Young people have been thinking about the ways workplaces aren’t, well, working for them for some time now—something YPulse has said before. But as more of them clock in for their first “real” jobs, they’re approaching work differently than older gens, even Millennials, ever did. In turn, we’ve seen all the hot takes— “Gen Z is career catfishing,” “they’re taking micro-retirements,” or the endless debate over whether Gen Z even wants to put in work. These recent headlines paint this young gen as out of touch or unwilling to grind—but many rarely ask Gen Z themselves if that’s true. In reality, YPulse data tells a different story. In YPulse’s Employment and Career Goals report, we dug into what young workers really want from their jobs, and what effort they’re giving it. We ask what matters most to them in a job, what they expect from employers, and how they’re handling their first taste of office life (or remote life). Despite all the talk, this gen feels committed to...
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