Morgan Hill Institute Featured In Her Campus article on Gen Z and Work-Life Balance

Morgan Hill Institute’s Melissa Kaekel was quoted in a recent Her Campus article by Claudia Colon on the pitfalls of following a passion-based career.

Melissa spoke specifically on how Gen Z workers view work-life balance in their burgeoning careers.

“The focus is less on finding fulfillment through their careers and more on enjoying life itself,” Kaekel says. “Gen Z don’t see working unpaid time as devotion to the company. Instead, they rightly see it as exploitation of the worker. They work to earn enough money to afford the things they are passionate about doing. There is a growing trend of couples working multiple low skill jobs like food service to earn enough money to travel and live in a refurbished van for six months out of the year.” She concludes that Gen Z is focused on “working to afford experiences rather than finding a lifelong career.” With proper work-life boundaries in place, you have enough time and money to explore your passions without the pressure of making a career out of them.

To read the full article and hear more from Melissa on this topic, click here to check out “The Pitfalls of a Passion-Based Career” by Claudia Colon at Her Campus.