Gen Z more likely to call in sick then Gen X, reason is bitches be crazy

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A troubling rise in the number of young people in the U.K. reporting mental health difficulties like depression and anxiety means they are now more likely to call in sick than aging Gen Xers who are 20 years their senior, in a surprising turnaround for historic wellness trends.

That growing mental health crisis is beginning to have a major impact on Gen Z employees’ career prospects, according to research by the think tank Resolution Foundation (RF).

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Gen Z now getting sicker than 40-year-olds
Research from the RF finds that more than a third of young people aged 18 to 24 suffer from what is described as a “common mental disorder,” (CMD) like depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. The figure is well above the 24% of young people in 2000 who lived with a CMD.

That jump has been “turbocharged” by a mental health crisis among women. Two out of five women in the U.K. are likely to report a CMD, compared with a quarter of men.

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RF’s research made a striking realization that young women are now 1.6 times more likely than men to take time off work due to ill health. It reversed a trend of young men taking more time off in the 2010s, and the dial has only shifted thanks to a steep rise in female illness in the last couple of years.

Gen Z women are consistently reported as the most likely to be suffering from mental health disorders.

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According to the RF, young Gen Xers surveyed in 2000 had the lowest proportion of CMD cases on record.

And while it might be easy to blame the recent rise on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the issues are more deep-seated and the culmination of longer-running trends.

One of them is an increasingly stressful education environment. The RF says universities have become “hotbeds” for mental health problems. Past research shows three out of five students are living with a mental health disorder

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