"The term "situationship" is likely familiar to any millennial, the same cohort that Glassdoor previously found makes up a majority of managers in the mid 2020s workplace. It's also a dominant theme in the relationships of Gen Z, and was even given mainstream status in Taylor Swift lyrics. It's essentially something that happens before the "DTR" phase, shorthand for "defining the relationship," and nobody feels great about it."
"The term back to a 2017 Cosmopolitan article describing a romantic relationship, about three months in length, extraordinarily painful, with one side having more interest than the other. (As a sign of its influence Cosmopolitan has been continually updating the original post by Carina Hsieh, with Kayla Kibbe most recently on the byline). Last fall, Glassdoor economists began applying the label to the labor market to describe early-career workers who take roles simply because they need a paycheck."
Many early-career U.S. workers are entering 'situationship' jobs: roles taken primarily for pay that are tolerable but not ideal. The phrase, originally applied to short-term romantic relationships, now describes labor market patterns where employees and employers remain in ambiguous, noncommittal arrangements. Millennials and Gen Z both use the concept, and millennials dominate mid-2020s management ranks. Glassdoor economists applied the label to describe workers who accept less-than-desirable work to avoid unemployment. Survey findings and a Glassdoor researcher characterize these positions as better than nothing but not career destinations or the jobs workers truly want.
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