Money My generation are a bunch of worthless ****s - Page 7

Discuss Thrower · 10-30-2016, 07:43 PM

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A strong pat on the back and a reassuring word no longer cuts it when it comes to keeping millennials happy at work.

More than three-quarters of U.K. workers age 18 to 24 say company perks are crucial to their job satisfaction, according to a survey released this week by Perkbox, a company that sells employee gifts. Only about half of baby boomers in the U.K. tied their job satisfaction to the goodies, the survey said.

Amazon gift cards, for example, are the physical representation of a caring, sharing employer, said Saurav Chopra, co-founder of Perkbox. Skyscanner, an Edinburgh-based flight comparison site, gives employees discounts at local sandwich shops and hairdressers. Airbnb provides employees with $2,000 a year good for spending on properties on the home-sharing site anywhere in the world.

“Millennials see this as something employers should do as standard, whereas older employees see it as a bonus,” Chopra said.

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underEJ · 10-31-2016, 11:52 AM

I love the millennials I've hired. Yes, they require a different style of feedback, but aside from that, they are astoundingly creative and they collaborate incredibly well. All that team building training managers used to get is not necessary with them. If you provide a good environment, they will come together and become a major force. I suppose, if they figure out how powerful that is, they may well join forces to eat me alive, but for now they are enjoying the company perks and my vocal recognition of their contributions (seriously, is it really that hard to appreciate someone? It is a good lesson, I think.)

**Dave Lane** · 10-31-2016, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1

The Greatest Generation would be so proud to know this is what they suffered & fought for.

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The "greatest Generation" is shit.

Frosty · 10-31-2016, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TinyEvel

"NEW RESEARCH SHOWS MILLENNIALS PLACE A HIGH IMPORTANCE ON EMPLOYEE GIFTS"

Says....A COMPANY THAT SELLS EMPLOYEE GIFTS. smh

This is the correct answer, though it doesn't give you a chance to bitch about something, other than worthless surveys/studies.

Discuss Thrower · 10-31-2016, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave Lane

The "greatest Generation" is shit.

lol wut

**Rain Man** · 10-31-2016, 12:06 PM

Baby boomers were also the first video gamers. Without our cutting-edge efforts putting quarters into arcade games, younger generations wouldn't be enjoying their various gaming platforms today.

**Anyong Bluth** · 10-31-2016, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Before you speak ill of us, remember that Baby Boomers were the core of the invasions of Grenada and Panama.

Amendment. Rain Man is awesome as well.

**Anyong Bluth** · 10-31-2016, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Lane

The "greatest Generation" is shit.

I seriously can't square this circle.

Frosty · 10-31-2016, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Baby boomers were also the first video gamers. Without our cutting-edge efforts putting quarters into arcade games, younger generations wouldn't be enjoying their various gaming platforms today.

I'm technically a Boomer (born 1964, the last year) but hate being lumped in with them as I have never felt like had anything in common with the bulk of them. Same with Gen X.

It's funny about video games. I'm old enough to have pumped a ton of quarters in the early arcade machines (Frogger, Centipede, Astroids, Galaga) but mostly missed the home consoles so have never developed into much of a gamer.

**Rain Man** · 10-31-2016, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

Amendment. Rain Man is awesome as well.

I should note that I wasn't directly involved in Grenada or Panama, just to be completely transparent.

I'm one of the tailing edge boomers, so I feel like my experience was different than a lot of the leading edge people. The biggest difference in my opinion is that people my age always had a very crowded and competitive market for jobs and careers. We had a big population right in front of us that was always at the head of the line. You had to be scrappy to get jobs as a teenager and scholarships and that sort of thing.

Of course, the similarities between us and the leading edge people is that we all grew up with the impression that the world was 20 minutes from being nuked into oblivion. So we had that going for us.

**Rain Man** · 10-31-2016, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Frosty

I'm technically a Boomer (born 1964, the last year) but hate being lumped in with them as I have never felt like had anything in common with the bulk of them. Same with Gen X.

It's funny about video games. I'm old enough to have pumped a ton of quarters in the early arcade machines (Frogger, Centipede, Astroids, Galaga) but mostly missed the home consoles so have never developed into much of a gamer.

Yeah, I'm the same way. I loved board games as a kid and always thought that computers would revolutionize games and make them better. I was completely bought in on the arcade games when they first came out. But as the game consoles began developing, I completely lost interest. I think it's because the things I enjoyed about games started happening behind the scenes and I couldn't appreciate them.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 10-31-2016, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by rambleonthruthefog

I am not a millennial nor am I a baby boomer. I can tell you that the baby boomers are by far the most useless generation of people ever born. They are the 1st entitled generation and remain the only entitled generation. You have done next to nothing that will benefit his county long term and we will all be better off when you are all dead. Donald trump an Hillary are the best this generation can do

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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

2nded with an addendum, that I like my parents. They're very nice.

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Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

Amendment. Rain Man is awesome as well.

Agreed with all of this.

Bewbies · 10-31-2016, 12:29 PM

I bet Boomer's parents thought they were a bunch of pussies too. The world changes, millennials will have a lot different rep when they hit their 40's I think.

BigBeauford · 10-31-2016, 12:34 PM

Since we no longer get set-for-life pensions or the ability to stay at a company for our entire lives and retire, and are set with crippling student debt that outpaces every other debt, it's nice to have just something from time to time I imagine.

GloryDayz · 10-31-2016, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rambleonthruthefog

I am not a millennial nor am I a baby boomer. I can tell you that the baby boomers are by far the most useless generation of people ever born. They are the 1st entitled generation and remain the only entitled generation. You have done next to nothing that will benefit his county long term and we will all be better off when you are all dead. Donald trump an Hillary are the best this generation can do

Angry man is angry...

Please get off the Internet they invented if they gave you nothing. You'd do well to remember that every generation has done great things, and the follow on generations make them even better.

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seclark · 10-31-2016, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Easy to change the expectation. Just don't give the ****ers anything but a pay check and attaboy letters for a couple years, then hold like a company BBQ...on a weekend.

right...just give me the paycheck. keep the letters.
and i never go to the company bbq, or any functions that happen on my own time.

company bbq...

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