Gen Z now make up over 27 percent of the global workforce, and that share is set to keep rising through the late 2020s. Yet they are widely seen as the least engaged and highest-turnover early-career group. Gallup's 2026 report found global employee engagement had fallen to 20 percent, a five-year low, which suggests the problem is broad as well as generational. https://genzcoach.com/insight/what-is-a-digitally-native-generation-gen-z-explained