Understanding the Next Generation

28 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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Simon Sinek (monologue excerpt) argues that repeated, normalized corporate layoffs have taught younger generations not to trust companies — they see long-tenured employees let go for ‘business’ reasons and therefore expect no loyalty. He frames this distrust as a symptom of a broken form of capitalism, not a new generational failing.

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Because things like Jack Welch and layoffs have become so normalized. Young people have grown up in a capitalist system where they watch their parents lose their jobs through no fault of their own. It's not a meritocracy. You worked for a company for 20 years. You did good work. Sorry, nothing personal. It's just business. We missed earning our numbers. So they've watched it happen. They've watched the company not take care of their parents. And so they've been raised not to trust companies. And so they come in inherently cynical and inherently expecting that the company would happily use their job to help itself and then stupidly demand loyalty back. I don't blame them. The company sets the rules of the game that people are just playing by the rules the company set, which is no loyalty. At the end of the day, great organizations that are well led have no problem with young people leaving every year. So I don't think it's a new reality. I think it is a condition of a broken capitalism.