Work 'til you drop? Not, says Gen Z

Elon Musk's grind culture doesn’t hold much appeal for younger Americans — at least not over the long haul. Members of Gen Z, defined by the Pew Research Center as those born after 1997, don’t want to work until they drop.

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They don’t want to hustle themselves into exhaustion and burnout. And they want to retire earlier, according to a new survey. The oldest are now aged 25, so it’s a siren call for financial advisors to think about how to make that long-term vision for their next client demographic happen.

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