How to make the French happier at work?
According to an IPSOS poll released today, the level of salary is the first and major preoccupation of more than half (52%) of the French employees, before the quality of work and the time spent at work. Only 33% of them declare to be happy at work (a drop of 7 points in two years). These results are somewhat different when one looks at age and professional affiliations: getting and keeping a job are actually the first concerns of the youngsters and the workers. Amount of time spent at work is only a concern for high level, qualified and well payed employees.
A new and relatively negative relationship between employees and their companies seems to emerge: almost 2/3 of employees feel that their companies do not pay enough attention to their daily life complexities and difficulties outside work, to the quality of atmosphere on the work spot, or/and to their career development.
An other change of mood and atmosphere the new French government should be thinking of promoting..