Gen Zers are craving social connection, but they’re not finding it with their office peers. Navigating work settings has been a tough ride for the post-pandemic professional cohort, who missed out on office kitchen banter while being onboarded over Zoom: Now, they’re taking time off of work to cope with their loneliness.
Gen Z employees are the least connected among all generations in the workplace, according to a new report from Workday. And the isolation crisis is so bad that they’re 12 times more likely to feel completely disconnected from their colleagues compared to their Gen X coworkers.
