The most annoying thing about young people at work
They are often right, especially when it comes to working hours. Older workers’ acceptance of long, unhealthy working hours is what younger workers are challenging worldwide.
You have got to be joking, I thought to myself the other day when I received an out-of-office email from a work contact that said this: “Thanks for your email. I’m on leave until August 15. For anything urgent please WA me.”
This was annoying. I had no clue what it meant to WA someone. Also, when it dawned that WA was short for WhatsApp, I realised that even if I wanted to WA the youthful sender I couldn’t because she had not included a phone number in her email.
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Financial Times
Pilita Clark is an associate editor and business columnist at the Financial Times. She writes a weekly column on modern corporate life, as well as features and other articles.
