I'm a Gen Zer who gets asked what young workers want. It's simple: to be included in conversations about our careers and the workplace.

Sun, 07/23/2023 - 06:00

Speakers at the Engaged @Work Summit — Maia Ervin (left), Meenakshi Janardhanan (middle), Alexandra York (right) speaking at a Conference Board panel.
The Conference Board

I recently sat on panels about what Gen Zers want from work.
My fellow panelists and I said compensation, flexibility, and opportunities to grow were key.
Here's my advice for leaders who seem unsure about how to talk with their young employees.

It sometimes felt like a symposium of scientists discussing an alien species they'd discovered: Out there, somewhere, were Gen Zers.

I was on stage at a conference, tasked with leading a conversation about the future of work from a Gen Z perspective.

While I was joined by two fellow Gen Zers — other specimens of this alien genus — the audience seemed to contain only a handful of people under age 30. Seems weird considering we are literally the future of work, right?