Marketplace Chaplains Addressing Millennial Surge in Workplace with Innovative
Ways
With millennials continuing their demographic surge in the American
workplace, Marketplace Chaplains, America’s largest and original workplace
chaplaincy organization, is introducing new programs and familiar work/life
balance methods to meet the needs of the younger working generation.
A recent
PriceWaterhouse survey1 titled, “Millennials at work: Reshaping the workplace,”
states today’s younger workers are looking for work/life balance over increasing
pay, something many companies are addressing by adding Marketplace Chaplains to
their roster of employee services.
“This generation are committed to
their personal learning and development and this remains their first choice
benefit from employers. In second place they want flexible working hours. Cash
bonuses come in at a surprising third place,”1 the report released early this
year states as one of its key findings.
That’s exactly one of the reasons
millennial-dominated VHA Corporation in California chose to partner with
Marketplace Chaplains more than five years ago. Visionary CEO Vincent Huang and
his brother Jimmy Huang were looking for ways to help their employees, mainly in
the age range of 22 to 35. “Our Marketplace Chaplains have demonstrated high
value for our team members. The service they provide is such a help to us,”
Jimmy Huang said.
The reseller of wireless communications says, “Having
the voluntary, confidential, on-site chaplain program has been a big help to our
employees. Our company was voted ‘The best place to work for,’ by L.A. Business
Journal for four years straight and our Chaplain care team plays a major part of
it,” Huang added.
Taylor Bledsoe, 32, poised to oversee family metal bleacher
business, Sturdisteel, in the near future values having chaplains who are
capable of dealing with a younger workforce.
“Millennials communicate in
different ways and may have different issues than employees of the past, so you
always have to be flexible to address them, which is one thing I think our
chaplains do very well.”
One recent adaptation from Marketplace Chaplains is
the new mobile app MyChap which allows employers and employees to message their
workplace chaplains for any issue or request a visit. “It is a very cool way to
call your chaplain whenever you need them,” Bledsoe said. Additional resources
pertaining to a myriad of life issues are also available by category for users
of the exclusive app.
Larry Neilson of Neilson Marketing, another California
millennial company, noted that plugged-in chaplains are a perfect fit for his
plugged-in company.
According to the PwC Study, some millennials don’t feel
the promises of employers are being met which is why they are looking for new
places to work. “Millennials are looking for a good work/life balance and strong
diversity policies but feel that their employers have failed to deliver on their
expectations. 28% said that the work/life balance was worse than they had
expected before joining,”1 the PwC report stated.
“Employees of all ages,
will always need help from time-time-to-time to process and deal with life’s ups
and downs, whether issues at home, or on the job. Marketplace Chaplains will be
there to offer hope and help with resources they need. Visionary leaders
implement this level of care as a cultural, strategic initiative for their
diverse, multi-generational staff,” said Marketplace Chaplains Executive
President and CEO Doug Fagerstrom.
Marketplace Chaplains currently serves
more than 630,000 company employees and their family members in 46 states, 9
provinces, 1,232 cities, 4 international countries and 1
commonwealth.
For more information on this unique employee benefit which
has been featured in Marketplace Chaplains on CNN, NBC Nightly News, and in the
Washington Post, the New York Times and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, visit http://www.mchapusa.com.
About
Marketplace Chaplains To arrange an interview with a Marketplace Chaplain
contact Art Stricklin, Vice President Public Relations, at artstricklin@mchapusa.com or call
1-800-775-7657
References:
1 https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/managing-tomorrows-people/future-of-work/assets/reshaping-the-workplace.pdf
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