We live in a world that changes day by day. We often do not realize it but we are generations, some older and other newer ones, who see with their eyes this huge and key changeso great and critical that it can be compared to some of the most important changes in the history of mankind. In fact, we are the last generations that we can say that we once lived in a world that looked almost nothing like today.
Today’s world has changed everything around us, among them even the way we perceive our position in the labor market. How do we want to work? What do we ask our employer and our work environment? How do we want our quality of life to be after the end of the 8 hours? How do we imagine relationships with our colleagues and how important are our monthly earnings? Everything shows that, in the steps of an evolving Europe, the workforce in Greece He looks at his work with a completely fresh look and sets new priorities for a more complete and happy daily life.
All of the above becomes perfectly clear through a new research in which we read extremely interesting data on how today’s employees see their position in the labor market. In the study carried out by the MARC on behalf of the company Papastratos They participated in total 1.053 person 18 to 65 years oldwhile striking that the expectations and choices of people coming from different generations are now quite “away” from each other.
Indeed, Papastratos’s Director of Communication and Sustainability himself, Themis Hassiotis, said in the context of the research said: “The image of labor in Greece is changing. Employees no longer just seek a steady job but an environment that responds In their needs for development, balance and substantial recognition of their effort. Flexibility has emerged as a key element of the modern work landscape, while technology, despite its challenges, seems to enhance the confidence of young workers. Businesses to be adapted to these new demands They will also be the ones that will attract the most remarkable part of the human resources. In Papastratos, we understand this change and continue to invest in a working environment, which promotes the evolution, innovation and balance of professional and personal life. “
A new era full of confidence
The first very good news is that Greek workers today are much more confident than in the past, which is evidenced by the fact that the idea of labor security is no longer the first and basic issue for young employees. As a younger generation worker I can say with confidence that the best paid job and golden balance Between work and personal life is much more important in my eyes than a job that will look completely permanent and stable. This is exactly what the particular survey is highlighted 60.5% of respondents to put the best quality of life in number 1 of their priorities.
Gen Z’s endless power
Of course, most of us understand that now with the phrase “good business” everyone can mean something completely different, since we are talking about a long -standing given that is not perceived in the same way from all of us. Sure, however, is that most of us are now looking for the flexibility as a basic criterion to declare satisfied with our work. From the day when the concept of teleworking has been dynamically in our lives, in the post-crowning season-the idea of being able to adopt a mixed work model in our daily lives is ideal for 53.5% of Greek employees. What exactly does “mixed work model” mean? What combines remote work with physical presence in a specific context that will be agreed by the employee and the employer.
It just looks like the fact that the Gen Z It is the one who is looking for more flexible hours, since younger generations better understand how the productivity of an employee can increase when choosing his own working time.
And as we live in Greece, in a country where generations and generations of people lived with the dream of the “public” interesting is of particular interest that only 30.1% of all respondents responded that he would want a place in the State. On the contrary, the 54,2% It considers it a much better choice for large multinational companies, especially the generation Z that prefers them by difference, and self -employment is also gaining ground.
A new life abroad and the position of technology
How would you see the idea of making a new start in your life, leaving for a foreign country on the occasion of a job with better prospects and more money? It seems like the 68% of all participants in the survey responded positively to this question while 78.7% of Gen Z It appears with the suitcase already in the hand if the appropriate opportunity occurs.
Impressive are the elements that relate to the rapid development of technology with views truly diverted, leaving the big differences between different generations. More specifically, 46.4% said MARC’s survey on Papastratos’ account that they believe in the positive capabilities of technology, such as technical intelligence, while the 42,4% How he worries about the negative coincidences. Nevertheless the 84,3% He is still willing to be trained in new technologies.
What do you generally belong to?
What generation belongs to each of us seems to greatly influence the way in which his work is looking at the present and the future. And that’s why people up to 27 years oldthose who make up Gen Z in the first place of their priorities the gain and working relationships, when people pass on 28 and 43 They put money and balance between their professional and personal lives in the first place. On the other hand, the people between 44 and 59 years old seem to choose safety in their work while so -called boomers, people between 60 and 65 For years, they have given more importance to rewarding their efforts over the years.
Wherever you have your look at the conditions of your work, it is certain that this world in December will not be reminiscent of the world we once knew. Why remind him of the way we work?
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