Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. Like it or not, Gen Z is the future of work. By 2030, ...

For years, workplaces framed endurance as professionalism. Long hours were ambition. Burnout was a personal flaw. Silence was maturity. Gen Z didn’t invent resistance to these norms—they just stopped ...

Six in ten employers admit they've fired at least one Gen Z worker within a month of hiring them. Every few decades, a new generation walks into work and gets blamed for breaking it—ambitious Boomers, ...