(From Green Chip Stocks) The days of drab cubicles and workstations without the natural light from skylights are behind us. The shared copy machine and water cooler might still find a place in the modern office, but the winds of change are beginning to rustle… A new study by Johnson Controls Inc. reveals that those Generation Y members entering the workplace or preparing to do so have high expectations for what their “office should look like and offer its employees. The WorkTech10 Conference in New York staged the unveiling of the research project OXYGENZ, a study is aimed at providing the first look at the Generation Y workplace expectations. WorkTech10 is a forum for those involved in the future of work and the workplace, as well as real estate, technology, and innovation; the conference’s themes include smarter cities, buildings, sustainability, and new research into Generation Y and business agility. Thus, the conference seemed the perfect forum at which to release the results of the OXYGENZ project, which queried more than 3,000 individuals, aged 18 to 25 in the United States, Germany, India, China, and the United Kingdom. Surveys were conducted both in person and online, including questionnaires for nearly 400 individuals aged 36 to 45 for further context and comparison. A total of 5,375 individuals responded to research questionnaires for this study. Read more.

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Gen Y Waves Bye-bye to the Cubicle and Fluorescent Lighting