Employers Rapidly Firing Gen Z Graduates Due to Performance Issues

After complaining for years that Gen Z grads are difficult to work with , bosses are no longer all talk, no action: Now they’re rapidly firing young workers who aren’t up to scratch just months after hiring them. Recommended Video The numbers are stark.

According to a survey , six in 10 employers admitted they had already sacked the Gen Z workers they had hired fresh out of college. Intelligent.com, a platform dedicated to helping young professionals navigate the future of work, surveyed nearly 1,000 U.S. business leaders.

It found that the class of 2024’s shortcomings are shaping how bosses hire next—and it’s not good news for future grads. After experiencing a raft of problems with young new hires, one in six bosses say they’re hesitant to hire recent college grads again.

Meanwhile, one in seven bosses have admitted that they may avoid hiring them altogether next year. Three-quarters of the companies surveyed said some or all of their recent graduate hires were unsatisfactory in some way.