Can you guess which generation of employees works the hardest? Is it the young Gen Z, or millennials? Well, according to a new study, it's none of them.?
It is the Gen X workers who stretch themselves the hardest at work. Gen X is the generation born between 1965 and 1980.
The generation that started work right at the start of the millennium did not have the jumpstart that millennials did, but it gained extensively from the high-capex environment between 2004-2010. Most of them have seen better salary bumps than GenZers or millennials, as per the 2023 Asia Mental Health Index by Aon and TELUS Health, a Business Insider report mentioned.
Unlike their younger peers, Gen X-ers feel less stress and can concentrate on work better than those under 40, as per the study.
¡°Employees under 40 years of age are nearly 50% more likely than employees older than 50 to feel mentally and/or physically exhausted at the end of their workday,¡± the report said indicating that the younger workers are tired as compared to the others.
As per the AON report, the mental health of those over 50 can be described as ¡®strained¡¯ while that of those under 40 in Asia can be described as ¡®distressed¡¯. It also establishes a direct correlation between mental health and productivity.
Gen Z-ers, on the other hand, feel the most stress. ¡°The study shows that employees under 40 are particularly feeling the strain of poor mental health, whilst those between 20 to 29 years old are significantly worse off, with a Mental Health Index score of 57.8, representing the most strain and the highest mental health risk of any age group by a significant margin,¡± AON reported.
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