Not necessarily a high quality poll, but it corroborates other polls (Credit Karma did a similar poll a year ago) and surveys done on both how much Gen Z thinks they’ll make in their careers and how much they think is a fair salary. Financial therapists have reflected this sentiment from patients, terming it “money dysphoria,” the WSJ did an article on this topic using separate findings and analyzed the relationship to social media, and there have been academic treatments on the phenomenon in PLOS and Collabra: Psychology, and Morning Consult also did a separate study showing 57% of Gen Z aspire to be influencers.
In terms of generational cohorts, Gen Z is considered by scholars very distinctive. Some of those characteristics are considered positive, but many, arguably most, of them are considered cause for concern. I’m not going to defend or litigate how our generation(s) are considered, but the rough vibe of this piece seems to generally reflect a common sentiment in Z, for better or worse. The gap between perception and reality can become very warped for the terminally online and the social-media obsessed, and I think that’s true for all generations, but no other generation had that effect rampant in their lives during important developmental stages of childhood.
Not necessarily a high quality poll, but it corroborates other polls (Credit Karma did a similar poll a year ago) and surveys done on both how much Gen Z thinks they’ll make in their careers and how much they think is a fair salary. Financial therapists have reflected this sentiment from patients, terming it “money dysphoria,” the WSJ did an article on this topic using separate findings and analyzed the relationship to social media, and there have been academic treatments on the phenomenon in PLOS and Collabra: Psychology, and Morning Consult also did a separate study showing 57% of Gen Z aspire to be influencers.
In terms of generational cohorts, Gen Z is considered by scholars very distinctive. Some of those characteristics are considered positive, but many, arguably most, of them are considered cause for concern. I’m not going to defend or litigate how our generation(s) are considered, but the rough vibe of this piece seems to generally reflect a common sentiment in Z, for better or worse. The gap between perception and reality can become very warped for the terminally online and the social-media obsessed, and I think that’s true for all generations, but no other generation had that effect rampant in their lives during important developmental stages of childhood.
Wait, half of Gen Z says they want to be an influencer? Where are you getting this info?