Managers don’t understand Gen Z employees. Why don’t they work late? Why do they do it? talk So? And do they want to be here? But rather than emphasise the points of difference with younger workers, we should better understand their motivations. In this episode, Isabel speaks to researcher and futurist Chloe Combi, who has interviewed more than 20,000 young people about what they want. Chloe explains why Gen Z workers often clash with millennials (and how to give them better mentors). FT columnist Pilita Clark vents about her biggest problem with Gen Z: the fact that they are so often right about the workplace…
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Hosted by Isabel Berwick, produced by Mischa Frankl-Duval, mixed by Simon Panayi. Executive Producer is Manuela Saragosa. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Audio Director.