Post by ZolotoyRetriever on Jun 6, 2019 1:26:17 GMT
Millennials Fear Lunch Break 'Stigma' More Than Other Generations
A new survey suggests that millennials worry more about lunch breaks than previous generations.
This week, Tork – which bills itself as “the maker of nearly half of the napkins used in the food service industry in the U.S.” – announced the results of a survey the brand commissioned on the topic of lunch breaks. Their big takeaway: Millennials (defined as workers 18 to 35 years of age) would like more fulfilling, more regular lunch breaks, but are also more worried about the ramifications of taking lunch breaks than other generations.
Specifically, Tork found that millennials are nearly three times more likely than Baby Boomers to believe that coworkers would judge them negatively if they regularly took a lunch break. And yet, 44 percent of Millennials strongly agreed that they look forward to their lunch break versus only 36 percent of Gen Xers. Interestingly, this issue is somewhat self-inflicted: The survey also found that Millennial bosses were about twice as likely as Gen X bosses to look down on employees who took lunch breaks.
Tork’s answer is its “Take Back the Lunch Break” initiative, for which they partnered with nutrition expert and TV personality Joy Bauer to hammer that point home. “Choosing to eat a nutritious lunch is only part of the equation to living a healthy life at work,” Bauer said in the announcement. “What you eat matters, but where you eat matters just as much, and eating a so-called ‘sad desk lunch’ could make you feel unhappy and less productive.”
... another important stat that Tork cites: “37 percent of Millennials don’t feel empowered to take a lunch break,” the survey states. Frankly, that lack of empowerment is the real issue that needs to be addressed, and it’s not necessarily one that a nutrition expert can fix.
A new survey suggests that millennials worry more about lunch breaks than previous generations.
This week, Tork – which bills itself as “the maker of nearly half of the napkins used in the food service industry in the U.S.” – announced the results of a survey the brand commissioned on the topic of lunch breaks. Their big takeaway: Millennials (defined as workers 18 to 35 years of age) would like more fulfilling, more regular lunch breaks, but are also more worried about the ramifications of taking lunch breaks than other generations.
Specifically, Tork found that millennials are nearly three times more likely than Baby Boomers to believe that coworkers would judge them negatively if they regularly took a lunch break. And yet, 44 percent of Millennials strongly agreed that they look forward to their lunch break versus only 36 percent of Gen Xers. Interestingly, this issue is somewhat self-inflicted: The survey also found that Millennial bosses were about twice as likely as Gen X bosses to look down on employees who took lunch breaks.
Tork’s answer is its “Take Back the Lunch Break” initiative, for which they partnered with nutrition expert and TV personality Joy Bauer to hammer that point home. “Choosing to eat a nutritious lunch is only part of the equation to living a healthy life at work,” Bauer said in the announcement. “What you eat matters, but where you eat matters just as much, and eating a so-called ‘sad desk lunch’ could make you feel unhappy and less productive.”
... another important stat that Tork cites: “37 percent of Millennials don’t feel empowered to take a lunch break,” the survey states. Frankly, that lack of empowerment is the real issue that needs to be addressed, and it’s not necessarily one that a nutrition expert can fix.
www.foodandwine.com/news/millenial-lunch-breaks-office-study
Interesting. Have any of you been at a place of work where taking a lunch break was a problem? Where you felt guilt or shame about even taking a lunch break??
