Young people from generation Z are increasingly unlikely to retire, so they are breaking with the traditional idea of working tirelessly until 65 to retire. Instead of waiting for decades to enjoy life, generation Z is promoting a trend that redefines the balance between work and well -being: microjubilation.
Live to work or work to live. This phenomenon, which has gained strength thanks to social networks, and proposes strategic pauses in the professional career to recharge energy, explore personal interests and prioritize mental health, all while you still have youth and vitality.
As published The Guardian, The concept has its origin in the book ‘The 4 -hour work week‘Timothy Ferriss, in which the author prioritized to lead a happy and full life over professional careers dedicated to making others the dreams of others.
You will rest when you retire … or not. According to a Sumumebuilder.com survey, 13% of American retirees expect that for 2025 they will have to return to the labor market due to the high cost of life, and 22% are already working to subsist. In Spain, on the other hand, the panorama is just the opposite. According to a study by the BBVA and IVIE Foundation, the rent of those over 65 in Spain is 6.4% higher than the European average. Both scenarios are equally bad for those who begin their work career now.
In the American case, generation Z has discovered that reaching the retirement age does not imply stop working, even when you have spent all your life doing it. On the other hand, in the case of Spain, the sustainability of pensions and the progressive aging of the population, does not guarantee that, who just begin their work career now, they will have a retirement as well -off as who retires now. In either case, the idea of being able to rest when you retire from a thread.
Marathon The Esprints. Given this dilemma, the Z generation is not only rethinking when and how to rest, but also how Bloomberg.
Unlike traditional sabbatical periods, which are usually linked to agreements with the employer and may include some type of salary, many young people choose to leave their employment temporarily and finance these brief periods of disconnection with their own savings. The objective is clear: take advantage of the energy and health of youth to travel, learn new skills or devote yourself to personal projects, instead of postponing these dreams to old age.
Dominating remote work and precariousness. This new approach to generation Z also responds to a work reality in which instability and precariousness are the order of the day. With the advancement of technology and the normalization of remote work, reinstatement to the world of work after a microretiro offers less friction than in previous generations, when an employee remained in the same company for decades. The generation has proven not to be afraid to change your job often, and intersperse a short period of rest between work and work can be a way of applying this model.
The possibility of working for projects, part -time or remotely allow these breaks not to necessarily mean a setback in the professional career. In fact, as published by The ConversationIn Australia, for example, some companies offer their workers a paid permit when they have been working for them for seven to ten years. A kind of parental permit, but take care of oneself.
The value of mental health and well -being. Physical and mental well -being is one of the main concerns of generation Z, and one of the incentives of these microjubilations. Studies of the World Health Organization revealed the direct relationship between the long working days and the 29% increase in deaths from heart disease and stroke between 2000 and 2016. Before this panorama, young people prefer to prevent exhaustion programming prolonged breaks, instead of waiting for health problems to accumulate over the years.
Business Insider He echoed the case of Anaïs Felt, a senior manager in a technological company in Silicon Valley who, overwhelmed by the stress and fatigue caused by his work, decided to make a small pause in his career. “I came home so exhausted that I just knocked down on the couch to recover, drew and then lay down,” he said about his routine. “I had no energy to run, or to spend time with my partner, or to laugh,” Felt said in one of the videos he has hung on his Tiktok profile telling his experience.
Trend with many “Peros”. Although the microjubilation approach is shown as a way to balance self -care with professional careers, reality is sometimes stubborn and insists on making it unfeasible. As Felt remembered in the description of his video, before taking one of these breaks he had already paid his student loan and covered some basic needs, making special emphasis on the nuance of “If you can afford it, in my opinion, it is totally worth it.”
Belgium The State recognizes in its Labor Law the right to disconnect, offering a pause pause. However, previous studies recognized that making this break could have an important impact on the professional career, and it became more persistent the younger they were the ones who requested it.
Having fired rental prices, the cost of upward life and tight salaries makes the age of emancipation in Spain place in the 30.4 years, according to Eurostat data. If the Z generation is committed to microjubilation, it could make that age superior in the future, depending for a longer family support.
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