Gen Z workers 'exhausted' by emails flagged as 'urgent'

It’s a case of the coworker who cried wolf.

An assistant manager has launched an online debate about a workplace habit that has triggered an epidemic of eyerolls among Gen Z.

An exhausted corporate cog named Mei Ryan claimed her inbox is constantly full of requests that are marked “urgent,” calling its usage in office correspondence a marker of generational divide.

“Most, if not all, of my ‘urgent’ emails or ‘corporate rush’ come from the older generation,” Ryan told the Daily Mail .

“I receive at least 30 emails a day with the subject line ‘URGENT PLEASE HELP,'” she said.

The assistant manager from Florida shared that the Zoomer generation finds it demeaning to receive emails with “urgent” in the subject line.

“Whether it is consciously or subconsciously, I feel as though they ha