An intern’s email to the CEO of their company has gone viral - sparking a debate around Gen Z work culture.
An office novice, trying to impress on their first day, sent a glaringly obvious suggestion to Roshan Patel, CEO of US-based Arrow Payments, about how they could improve their banking books.
But the suggestion was met with raised eyebrows by the boss when it pinged in his email inbox.
We hired a college intern. Today's his first day. Here's what he just sent me. pic.twitter.com/VRyD3jMdKO
— Roshan Patel (@roshanpateI) July 28, 2025
Patel evidently thought the suggestion was too good not to share, and posted it on X, alongside the caption: “We hired a college intern. Today’s his first day. Here’s what he just sent me.”
In the now-viral and well circulated email, the intern made the innocent suggestion: “Hey, I had a quick idea for the company, sorry if this was already brought up, but have we tried increasing revenue?”
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The easy quick fix suggestion set tongues wagging and raised a smile among online users who couldn’t believe the company hadn’t simply thought of that as an idea.
Social media users wasted no time jumping into the conversation, and shared their views on the hilarious tweet, with some even offering their own suggestions on how they could simply “raise revenue”.
I mean to be honest. Increase revenue by firing the intern
— Kangaroo Joe (@traplordsavage) July 28, 2025
i see why he was hired. what an innovator
— charlie ⚾️ (@HOF_Charlie) July 28, 2025
"Great instincts! That's actually part of Phase II of our “Stop Losing Money” initiative, right after the “Don’t Spend So Much” pilot wraps up"
— Alan (@bitforth) July 28, 2025
The incident has reignited an ongoing debate around Gen Z in the workplace, about their approaches to office work and being able to use common sense.
genius.
— jamison (@realmeetjames) July 29, 2025
have you tried cutting back expenses as well? i know this is out of left field
Many also joke that Gen Z just don’t seem to care about opinions of others or be able to grasp workplace etiquette.
genZ literally fear no one 😭 pic.twitter.com/P9M0o1CglT
— Akanksha (@Nyctophilic___) July 25, 2025
A few months ago, writer Harnidh Kaur sparked a conversation on X when she pointed out a recurring concern among her peers regarding Gen Z.
“They’re smart and good at their jobs, but they’re often rude, difficult to work with, and struggle with basic workplace etiquette. Honestly, it’s hard to defend sometimes.”
So many of my friends are now not hiring gen z NOT because they aren’t smart or good at their jobs (they are) but because they’re rude, difficult to work with, and don’t know how to behave with other colleagues. Honestly hard to defend a lot of the stuff lol.
— Harnidh Kaur (@harnidhish) December 3, 2024
To quote a someone who’s really put in the effort to try and bridge the gap- ‘they expect everyone to make space for and care about their feelings but if you ask them to care about anyone else’s, it’s too much work for them and they lash out’
— Harnidh Kaur (@harnidhish) December 3, 2024
Ouch :/
