Where do Millennials want to work? Not at corporations

[TheNutcracker]

Source: CNN Money

Hey, Corporate America. It appears that many Millennials -- that tsunami of future workers -- don't really want to work for you. At least not the newest college graduates.

Only 15% of the class of 2015 said they would "prefer" to work for large corporations, according to a new survey by management consulting firm Accenture.
Medium-sized businesses got the most love (35%), while start-ups and government agencies were the expressed preference for just 10% of respondents.

Fun seems to be a deciding factor.

A full 60% of 2015 grads -- and 69% of 2013 and 2014 grads, who were also surveyed -- said they'd rather work for a company that has a "positive social atmosphere" even if it means lower pay.
Of course, they may think differently after a few years of working for the (low-paying) Man and after Mom and Dad stop subsidizing them.


Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/12/pf/millennials-work/index.html?source=zacks

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The 'millennials' are those who have reached adulthood by 2000. They have only know the effects of Clinton policies, (NAFTA) and the breaking of America via illegal wars. No jobs and student debt. They get it more than anyone else.....I see this as an awakened group of voters!

[TheNutcracker]

1. Kick to the geatest and kick the corporate butts!

[tazkcmo]

2. Tough Toe nails!

Get to work proles!

[exboyfil]

3. Conversation with my daughter

Who will be graduating in May, 2016 in Mechanical Engineering. My employer (large equipment manufacturer) seems too big to her (she is in her second intern session with them). I tried to tell her that I have worked for several companies, and it has been by far the best. It will be interesting to see what she decides.

[Romeo.lima333]

4. well they will get their wish.corporate america will send good jobs over seas and all the crap those

jobs sell will be made by the millenials here in little factories for little money and they'll get to do it all day everyday. congrats

[tridim]

5. Yea, I remember how shocking it was to experience the real world after college.

No classes teach this reality.

Good luck Millennials.

[groundloop]

6. Corporations used to have advantages over smaller companies.... not so anymore

Larger corporations, once upon a time, offered significant incentives to work for them vs. a smaller company - most significantly job security, a pension, and good insurance. Thanks to corporate greed those days are gone.

[leftofcool]

7. Yea, until that large corporation offers them a good job with good money.

[BlindTiresias]

8. Still waiting on that

As is everyone I know in my generational cohort.

[leftofcool]

9. Just keep sending out that resume.

[BlindTiresias]

15. haha yeah, any day now

Naw, I am pretty sure global capital is no longer interested in Americans.

[FLPanhandle]

10. As long as they are young and single and childless, fun is more important than pay

Add a mortgage, children, college fund, aging parents, etc. and suddenly pay is really important.

[PasadenaTrudy]

14. They can choose not to have kids and a mortgage

permanently at least, I did!

[Renew Deal]

11. Really? They know nothing of 2001-2009?

[treestar]

12. I thought there weren't any more jobs

or they were all going to China? So who would be turning down a job?

[JustAnotherGen]

13. +1

Pssst - I have three former interns coming on full time this June. 22-25 - Aggressive - but we are a Telecom that is moving from Dumb Pipe to provider.

140K employees - could have gone some place fun like Google or FB - yet they came here. Go figure!

[Jester Messiah]

16. "Fun" is the deciding factor?

Huh... guess I've been doing it wrong. "Paying the bills" was always my motivation. Fun is what you do outside of work.

[leftyladyfrommo]

17. I don't blame them.

Working for those big outfits kills your soul. Anyway, that was my experience. I didn't really see what was happening until after I got forced out with the recession. I wish I had made other choices when I was young. But it seemed like the right thing at the time.

[OilemFirchen]

18. Inane headline and predictable reactionary responses.

Incorporation has virtually nothing to do with size. Even the article under this ridiculous banner notes:

Only 15% of the class of 2015 said they would "prefer" to work for large corporations, according to a new survey by management consulting firm Accenture. Medium-sized businesses got the most love (35%), while start-ups and government agencies were the expressed preference for just 10% of respondents.

Virtually all "medium-sized businesses" are incorporated. And, of course, government agencies are part of the largest employer in the country.

[bekkilyn]

19. Can't help but agree

I'm a Gen-X, but I fully agree with the Millennials on this one, and hope very much that they are able to escape being a corporate wage-slave to do something better with their lives that is more fulfilling and with greater purpose. For what it's worth, I quit my corporate job some months ago to go back to school in order to do the above for myself and have met *many* Millennials who are extremely hard-working and often are juggling both work and full-time classes along with their super-huge college loans. I am also hopeful that their more progressive views and optimism will help turn the tide away from the ultra-conservatism that has oppressed our society for so long. We should be giving them our support so that our young people don't need to depend on mom and dad *along* with trying to juggle full time jobs, school, and everything else.

With that said, I do agree that many parents can be a bit too "helicopter-y" these days, but it still doesn't change my mind that things could be a lot better all around with a bit more youthful idealism in our mindsets.