Today's affirmation: semoga Allah tanamkan hatimu kedamaian. tidak mudah marah pada hal kecil, tidak mudah tersinggung pada hal sederhana, dan tidak membesarkan masalah-masalah sepele. agar kamu bisa merasakan hidup tenang, lebih bermakna, dan lebih bahagia
lancarkan rezekiku Ya Allah, sehingga orang di sekitarku juga bisa menikmati rezekiku. aku tak ingin jadi beban untuk siapapun, izinkanlah aku untuk bisa menjadi salah satu perantara rezeki bagi mereka.
Aamiin
A Gen Z joined the team.
Week one.
During onboarding, the manager said,
“We sometimes stay late during peak periods.”
Gen Z nodded.
Then asked,
“Is that paid… or just expected?”
The room went quiet.
- No attitude.
- No rebellion.
- Just a question.
Later that day, HR mentioned “growth opportunities.”
Gen Z replied,
“Does growth include raises, or just more responsibility?”
Again, silence.
- No laziness.
- No entitlement.
- Just clarity.
That’s when the team realized something.
When people say
“Gen Z is lazy,”
what they really mean is:
Gen Z watched old generation
- skip meals,
- miss birthdays,
- work weekends,
- and burn out
only to be told
“budgets are tight”
and “be grateful you have a job.”
So Gen Z chose differently.
- They don’t romanticize overwork.
- They don’t confuse suffering with ambition.
- They don’t trade health for praise.
They still work hard.
They just refuse to work for nothing.
It’s not laziness.
It’s pattern recognition.
And honestly,
after everything old generation went through…
Can you really blame them?