A Millennial who complained about having to go to work every day was ordered to “shut up” by Joe Hildebrand since his generation pays for “everything.”
During a segment that aired on Sky News on Wednesday, the well-known journalist offered his opinion on the contentious discussion surrounding “lazy” young people.
Being in the “wedge generation,” according to the Gen Xer, meant dealing with Boomers who “can’t work an iPhone” and Millennials who were “lazy little s***s.”
‘All we did was get jobs and not complain,’ the presenter said of his generation.
‘You’re both screwed. You’re both useless. We’re the ones becoming CEO’s and getting it done. We’re paying for both of you.’
Sky News host Paul Murray shared a blunt message to the Millennial who whinged about his job satisfaction: ‘Welcome to work, pal’.
‘We all have awesome jobs, but in the real world that’s how people feel every day.’
Hildebrand said he knew it could be tough to go to a job that wasn’t ‘spiritually fulfilling’ or ‘matched your ethical values’.
‘We know all this, we really do, but we just don’t care,’ he said. ‘So just shut up and go to work. Because we’re paying for everything, because we’re Gen X.’
The fierce debate comes after an Australian Millennial complaining about work divided the internet – prompting Boomers to tell the young Aussie to ‘suck it up’.
Young worker Lucas shared his candid views of work on social media with the caption: ‘Sorry probably not the motivation you need for today.’
The video starts with Lucas putting a seatbelt on while sitting in the driver’s seat.
‘Does anybody actually f***ing enjoy going to work, I wake up every day and I say ‘F*** this,’ Lucas said.
Lucas sarcastically ends his work rant complaining about his job satisfaction.
‘I’ve never left work and been like ‘today was such a good day’,’ he said.
The video posted to TikTok account has received over 106,000 views and has Boomers firing back at the Millennial’s view of work.
‘Suck it up princess, you got until you’re 65-70 years old,’ one user commented.
‘You need to appreciate what you’ve got bro, some people don’t get the opportunity to have a job,’ another user wrote.
‘Be thankful that you have a job, I’ve been trying to find a job for a year and people who are complaining about their job p**s me off no end,’ a third chimed.
Most users said they enjoyed their job and suggested the unsatisfied worker change his occupation.
‘Because you’re working on a job you don’t like. Quit and find a new one that you enjoy mate,’ one user wrote.
‘Change job and quit complaining,’ another commented.
It’s not the first time a feud has erupted on social media between different generations of workers.
Corporate coach Kathy McKenzie previously told Daily Mail Australia the number one thing young workers despise is unnecessarily being told what to do by their older bosses.
She added that the issue is even more magnified when Baby Boomers share obvious directions with younger staff – particularly women.
Boomers hit back at ‘lazy’ Millennials, Gen Y and Z, complaining about working conditions, calling the generation ‘weak babies’ who have no clue about the real world.
‘Youngsters are leaving the workplace because they’d rather sit home on Centrelink payments than doing an actual job,’ Dianne, 66, commented as a furious discussion broke out over the issue online.
‘I’ve worked with young managers and ones who are well over retirement age. Being a f***wit is actually a defect which is found across the age spectrum.
‘If your boss is lacking in this quality, you’ll be miserable at work regardless of his/ her age bracket.
‘Blaming an entire generation for your woes is easier than taking responsibility for poor choices. It’s also spineless and lacking in substance.’
Another said: ‘So are these whiny, weak babies that quit their jobs moving back in with mummy and daddy? How are they supporting themselves?’
A third wrote: ‘One day this generation will be in charge. We’re all doomed.’
Some people said the complaints of the “me, myself, and I” generation are “a bit rich” coming from a set of people who go out of their way to be offended and then broadcast “themselves crying on social media” about it.
In what has been nicknamed the “great resignation,” disgruntled employees are quitting in droves, creating labour shortages in some of Australia’s most important businesses, notably the healthcare industry.
The 50-year low unemployment rate of 3.9% is mostly due to a major flight of people dissatisfied with their chosen professions and a sharp decline in immigration from abroad.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ most recent employment report made clear the extent of the problem worrying managers, showing 423,500 open positions.
Healthcare is one of the industries suffering the most from a lack of workers, with 20,000 “burnt out” nurses quitting their jobs last year.
Amy Halvorsen, one of those who left, claimed there was a “huge gap” between administration and the nurses on the floor.
The 33-year-old began working as a registered nurse in 2017 and was stationed in Sydney’s Westmead Hospital’s neurology and trauma unit during the Covid outbreak.
‘It was so understaffed throughout 2021, and when the new waves of the virus kept coming, there was just no reprieve at all,’ she said.
‘As soon as beds finally started to empty out, we’d be hit with another wave, and there was no forward planning by the health department or the government to fix it.
‘They just see numbers and targets and percentages, not what health staff are going through,’ she said.
With the ABS reporting that the number of people quitting their employment to pursue a business opportunity or to change jobs is now significantly larger than the number of persons getting fired or laid off, new data clearly shows that the Great Resignation phenomena is taking place in Australia.