Young employees want stock plan benefits

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Workplace flexibility and financial security like student debt repayment programs are some of the benefits Generation Z and millennials value the most — but employers who want to impress millennial workers should also consider equity compensation.

Younger employees view stock plan benefits differently than older generations. More than half of employees under age 35 (57%) agreed that stock plan benefits are an important consideration when changing jobs, compared with 46% of baby boomers, an annual survey by E*TRADE, an online broker for stock trading, mutual funds, and retirement planning, finds.

Evelina Nedlund
Associate editor

Evelina Nedlund is an associate editor of Employee Benefit News and Employee Benefit Adviser. She can be contacted via email at evelina.nedlund@arizent.com.


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