Over 90 Percent of Young Workers Having Difficulty Working from Home, Survey Finds

A Smartsheet survey found that 95 percent of Generation Z and 93 percent of millennial employees in the United States find working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic difficult, reports the Associated Press . In addition, 60 percent of American workers feel less informed about what is happening in their company since they started working from home. This feeling is profound among 74 percent of Gen Zers and 66 percent of millennials, compared to 53 percent of Generation X and 50 percent of baby boomers. Younger generations cite video calls as an obstacle to employer-employee communication compared to older generations, with the percentage of boomers acknowledging the problem lowest at 26 percent. Meanwhile, 50 percent of Gen Z and 50 percent of millennials find it difficult to get status updates, versus 40 percent of Gen X and 39 percent of boomers.