It’s not 40 hours—Gen Zers don’t know how long they need to work in a week and even experts can’t decide

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• Workplace experts can’t decide what’s the “sweet spot” of working hours for Gen Z workers—but they know it’s not 60 hours, as Google’s Sergey Brin posited. That schedule is unsustainable, but 40-hour workweeks aren’t enough for the young and hungry. 

In an internal memo to Gemini staffers, Google cofounder Sergey Brin said that working 60 hours every weekday is the “sweet spot” to be efficient. Workplace experts say that's unsustainable—but they also don’t always know where to draw the line.