If you subscribe to any BizJournal, then this was a featured article this week.
I found it posted without a paywall.
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When unemployment was 7-8% and employers had their choice of candidates.
The people I know still in industry say it is tough to find good workers.
This boils down to deception where these Gen Z workers are telling their employers they are working, but they are not working and are on vacation. This is not WTH, this is deception, lying to your employer.
I found it posted without a paywall.
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In the old days this was called "theft of time" and these people were terminated immediately.Quote:
Survey Finds 1 in 6 Generation Z Workers Used a Virtual Background to Fool Employers While Taking a 'Hush Trip'
Based on survey results, 44 percent of Gen Zers surveyed say they have taken a vacation without their employer's permission. Of this group, 57 percent say they gave the impression that they were still working normal hours even when they were not. In fact, 4 percent say they worked less than one hour, 28 percent say 1 to 2 hours, 30 percent say 3 to 4 hours, and 23 percent say 5 to 6 hours. Only 14 percent say they worked seven or more hours.
Additionally, of employees who tried to keep up the appearance of working a full day, 65 percent say they used a virtual background to fool their employer.
Shows how desperate employers are now to keep people. (or they don't have the sophisticated software to garner all the facts?)Quote:
Survey results also highlight the reasons why workers took 'hush trips.'
Of those who took an undisclosed trip,
51 percent say they did so because their 'PTO request was not approved,'
27 percent say they 'had no PTO to use,' and
20 percent say they 'didn't want to use PTO.'
Among all hush trip takers,
41 percent say their employer found out,
45 percent say their employer did not, and
14 percent are unsure.
Of those who were discovered,
71 percent say they were reprimanded, and
7 percent say they were fired.
When unemployment was 7-8% and employers had their choice of candidates.
The people I know still in industry say it is tough to find good workers.
This boils down to deception where these Gen Z workers are telling their employers they are working, but they are not working and are on vacation. This is not WTH, this is deception, lying to your employer.