Young Workers Aren’t Gonna Take It Anymore
Millennials were reporting burnout before the pandemic, but Gen Z has joined the chorus as Covid-19 rages on.
This is not what we signed up for.
Photographer: Jay Yuno/E+There are 25 working days left in 2021. That probably terrifies and thrills you at the same time — after all, if 2022 is as weird for work as 2021 has been, we’re in for an interesting time.
Many companies (and politicians) dubbed 2021 the year of returning to the office, but many white-collar workers have either refused or ended up adopting a hybrid system where some days are spent in peace at home and other days are spent gossiping around the water cooler at the office. We’ve also seen the start of two large movements that threaten to reshape the labor market: the Great Resignation and Lying Flat.