{"id":1650,"date":"2025-02-23T12:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T18:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2025-02-23T12:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T18:05:18","slug":"the-z-the-realities-of-remote-work-and-how-co-workdays-can-be-a-solution-meetings-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/2025\/02\/23\/the-z-the-realities-of-remote-work-and-how-co-workdays-can-be-a-solution-meetings-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The Z: The Realities of Remote Work and How Co-Workdays Can Be a Solution | Meetings Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recap<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In her December 10, 2024, article for <em>Meetings Today<\/em>, Taylor Smith explores the challenges Generation Z faces in remote work environments and proposes co-workdays as a potential solution. Smith highlights that over 80% of Gen Z employees have never experienced full-time, in-office work, leading to difficulties in developing essential soft skills and professional behaviors. This lack of in-person experience has resulted in concerns about motivation, professionalism, and communication among young professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address these issues, the SITE Chicago Young Leaders Committee organized co-workdays, providing Gen Z professionals with opportunities to collaborate in person, enhance their skills, and build a sense of community. Participants reported increased engagement and a desire for more such events, indicating that co-workdays can effectively bridge the gap between remote work and the need for professional development among emerging talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By facilitating in-person interactions through co-workdays, organizations can support Gen Z employees in gaining the experience and confidence necessary to thrive in their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/The-Z-The-Realities-of-Remote-Work-and-How-Co-Workdays-Can-Be-a-Solution-_-Meetings-Today.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong> to download a PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetingstoday.com\/articles\/144961\/z-realities-remote-work-how-co-workdays-solution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong> to read the article online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meetings Today Article | Featuring Brittany Cerrilos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":6,"label":"Newsletter"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/HERO-Images.png",1000,550,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Gary Bohringer","author_link":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/author\/bohringer\/"},"comment_info":8,"category_info":[{"term_id":6,"name":"Newsletter","slug":"newsletter","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":7,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":6,"category_count":7,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Newsletter","category_nicename":"newsletter","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1653,"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions\/1653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitechicago.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}