re: Millennials are more motivated by vacation time than salary

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Of course they are, they also think a work day involves playing on social media for a minimum of two hours a day.

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You're saying this as you post on tigerdroppings......

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Millennials are more motivated by vacation time than salary
This was told to me by someone in HR for a fairly large company. Do you find this to be true or false?

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Well, it would depend on the delta between the two...

If a company is paying significantly less than market rate, then vacation time would certainly be a motivator for them.

That said, the "catch" with "unlimited vacation" that some companies use, is that most people do not, generally, use the 2-3 weeks of vacation that most people are allotted. Also, most of those same companies lure you in with the promise of unlimited vacation, but then will inform you that it has to be approved, so if you have an a-hole-ish manager, then your unlimited vacation turns to limited quickly.

In the end, if the offered salary is shite, then vacation could be a deciding factor for someone that wants to work at that company. But, if you go to a company that will pay above market rate, then vacation will be less of a factor. But, if you're not offering at least two-weeks at this point, then you're behind the 8-ball.

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You're saying this as you post on tigerdroppings

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From work I may add :)

But I work from home so no one is watching

I don't feel like this is a a view held only by millenials, but I'll let the "get off my lawn" crowd have their millenial bashing moment of the week

Millennial here, and I could give two shits about vacation time.

On a side note, I am on the "permissive time off" so I do not have a set vacation schedule.

Vacation time is the primary reason I'll never move back to the US after living and working in England for the last 13 years

Depends on the dollar value but I currently prefer more vacation over a raise. Unmarried no kids.

What good is making a shite ton of money if you're only off 15 days a year?

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sounds about right

once you have enough money, you really dont wanna work too much

leisure is underrated

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You're a socialist though. Work isn't really your thing

If you want to make millions of dollars you do it through equity, or ownership; no one gets mega rich from wages.

so keep on trucking along at your 9-5 wagie, just lol

I'd take the raise because as long as the company is performing at a high standard, I can take all the paid leave I want. Too bad I have a great work ethic and have only taken about 40 hours in the past 2 years. All of that is about to pay off since I am having surgery next week that will put me in the bed for 2-4 weeks. As long as I answer my phone after week 1, its all paid and not counted against my "official PTO"