Episode 9- Gen Z sa Hotseat: Kakulangan ba sa Galing o Sobra sa Entitlement?

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Philippe: Okay so this is another episode of our podcast and so has better time monitor now we could see ourselves. We also have a guest here with us today another Gen Z yeah we’d like to welcome Ava welcome to our podcast.

Ava: Hello

Philippe: And hopefully welcome to our team yeah so today I saw a real recently Trump tweeted oop sorry about that so may napanood ako na reel just I think it was yesterday that uh companies in the US they started firing Gen Z’s because they were too spoiled too entitled and they were too demanding in their workplace yung iba late daw, yung iba um not producing the right type of work so they’re they’re not producing any results.

So they’re always laidback relaxed lagging over break lagging Instagram i just want to figure out if that’s true here so what about you guys cuz you guys I know you guys are still in school and um part-time or they’re already working online so how is the culture Jenz is entitled i mean how is it in let’s start with you Gab

Gab: For my case you can really see that there are some students who are entitled and uh or may feel entitled kasi at some point they feel like they don’t have to do anything because they already have this they already have the the resources para hindi na sila mag trabaho, to look for a job to look for something they can earn it’s not something oh I’m going to complain no there’s there are opposites there are opposites there are opposite kinds of uh students or people we can see in our campuses so yeah

Philippe: Do we have to generalize now my resources may Yes I think that’s the that’s the should should we mention your school

Gab: I come from the University of Asia in the Pacific so yeah

Philippe: Balita ko puro kayo mayaman doon ah and is this okay siyampre iba ibang campuses fields of study less entitled in your generation when it comes to certain fields uh I think are the ones who actually read

Gab: I think ang pinakamabait are the ones who actually read, I think yung mga HUMMS students so maybe they’re more of somehow laidback or actually composed when it comes to something like that yeah

Philippe: So sino yung mga pinaka mayabang ang daming mag rereact na dito haha Gab humanda ka na

Gab: it’s okay uh STEM people it’s a classification senior high school but then for college it’s I think somehow doon sa mga entrepreneurial courses i’m not saying mayabang I think more on makikita mo na nandoon yung confidence, nandoon yung labas ng vibe nila na, okay meron kami nito, we can sell you this we’re selling you this so compared doon na sa mga students who read keep on reading so focus sila sa mga readings nila.

Philippe: Tapos sino yung pinaka doon sa school niyo, ano ba yung mga course niyo, yeah let me generalize this pilotto, piloto yung mga pinakababaero no?

Gab: I come from a business course oh right aspiring to be a pilot uh

Philippe: You’re the whole thing is you’re you’re you’re going to study uh what do you call it pilotry pilotry ba yes

Gab: It’s pilot ground uh student pilot student pilot

Philippe: So what’s your main goal are you planning to fly commercial a jet plane a private jet um goal

Gab: Answering straightforwardly I’d like to fly for a commercial airline

Philippe: Oh really what what airline

Gab: Australian airline or Philippine represent Pal Airlines

Philippe: PAL , pal, pero diba palpak sila? Hahah, no but Australia diba anno can air

Gab: I’m not sure but I think somewhere along the way it’s called Australian Airlines then yeah

Philippe: Okay so question let’s go back so mga kaklase mo, marami sa kanila ba nag papart time or like project based or are they actually working like you

Gab: No oh so somehow I surround myself with the people at some point na I think masipag. Pero I think those entitled students now we label I think in my group of friends we can say na they have they have they have these kinds of resources so pinanganak na sila na may ganoon sila pero I see them or they or I see them or they show me na although they don’t have to work for part-time jobs they make use of what they have yeah okay

Philippe: Interesting interring point so this is in a actually your school is one of the prominent schools in uh Manila uh let’s jump to another let’s jump to another Gen Z. Kasi ikaw lalake ka, piloto ka soon to be a pilot so let’s talk to someone that’s a little more ano uh a little different right babae naman guest natin siya her name is uh A, A muna for privacy ano langi walapa let’s talk to A miss A um what about you give us ano I know give us some insights in your uh current school would you like to know mention your school

Ava: yeah far Eastern University FEU uh yes po sa Manila yeah okay FEU.

Philippe: So kamusta naman, sino yung mga pinaka entitled

Ava: Um same lang din po yung mga nasa business course and uh ang pansin ko rin po is yung nasa tech mga IT since alam nila eh this generation media studies

Philippe: Smart smart yan kasi efficient siya i’m sorry magnes po ano lang po si Siri that AI video may video naman ano lang yea

Ava: Ang pansin ko pa kasi ngayon sa mga students is, alam mo yung, I deserve this mentality, pero hindi naman nakakapagod yung ginawa mo, konting pagod, parang kunwari, nag walis ka, deserve ko ng cofee, ng cookies, ang kailangan kasi is malamat ng lahat na yung pagod na yun is normal.

So when it comes to searching for jobs, ang pansin ko is yung hinahanap nila is konting trabaho pero mataas yung salary kasi dala rin po ng social media na parang pinoprovide ng social media yung mga maraming info. parang nasa finger tips nila lahat isang search lang.

Philippe: That’s an interesting kasi yun nga, andaming nanonood sa Tik Tok Facebook Instagram about how they deserve to you know be at top level that’s a problem andaming influence and also would you call them bloggers influencers and they they try to share stuff now oh work work one hour a day and ito yung kikitain mo mag drop shipping ka and all that diba?

Gab: I think from what A is saying earlier I think students or people who are um sanay na from gratification like early gratification so I think delayed gratification has something to do with that mindset na entitled sila.

Philippe: Let’s try to deep let’s do a deep dive san nanggaling to. The roots why are Gen Z’s entitled these days and why are they getting fired from from companies uh what do you think is the root cause of Gen Z’s being entitled.

Gab: As a Gen Z the very root of entitlement would be social media. Social media so yeah

Philippe: Hindi ba yan nag start sa parents

Gab: Yeah it it it’s a huge factor then also

Philippe: I think with um what’s before gen Z is millennials and boomers Gen X Gen Gen X I think Generation X um look it up see let’s confirm it um Gen X 1965 to 198 Yes uh parents and all that so so they work really hard for it so that we’ll have us okay we’ll have a good life. Okay so millennials kami will have a good life they wouldn’t want to go through the sacrifice that the Gen X went through so siyempre yung mga millenials, sacrifice gen X so millennials are living properly right i want to use technology to leverage work and make it better and pagdating doon sa inyo, siyempre millenial parents. Hindi sige i-spoil ko, gusto ko lahat ng wala ako noong bata ako, ibibigay ko. Dati wala akong iPhone, ibibigay ko sa kanila lahat.

I think that’s one of the root cause that’s why feeling intent feeling special and all that i’m not saying everyone because like yourself and like Miss A you guys are pretty much um doing the work. You guys believe in hard work you guys believe in learning things you guys believe in um the traditional way of making money right? You don’t feel special i don’t see it in you guys um I don’t see it in your character the way the first impression I got from you is hardwork if you guys are not hardworking entirely you guys wouldn’t be here in this podcast.

First thing of all right so I think that that’s a great point of view coming from both schools uh UA&P and FEU I really want to get someone from Ateneo, UP, benild lasalle, um I got some friends in atineo who are uh Gen Z’s as well

Gab: I think for Ateneo students…

Philippe: Former ka eh diba?

Gab: I think for me for my side the school doesn’t have is not airond condition so from that simple thing from that simple uh fact na thing about the school it makes you it gives you this humility. Kasi alot of a lot of schools are aironditioned, ah okay airconditioned kami, komportable. So they think we wear blazers and everything but for we our classrooms are beside soccer fields so yung init transfers to the classroom so everyone’s sweaty everyone would everyone’s going to be Yeah everyone’s going to be sweaty so I think yung parang humility now we receive from that simple thing yeah I can speak for

Philippe: So what are you trying trying to say na ang mga Atensita mga down to earth

Gab: Well biased one big fight so yeah for Ateneans there’s something I could vouch for

Philippe: So parang sinasabi mo FEU naka-aircon sila. Well that’s a good point kasi Mirriam, yung katabi nila naka aircon eh. I think ngayon lang nagkarong ng aircon, high school elementary I can’t seem to remember I’m not sure in your in Ateneo but sa mga university in the University.

Gab: They are naka-aircon din yes they are airconditioned so ah okay so I’m curious so if you have any students guiding from do you have any students who’s listening listening galing up Benilde, Lasalle, Ateneo schools USD yeah uh we have Lasalo UP yeah

Philippe: Let’s let’s try to invite like other like Gen Z and let’s talk about it um let me let me change the topic a bit what do you think is the ideal job for a Gen Z who is entitled what what do you think can you give like a few examples?

Gab: : I think yeah owner of the company ceo Matic hi I’m applying for what your position CEO qualifications realistically.

Miss A: I think digital blogging yes ah influencer okay okay that’s right

Philippe: So nasa ano more on leisure type leisure type social media.

Miss A: Kasi pag nasa social media sila, yun lang din yung nakikita nila eh, content, vlogs, so parang ina-idolize nila so parang lifestyle na nakikita nila, yun na yung ideal na lifestyle for them and yun na din yung parang, uy gusto ko din ng ganito ako – mag mmake up ako. And also yung mga nasa pagala-gala lang.

Philippe: I think you have a good point certainly certainly magaling kayo jan right so what about work ethics and um work ethics in your process and everything in your professionalism is it solid or when I feel like it ah isusubmit ko ito when I feel like.

Gab: It some point yes in this generation nagkaroon din ng ganoong work ethic. Pero ako sir I’m curious what should an employer require of someone na okay fresh grad, may views na okay baka comfortable na ito masyado okay masyadong na tong laidback baka entitled entitled so I’m just really curious I’m just really curious what’s a view about this

Philippe: That’s a good question to me I think uh Gen Z’s have a lot of potentials. Most of most the whole team is Gen Z except a few except a few uh like me like I’m a millennial yung isang business partner is uh Gen X diba so but mostly I would rather hire Gen Z’s to do the work because we’re in marketing that’s one we’re in marketing we’re in the digital realm. So that’s ako choice ko iyan all right choice ko iyan.

But others ayaw nila, so for example right? Papasok ang Gen Z diyan kung talagang mahilig sa accounting. yes but for other sorry um True story okay ito recently nangyari ha.

Let’s talk about um so itong mga binanggit natin kanina is about corporate work and everything’s hindi pa natin pinaguusapan yung mga Gen Z’s in the in the lower class okay so class B class C pababa. So usually most most Gen Z’s who are entitled are in the upper echelon of society right um FEU UA&P, medjo upper kayo eh. Paano yung mga mababa, yung mga Gen Z’s nasa public university or public uh yung galing public school generally.

That’s real talk so someone we were trying may naghhire ng kasambahay okay, so meron daw apply work age is 21 years old graduate siya ng education nagturo din siya sa elementary or high school for like few months and then meron siyang degree.

So ito yung friend na yun nagtataka, bakit nag-aapply ito dito as kasambahay? So nacurious siya, initerview niya yung babae. And then nag graduate siya and all that. Graduate ka, bakit ka nag apply as kasambay?

In English pa ah yung sagot ng babae, kasi sir um I want to explore my options I want to gain more experience, then sabi ng friend ko and then okay that’s fine okay you could tutor my my kid, yes yes of course in English sabi niya kasi graduate ako jan, ganon siya magsalita yeah english taglish.

So medjo may pagka- entitled yung ano, i’m not and then we ask saan ka nakatira and all that. Wala siya doon, medjo nasa lower part of Quezon City, medjo depressing areas, you know. So medjo nagulat siya na totoo ba ito or sina-scam lang ako nito. Right and then after the interview parang nag memessage pa sila na sabi, pwede ba yung off uh, yung off ko is is weekends?

Knowing as a kasambahay, yung off usually once or twice a month. Wala namang problema doon pero nag dedemand siya na pwede bang ganito, tapos yun gsahod niya once a month, nag dedemand pa siya.

Wow masyadong demanding itong Gen Z na ito. Tapos hindi na niya cinontact. Pero ang point ko doon is that yung Gen Z na iyon, number one she’s not res she’s not she doesn’t have the resources and her family’s not mayaman. Graduate siya, nakakapagtaka bakit kasambahay. Wala ka na ba ibang option?

And then wala ngang tumanggap sayo nag-apply ka bilang isang kasambahay na hindi naman, you could earn more than that your degree is not about being and you’re demanding pa na dapat weekly yung sahod, dapat Saturday Sundays , Ah ito pa yung sabi, babalik ako ng Monday mga 9:00 a.m wow. Nag dictate.

So you see it’s not whether you’re there up or down here i think I know it’s and imagine her family didn’t come from a well-off family asa depressed areas so what triggered this social media just like Miss A said it’s all about social media you know walang professionalism it doesn’t matter what that is if kailangan mo pumasok ng 30 days with no off para kumita ng pera, para pakainin yung pamilya, do it!

It doesn’t work that way it doesn’t work that way so if you want if you want to make a living and if you’re really desperate to do that you apply for work that you think you can do and that you can you think you deliver and present yourself properly.

Wag kang demanding wag kang demanding don’t make demands when you’re in any position to qualify to make demands as a kasambahay. Just like in corporate you go to corporate finance okay sige gusto ko magtrabaho sa finance punta ako lets say sa BDO finance or let’s say punta tayo Gcash okay gusto ko mag apply as an executive. Anong credentials mo? Graduate ako ng business ad.

I want an executive position 10 days leave in a year you can’t demand if you don’t have the experience yet same goes where in in corporate so whether you’re corporate whether down below whether you’re applying for kasambahay no way no way that you could demand your way in. Prove that you could and then they’ll give it to you.

That’s that’s my advice for all Gen Z’s uh all Genzis who are entitled and mayabang and who can’t who who wants to demand and are choosy yeah if you don’t if you don’t want to take my advice you can go fk yourself

But to the genz’s who are hustling their ways okay you’re hustling you’re working and also to the Gen Z’s now my resources na mayaman but they want to learn and they want to do something they want to make change and all that in their society in our city kudos to you guys all right you guys are the next generation uh leaders and I would say influencers who would lead the next in our society.

You guys are great for our economy so maiiwan yung mga entitled sila yung mga maiiwan, at yun nga the video watch either you work hard now or you work harder later that’s true right if you do that right yeah you guys want to add anything cuz I think we’re more than I think we’re already past 30 minutes but uh what you what would you guys want to give us an advice Gen Z to Gen Z since working you guys are professionals you guys know what you’re doing what advice would you want to give them?

Ava: Ang gusto ko lang marealize nila na hindi lahat ng nakikita nila sa social media is totoo. Like hindi mo namna ipapakita yung pangit na side mo or mga araw mo. Siyempre yung mga ipapakita mo is yung mga magaganda lang. So ayun parang, wag masyadong isabuhay lahat ng nakikita mo sa social media.

Philippe: That’s good good advice good advice o sa mga nag doom scrolling itigil niyo na yan. Puro ano yan, yung mga walang kakwenta kwenta…oh they use it in shit content content or something yeah it’s it’s doom scrolling talaga for doom scrolling is it’s a little different um doom scrolling is addicted now you don’t want to scroll what about you um bilang piloto, at lalake, at…

Gab: I think more on the fact na I want to inform Gen Z’s ngayon na as in straightforward pag mayroon akong na-encounter na ganon all the only thing I want to say is pare wag kang tamad, wag kayong tamad kasi at some point it doesn’t get you anywhere so okay if I were to give three things I think every Gen Z should know what their personality is i think they have to have a long hard uh think about that and then the second would be um I they have to set their priorities straight if hindi naman kailangan minamadali or anything but they have to know what their priorities are and the last is even if you you come from something somewhere low you come from some somewhere mid or high you have to stay or you have to be uh like really show yung humility kasi entitlement is not going to get you anywhere if you can change yourself that’s humility if you can adjust yourself or fix yourself first rather than thinking about ah ito dapat niya munang ayusin yung sarili niya that’s humility so from a Gen Z stop social media and lastly wag kayong tamad.

Philippe: Oh pag isipan niyo yung piang-applyan niyo ha, wag CEO guys. Dapat gumawa tayo ng parang sketch na may nag apply what are you applying for your job!

All right uh so thank you guys um we’ll be back with more on the next one.