Gen Z workers expect a promotion after one year on the job, and their bosses are creating new titles and throwing 'workversary' parties to keep them happy

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The majority of Gen Z workers believe they should be promoted within the first year of their jobs, a recent survey suggests.

• $4 and millennial workers are more likely to ask for a promotion in their first year at work, a $4 finds.
• Managers are responding by holding $4 and handing out new titles.
• The survey results fall in line with trends that suggest $4$4 than older generations did.
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Young workers aren't shying away from asking for a promotion.

Like millennials, Gen Z workers - or those aged 22 and under, according to $4 - feel more comfortable asking employers for more perks and compensation without planning to stick around very long. Now, a new survey finds Gen Z employees are seeking promotions in their first year on the job.

More than 75% of Gen Z members believe they should be promoted in their first year, a $4 found, and 32% believe they deserve a promotion within the first six months of working.

"Young employees just think, 'Oh, I've been here a year, so that means I'm getting promoted, right?' Promoted to what?" Jill Tipograph, a college graduate mentor at Early Stage Careers, told $4.

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Employers that can't promote a young employee right away are still hoping to keep young workers satisfied so that they don't $4 and $4 to replace. Examples include carving out step-by-step plans for career growth, handing out new titles, or holding "workversary" celebrations to recognize employee achievements, the WSJ reports.

Across the board, younger employees tend to ask employers for bigger pay or better perks, compared to older generations.

Young millennials and Gen Z workers are demanding more paid time off and work-from-home than boomers, Glassdoor chief economist Andrew Chamberlain $4. Yet most Gen Z workers reported they plan to leave their company in two years, and 43% of millennials said the same.

Boomers, meanwhile, have worked through the largest recession in US history and may feel less comfortable asking for perks right away or job hopping. A $4 found 40% of Boomers stayed with an employer for at least 20 years, and 18% stayed for 30 years or more.

Though some hiring managers believe the trend signals young workers feel "$4" to perks or high pay, other researchers say older generations have always had bias against young workers: "If you go back in time, Boomers were also referred to as the 'me generation,'" Michael Wood, founder of research firm $4, told $4. "There was so much promise around millennials because of technology and the internet and how strong the economy was - this is a generation that held so much promise."