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Fortune
Emma Burleigh

Millionaire podcaster Mel Robbins hits back Gen Z's lazy label—she says they’re stuck in a world their boomer parents wouldn’t even recognise

Mel Robbins (Credit: Heidi Gutman / Getty Images)
  • Millionaire podcaster and former CNN legal analyst Mel Robbins slammed people who look down on Gen Z for being "weak" and lacking work ethic. After following in their boomer parents’ footsteps by getting degrees and office jobs, the generation got the short end of the stick and deserves some slack for navigating an unprecedented reality, she says.

Gen Z has been branded a “lazy” generation of workers, marked by their TikTok addiction and work-from-home allegiance. But millionaire podcast personality Mel Robbins hit back at critics who slam the next generation of workers—and even encouraged them to step into their shoes and see if they’d like it. 

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