detached, frequently absent and non-responsive to coaching strategies formulated by psychological professionals who tailored the strategies around empowering and motivating individuals. However, the opposite result was the typical outcome. For some time, I felt that the problem must lie in my execution of the coaching sessions. Surely, the issue must lie in some lack of technique. But, after around a year of applying various approaches, s...