Employers trying to puzzle out which benefits will fetch andkeep millennials might be barking up the wrong tree with some oftheir selections.
According to a report in Employee Benefits, 16 percent of U.K.employees would rather have their dogs in the office with them than have theiremployer provide them with a paid gym membership — and 28 percentwould rather have Fido by their side during the workday than havepaid, onsite yoga classes at work.
The survey from Purina PetCare indicates that employers may notbe tempting millennials with the types of benefits that mean themost to them, particularly since 42 percent of employee respondentsaged 18–34 said they would like or enjoy a dog-friendly workplace,and 24 percent think a dog-friendly workplace would make anorganization more attractive to them (and thus more likely to keep them around).
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