To lure young talent, banks mimic tech workspaces

As financial services have moved online, banks have to battle with tech giants like Google and Amazon, which boast offices with features like massage rooms, to sign up tech-savvy millennials skilled in areas like artificial intelligence and programming. “Seventy-seven percent of millennials say that the workspace is more important than salary,” said chief operating officer Troels Bjerg at ISS, a top facility services firm whose customers include most of Europe’s 25 biggest banks. Nordea has been working closely with ISS to create a workplace that feels both like a bank and a tech start-up.

Source: www.reuters.com