The author graduated high school when I was 30. This article is very much "I wish every company worked like these tiny ones I spoke with, so I'm gonna try to make this the reality".<p>Unfortunately for Gen Z, they are not the first generation to think they are too smart or too good for their jobs/hours immediataly out of college. "I finished all my work, can I leave?" is just asking for more or more complex work.<p>These people are entry-level performing entry-level jobs, and have no distinction between "a family member died/my child is sick so I can't come to work" and "I don't feel great, so I'm gonna skip class today".<p>The world is not changing. All of this will go away. This doesn't mean that Gen Z's attitudes about corporate apathy are wrong, but there are some bridges companies don't want to burn, and that righteous sort of "bend the world to my will" attitude tends to fade with experience once you see the trail of wreckage you've left behind.<p>Sure, it would be great if we could all work 3 hours a day, make great money, and do whatever we wanted with our lives, but wishing for that won't make it so, and while there is not a _direct_ correlation between time worked and salary, "I put in the minimum amount of effort then leave instead of improving thing" doesn't get you much further than living with your parents while you complain about how unaffordable the world is.