It should come as no surprise to anyone that Generation Z (Gen Z) is the most impatient generation. This generation is the fastest to hang up while on hold, research indicates.
The Gen Z attention span is a mere 8 seconds. Due to this decrease, social media platforms have adapted to maintain their attention.
Generation Z has often been labelled as lazy, but that is due to the growth in the efficiency of life with more technology.
One-third (32%) of Gen Z respondents say they are the hardest-working generation ever, with Millennials ranked as the second-hardest working generation at 25%. More than half (56%) say the Silent Generation is the least hardworking generation of all time.
As a result, more millennials than ever report being happy. That's especially true compared to the Baby Boomers, which the Pew Research Center labeled the “gloomy” generation. Baby Boomers tended to rate their overall quality of life much lower than non-boomers.
Generation X
Gen X is often branded as being cynical, yet they have the highest rate of loyalty of any of the generations discussed here. They're less interested in trying new brands than other generations and instead prefer to stick with those they already know and trust.
Gen Z has been called the 'most depressed generation' with the least positive outlook and diminished emotional and social well-being. They have more unmet social needs than any other generation. The statistics for their behavioural-health issues – mental and substance disorders – are alarming.
Millennials are the most educated generation ever. This trend is likely due to higher income returns from a college education, as well as many young people choosing to wait out the recession and lack of jobs by staying in or returning to school.
Coming from a world where the economy was thriving and opportunities were booming, baby boomers tend to be driven in terms of their work ethic. Many people in this generation had an opportunity for a career and a university education, unlike their counterparts earlier in history.
Gen Z have had to endure some of the most critical and formative times of their lives (important steps in education and the beginning of their careers) against the backdrop of a global pandemic, yet are still successfully delivering the results needed to progress in this world. They're not crumbling.
The Silent Generation, also known as the Traditionalist Generation, is the Western demographic cohort following the Greatest Generation and preceding the Baby Boomers. The Silent Generation is generally defined as people born from 1928 to 1945.
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The problem with millennials' sleep deprivation is so pronounced that this generation often is referred to as “The Tired Generation.” Millennials, also known as “Generation Y,” are those born between 1981 and 1996 (ages 25 to 40 as of this writing), according to the Pew Research Center.
Gen Z vs. Millennial Attention Span
The early 2000s showed that millennials' attention span tapped out at 12 seconds. And for Generation Z, the number is even lower at 8 seconds.
A new report from Gympass, the world's largest corporate wellbeing platform, has found that despite Gen Z's reputation for shirking work, they are actually the happiest at work and also the hardest working.
The online survey of 1,200 subjects shows the two generations who have the most difficult time working together are Baby Boomers (49 – 67 years old) and Millennials (13 – 33 years old). When they do work together, the problems these two generations experience most often include: dismissal of past experience.
The youngest generation in the workforce is also more likely to play conservative with their paychecks right now, with Gen Z most likely to put in longer hours or work harder. Nearly a third are also considering taking a second job or a more stable gig in the face of potential recession layoffs.
Gen Z is also the smartest and best educated generation. Having an unlimited wealth of information at our disposal has not gone to waste. In America, 57 percent of Gen Z is reported to have enrolled in a two-year or four-year college, compared to 52 percent of Millenials and 43 percent of Gen X.
The youth of today is smarter and more knowledgeable than past generations. Knowledge is passed down and that, added to the expansive knowledge provided by technology, means this newest generation is more equipped for what lies ahead than any of us have ever been before.
Generation Alpha is considered to be the most technological-infused demographic up-to-date. Alphas seem to know and understand complex ideas and able to do things that are well beyond their age.
Gen Z are primarily the children of Generation X. Their Generation X parents raised Gen Z to be independent and able to figure things out for themselves.
Millennials are often referred to as the “anxious generation.” They were the first to grow up with the constant overflow of the Internet and social media.
Various think tanks and analytics companies also have set a 1997 start date. Although the U.S. Census does not identify Gen Z like it does the baby boomers, a U.S. Census publication in 2020 described Generation Z as the “young and mobile” population with oldest members of the cohort born "after 1996".