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?
Tahun lepas masa kes Faisal Halim tengah hangat, Haresh Deol did mentioned dalam podcast Ekonomi Rakyat if that attack happened in a broad daylight to someone as famous as FH, then what's the guarantee for everyone else's safety
Apparently he's right
Saya dimaklumkan bahawa kapal misi kemanusiaan Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) dan Thousand Madleens To Gaza (TMTG) yang turut membawa rakyat Malaysia telah dipintas secara tidak sah di perairan antarabangsa oleh tentera Zionis Israel sekitar jam 10.50 pagi waktu Malaysia.
Saya mengecam sekeras-kerasnya tindakan provokatif dan melanggar undang-undang antarabangsa ini. Tindakan menahan kapal kemanusiaan yang membawa bantuan untuk rakyat Gaza adalah tidak berperikemanusiaan dan mencabuli prinsip asas hak asasi manusia serta maruah kemanusiaan sejagat.
Saya menuntut agar kesemua aktivis dan sukarelawan Malaysia dibebaskan dengan segera, diberikan perlindungan sewajarnya, dan tidak diapa-apakan sepanjang tempoh tahanan.
Kerajaan MADANI akan berusaha sedaya upaya melindungi setiap nyawa anak Malaysia yang terlibat dalam misi kemanusiaan ini dan akan berhubung dengan negara-negara rakan dan pertubuhan antarabangsa bagi memudah cara pembebasan mereka sesegera mungkin.
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