Do you think the current generation of young workers (i.e. those in their 20s and 30s) more or less lazy than older Britons were when they were that age?

Do you think the current generation of young workers (i.e. those in their 20s and 30s) more or less lazy than older Britons were when they were that age? Published on 14 March 2025 → Survey conducted on 14 March 2025 on 5305 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Younger workers are much lazier than their elders were

26%

Younger workers are somewhat lazier than their elders were

26%

About the same

30%

Younger workers are somewhat less lazy than their elders were

Younger workers are much less lazy than their elders were

Don't know

11%

Younger workers are much lazier than their elders were

26%

Younger workers are somewhat lazier than their elders were

26%

About the same

30%

Younger workers are somewhat less lazy than their elders were

Younger workers are much less lazy than their elders were

Don't know

11%

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