MIAMI, Fla.
Every morning, 22-year-old Michelle Introsso is crowded with her colleagues at Cirle, brainstorming with them on the blackboard, and as the day unfolds she will chat with them online
After 9 hours, when the working day is over, she often goes to dinner or drink with them.
She said that friendship was what she was looking for from the people she worked with and made her do better.
"I am not just an employee;
I'm part of the team.
"Today, millennials like Introsso are more eager than previous generations to combine their work with their personal lives.
They want their workplace to be like a second home, their colleagues to be their friends, and their bosses to be their workplace parents or mentors.
While the main driving force for creating a social workplace is focused on ice cream --
Experts say the future will require a more strategic approach to building a "fun" culture that encourages friendship, loyalty and dedication in the competition and clothing competition.
Millennial expectations of social relations at work make them different, researchers say.
According to a survey by the Millennium brand, the younger generation has a team --
Focus and be willing to cooperate.
"They are on a growing sports team, where teams are rewarded and want the same feeling in the workplace," said Dan Schawbel, managing partner of the Millennium brand, Y generation research and management consulting.
"If they are able to make friends at work, they are more likely to stay in your company and be happy about it.
"There are big business reasons why employers should want millennials to stay and be happy.
Millennials-
Persons born between the ages of 1982 and 1993
In the United States, the number is about 80 million, slightly larger than the baby.
Tide generation
By 2025, Gen Y will account for more than the global workforce.
Employee engagement, especially for millennials, is a top priority for companies like Ernst & Young. Of the employees of Ernst & Young accounting firm, 60 are
Karyn Twaronite, EY's American inclusion officer, said her organization has taken a proactive approach to managing the growing millennial population.
"We are trying to provide a more formal opportunity for networking and teamwork both inside and outside the office," Twaronite said . ".
For example, the company encourages teams to participate in the community and involve young employees in projects involving more experienced employees so that they can expand the network and find mentors.
Nicola De Leo, 25, a staff member in Miami's Ernst & Young trading consulting services, said the rewards were great when companies promoted more social interaction.
"If you know someone on a personal level, you will be more open to what they think or anything they will teach you professionally.
These deeper relationships will keep him in the company, he said.
"The people who like to work with you are huge.
"He found that knowing a manager on a personal level also gives him more opportunities to win trust, which also pays off.
"Once you gain their trust, you can operate freely and independently and maintain a better balance in the workplace.
"Through research, EY learned that millennial workers want to be themselves at work, listen to them, and give --and-
Accepting relationships that are not just jobs
Focus on the manager.
"It's very important for them," Twaronite said . ".
Now, the company is training its managers to respond and give more guidance like parents do and to show young employees a way to move up.
The company is also directing Generation Y employees to seek specific feedback.
Millennials say they are on the right path when businesses hold barbecues and corporate retreats, but if they finish there, efforts can fail.
Tracy Thomas, 31year-
Senior Marketing Manager at Oasis Outsourcing West Palm Beach, Florida.
Say, "fun" activities are the beginning of creating a sense of family. But day-to-
One day, managers need to encourage an environment where colleagues can socialize, open the doors of the office and celebrate success.
"No matter what level you are at, you have to feel that you can cross and build relationships and get support," Thomas said . ".
With the right office design, it will be easier to create a collaborative environment. Richard Awdeh —
Founder of the Miami hotelbased medical-
Technology Incubator
He says his company's offices are full of blackboards and whiteboards, open tables, bean bag chairs and snack walls.
"This culture promotes collaboration between teams," he said . ".
In the case of having a workforce that is almost entirely made up of millennials, recruiting employees in Cirle is also a team effort.
"The rest of my team will take the time to be with this person and make sure that anyone I hire is someone they can relate.
Awdeh says his reasoning is pure business: "If someone likes the environment and people they work with, they end up doing a good job.
"Some companies are looking for the most effective way to create"
The "family" environment comes from allowing millennials to create social bonds in the way they are used --online.
At Cirle, Introsso said she and her colleagues
Message each other all day.
"We may not talk face to face. to-
Five hours, but we have been communicating.
"In other workplaces, employers have adopted different strategies --
Parents are encouraged to participate, attract and retain young talent, and boost morale.
They invited the parents of the millennial generation to open the house and received our parents to come to work.
Communication is at the heart of all successful millennial workplaces. Today's 20-
Some people want to be able to say what they think frankly.
"We are a society.
That's why communication is so important to us, "said Jeremy Condomina, 27. year-
Old business analyst and computer
There is a system trainer for Dade paper in Miami.
"Whether we hang out outside of work or not, we want to know that we have a working family and it doesn't matter if we stand up.
"The fact of millennials: Millennials say they crave a social and fun workplace, while only those of the baby boomers surveyed want a social and fun one
88 of millennials say they want their colleagues to be friends.
89 out of every generation think
Life balance is the key to happiness at work.
Millennials in 75 want mentors.
71 of millennials want their colleagues to be the second family.
Source: PGi Millennium brand.