Millennials & Gen Z

$100,000 H1-B Visa Fee is Shortsighted

Creating Unintended Consequences You have probably heard that President Trump signed an executive order requiring that the H1-B visa must be accompanied by a $100,000 fee for certain H-1B visa applications filed on or after September 21, 2025. The fee is not applied to current H-1B holders, renewals, or certain other H-1B petitions, according to […]

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Gen Z Employees Are Being Fired at Alarming Rates

Responsibilities of Employers, Colleges and Employees It’s alarming to me that Generation Z (Gen Z) employees are being fired shortly after they start their jobs. I was curious about the reasons, so I did some research and produced a variety of things as discussed below. What’s the Problem? Virtually all of the articles that I

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Motivating Gen Z Employees Through Engagement

Managing the Workplace Environment to Enhance Employee Satisfaction I have previously blogged about how The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People can be applied to Gen Z workers. As I mentioned in the first of three blogs that explore this issue, “The 7 Habits presents an ‘inside-out’ approach to human effectiveness that is centered on principles and character. Inside-out

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Managing Gen Z by Applying the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

How Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits Influences Behavior in the Workplace The most recent blog that I wrote on my Ethics Sage website examined how Stephen Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People might be used to discuss the relationship of these characteristic traits of behavior related to managing employees in the workplace. I am writing three separate blogs on this issue.

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Millennials and Gen Z Influenced by Ethics and Sustainability

Do Company Practices Affect the Acceptance of a Job or Assignment? On Wednesday, July 30, I posted a blog on my “Ethics Sage” blog sight that addresses the ethics of the Big 4 accounting firms and whether candidates for a position with the firms should check out the record of ethics for these firms. I believe, at

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What Can Employers Do About ‘Quiet Cracking’?

Meeting Employees Where They Are At Last week I blogged about ‘quiet quitting’ and how it can affect workplace behavior. In today’s blog, I examine the concept of ‘quiet cracking’ and how it relates to quiet quitting, job performance and job satisfaction. Reviewing ‘Quiet Quitting’ Quiet quitting refers to employees who disengage from their roles

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Why Do Millennials and Gen Z Lie in the Recruiting Process?

Do Recruiters Lie as Well? I have observed that college students often lie about their qualifications, skills, and grade-point average in the hiring process. It seems the younger generations (Millennials and Gen Z) rationalize lying as being acceptable more than generations in the past. Some have told me that lying is acceptable because the firms

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Gen-Z Employees: Work to Live or Live to Work?

Views About Workplace Conditions     The Deloitte Global 2024 Gen Z and Millennial Survey connects 22,800 respondents in 44 countries to explore their attitudes about work and the world around them. Here are four of the key findings. Work to Live or Live to Work Gen Z workers are prioritizing their personal lives and well-being over working.

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