Opinion | Why Gen Z struggles in the workforce – By Jordan McGillis (New York Post) / June 3, 2023
That the kids these days don’t know the value of hard work is a trope as old as the concept of youth itself. It’s mostly wrong – or at least outdated – reflecting the natural changes in attitudes that people experience as they age rather than any real degeneracy among the younger lot. In the case of Gen Z, however, something interesting, and concerning, is afoot.
Anecdotal evidence as Gen Z enters the workforce suggests that these emerging adults are struggling to interact productively with coworkers and clients alike in white-collar settings. Survey data back this up. According to a recent sample of 1,300 managers, one in eight has had to terminate a Gen Z employee after less than one week on the job.
And real-world evidence confirming this concept even further: Last month, global accounting giants Deloitte and PwC reported spending valuable time and money to give new recruits in Britain remedial lessons on in-person meetings and face-to-face presentations.
Psychological markers indicate that Gen Z’s outward workplace difficulties are matched by inner turmoil. Between 2005 and 2017, the year the oldest Zoomers turned 20, rates of anxiety and depression increased among American young adults by 63%. Now on the other side of a global pandemic that disrupted this cohort’s most formative years, more than half are reporting having experienced such distress.
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