Generation Z not accepting the 40-hour week doesn’t make them lazy

Mike (@thatginger4567) argued against the 40-hour work week in her clip, explaining that both she and her Gen Z colleagues realize that they can most likely make just as much money logging a timecard for someone else as if they were a Businesses would start themselves while making money from home; And all of this while working shorter hours at the same time.

Mik begins her video by stating, “Generation Z isn’t lazy because they don’t want to work 40 hours a week. Let me repeat this for the people in the background: Generation Z is not lazy because they don’t want to work 40 hours a week.”

The TikToker then goes on to explain why a generation of people who want to spend less time per week at work aren’t lazy: “Answer me: Why should I work 40 hours a week when I make the same money at work “I can do it myself in ten hours?”

According to Mik, Generation Z members are more focused on starting their own businesses and brands than worrying about being employed by companies that don’t compensate them as well as people can compensate themselves by starting their own employment businesses.

“If anything, it would be stupid to continue working forty hours a week when I could make the same amount of money in ten hours. Wouldn’t that be stupid? Wouldn’t that be stupid? I posted a video talking about how I didn’t want to work 40 hours a week at my full-time job anymore and a lot of people said I was lazy titled, “Yay, hoo, hoo.”

Mik continued, “And I feel like this is just a common feeling among baby boomers, that my generation is just lazy and the worst generation ever and has no work ethic and doesn’t do any of that, yadda, yadda.” But the thing is, that’s not the case, my generation just isn’t stupid.”

Mik goes on to say that Generation Z is ultimately smarter than previous generations because they tend to avoid working long hours for a company or boss, preferring instead to invest fewer hours in their own ventures.

“We are not stupid. We are very money conscious, we are good at making money online and we are good at working for ourselves. “So why should we work for someone else 40, 60, 80 hours a week to earn the same amount that we could earn for ourselves in about 10 to 30 hours a week?”

Accordingly USA todayIn the summer of 2023, Generation Z’s debt “exploded” to its highest level ever. According to the medium, almost 77% of Generation Z have credit card debt.

Mik further emphasized how little money she receives as part of her job: “I worked a 10-hour shift last weekend because I still haven’t fulfilled my job that I quit, and all this time I have just worked.” I would imagine that the same amount of money I will make in 10 hours here, I could make in about 2 hours at home.

Mik didn’t elaborate on how she makes money at home or what type of work tasks she does in her clip. “That’s all I could think the whole time. So if you think that makes me and my generation lazy, then you’re entitled to your opinion, but I think that just doesn’t make us f—– stupid.”

However, in the comments section of the video, in response to a curious fellow TikTok user, she highlighted a few ways she makes extra money: “Pet sitting, online personal care, and online marketing,” she wrote.

The TikToker went on to praise her generation’s appreciation for their time: “We know our time is valuable. So why should we trade our time for less money? Why should I trade more time for less money? That would be stupid.” So we are not lazy, not entitled, just not stupid.”