{"id":7017,"date":"2026-05-23T14:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=7017"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:16:18","slug":"millionaire-podcaster-mel-robbins-hits-back-at-those-who-call-gen-z-lazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=7017","title":{"rendered":"Millionaire podcaster Mel Robbins hits back at those who call Gen Z lazy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gen Z has been branded a \u201clazy\u201d generation of workers, marked by their TikTok addiction and work-from-home allegiance. But multi-millionaire podcast personality Mel Robbins hit back at critics who slam the next generation of workers\u2014and even encouraged them to step into their shoes and see if they\u2019d like it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sit here and we look at twentysomethings and we\u2019re like, \u2018Oh, they\u2019re weak or addicted to social media, or all anxious,\u2019\u201d Robbins said in a video posted to her TikTok last year. \u201cHave you stopped to consider what it\u2019s like to be a twentysomething today?\u201d<\/p>\n

Robbins\u2019s empathy for older Gen Z and young millennials is in stark contrast to the negativity clogging the feeds of young people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Whole Foods\u2019 former CEO John Mackey said young people \u201cdon\u2019t seem like they want to work\u201d; Whoopi Goldberg criticized Gen Z and millennials for not\u00a0\u201cbust[ing] their behinds\u201d like her generation did, and that they only want to work four hours a day. Actress Jodie Foster deemed her Gen Z employees \u201creally annoying\u201d and difficult to work with.<\/p>\n

But Robbins asserted that older generations wouldn\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to navigate adulthood in the 2025, like homeownership being \u201cout of reach,\u201d a ballooning generational wealth gap, and colossal student loan debt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe average 20-year-old today is under so much stress and pressure and chaos right now,\u201d Robbins said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s not stress and pressure and chaos that existed five or six years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robbins\u2019s advice for Gen Z: \u2018If you feel lost, I\u2019m not surprised\u2019<\/p>\n

It\u2019s tough out there for 20 somethings. They\u2019re finding out the hard way that following the exact formula of their parents\u2014going to a prestigious school, completing internships in undergrad, and catapulting into a lush job market\u2014is broken. Gen Z wound up with the short end of the stick, Robbins said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe world is in chaos\u2014and most twenysomethings had parents that lived in a very predictable, stable economy,\u201d Robbins continued. \u201cThey went to a corporate job, they reported to the office, they had a network of friends at work. That\u2019s not the typical 20-year-old experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gen Z is, by far, the most downtrodden about their work lives: Only 62% say they\u2019re happy in their jobs, the lowest of any generation, according to a 2026 survey from MetLife. And beyond having trouble forming connections at the office, young employees are living through economic disarray outside of work. Last year, only about 43% of entry-level workers felt positive about their employer\u2019s six-month business outlook\u2014the lowest figure Glassdoor had recorded since its data collection started in 2016.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re now in the middle of a recession, in hybrid work. The world is shifting, the landscape is shifting,\u201d Robbins said. \u201cIf you feel lost, I\u2019m not surprised. This is exactly how you should feel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re doing your twenties correctly\u2014there\u2019s nothing wrong with you,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s a perfectly normal response to the decade that you\u2019re in, based on the moment in history that you\u2019re in. Feeling lost is to be expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Things are about to get worse for Gen Z<\/p>\n

Economists fear things are about to get even rockier for Gen Z. The ballooning probability of a U.S. recession will spell big trouble for young generations in particular, according to \u201cBond King\u201d Bill Gross.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis market \u2018crash\u2019 will affect millennial and Gen Z investors for long to come,\u201d Gross posted on X in 2025, prior to President Donald Trump halting some of his aggressive tariffs. \u201cWhat before was a can\u2019t-miss way to make money will induce caution and more conservative attitudes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Young people are also particularly vulnerable to financial collapse. They\u2019re witnessing fewer entry-level job opportunities in a market clinched by budget cuts and AI implementation. And as the lowest spot on the totem pole, Gen Z doesn\u2019t have much bargaining power in asking for better salaries. Many young Americans don\u2019t have enough in the bank to cover a single month of spending, and the problem could get even worse.<\/p>\n

Robbins is encouraging anxious Gen Zers, rather than just rolling over and accepting a bleak fate, to reframe their mindset. In her TikTok video, she recommended that twentysomethings embrace uncertainty and view this tense moment in history as an opportunity.<\/p>\n

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon also gave his two cents on the woes of America\u2019s youngest workers\u2014and was similarly optimistic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese kids, anyone who\u2019s depressed\u2014as long as we don\u2019t have nuclear war\u2014they\u2019re going to have an unbelievable life,\u201d Dimon said in an interview with Fox News last year. \u201cThey shouldn\u2019t be bemoaning their situation, they should be looking at the world and saying, \u2018What can I make of it? What can I do better than the folks before me?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

A version of this story was published on Fortune.com on April 14, 2025.<\/p>\n

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