TikTokers are encouraging Gen Z workers to 'manage up' — the latest workplace trend reaching millions on the platform

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Gen Z workers are "managing up" to influence their bosses to support their ambitions and needs.

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I'm part of the luckiest class of Gen Zers. Here's how we won the economic recovery.

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The author at her college graduation in 2019.

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A neurodivergent Tiktoker struggling with 'time blindness' faced backlash online for requesting accommodations at work. Experts say 'it's a real thing.'

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A psychotherapist said "time blindness" is a legitimate symptom of conditions like ADHD.

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A recruiter says a Gen Z intern asked for a 5-hour work day in an interview, sparking debate about work-life balance

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Gen Z workers are interrogating managers about work-life balance in job interviews.

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Gen Zers say they need an average salary of almost $125,000 to feel like they've 'made it,' a survey of young workers found

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58% of young professionals between ages 21 to 42 are not happy with their current salary, a new study found.

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I work from home with my cat in my lap and once stayed off-camera in a video call so I could do a face mask. I don't feel I'm missing out on office life as a remote worker.

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Dana Good is a young professional whose first full-time job is remote, and she loves it.

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I'm a Gen Zer who was unprepared for life after college. Here are 5 things I wish I knew before graduation.

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"I'm one of the newest additions to the whole club. But I think I've learned a bit since I graduated last May," writes Insider's Rachel Bernstein.

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Gary Vaynerchuk to managers: Forget a 4-day workweek. If you want to make your people happy, fire the jerks.

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Gary Vaynerchuk has made a number of TikToks warning companies that they need to find new ways to attract Gen Z workers if they want to keep them.

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South Korea tried to push an almost 70-hour work week, but was forced to rethink after millennials and Gen Z protested

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The South Korean government proposed a 69-hour work week in March to appease business complaints.

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China's millennial managers are confronting a pissed-off wave of Gen-Z staff out to 'rectify' the workplace

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Alipay employees work in the Shanghai office building of Ant Group in Shanghai,

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