Work Defined Milennials. Gen Z Has Other Ideas

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PRIMER’s co-founder Anna Saunders and editorial assistant Portia compare their attitudes to work and career.

“I’ve always loved my job – and I’ve always worked hard. Too hard perhaps. In my twenties and thirties, I approached my job as a newspaper journalist and magazine writer with a workaholic zeal. Even when I fell pregnant and felt so unwell that I was prescribed medication for nausea, I still lugged my puffy, sluggish self into the office every day.”

– Anna Saunders, PRIMER’s co-founder

“I would argue that the generations before Gen Z expected too little. Millennials and Gen X dedicate themselves so wholly to their jobs, and fail to question whether the return is worth the sacrifice.”

– Portia Brajkovic, PRIMER’s editorial assistant

“It shouldn’t be a surprise that Gen Z is better at safeguarding their mental health than the rest of us. I grew up in the ‘80s, when girls were told they could do anything, and women were told they could have it all (ha!). Anxiety and depression were rarely talked about.”

– Anna Saunders, PRIMER’s co-founder

“Flexibility, work-life balance, social alignment. These might appear to be vague and lofty goals for some, but for Gen Zs they are non-negotiables – the difference between embracing and loving a job, and taking our leave.”

– Portia Brajkovic, PRIMER’s editorial assistant.

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