Jodie Foster recently complained that Gen Z is ‘really annoying‘ to work because they don’t show up until 10:30 a.m. or use proper grammar—but now the Oscar-winning actress has confessed that she wishes she had one particular generational trait young when just starting out.
In one Hollywood reporter at the roundtable, she revealed that the one thing she wishes she knew when starting her career was “you can say no.”
“For some reason, when I was younger, I didn’t know I could say no,” the 61-year-old said. True detective star said before praising the newest group of workers.
“That’s the good thing about this new generation; they are very comfortable saying no,” she added. “Very, very good at setting boundaries and saying, ‘I don’t like that’ and ‘I want to do this.’ And I didn’t know that was possible when I was young.”
She sat next to stars Brie Larson, Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, Sofía Vergara, Naomi Watts and Anna Sawai, who could be seen nodding in agreement.
Nicole Kidman on “finding a compromise with your manager”
It’s great if you have the confidence to say no to your boss’s requests, but without your boss’s support, speaking up may have little impact – or worse, could jeopardize your career prospects. your.
As Kidman points out, “You need support when you say no to someone else to say ‘yeah, it’s okay.’”
“That’s the great thing when you’re in a position of productive power, wherever you go, we need to listen to this, we need to respect this and we need to change the way we’re doing something ,” he said. Moulin Rouge star is added. “It’s an incredible position to be in.”
Instead of completely refusing to do the task, you may have more success if you make an effort to find a compromise with your manager.
“There’s always a solution—obviously (bosses would) not want to hear no,” Aniston agrees.
Not all bosses agree that saying “no” is a good career move
While Foster praises Gen Z’s ability to demonstrate boundaries, that same trait has generally brought a negative stigma to this generation.
Just last month, a CEO expressed displeasure with Gen Z when a young candidate refused to perform a 90-minute assignment because it was “Seems like a lot of work.”
Meanwhile, Judge Judy, the prosecutor-turned-reality TV star, says young workers’ record against overtime could kill their careers.
“You only get a bad reputation if you deserve it…If you have a bunch of kids coming into the workforce saying, ‘I don’t like working more than four hours,’ ‘I don’t work on Saturdays,’ ‘Sunday is football.’
“Well, if you want to be successful at what you do, you have to be the first person to come in in the morning and close up shop. Someone will notice that.”
Recent research by Resume Genius also highlighted that 45% of recruiters find Gen Z to be the most difficult generation to work with, with 50% of Gen Z hiring managers agreeing with this view.
But with staff stress and exhaustion increased rapidly and The mother was still severely punished traditional work norms, researchers predict that the youngest generation of workers can “transform the workplace for the better.”
