Gen Z is conscious unbossing heres what they think is too stressful at work

They’ve managed to make success uncool. Hustling and bustling one’s butt off for a slight bump up on the corporate ladder is apparently too much trouble for the precious worker bees of Gen Z. In fact, a staggering 52% of the delicate demographic — adults born between the late 1990s and early 2000s — would likely refuse a middle management role at work due to the high stress and low pay that’d likely come with the promotion, per a new poll via UK talents solutions firm, Robert Walters. “Gen-Z are known for their entrepreneurial mindset,” Lucy Bisset, a director with the firm, said in a statement.“[They prefer] to bring their ‘whole self’ to projects and spend time cultivating their own brand and approach, rather than spending time managing others.”The Zoomer swing away from in-office elevation has been dubbed the “conscious unbossing” movement.

And it’s a trend aimed at avoiding the headache of becoming a department head.Much like “quiet quitting” mania, which sees disgruntled 9-to-5ers do the bare minimum while on the clock, and the “Great Detachment” shift, a workplace craze calling overtaxed twenty-somethings to disengage from their duties, conscious unbossing gives Gen Z professionals the freedom to pursue personal goals hassle-free. Instead of overseeing their colleagues, a whopping 72% of newcomers to the workforce said they’d prefer taking an individual route to advance their career  — one that focuses on personal growth and skills accumulation, according to the survey. Amplifying their disinterest in moving up in the ranks, a whopping 69% of Gen Zers argued that middle management roles, typically, aren’t financially worth the burden.Eighteen percent of the pack insisted that mid-level positions often come with limited decision-making power, while 11% feared the added responsibilities at work would stunt their individual aspirations. But Bisset warns that Gen Z’s, “reluctance to take on middle manageme...