Boomer Employer Blames Gen Z For Their Hiring Issues

Brad Dickson • Managing Editor

May 8, 2022 10:00 AM EDT

Commenters on one of Reddit's fastest-growing subreddits gathered to share their thoughts on a viral image that was shared by one of the users.

This thread was posted to r/antiwork by Redditor u/mysterioussoup who shared the image in a thread with the title" Proud of Gen Z."

The image depicts two A4 sheets of paper with a message lambasting the shop's Gen Z employees:

4/20
I apologize for us closing AGAIN.
My 2 new cashiers quit because I said their boyfriends couldn't stand here for their entire shift.
Don't Hire Gen Z's
They don't know what work actually means.
NOW HIRING!
*Baby-boomers only. Thanks!

Commenters have remarked on the fact that the job probably isn't anything that the aging baby boomers would be remotely interested in.

"Now hiring baby boomers... for the salary, I paid new-to-the-workforce teens" is sure to bring in massive crowds." said grobmob. User Ya-Dikobraz replied "Most boomers are retired now. Some of those retired would actually do something like a cashier job. I also feel like they really meant Gen-X, not Boomers. But Gen-X is like the forgotten generation."

"FFS. I'm a boomer, and the last place I'd work is somewhere with only boomers." said another user.

Overall, the general consensus appears to be that the alleged creator of the sign is totally off-base and that this sign is possibly a signifier of a toxic employer.

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