Only 6% of UK managers think Gen Z is work-ready. 45% of Gen Z disagree

Young workers and their bosses do not see the same person. Almost half of 18 to 24-year-olds, 45 per cent, believe they entered work with the skills to succeed. Just 6 per cent of UK managers agree, according to the Chartered Management Institute.

The body polled more than 1,000 managers and 514 young people for the report, released during Youth Employment Week. It lands as AI reshapes the start of working life and the wider debate over jobs rages on.

What bosses see

Six in ten managers (61 per cent) think younger staff are more likely than other ages to lack resilience, professionalism and communication, and to struggle to act on feedback. More than nine in ten (91 per cent) say the gap drags on their team’s performance. Only 12 per cent say young hires progress as expected.

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