As the largest generation in American history, Gen Z will have an enormous impact on the future of work.
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She and her friends are not alone. “A lot of folks want to tuck Gen Z under Millennials and say they’re ‘Millennials-plus,’” says Anna Blue, co-executive director of, a leadership development organization that teaches girls skills like mobilizing and organizing in their communities to advance gender equality. “But actually, they’re very different. They cannot wait to put on a suit or get dressed up and go to work and work office hours.
“Gen Z was most directly affected as children by the economic crash that started in 2008,” explains Blue. “They are the generation who watched people around them lose jobs, lose homes, lose their 401s and retirement accounts. They want something that feels safe because of what they witnessed. So they’re more interested in salary and benefits and things like that.”
“As much as people stereotype them as always having their heads in their phones, Gen Z is also the generation that’s craving the most personal contact,” says Blue. “They want in-person relationships with their managers; they want to see their colleagues and have face-to-face collaboration because they’ve been missing so much of that being on their phones.”
they work. “They have an entrepreneurial mindset and are very tech savvy,” says Katy Shields, vice president of People and Places at, an app for editing and sharing images that’s in vogue with the younger generation. “Gen Z expect to be treated like owners because they think like owners.”
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