Everything employers need to know about Gen Z in the workplace

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Gen Z may be the newest addition to the workforce, but they already know exactly what they want from their future employers.

Currently, Gen Z represents approximately 30% of the total global population, according to data from the World Economic Forum, and by 2025, the generation is predicted to make up 27% of the total workforce. That means it’s in employers’ best interest to find out what this new demographic of employee wants — fast.

The rumors are true: Gen Z really does care about companies’ diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives, and they’re prepared to quit if an employer doesn’t meet their standards.

Despite just a fraction of Gen Z having entered the workforce full-time, 44% of those who’ve had a job reported feeling discriminated against in the workplace due to their race, ethnicity, gender identity or sexual orientation, according to a 2020 report conducted by Tallo. In June and July 2021, the percentage of respondents who have felt discriminated against went up to 48%. Thirty seven percent of Gen Z applicants who have applied for jobs in the past have decided not to apply to a place of work out of fear of not being accepted.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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