'Youngism' | Economic impact of rising bias against Gen Z is 'startling,' expert warns

Employer doubts about Gen Z attitudes to professional life are combining with AI advencements to form a dual challenge for younger employees trying to build sustainable careers.

Leadership expert Jennifer Moss says “youngism” - the tendency to stereotype younger workers as unreliable or disloyal - has become one of the fastest-growing forms of age discrimination. “The set of stereotypes and practices that discount younger workers as unreliable, lazy and disloyal has outpaced any other type of ageism -  and the economic impacts are startling,” she wrote in Fortune.