Millennials say they plan onstaying at their current job for a total of ten years, on average,and Gen Zers plan to stay for six years.

The younger set doesn't like what they believe is fake newsabout their work ethic and attitudes, according to Zapier's report,"Misunderstood generations: What Millennials and Gen Zactually think about work."

On behalf of Zapier, The Harris Poll surveyed more than 500working millennials and more than 500 working Gen Zers, and foundthat they disagree with most of what the press has reported on themover the last several years.

The biggest misunderstanding: that they are job hoppers. While that may have been true whenthe first wave of millennials were just starting their careers, nowthat a fair amount have settled down and are having kids of theirown, most are also staying put at their jobs.

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In this latest survey, millennials say they plan on staying attheir current job for a total of ten years, on average, and GenZers plan to stay for six years, on average. This could be thatmany are managers — more than three in five millennials (62percent) and nearly half of Gen Zers (49 percent) say they havedirect reports.

Overall, almost two-thirds of Gen Zers (65 percent) and nearlythree-quarters of millennials (73 percent) feel their job is a keycomponent of their personal identity.

"You might think younger generations are disloyal to employers,"the authors write. "Turns out most see their job as core to theiridentity, and want to stay in their current job long term. Youmight think younger generations are wasting work time on socialmedia. Turns out many are doing the opposite, spending theirevenings responding to work communications."

Roughly seven in 10 Gen Zers (71 percent) and millennials (69percent) responding to the survey admit they are constantly on orchecking their work communication tools outside of work. A third ofGen Zers (33 percent) and 39 percent of millennials say they checktheir work email/messaging tools more than they check theirpersonal social media.

What's more, roughly two-thirds of Gen Zers (66 percent) andalmost three in five millennials (57 percent) say they expect theirteammates to respond to them outside of work hours. All of thiscould be why a majority of Gen Zers (69 percent) and millennials(73 percent) have experienced periods of decreased workproductivity due to job burnout.

"Social media addicts? More like workaholics," the authorswrite. "Tech overload could be behind employee burnout."

Other key survey findings include:

• Roughly three-quarters of millennials (76 percent) and almosttwo-thirds of Gen Zers (64 percent) work in knowledge-based jobs,including professional, managerial or administrative work.
• One in six Gen Zers and millennials (16 percent each) have quita job because their employer did not provide the proper technologyfor them to do their job. Just over two-thirds of Gen Zers (69percent) and more than three-quarters of millennials (76 percent)say they would be less likely to hire someone if they did not havebasic computer skills.
• Nearly four in five Gen Z managers (79 percent) and more thanfour in five millennial managers (85 percent) say they encouragetheir direct reports to solve problems using technology. Thisincludes technologies like automation, with almost nine in 10 Gen Z(86 percent) and millennial (87 percent) managers say they are opento their direct reports automating parts of their job.
• Younger workers embrace automation as a solution, and nearlyall Gen Zers (95 percent) and millennials (93 percent) say theywould be willing to automate parts of their job.
• Most Gen Zers (91 percent) and millennials (85 percent) thinkall employers should have a mental health work policy in place.More than three-quarters of Gen Zers (77 percent) and millennials(78 percent) say the ability to discuss mental health openly atwork is important to them.
• A quarter of Gen Zers (25 percent) and nearly a third ofmillennials (31 percent) say they have felt competitive againsttheir coworkers.
• About a quarter of Gen Zers (27 percent) and millennials (24percent) say they discuss politics with coworkers.
• More than two in five Gen Zers (41 percent) and millennials (45percent) think their parents don't really understand theirjob.

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