Gen Z vs Millennials: Work ethos clash

Exploring the clash between work ethics and life balance across generations

- Amisha Shirgave

How much work is too much work? It all begins from here, where millennials do not mind going the extra mile for their work and spending an extra hour. Gen Z will call it employee exploitation. Why is it that a millennial will prioritise their work but a Gen Z will try to balance both work and personal life?

Millennials often find Gen Z very offensive and extremely straightforward while the latter think that the other party has just accepted that life is a monotonous loop and have set a mental constraint for themselves which they cannot free themselves from. Gen Z is just glad about the freedom of speech they have in this country or they sure would have started a world war!

Work-life balance Both seek a good life balance. "I am 47 years old and I spent all my life in a monotonous manner. I pursued a good education, secured a good job, got married, had kids and I am still working towards doing my best for my kids. I do not think I realised how time passed by. In recent years, I've come to realise that my time away from work is also important. I decided to work for limited hours in the day and spend the remaining with my family. This allows me to focus effectively on both parts of my life," said Mangesh, an IT employee from Mumbai.

As much as Gen Z tries to balance their work and life, they end up over-exhausting themselves. Of course, there is no doubt that the young generation has not had years of work experience yet to be able to manage it efficiently, but they do feel the need to have some time off from their schedule to spend on building themselves.