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Younger generations are more likely to quit their jobs due to mental health reasons, a new survey finds.
Half of millennials (ages 23 to 38) and 75 percent of Gen Zers (ages 18 to 22) said they quit because of conditions such as anxiety and depression.
It's a stark contrast from the 10 percent of baby boomers (ages (ages 55 to 73) who said they'd done the same, according to the survey from Mind Share Partners, SAP, and Qualtrics.
The authors of the report say this is a sign of a 'generational shift in awareness' of when mental health is being damaged and needs to be prioritized.
Employers, they added, need to become more comfortable providing their workers with mental health support services.
What do you expect from the generation that can't walk out of their home without getting "triggered" over every damn thing and quickly run and cry in their safe spaces? I feel ashamed to be part of the same generation as these crybabies.
I'm just talking about millenials though, given how very young they are, I really don't think it's fair to include the Gen Zers who are just now graduating HS and getting into college in this.
Good for them. If a job makes you stressed and miserable you should have the guts to quit and find something more suitable. Learning the importance of mental health and quality of life should happen sooner rather than later in life.
There’s a couple of issues I take with this take. The first is recall bias, older people are more likely to have settled in to their career and are also more likely to remember their earlier days when they did change jobs. The second is a change in language used by different age groups. Mental has is now a catch all term that is used all the time in everyday conversation by millennials and gen Z, where it is used much less frequently by boomers.
This is coming from a millennial that can’t stand the wide-ranging idiotic things I see my peers doing. But in America you should be able to quit your job for any reason. As long as you’re supporting yourself and not living off taxpayer dollars I couldn’t care less about the jobs you’ve quit.
Reflecting on my own situation... I'd say good for them.
There is a false assumption that people quitting their jobs are just sitting idle by... it can also mean they actively looking or landing with employers that are treating them better. Employee compliancy in my generation has probably contributed to a culture of employers taking advantage of employees; we are suppose to deal and put up with it.. when in reality doing so is against our best interest.
The end result would hopefully employers that treat their employees better will end up attracting and maintaining better talent.
Most of the people I know that are on disability with mental health issues are NOT the kids of today.
So the kids of today know enough to take themselves out of an unpleasant, unhealthy situation....and we are criticizing them for this.
Wow -- you must be really desperate to prove that it was important for you to be miserable in your job by condemning folks who choose not to stay in jobs that aren't mentally healthy for them.
And reality ----- that age group is not as tied down to a mortgage, with a family etc...so they are able to move on if they don't like their job. I know baby boomers who are and have been absolutely miserable in their jobs for the last few years but feel they can't leave now (and honestly not a whole lot of jobs for aging folks).........
But yeah -- those damn kids -- imagine not staying in a job and being miserable...what kind of person does that.
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