Just 63% of Gen Z staff report satisfaction with their work-life stability, the bottom amongst all generations, at the same time as general worker satisfaction rises to 77%.
These findings come from TriNet’s State of the Workplace 2025 reportwhich highlights how employers and staff understand engagement, AI utilization, empowerment, and psychological well being help, revealing the place views align and the place they diverge.
Engagement Levels Remain High, But Perceptions Diverge
Employer confidence in worker engagement reached an all-time excessive, with 100% of employers believing their workforce is engaged. Employees largely agree, with 99% reporting some stage of engagement.
However, employers are likely to overestimate excessive engagement, significantly amongst youthful generations. For Gen Z, 42% of employers imagine staff are “extremely engaged,” in contrast with 33% of Gen Z staff. Millennials proceed to point out the best engagement, with 96% reporting some stage of involvement, barely down from 2024.
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AI Fluency Becomes a Shared Priority
AI abilities are more and more seen as important. 36% of staff now think about role-specific AI experience important, up from 23% final 12 months, whereas employer emphasis rose to 38%. This alignment locations AI alongside management and creativity as core capabilities, signaling broader recognition of its function in office effectiveness.
AI adoption continues to increase: 94% of employers and 84% of staff in small and medium-sized companies use AI on the job, with two-thirds of staff utilizing AI continuously for HR duties.
Empowerment and Mental Health: Diverging Views
Employers are elevating the significance of empowerment components like mentorship (+11 factors to 40%) and autonomy (+9 factors to 42%), however staff report declines in the identical areas: mentorship down 3 factors to 32% and autonomy down 7 factors to 27%.
Both teams more and more prioritize psychological well being help. Employers ranking it as “extremely important” grew to 37%, whereas staff rose to 43%, with broader appreciation throughout average and considerably vital classes.
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Employee Concerns Increasing, Employers Mostly Stable
Support for twenty-four/7 HR availability is rising, with 57% of employers and 59% of staff agreeing. Younger staff, significantly Gen Z, present greater help at 62%, whereas general settlement scores elevated for each teams.
Employer considerations about office points are largely steady, with a slight decline in follow-through considerations (62% from 65%). In distinction, worker considerations rose throughout all classes, together with bias/discrimination (63% vs 56%), follow-through (65% vs 61%), accuracy (67% vs 63%), and privateness (67% vs 64%), highlighting areas for employer consideration.
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