A recent survey by Intelligent.com interviewed 1,000 U.S. managers who have employees of the Gen Z age group.
Here is a list of what the manager said were the top problems
- 18% of managers said they have thought about leaving their job because there was too much stress managing Gen Z employees
- 50% of managers said Gen Z’s spend too much time on their cell phones at work which has become a huge problem.
- 47% said they have poor work ethics. 45% said they lack 44% said they have poor time management skills, with 43% saying they lack professionalism (43%).
- Half of the managers interviewed said their Gen Z workers cause tension with older workers.
- 27% said if they can, they will steer clear of hiring Gen Z if possible, and 50% reported they have fired Gen Z workers.
- 51% said they have personal frustration overseeing Gen Z employees, with 44% say managing Gen zers gives them stress.
Other data from the survey showed found work stress from managers.
Most bosses said they had to rearrange their management standards because Gen z workers increased the workload and productivity was down.
- 54% said Gen Zers communication skills were weak and their tone was rude and inappropriate.
- 52% of managers surveyed said Gen Z employees are friction with older workers.
Andrew Crapuchettes with RedBalloon, a firm that is a job board and talent connector says over the last few years, GenZ employees come into work and want to dictate the terms of their employment including the hours that they work where they work.
“They are not being productive. They’ve grown up on social media and that just gives you a distorted view of reality. Many of them have gone off to university and also gotten a distorted view of reality because those universities are not focused on meritocracy in the way that you really have to to be successful in the work place,” said Crapuchettes.
