How Satisfying Millennials Could Save PwC $850 Million
- Consulting firm's U.S. workforce is 80 percent under age 36
- Flexible hours let employees manage family, go to yoga class
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PricewaterhouseCoopers had a big, expensive problem. Turnover, especially among younger employees, was "dreadful," says Carol Sawdye, the company’s vice chairman and chief financial officer.
So PwC surveyed 44,000 of its employees to find out why. The top gripe was stereotypically millennial: Some 71 percent said their jobs "interfere with their personal lives." Nearly as many wanted to be able to work from home.