‘Is it paid?” was the first thing a 24-year-old friend of a friend said, when I messaged asking for two minutes of their time. I was hoping for an informal chat to get their thoughts on some comments Jodie Foster made about Gen Z in an interview last week. The 61-year-old actor remarked that Gen Z — those born between the late 1990s and early 2010s — can be “really annoying” to work with.
Foster implied Gen Zers make up their own work hours — “Nah, I’m not feeling it today, I’m gonna come in at 10.30am.” She also questioned their ability to write emails: “I’ll tell them this is all grammatically incorrect, did you not check your spelling? And they’re like, ‘Why would I
