GOSSIPS: Cellphones, iPod, and Coffee

A survey conducted in London for recruitment firm Office Angels found that 67% of the 1,500 respondents considered gadgets like Blackberrys, the latest cellphones, and laptop memory sticks as the ultimate status symbols for today’s workforce generation.

A large number of the participants (45% of the respondents) said that the office worker MUST have an iPod and at least 2 mobile phones for him/her to gain socio-corporate status. Why two? One for social chit-chat and one for work-related communications. Also, another way to gain status is to spend over 10 pounds on coffee even though you can get it for free at the office.

According to Office Angels, the concept of yuppies (Young Urban Professionals) is now outdated and should give way to office workers who they now call GOSSIPS (Gadget Obsessed Status Symbol Infatuated Professionals).

Via Reuters

A survey conducted in London for recruitment firm Office Angels found that 67% of the 1,500 respondents considered gadgets like Blackberrys, the latest cellphones, and laptop memory sticks as the ultimate status symbols for today’s workforce generation.

A large number of the participants (45% of the respondents) said that the office worker MUST have an iPod and at least 2 mobile phones for him/her to gain socio-corporate status. Why two? One for social chit-chat and one for work-related communications. Also, another way to gain status is to spend over 10 pounds on coffee even though you can get it for free at the office.

According to Office Angels, the concept of yuppies (Young Urban Professionals) is now outdated and should give way to office workers who they now call GOSSIPS (Gadget Obsessed Status Symbol Infatuated Professionals).

Via Reuters