Generation Z needs perspectives

But Generation Y – those born after 1980 – only seem to care about their work-life balance and reaping the fruits of success even before they begin working. Only recently on the YouTube channel of the important German daily newspaper – the one with four white letters on a red background – Harald Glööckler said that the young people who arrived at the job interview were already burned-out and could not keep up with his pace. It soon became clear that on the whole, society sees only in black and white, forgetting the shades of grey I would even go as far as to say that people almost only talk about black. A good reason to write about ‘white’ here. I have my doubts that it is only due to the attitude of Generation X or Z that the willingness of these people to perform is declining in one corporate environment or another. After all, the topic of motivation also pops up in connection with older employees when they are in supposedly secure positions – e.g. in the public sector – and are only counting the months until retirement.

I am sure that in truth we as a society would have to answer a completely different question – namely the question of the famous meaning – for each individual. Why?

After all, I promised to write about “white” here. So about motivated, enthusiastic and resilient young people. I know over 100 of them personally. Neura Robotics started as a small, dedicated team with just 20 people and grew to about 140 last year. And now, in the weeks leading up to our first major trade show appearance at Automatica – everyone is giving 1,000 %. Everyone expects that from the founder and boss. But when I leave for home late at night in Metzingen, I’m rarely the last one there. Whether in the offices or the production halls: everywhere, there’s a full-on effort. In addition to a few “veteran” industry professionals, however, the Neura team consists primarily of representatives of precisely those “unmotivated” generations. And we don’t have any problems attracting highly qualified people, while everywhere there is talk of a shortage of skilled workers. So what’s different about Neura that generations X and Y are also highly motivated and resilient with us?

Perhaps the reason is that at Neura we really do make the future, instead of – as this politician’s phrase describes it – just always shaping it. At Neura, you can get stuck in and get involved. Because we need doers and must promote them if we want to change society. There are enough theoretical design proposals in Germany. This alone will not enable us to hold our own as a location in the world in the future.

I think it is not the attitude of young people that is the “problem”, but our opaque, theorized and over-regulated world into which this generation has grown. I belong to this generation, by the way. As an aside. We are often trapped in unnecessary rules and tasks – the origin and meaning of which – we have long forgotten. Maybe the special thing about Neura Robotics is that we reinvent the wheel every day and throw old laws overboard when they no longer make sense!