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Orianna Rosa Royle

Gen Z are ‘conscious unbossing’—they’re avoiding stressful middle management roles

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Tech giants have spent the last two years culling their middle managers. Amazon was the latest to send theirs to the chopping block just last week. Now, Gen Zers don’t even want to climb the greasy pole. 

In fact, 72% of the youngest generation of workers say they’d rather progress in an individual contributor role than become middle managers, according to the recruitment firm Robert Walters.

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