I am an Xer who manages a small but crucial team at my workplace (in an EU country). I had a lady resign last week, and I have another who may be about to resign or I may have to let go due to low engagement. They are both Gen Z. Today it hit me: the five years I’ve been managing this department, the only people I’ve lost have been from Gen Z. Clearly I do not know how to manage Gen Z so that they are happy working here. What can I do? I want them to be as happy as my Millennial team members. One detail that might matter is that my team is spread over three European cities.

Happy to provide any clarification if anyone wants it.

Edit. Thanks for all the answers even if a few of them are difficult to hear (and a few were oddly angry?) This has been very helpful for me, much more so than it probably would have been at the Old Place.

Also the second lady I mentioned who might quit or I might have to let go? She quit the day after I posted this giving a week’s notice yesterday. My team is fully supportive, but it’s going to be a rough couple of months.

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m also gen X, but the two year rule has been around my entire career, at least for tech jobs. In the first half of your career, in order to build experience and increase compensation, you need to change jobs frequently. Anything less than 2 years is a problem with stability, so change jobs every 2+ years. Anything more than you need to, and your pay lags your peers, and you likely are not gaining sufficient experience to advance your career

    I had an interesting conversation with an interviewer about ten years ago - I’m in part of my career where I thought stability is desired, but they were concerned whether someone at the same place ten years could adjust. LoL. Apparently even in the latter half of your career, it’s important to switch jobs regularly

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I’m also gen X, but the two year rule has been around my entire career, at least for tech jobs.

      Same, and same.

      I ended up making a lot more money in my career by moving around.

    • bob_wiley@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been at the same place for almost 18 years and have done alright. Things started out slow, but picked up eventually and I do pretty well now.

      I’m not sure what will happen if I ever need to find a new job. I really hate the job search process and it sounds like it only got worse over time. I have my house paid for, so at this point I feel like I have a lot more freedom to do something else if I want, even if it would mean a pay cut.