One-in-four millennial workers would quit their jobs over a single out-of-hours demand from their boss, new study finds


Contacting your millennial worker with an out-of-work hours demand (even just once) would cause a quarter to quit, the recruitment platform Reed warns. — Getty Images/The New York Times

Tempted to contact your employee outside of working hours? Do it one too many times and there’s a high chance it’ll result in you receiving their resignation notice – especially if they’re a millennial.

That’s according to Reed, at least. The recruitment platform surveyed around 2,000 workers and found that even just one after-hours call-out is enough to put some millennial workers off their jobs for good.

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