On The Agenda, Hongbin Jeong and  Chris J. “Mohawk” Reed, the founder of Black Marketing, unpack a familiar but increasingly heated narrative: every generation thinks the next one just isn’t built for the world of work.

That perception is starting to show up in hiring decisions too, with some surveys suggesting fewer than 1 in 10 employers feel Gen Z are fully prepared for work, and nearly half saying they aren’t ready at all.

So what’s really going on here? Are Gen Z genuinely unprepared, or is the modern workplace failing to keep up with them?