Gen Z is quitting jobs at higher rates primarily to combat severe burnout, avoid toxic workplaces, and escape stagnant career growth, with 46% planning to leave, a Forbes article reported. They prioritize mental health, purpose, and flexibility over long-term loyalty to a single company, often viewing roles as "situationships" rather than lifelong careers, as shown in this Reddit post.
Generation Z (Gen Z) is often labeled the "unhappiest generation," reporting higher rates of anxiety, depression, and despair than previous generations at the same age, driven by factors like intense social media use, economic instability, academic pressure, and growing up amidst global crises (pandemic, climate change) that have disrupted traditional life paths, challenging the "happiness hump" where midlife was usually the lowest point, with unhappiness now hitting young people earlier, say researchers from Dartmouth College and other universities.
Key points. New research shows Millennials and Gen Z exhibit loneliness and alienation more than other generations. It is possible to be technologically "connected" and socially disconnected simultaneously. Face-to-face meetings can be helpful for combatting loneliness.
Recent research shows that members of the Baby Boomer generation have worse health than previous generations did at the same ages—diabetes, heart disease and other chronic illnesses are more common.
The 💦 (Sweat Droplets) emoji in text has multiple meanings, ranging from literal water, sweat, or rain to slang for sexual fluids, "drip" (style), or feeling overwhelmed/nervous, often depending on the context and accompanying emojis like 🍆 (eggplant) for sexual connotations or 👅 (tongue) for mouth-watering. It can literally mean something is wet (pool, rain) or someone is sweating from heat or anxiety, but also represents liquid in a suggestive way.
Trend expert Shayan Faraz says that the CL emoji 🆑 means to clear or delete something. It's designed after the red “clear” button on old-school phones and calculators. Send the 🆑 emoji to talk about clearing schedules, clearing the air after an argument, or cleansing yourself of anything from social media to sugar.
The trend to watch in 2025 is revenge quitting. A survey from Software Finder reports a growing number of workers are frustrated by factors ranging from low salaries to repeatedly being passed over for raises to a lack of opportunities for advancement.
Adults are having less sex than ever, with gen z seeing the steepest decline: Study. Based on 2024 GSS data analyzed by the Institute for Family Studies, weekly sexual activity among U.S. adults aged 18 to 64 fell from 55% in 1990 to 37% in 2024.
There's no single "toughest" generation, as each faces unique struggles, but Generation X (Gen X) (born ~1965-1980) is often cited as highly resilient and stressed, handling major economic crises (like 2008), caring for multiple generations, and being "least parented," while Gen Z (born ~1997-2012) struggles with unprecedented housing costs, mental health, and an 'always-on' digital work culture, making them incredibly hardworking but facing massive financial hurdles.
Across much of the world, it is no longer middle-aged adults who are the most miserable. Instead, young people, especially Gen Z, are reporting the highest levels of unhappiness of any age group.
Once dubbed the “unluckiest generation,” millennials have postponed major milestones during past recessions. A significant slice of them graduated college between 2007 and 2009 and struggled to find jobs, which led them to delay buying homes, getting married, and making major purchases, such as cars.
The Lost Generation became completely ancestral when the last surviving person who was known to have been born in the Lost Generation or during the 19th century, Nabi Tajima, died in 2018 at age 117. Two US Presidents were members of this generation: Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961).
In the United States in 2021, the death rate was highest among those aged 85 and over, with about 17,190.5 men and 14,914.5 women per 100,000 of the population passing away. For all ages, the death rate was at 1,118.2 per 100,000 of the population for males, and 970.8 per 100,000 of the population for women.
Members of the generation — also known as Zoomers — have been increasingly drawn toward religion, particularly Christianity, with data showing the number of Americans who don't identify with one particular church is stabilizing thanks to them.
