NYTIMES (Emi Nietfeld) - Gen Z Has Lost Its Ambition. Maybe It’s Found Something Better.
For Gen Z college graduates, the way millennials lived out their ambitions no longer makes sense.
NPR (Andrea Hsu) - This factory was severely short on workers. Then it offered flexible work
A GE Appliances plant in rural northwest Georgia was short hundreds of workers amid COVID-19. A flexible work option where some workers can sign up for shifts through an app has eased the pain.
YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - Remote workers have higher depression rates, study says | NewsNation
A new study found people who worked remotely often socialized less and were more likely to have higher rates of depression. But those findings contrasted to a different survey that pointed to other struggles for those going into an office. NewsNation’s Kayla Jardine explains.
NPR (Andrea Hsu) - Remote work -- not AI -- has sidelined recent college graduates, research finds
Research from the New York Fed finds that younger college graduates have been sidelined by remote work in recent years, as companies may be reluctant to hire those needing more training and mentoring.
AXIOS (Sami Sparber) - Why Gen Z wants more office work
Gen Z workers are chasing more time in the office. Why it matters: The generation with a reputation for preferring fully remote work is actually the least likely to want it — reflecting deeper worries about connection and growth, recent Gallup polling shows. By the numbers: Fewer than a quarter (23%) of remote-capable Gen Z employees say they'd prefer fully remote work, compared with 35% among each older generation, according to Gallup's 2025 survey. - And Gen Z is the most likely to want employees in the office more often. State of play: Many say they've had enough of working from home, alone, possibly in their sweatpants. Loneliness is a major driver of the shift back to the office: 27% of Gen Z workers say they felt lonely "a…