Gen Z employees are never at their desks and its driving their bosses crazy

Gen Zers are actively fleeing their desks for a very 2025 reason.If you’re wondering where all the young office workers are, check your watch.It might be sweet treat time.

With their firm boundaries, baggy jeans, and rolled-eye approach to traditional hierarchal structures, the youngest working generation has introduced snack time into office life.Millennial PR boss, Grace Garrick, 30, has hired a gaggle of Gen Zers for her successful agency MVMNT and she’s become very familiar with the culture of young workers needing mini-breaks in the day.Garrick told news.com.au she considers herself an expert in this area because her local EzyMart knows all her Gen Z staffers, not just by face but by name.“The 3 p.m.sugar break is more than just getting over that afternoon slump.

It is a moment of self-care and indulgence,” she explained.“When you’re ‘adulting’ there feels like a constant to-do list, and the 3 p.m.sugar break lets us go back to simpler times of childhood like getting a sweet treat at the local corner store, among the whirr of corporate life,” she explained.Garrick said this is just another example of Gen Zers “refining corporate culture” and prioritizing comfort and wellbeing over outdated workplace norms.“It’s a convenient little reward that makes an office environment feel like home, and we’re shaking up our work life to align with what brings us joy,” she said.Ms Garrick started working when hustle culture was at its peak, and overworking yourself was seen as a brag.She has really appreciated the cultural shift, which has also helped her learn how to have fun at work.“3 p.m.

is like a victory lap after the daily grind,” she said.The PR boss said that she’s also noticed Gen Zers in her office are known for always having three beverages on their desks at any given time.“One for basically every single little sweet break they have during the day,” she said.Garrick said sweet treat time in her office isn’t just at 3p...