Henna Pryor

Yeah, I wanted to make sure I had this stat right.

44% of working Americans in total find their workplace relationships to be superficial.

But when we think about Gen Z, that number actually shoots up to 52%.

So the highest of any generation.

More than half of Gen Z look at their team relationships at work as superficial.

Now, why is superficiality a problem?

I'm not saying everyone needs to be best friends at work.

I think that's an unrealistic standard.

I don't think that's necessary.

But when they're all considered absolute surface level and superficial, you don't know who at work has your back.

you don't know who at work is safe to go talk to and say i made a mistake and it's one that might really affect our bottom line and i don't know who to tell right superficiality consistently through every peer is dangerous the other interesting gen z statistic was we know that weak social skills actively drive turnover meaning people will stay at a job even if they're making less money

if they have friends at work, if they feel like they have people who have their back at work.

And while it is the number one challenge tied to organizational turnover, for Gen Z in particular, Gen Z reports 27% more social muscle atrophy related struggles than boomers.

27% more than boomers.

This is a retention crisis.

If this is the driver of turnover and Gen Z is struggling with it over a quarter more, then we need to think about how this actually plays a role in retention and turnover.

Because again, boomers are experiencing it a little less and so they may not see it as clearly as the data shows.

100%.

I feel like you and I could link our work with a four-word phrase.

How do they know?