SpotlightApril2019

By Calli Gregg A recent survey by Legerweb on behalf of ServiceNow shows that nearly half of mil- lennial workers want their jobs to hold meaning, and nearly half of them would trade a lucrative raise for a position where they could make a greater impact on the business. This online survey of more than 1,500 Canadian office workers found that 47 per cent of millennial respondents, those born between 1980 and 1995, would give up a pay raise for more meaningful work. We are not talking a couple of loonies here, as the average amount that millennial said that they would give up was $9,639. This is very interesting because the most recent Canadian Payroll Association report found that

in 2018, 44 percent of Canadians said they would find it difficult to meet their financial obligations if their pay was delayed for even one week so, it is interesting to see millennials have made the quest for more meaningful work more important then their quest for money. In addition to wanting to find work meaningful, millennials say they care a lot about learning and growing on the job. In a separate Angus Reid Forum survey conducted for digital career coachingplatformProsper, results show that 35 percent of Canadian respondents did not believe their current employer provided them with the necessary support to expand their professional skills. This same survey of 1,000 Canadians, found that respondents in the millennials spend an average of 50 hours devel-

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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • APRIL 2019

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