A hearty 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 UK workers aged 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 UK tied their job satisfaction to the goodies, the survey said. Amazon gift cards, for example, were 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 sandwich shops and hairdressers. Airbnb provides employees with $2,000 (about R27,000) a year 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. Genie Powers, 32, of Manchester, weighed her options before ...
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