{
  "id": 5526646,
  "title": "13% Employees Report High Burnout As Gen Z Nearly Doubles Its Share Of India’s Workforce To 26%: Study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/13-employees-report-high-burnout-as-gen-z-nearly-doubles-its-share-of",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-04T08:20:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/13-employees-report-high-burnout-as-gen-z-nearly-doubles-its-share-of-indias-workforce-to-26-study"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India's workforce is becoming younger as Gen Z makes up 26% of the workforce, nearly double its share from 2023. However, 13% of employees still experience high burnout, according to Great Place To Work India's study. The changing workplace is influenced by younger employees demanding flexibility and purpose, along with organizations grappling with AI's impact on jobs, performance, and culture. Discretionary effort has declined by 4% since 2023, indicating employees are less willing to go above and beyond. Gen Z's increasing presence is reshaping workplace expectations, with 81% of CHROs prioritizing workplace flexibility for this generation. Despite efforts to improve well-being, burnout levels have stabilized around 13%, with 72% of employees in the low-burnout category and 15% in the medium category. AI adoption presents new concerns about job security, performance, and trust, with nearly 25% of CHROs expecting AI to reduce workforce headcount by 1-20% in the next two years. Managers also face challenges in evaluating performance in an AI-driven workplace, while 58% of CHROs are dealing with both AI and generational challenges simultaneously.",
  "summary": "India's workforce is getting younger even as employee burnout remains a persistent concern, with Gen Z now accounting for 26 per cent of the workforce, nearly double its share in 2023. At the same time, around 13 per cent of employees continue to fall in the high-burnout category, according to a new study of Great Place To Work India. The findings point to a workplace undergoing several changes…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}