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September 2020
 

Gen Z Most Stressed By Pandemic

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Gen Z employees — those born starting in 1995 — have been three times more likely than all other employees since the pandemic started to have sought professional help for stress, burnout or other mental health reasons, according to a new MetLife report. Millennials have also been hard hit. Forty percent of workers blamed reduced in-person interaction with friends, family and co-workers for harming their mental health. The biggest challenges of working from home are:

  • isolation from co-workers (41%) 
  • distractions of the household (34%) 
  • inadequate workspace (19%)  
  • lack of office equipment (19%)