Written by, April 17 -- Prisha Khanna, Moitrayee Das

Work hard, stay loyal and stability will follow. This is the promise Millennials have been raised on. For many, this has shaped an entire career around hustling, compromising on personal life and delayed gratification. This generation stepped into adulthood as an aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, thus absorbing the hustle culture as an essential part of working while adopting burnouts as a regular part of adulthood.

Gen Z, on the other hand, has seen this narrative fail enormously. They have seen overwork be rewarded with burnout anxiety, job loyalty with layoffs and financial insecurity despite doing everything the "right" way.

Gen Z does not prioritise rebelling against work,...