#gen-z-preferences

#gen-z-preferences

Over the last year or so, Silicon Valley made an all-out push for employees to return to the office. Now that the industry has people back at their desks, it's trying to figure out how to make them happy. The influx of office dwellers, including a growing number of Gen Z representatives, has the Valley trying new things, like shoeless offices.

Gen Z has hit corporate America in full force, and one of Wall Street's biggest banks took the pulse of some of its own employees in the young cohort. More than 500 of Morgan Stanley's 2025 North American summer intern class weighed in with their hot takes on everything from their favorite water bottle brands to shoe preferences and exercise methods. The results reveal trends among today's young professionals in general, but also give a rare peek into Wall Street intern preferences.