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.
In fact, Gen Z professionals are 16 times more likely to say they don’t trust their coworkers, compared to Gen X employees, according to the Workday report.
Even when they do talk with colleagues, the chit-chat is limited to to-do lists and deadlines. More than four in 10 Gen Z staffers rarely or never have conversations with coworkers about anything other than work-related topics. And it’s sowing distrust among the youngest working cohort.
Gen Z aren’t talking to older colleagues, but it’s only further distancing them from their peers
