November 2, 2007—If the corner office is the top perk for baby boomers, then collaborative workspace is how companies will attract Gen Y employees in the future, said online travel company Orbitz Worldwide at the recent CoreNet Global Summit in Atlanta. The Global Summit was themed, “Finding, Getting, Keeping Talent: Defining the Future Face of Real Estate.”
Orbitz officials use their new space as a recruiting tool. They spoke about how they consolidated seven cumbersome floors down to three contiguous levels of a Chicago high-rise. The new space, totaling 141,000 square feet, has proven alluring to applicants and instills a sense of Orbitz Worldwide’s unique brand and culture immediately upon entering the space, they say.
