As Gen Z joins the workforce, workplaces are starting to become more inclusive. This is for a variety of reasons from initiatives for more company diversity to Covid-19 causing many companies to start offering remote working opportunities. Further, many people have been using social media to hold companies accountable and causing workplaces to offer a more stable work-life balance. Here are 5 ways Gen Z are causing workplaces to be more inclusive:
1. Remote working opportunities
According to a study, nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly six-in-ten U.S. workers who say their jobs can mainly be done from home are working from home all or most of the time. This push for remote working opportunities helps workplaces to become more inclusive as there are people out there who prefer to work remotely. On top of that, people can apply for jobs further distances away as the job can be done from home and won’t require travel.
2. Work-life balance
With the popularity of TikTok many Gen Z influencers have been posting videos about “quiet-quitting” a practice where workers do only the amount of work their job description states and no further work without compensation. This push to have less overtime and extra tasks has to do with workers looking for a more fair work-life balance. Workplaces are having to become more accommodating of workers’ lives outside of work due to this trend that Gen Z started.
3. Incorporation of inclusivity and diversity
Another way that Gen Z is making workplaces more inclusive is through holding business accountable. With the popularity of social media among the younger generation many people are asking for accountability from their workplaces on these public social platforms. This push for accountability is causing workplaces to become more aware of how inclusive they are being. As a result, workplaces are becoming more inclusive of all people and more diverse.
4. Flexible work times
Forty-five percent of people in one major 2022 survey said that they left their jobs because they weren’t able to choose the hours they worked. These kinds of resignations are causing workplaces to become more inclusive of those who need flexible working hours such as parents and those with other obligations that prevent them from working the standard 9 to 5.
5. Career progression
A recent study found that members of Gen Z are switching jobs at a rate 134% higher than in 2019. This trend of “career-hopping” where workers look for new careers that are more flexible or pay more than their current career is causing workplaces to become more competitive in their flexibility. If workplaces don’t adapt to the changing trends and become more inclusive it’s very possible they will have a more difficult time finding and keeping employees.
