If you haven’t noticed, the job market is on shaky ground right now, but it’s not just employers who aren’t committing to their workers.
Some emerging characteristics of Gen Z workers include: Short job stints, sudden exits, and minimal loyalty. In fact, Gen Z’s average commitment to any one job is less than two years. (It’s 1.8 years, or around 22 months.)
According to a new survey of young adults and hiring managers, 58% of Gen Z workers admit to taking a job they knew was a “situationship”, short-term, low-commitment, and never meant to be long-term.
Only 25% of Gen Z pros say they’re invested in their job long-term, and 47% plan to leave their job within a year. Just 46% believe that staying loyal to one employer is rewarded in today’s job market.
36% of hiring managers say they’ve chosen not to hire a Gen Z candidate due to worries about job-hopping. But young workers say they’re switching jobs because their current ones don’t pay well, they’re getting burned out, the gigs don’t offer enough flexibility, and they don’t feel valued.
