Millennials at Work

Exactly a year and 40 episodes later we say the biggest thanks to the listeners, followers, sharers, millennials in age and heart as well as our support group for helping to make this into one hell of a project!

 This episode is all about the past & future, a huge reflection session supported by some Old Fashioned to celebrate Millennials at Work. 


An entrepreneurship episode! What’s new? Not much: Rasmus has become an entrepreneur and finally breaks the ice about the new business, we rant about over-sharers and over-sellers as well as discuss millennial-friendly motivations to become your own boss at this day and age. You got it, it's a HANDFUL.

Competition brings out the best and worst in us. Even more - it pushes innovation while creating tension. It makes us bite our fists and when balanced with collaboration - it can do wonders. Listen to our conversation about the difficulties with wanting to be the best at something and the struggles of learning how to collaborate instead. Also, magazine tips and winning stories, literally! 


Perks perks perks. No matter if it’s a chocolate fountain or paid days for personal projects - perks is a way to direct and set a company culture. So how do you offer the perfect selection of perks to millennials to not waste cash and build the culture you want? And how to be a millennial in the shiny perk-obsessed world? 

 Extra material at the top of the episode might include lots of swearing and a rant about motivational speakers.


This week we start with a controversial intro, the news of Rasmus moving to Copenhagen and a topic that is very much in tune with turbulent spring feels and major decisions: when and how to quit a job. By two recent quitters themselves! We revisit our highs and lows while talking about the when&how&why.

Most of us have been at the receiving end of a poorly delivered feedback. And let’s be honest, we’ve all been guilty of not entirely thinking through the feedback we’d give a colleague, manager, a friend.

Relationships might be the no.1 most important thing that keeps organizations running…boom! By definition, we know that building strong relationships at work is important, but in reality - it’s surely easier said than done. It takes real curiosity and a lot of listening to make friends, it might take quite a long time and even some extra push from the management side. And by the way, strong relationships means better health - science!

Money money money. So many songs written, lives crushed and things bought with it. But what kind of role does money play for us? We reveal our salaries to each other and talk about the importance of those bucks in our bank accounts. Salaries might still be a bit of a taboo topic, but hey - we’re doing our best to crush it.

Do you have a mentor, spiritual cousin or a life coach? Maybe you’re like us, with no one really filling that void in our lives. Magazines and Medium posts say we all should get a mentor to excel in our careers, but how easy is it ACTUALLY to get someone spend hours of their life building a mentor-mentee relationship with you? We talk about life-changing job interviews, mentors we need and when to pay for the coffee.

Personal branding is confusing - what’s too much and what’s too little? When are you just filling time with content no one needs and how long does it take to grow an army of ambassadors for your personal brand? Rasmus has a LinkedIn confession to make and Edite tells a story of truly impulsive planning. It’s safe to say - we have our own experiences and we’re sometimes confused about what to think of them. Join us in another reflection and #megatips session this week!

Burnout, stress symptoms and Monday blues - all that and much more can make us hit a wall at work. In this episode we talk about mental health at work - how to know what you need to feel good, some well-proven truths and some less proven theories of yours truly, Edite and Rasmus. Overdelivering, checking your gut feeling, a brain that eats calories and more!

Millennials at Work, but with a grown-up! In other words, we are joined with an author, journalist, and keynote speaker, Alexandra Krautwald. Her latest book “Unge Generationer på Arbejde” (in Danish - "Young Generations At Work”) is so right up our alley we couldn’t resist inviting Alexandra to talk about her findings and mega-tips for millennials at work. The book is for millennials who are entering work life, so we talk about misunderstood generations, jealousy, shit our managers say about us, finding a purpose and much more.

Traveling for work? You might impress a millennial…however, while some of us still romanticize taking a flight to attend very serious meetings, most of us will never get a chance to fly business class. Flying gets rougher by year - longer queues for boarding, worse food and increasing impact on climate change. How cool is traveling by air for business after all?

Happy New Year! Might be a bit belated, but we have a good explanation - summarizing what turned out to be 15+ books that we've read last year is not any small task. We talk about our favorite books read in 2018 as well as some great classics, or the ones we just....could not finish. Business, a bit of fiction, even a bit of self-help. And of course: resolutions for 2019!

Open plan office - the lightswitch for collaboration or a conspiracy that noise cancelling headphone manufacturers created? We talk about the good & the bad about open plan office that happens to be the environment we both spend most of our time at. We also talk about music at work, meeting our dear listeners and get really confused about a name we really SHOULD know...Last episode before the Christmas holidays!

Rasmus is New York and catches up with a family friend, Mia Adorante, for our extra-mini-series about millennials at work all around the world and how their experiences compare to ours. Mia is an American journalist, working as a freelance writer and creative in New York. She and Rasmus discuss American work culture, the necessity of having freedom, passive-aggressive colleagues, and lots more.

This week we talk about the onboarding that has nothing to do with getting on a plane or launching an app on the phone. It’s all about getting on with one’s job in a new company. This episode’s filled with mega-tips and honest reflections by yours truly - two millennials (those being us) who have recently experienced the good and bad of onboarding. What does your onboarding tell about your company culture? Let us speculate. Follow us on Instagram: @mill_atwork

Instead of talking about acquiring some diplomas, we’re discussing the world of NOT going to school. And there are three moments in this episode that’ll go into the history of Millennials At Work: we finally disagree, we finally drink beer and Rasmus finally tries to grow a beard. It’s about time for all of this and it’s about time for us to talk about hacking education like a true millennial!


While Rasmus is in New York and Edite’s busy moving to Malmö, it’s time for another episode of our INTERNATIONAL series, this time about Japan. We talk with a fellow ex-Hyper Island student, amazing Misaki, about Japanese millennials, work culture and megatips for dealing with burnouts (because you might need them in the land of the rising Sun!)

Being the process-nerds we are, an episode about workshops was inevitable. We try to define them, share our failures as well as megatips, and reasons for NOT doing workshops. It might be a buzzword, but it's one we have lots of feelings about. Follow us on Instagram: @mill_atwork Hosted by Edīte Garjāne and Rasmus Noah Hansen, Millennials at Work is about… exactly that - millennials at work. What we want from a workplace, how to be our boss and everything around being a young professional.

We're back! It might be the darkness and cold that's covered Stockholm that makes us reflect on...not working. What vacation policies do we expect to have, what does our job status have to do with flexible hours and how we shouldn't spend a sabbatical. For sending those DMs we mention so much, follow us on Instagram: @mill_atwork Hosted by Edīte Garjāne and Rasmus Noah Hansen, Millennials at Work is about… exactly that - millennials at work. What we want from a workplace, how to be our boss and everything around being a young professional.

We are millennials and we work. But even so, we cannot talk for all millennials. While we leave the reflection format untouched, we also introduce a parallel extra-format, if you like. Millennials At Work INTERNATIONAL will be irregular interview episodes with millennials from different cultures talking about our generation and work life in their home country. This time - Edite interviews Ričards Križanovskis from employer branding consultancy ERDA and startup UpMatched in Riga, Latvia. We talk Latvian millennials and how are they different from others, what does Ričards tell to Latvian companies who struggle to attract talent and what are some of the crazy perks organizations are ready to provide to our peers. And no worries - Rasmus delivers a top-notch check-in while making soup.

Either it's dog-walking, task-running, mystery shopping or making stacks of logos, gig economy is A THING for millennials. Extra income and experience sounds fine, but is it all nice and shiny? We look at our generation's answer to the unwelcoming job market and non-flexible hours and share our experiences. Like, the time Edīte tried to be posh in a West London clothing store while mystery-shopping and Rasmus used a British guy's voiceover to get into Hyper Island. Follow us on Instagram: @mill_atwork

Two process-nerds walked into a bar...this episode might as well start like that. Process design, facilitation and trusting the process are definitely some of our favorite conversation topics. We talk definitions, reflect on our successes and failures as well as how to get dozens of German middle-aged engineers to play silly games in the name of creativity. Follow us on Instagram: @mill_atwork Hosted by Edīte Garjāne and Rasmus Noah Hansen, Millennials at Work is about… exactly that - millennials at work. What we want from a workplace, how to be our boss and everything around being a young professional.

We all have habits we want to pick up and the ones we wish to kick. Although being an Instagram-friendly-habit superhuman can be destructive, more people and increasingly millennials, are giving in to the idea of hacking our lives. We talk our own good & bad habits, things to start doing at work and mention way too many apps. Follow us on Instagram: @mill_atwork *Hosted by Edīte Garjāne and Rasmus Noah Hansen, Millennials at Work is about… exactly that - millennials at work. What we want from a workplace, how to be our boss and everything around being a young professional.*

Don’t you just hate when people don’t understand what your “Chief sourcing ninja” or “Creative technologist” job title mean? WE KNOW. Jokes aside, we have a thing or two to say about the jungle of titles and sure thing we didn’t spare them! 

We rant about vegan conferences (obviously. not connected to the topic…), agree that “digital” needs to be the unwritten norm, Rasmus educates us all about holocracy and we rate the cringe-level of Edite’s LinkedIn tagline. 

 For those, looking for the show notes: the very polite way of calling a “trashman” or a garbage collector in Swedish is “renhеllningstekniker” which doesn’t really translate in the same way as portrayed in the episode, but still makes a good story. Your welcome! Follow us on Instagram: @mill_atwork

In this episode, we paint a picture of sweaty palms, stressed looks, awkward silences and possibly, even name tags. You know it. It’s the art (or dance, according to Rasmus) of networking. Why is networking causing such a headache to so many and how to be more at ease with talking to prospective friends? We also have the longest check-in ever with stories all about crying!


Job seeking can be painless, ego-boosting or most probably - can easily leave one rehabilitating from heavy imposters syndrome. We try something new and reflect on questions around when is one a talent, how to satisfy the need for impactful work and most importantly - how to decide on a role to take on?

We all have our very own filter bubbles, but how original are they and do we share one with the people we work with? And what happens when you can't find the way out of it anymore? In this episode of Millennials at Work, Rasmus doesn't get out from the Youtube gamers' world and Edite - from Instagram influencer moms. We share our own filter bubble-popping and creating practices and tips on how to not end up saying "what everyone thinks is..."

In this episode, we talk about the art and need for side projects, side hustles or as we like to call them - personal projects. They're close to our hearts and we're keen to share our own favorites and finally bring back some heavy duty tips for when it comes to putting time into a hustle that benefits yourself and your career.

It's the tenth episode! And we talk about a topic that millennials might be the most known for - authority (and challenging it). Our takes on the matter, good and dysfunctioning authority examples and how to question managers without becoming one of the "annoying millennials". How rebellious are millennials really?

Office apparel, workwear, work attire...whatever you call it, what we wear to work can become a hot mess or at least a hot topic for discussion. Especially if you're a millennial who's "breaking the rules". This week we talk power outfits, traditions, and scientific (!) studies all about the work outfits.

Work, same as relationships, makes a big part of our lives. What happens when the career crosses ways with love or attraction? We might not have the most experience in workplace romance, but as always - we have opinions. Even about the fling you've been desperately trying to hide from your colleagues.

"Millennials want to change the world" - isn't this how any millennial-themed TED talk starts? How accurate is the perception of GenY as the one that eats purpose for breakfast and is it really about changing the world or rather realizing some quite selfish career goals? Edite and Rasmus discuss and throw in some personal purposes, Maslow pyramids, and stories of justifying expensive, sustainable purchases.

From supermodel brunch selfies to documenting and educating - millennial influencers do it all, they do it on social media and they're more active than ever. We talk about the different influencer types, how to become one and how not to do influencer marketing.

Hyper Island is a global network, a consultancy and an educational institution for what it's widely known for. Why do Hyper Island students are sought out while the program contents are in big parts a mystery? Brought to you by two alumni, of course.

As if being the most educated generation isn't enough, many of us have found ourselves in an internship during these education programmes. Our friends chip in to tell of their experiences and we question the whole internship system that's so beloved by most companies.

People say we want to change the world. It may be so, but what if we want to start with our workplaces? A tip-heavy episode tells (almost) all about it.

Is it fair to expect everyone to constantly develop at work? We try to find the answer and get tangled in between all different types of self-development. No surprise it's such a hot topic.

You knew this was bound to happen. We're beginning this podcast series with an episode on possibly, the most hated social network out there - LinkedIn.

The introductory episode of Millennials at Work is all about saying "hi!" and sweaty pants...sorry, palms.