Pandemic Is Yet Another Hurdle For Resilient Millennials And Gen Z

In the nine years we’ve conducted the Deloitte Global Millennial Survey, the idealism of the workforce’s youngest generations has been a constant. Their ascendance into adulthood has been marked by technological transformation, financial upheaval, new global threats, and political, social, and civil rights movements. Through it all, they’ve had big demands and high expectations of businesses, governments, and their employers. Over the years, though, we’ve watched their optimism wane as careers launched during a global recession failed to blossom as many hoped. Living with societal unrest and accelerated transformation in the workplace has further fueled their uneasiness. One byproduct of these forces is anxiety, and there’s plenty of it. Before the pandemic, almost half of Generation Z and 44% of millennials told us they’re stressed all or most of the time. But they’ve also developed resilience and common-sense approach to life that echoes the generation raised during the Great Depression; and a motivation to create change, much like those who shaped the 1960s. Read more at CNBC.