{"id":5162,"date":"2022-07-26T16:25:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augias.eu\/fr\/employee-the-virus-of-the-great-resignation-at-work-is-also-felt-in-companies-in-france\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:30:57","slug":"employee-the-virus-of-the-great-resignation-at-work-is-also-felt-in-companies-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.augias.eu\/fr\/en\/employee-the-virus-of-the-great-resignation-at-work-is-also-felt-in-companies-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee: the virus of the “Great Resignation” at work is also felt in companies in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
We no longer count the fashions or influences that come straight from the United States, in all fields, especially economic and even social, or societal we should say. The latest is “The big quit”. So, real social phenomenon after the Covid-19 pandemic or ephemeral trend reserved for a few? Would talent flee a more or less stable activity and salary in their company to continue their career and evolution in an uncertain work environment? We provide you with some answers in this article dedicated to this evolution within French companies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
In the United States, an unexpected phenomenon has hit companies and the workplace since the Covid-19 virus has taken hold across the Atlantic and begun to grow. Its name: “The Great Resignation”, which is characterized by the large proportion of employees who leave their job either for another one considered less constraining, or by the desire and need to purely and simply leave their current position and look for a more fulfilling job on the labor market.<\/p>\n
Indeed, waves of Covid and successive confinements have challenged the way of life of many Americans and Europeans. The magnitude of this phenomenon is estimated by some observers to be 20 million movements and resignations, since the spring of 2021. Sectors offering low wages and staggered working hours are suffering the greatest losses: transport, catering and the hotel industry are breaking records. Nearly 7% of employees in the restaurant industry gave up their jobs and quit in September.<\/p>\n
“People have lived to work for a very long time. And I think the pandemic has brought this moment of reflection for everyone. “What do I want to do? What makes my heart sing?” “And people are thinking, ‘If not now, then when?'” Karin Kimbrough, an economist working for the professional network LinkedIn, recently told CBS News. This powerful network is one of the ways we can get a sense of the magnitude of this phenomenon, as LinkedIn’s data on job leavers is the most cross-sectional. It shows that millions of baby boomers are retiring earlier, but also that millions of “Generation Z” workers – young people in their 20s – are deciding to leave their companies and the workforce prematurely. “In total, this is the highest quit rate since the government began tracking it two decades ago. Nationally, more Americans are leaving work than ever before,” the economist notes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
While the phenomenon has already spread to China, it is different in Europe and in France, where the return to work has been significant since the pandemic was brought under control by massive vaccination and the use of telecommuting. However, in the third quarter of 2021, according to the Ministry of Labor, nearly 300,000 jobs remained unfilled in France. Companies are struggling to recruit, putting entire sectors of our economy at risk. Among the sectors that are finding it difficult to find takers, the home-based personal services sector is at the top of the list.<\/p>\n