Generation Z believes they will not reach their long-term financial goals—especially milestones like homeownership. This disappointment directly impacts their efforts at work: why work harder if achieving goals already seems impossible? The lack of motivation turns into a sense of helplessness fueled by economic pressure. Young people are beginning to question their place within the system—does work discipline and career ambition outweigh personal well-being, or is it the source of financial aspiration? This paradox is changing the value system of an entire generation.