Employee Benefit News October 26, 2023
Gen Z workers may be relatively new to the workforce, but they’re already as familiar with burnout and stress — if not more — than the generations that came before them.
A recent health survey from Cigna revealed that Gen Z workers are the most stressed out demographic. Twenty-three percent of young workers say they are dealing with “unmanageable stress,” and 48% said they felt drained (compared to just 40% of their older colleagues). In total, 98% of Gen Z workers are actively dealing with symptoms of burnout.
“Gen Z is in a unique position due to timing,” says Annie Rosencrans, director of people and culture at workplace analytics company HiBob. “Most of them graduated college and then...