WATCH: Isabel Brown Explains Why Gen Z is Rejecting Remote Work

Daily Wire host Isabel Brown joined Fox and Friends First Wednesday morning to explain why Gen Z is shunning remote work in favor of a traditional office setting.

“When you think about culturally the shift that started happening in about 2020, young people had our entire lives thrown into the metaverse against our will,” Brown said. “We started dating online, all of our friendships and relationships took place online, certainly all of our entertainment was digital, and work and school were as well.”

Gen Z is ditching “work from home” @theisabelb tells @foxandfriends why: “Young people had our entire lives thrust into the metaverse against our will…” pic.twitter.com/fuziJxVIhf

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“We constantly were thrust into a disconnected culture where loneliness and mental health problems started to thrive.” The World Health Organization found that anxiety and depression increased by 25% in the first year of the pandemic, disproportionately affecting young people.

Isabel said that Gen Z is on a “quest to rebuild meaningful connection.”

“I think the easiest button and the easiest way to do that is starting a hybrid work schedule or in person work.”

“You’re starting to see this behavior not just in the workplace but we’re ditching our dating apps and bringing back in person speed dating events in big cities all over the country, you’re looking at people really wanting to build something with their hands, to touch one another, and to have that sense of real connection,” she said.

Brown’s suggestion that Gen Z is looking for connection is supported by a recent Gallup poll, which found 27% of Gen Zers say they feel lonely doing remote work, while 21% of Millennials, 15% of Gen Xers, and 10% of Boomers say the same.

According to Gallup, only 23% of Gen Zers prefer working from home, compared to 35% of every other generation.

Brown says Gen Z is increasingly disillusioned with social media acting as a replacement for in person contact.

“I think we’ve faced this paradox culturally and it’s a question left for our generation to answer: how do we responsibly balance the role of technology in connecting us, while also preventing that isolation and loneliness that often is hiding behind the screen?”

“I think this is why you’re watching Gen Z for example lead the religious resurgence happening in America right now, its young people that are flooding church pews on Sunday morning and reviving church communities at Catholic churches across the country and having mass baptism events on our college campuses,” she added.

Gen Z is ditching “work from home” @theisabelb tells @foxandfriends why: “Young people had our entire lives thrust into the metaverse against our will…” pic.twitter.com/fuziJxVIhf

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“That real sense of community with the people around you can never be replaced by an algorithm or a social media feed.”

Brown, a leading Gen Z conservative commentator, announced last month that she was joining The Daily Wire. “The Isabel Brown Show” launches this fall on DailyWire+.