45% of Young Workers Would Rather Have Facebook Than Higher Salary
- Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:23pm by
Liz Klimas
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“Would you prefer Facebook access at work more than you would a raise?” If you’re what constitutes a young professional, there’s a 45 percent chance that you would choose Facebook, according to Cisco’s second annual Connected World Technology Report.
The report even states that more than half of the 1,400 college students — age 18 to 23 — that they surveyed in addition to the young professional group would consider not taking a job if the company had a policy banning Facebook. That, or they would find a way around the policy.
Fast Company reports:
Cisco‘s findings are telling of a generation that’s been glued to LCD screens and wired to social networks from an early age. According to the report, 40% of college students and 45% of young professionals would accept lower-paying jobs if they had more access to social media, more choice in the devices they could use at work, and more flexibility in working remotely.
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This technology addiction represents a major opportunity for employers looking to add to their bottom lines while recruiting top talent. For just a few simple workplace concessions (say, allowing employees to choose an iPhone over a BlackBerry, and opening up access to social networks), recruits could be more likely to accept job offers–and at a lower salary. One in four college students, according to the report, said issues like these–while likely baffling to older generations–would represent key factors in their decision to accept a job offer. (To demonstrate just how obsessed Millennials are with their precious tech, Cisco also discovered that more than half of respondents said they’d rather lose their wallets or purses before losing their smartphones or mobile devices.)
This isn’t the first thing that young people have said they would give up in favor of technology. Earlier this year, The Blaze reported that 53 percent of young people would rather give up their sense of smell over their access to technology.
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Comments (72)
((GB)) FAN
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:25amfacebook is free. so they just don’t want to work nothing more than that. except we have to pay for the laptop and the broadband. oh yeah i guess we’ll have to feed and house them. and they need levi’s to wear to OWS. i bet they could use a little spending money to. but i bet the new system they want will fix that.
Report Post »pjmarshake
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:35amBut free broad band is a right according to Obama… All they need is the free computer.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 11:49amI say give it to ‘em. I need a job.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:23pmMy son’s have their own construction company and had to make policy change about a month ago. It was so bad my sons were always waiting for a guy to get off their phone. All cellphones had to be left in their car or their lockers. If there was an emergency a call would go to one of my 3 sons and would be relaid to the. My sons pay $15.00 an hour a 2 guys just quit on the spot. On applied for unemployment but lost after my sons appealed the application.
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Faith1029
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:34pmCan‘t imagine why they can’t find a job. Wow!
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:36pmIf they’re at work on Facebook, there’s no work being done.
Report Post »THE.GATEKEEPER
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:41pmPARENTS, are responsible for the upbringing of their children. Many parents are such bleeding hearts they let their kids have anything, spoiling them for society. The Liberals parents, well there’re just screwed up, most of them from all the drugs they too. These ‘low – lives should be publicly humilated, for their actions has caused our society to bleed. The parents mentioned above are just worthless idiots.
Report Post »theaveng
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 1:09amI’d rather have the MONEY (~$40 an hour)
Report Post »And then use some small portion of that (say $0.50 per hour) to buy an internet-connected phone to get facebook. That seems like a much. much better solution than taking a lower paying job.
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GallagherPreach
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:23amMost people would rather have mashed potatoes for brains instead of using their brain to think.
Report Post »ProudTeaPartyMember
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:20amAnd 100% of them would rather have “The Government” (see: taxpayers) pay their (Spelled correctly for you idiots on the left… it’s not there) way.
Report Post »pjmarshake
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 9:39amGovernment cheese, milk, bread…
Facebook will help them find the shortest lines to get their handouts.
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 8:10amHmm. I’ve never used Facebook. I opened it once, saw nothing interesting and never opened it again.
Report Post »About the story though. It sounds like the kids are starving to be connected, to be a part of something, because modern society has become so impersonal and divided.
When I grew up, I knew and was friends with almost everyone on the block and had friends all over the town. We swam, biked, climbed trees, even just enjoyed long walks. I live in a MUCH bigger city now and I very rarely see a kid outside and even their parents are rarely seen.
@Auntmoxie.com You’re right, it does explain a lot.
SamIamTwo
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:27amNet neutrality might change that. buwahhahahahha…yeah very addictive, probably sinful. The lamp in front of you needs to be shut off for at least 16 of the 24 hours in order to have a real life. JIMHO
Report Post »SecularConservative
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:08amI’m 24 and have never let Facebook interfere with work, so the very idea is ridiculous to me. However, I can understand that losing my wallet wouldn’t be as bad as losing my smartphone. I don’t carry cash and my debit and credit cards can be cancelled with one phone call. Losing a $500 (or even more) phone would hurt me worse than waiting a week for new bank cards, or going to the DMV for a new driver’s liscense, or even having to go to DEERs for a new CAC card.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:07pmI agree with that statement. I have more personal information on my phone than I have in my wallet.
Report Post »SecularConservative
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:43pmdefinitely. I also have to travel a lot for work so having a nice phone for POC’s numbers and emails is nice. Also, video chatting on the phone with the wifey is nice when I am away from home :)
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 6:32amIdiots.
Report Post »Hollow
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 5:13amNot surprising at all.
Report Post »truth-seeker2020
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 3:00amI could use some of those who would choose Facebook as an alternative to a salary increase…
Report Post »“Hey guys I have magic beans, come and get them”
mgcre
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:25amDo you prefer s ex or Facebook? Now there’s a telling question….but that’s just me :-)
Report Post »mgcre
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:22amDo you prefer sex or Facebook? Now that is a telling question…..but that’s just me :-)
Report Post »BannedByHuffpo
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:06amLet me know when Facebook buys your groceries, pays your rent and utilities and fills your car’s tank. If this doesn’t speak to the abject failure of the publik skool sistum, I don’t know what else does.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:06amMore reason that employers should be hiring us OLDER workers! You will get a full days work out of us.
TEA!
Report Post »kcares
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 6:58amTotally, I’m going on 62 and went on an interview a couple of years ago, it was all young women and I didn’t get the job (more than qualified) because I didn’t fit in the TEAM! Yes I wouldn’t have sat around all day looking at facebook and talking about people. I would have done the work, that they just wanted to sit and talk about.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:03amWhat the he11, half of them can’t write cursive, can’t spell, don’t know history, etc.. etc. etc. why not socialize with their “FRIENDS?” all 4000 of them, that’s what they call “LIVING” there are even commercials that promote exactly what i said. A nation of slaves have been born.
Report Post »BannedByHuffpo
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:13amDon‘t think for a minute the muslim brotherhood isn’t interested in learning about what sort of “amerikans” they’ll encounter when they invade to overthrow the US. These are stupid lazy sheep that don’t stand a chance since they have no idea whatsoever why they exist in the first place.
Report Post »kcares
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:00amAnd schools are taking out “telling time” and “counting money”
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 7:58amI was taught cursive in the 3rd grade. My 7th grader can‘t read someone else’s cursive writing and isn’t required to write in cursive at all in school. I wish I had not gotten cancer and could have homeschooled him.
Report Post »abird
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:02amThe 80/20 rule still lives
Report Post »ZengaPA65
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 4:40amIt sure as hell does.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:55pmCongratulations Cisco. You have discovered the secret to recruiting stupid and non-productive people for less money! Let me know how business model works out for you…
Report Post »txn4justice
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:51pmThat‘s why you can’t drink until you are 21. Stupid decisions and thought processes of the young.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 10:14amI am still appalled that 18 year-olds have been granted the right to vote.
Report Post »auntmoxie.com
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:46pmThis explains a lot. Like why we’re doomed.
Report Post »dmforman
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:04amMy thoughts exactly.
Report Post »jcannon98188
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 1:17ambecause it is todays youth, and not the generations before us, that got us into this mess.
Report Post »B2H
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:43pmI’m 19, I would NEVER give my salary for Facebook but I know people who would.
Report Post »Amica
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:55pmThere may yet be hope for your generation!
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on November 5, 2011 at 12:07amOur generation is so full of stupid people yet they act like they’re the greatest generation to have ever come into existence.
Anybody who would turn down a salary increase for more facebook time is an idiot.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:42pmdumb, go “occupy” yourselves.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:42pmFacebook is free, wifi can be leeched. Why need a salary? You’d think to pay your electric bill (charging laptops) or just to eat. And all of these services happen to be available at the occupy campsites! Oh well, guess that frees up more jobs for others.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:38pmOMG… Matrix Pod Clones!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:43pmMore like Marxist Progressive “useful idiot” Drones.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:36pmDamn, idiots.
I’ll take the dough.
But I’m an evil capitalist
Report Post »wtfhappend
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:35pmI can attest to this I go to university and 80 percent of the kids in class are on facebook and what not the whole class periods. Its sick, no one there cares about reality they only care how it will look on facebook or be precieved by twitter.
Report Post »RosePurple
Posted on November 3, 2011 at 12:15amI guess this is what they meant by computers taking over humans!!!!
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on November 2, 2011 at 11:30pmSounds foolish to me. Either the story is foolish or, the young people who prefer Facebook over a good salary are fools.
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