How millennials became the hardest working generation

Generation Z can be “really annoying” to work with – that’s according to Jodie Foster. They make up their own work hours – “Nah, I’m not feeling it today, I’m gonna come in at 10.30am” – and think using correct spelling and grammar in emails is “limiting”, she told The Guardian in an interview.

Riffing on the theme, The Times ran a piece exploring the question of whether people born between the late 1990s and early 2010s are, by nature, “self-righteous slackers” in the workplace. The following anecdote is told during the article: “One friend, a 33-year-old communications manager, tells me of her surprise that all four of the under-25s she manages have never considered logging into work emails on their phone. Instead of chowing down a salad over their keyboards at lunchtime, they take a full one-hour break. At the end of each day, they clock off at 6pm sharp.”

But the topic has sparked conversation over whether, in reality, it’s – those born between the early Eighties and mid-Nineties – who’ve got it all wrong. After all – why shouldn’t employees finish work when they’re contracted