They will talk about the need for mental health days, therapy, or even medication in ways that others would have been ashamed to," said GiGi Robinson, a Gen-Z chronic illness and mental health advocate. Gen-Z is more comfortable sharing information about their mental health than any previous generation, Millennials included. "Not a small part of what is fueling the Great Resignation is a demand, on the part of Gen-Z workers, for greater mental health benefits. Zs want and value better mental health benefits at work and, to a greater extent than Millennials, will leave to find them. More than any other generation, they believe that mental health should be openly discussed in the workplace. By their own admission, Gen-Zs are anxiety ridden, lost, moody, social, and self-involved. They are more open and self-aware than their Millennial counterparts.
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Zs, on the other hand, have grown up watching their parents endure the hardships of both the economic collapse of 2008 and the crippling financial impact of a global pandemic. Born during the Reagan and Clinton years, times were good. Until the significant downturns associated with the crash of 2008 and later Covid-19, which they experienced mostly as adults, Millennials, growing up, knew a world of prosperity.
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Millennials were raised in a boom, Z's in a bust.