"Welch said this insight emerged from a conversation she had with a 25-year-old freelance worker who asked Welch to create more content about worker fatigue among young people because her friends were "just so burnt out." When Welch told this worker she used to work "seven days a week" at that age and loved the work-and would've done more of it if she could-the young woman offered a striking rebuttal: "But you had hope.""
""And I did have hope. We all did have hope," Welch told Masters of Scale host Jeff Berman. "We believed that if if you worked hard you were rewarded for it. And so this is the disconnect.""
"According to a 2024 Gallup poll, just 31% of staffers under age 35 say they're "thriving," while about 22% of staffers under 35 report feeling lonely."
Younger workers face demanding schedules comparable to previous generations but lack the expectation that hard work will produce meaningful advancement. A 25-year-old freelance worker reported peers feeling "just so burnt out" and contrasted current attitudes with earlier generations who worked long hours with hope for reward. Many younger staffers report low wellbeing: a 2024 Gallup poll found only 31% of under-35s say they are thriving and roughly 22% report loneliness. Increased physical and social distance at work contributes to the wellbeing gap and deepens feelings of disconnection and demotivation among younger employees.
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