HOW GEN Z IS FORCING A RESET AT WORK

As a new workforce majority emerges, HR policies built for retention are being tested

- BY ANOOP PAUDVAL | Head of Information Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), Gulf News

As Gen Z moves toward becoming a decisive share of the global workforce by 2030, a quiet but consequential reset is underway in how work is structured, managed and measured.

Gen Z is forcing organisations to rethink long-held assumptions about flexibility, loyalty, performance and well-being. For this generation, flexibility is not a benefit to be earned but a baseline expectation. The freedom to decide where and when work happens is seen as essential to productivity and balance, not a concession from management.

Mental health

Mental health has moved from the margins to the centre of workplace expectations. Gen Z is more open than any previous generation in acknowledging when work affects their well-being, and they expect employers to respond with meaningful support rather than symbolic gestures.