Half of millennials and 75% of Gen Z have left jobs for mental health reasons

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/11/mental-health-issues-cause-record-numbers-of-gen-x-z-to-leave-jobs.html

by jb1991 • 7 years ago

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ncmncm2• 7 years ago

Are we counting boomers, too? If not, why not?

mister_hn• 7 years ago

Because they are approaching retirement fast

bradhe2• 7 years ago

Also would love to understand what they consider a "mental health reason." I think we used to call that "it's just too stressful."

ncmncm2• 7 years ago

It has been quite common for people of all ages to be fired for symptoms of depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and even homicidal mania. Retirement does not change that history. Anyway, people 56 years old are considered boomers.

wrmsr• 7 years ago

Yeah, it's not downward social mobility, crippling education and medical debt, 20 years of pointless war, militarized police and active school shooter drills, impending climate crises we're politically powerless to act on, ongoing erosion of workers rights, no expectation of ever owning a home or retiring, or any other number of uniquely grim realities these generations are burdened with - naw it's smartphones, instagram, and 'not learning to take control of your own life'... and your employer's HR department is here to help.

All social media did was make people realize they're not the only one.

TurkishPoptart2• 7 years ago

I couldn't agree more. To add: at a few (crappy) jobs in the past, we were notified about an EAP (Employee Assistance Program), which seemed to amount to a phone number you could call for a few 30-minute conversations with someone about mental health issues, drug use, interpersonal issues at work, etc. Some of the phone numbers for the EAP were on little paper pull-offs near the punch-in clock. I don't think anyone used this system. I think it's pretty obvious why.

highprofittrade• 7 years ago

How was this data collected?

Half of millennials and 75% of Gen Z have left jobs for mental health reasons

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