In Italy almost one out of three employees is so unhappy in the workplace that he "rows against", while only one employee in 20 feels fully valued and involved in the office. The figure comes from the US analysis and consultancy company Gallup and was discussed at the Muse in Trento on the occasion of the "Well-being at work" event, organized by the Trentino startup UpSens, specialized in sensor design for monitoring the quality of air, one of the often underestimated aspects of home and workplace well-being.
At the center of the debate, in which he also spoke Elica, world leader group in the production of kitchen extractor hoods, well-being in the company as a factor for enhancing the skills of collaborators, supporting productivity and creativity. AND the Italian figure is merciless, even worse than that of Western Europe, where "only" 19% of employees are actively "disengaged", against one employee in 10 who is fully involved and 71% of employees who go to the office passively ( in Italy they are 64%).
In turn, the European figure is almost the worst in the world, ahead only in the Far East, while for example in the USA and Canada almost one employee out of three is "engaged" and only 17% "rows against". The response from Latin America is also positive, beyond the economic crises and situations of poverty that have exploded in recent weeks, while even in sub-Saharan Africa and South-East Asia the workers are less ” of those of Western European countries, Italy in primis.
In Europe, only the Nordic countries are saved: in Norway and Iceland only 8% of employees are so dissatisfied with their professional situation, but already in Spain they are 15%, half that in Italy. But how much does it cost a company and therefore the production system to have workers who go to the office against their will? Again according to the Gallup study, illustrated by the professor of the University of Trento Maria Laura Frigotto, companies with happy and involved workers produce 17% more, sell 20% more and have +21% profitability.
Furthermore, they record 41% fewer cases of absenteeism, 28% fewer abandonments, 70% fewer employee accidents, 40% fewer manufacturing defects. What does well-being mean today and how is it done? First of all, through the so-called work-life balance and therefore new tools such as corporate welfare or smart working, which in Italy second the recent data of the Milan Polytechnic is growing but struggling to take off: data from the Observer of the Milanese university say that only 12% of Italian SMEs use it (in large companies it reaches 58%), but at the same time that 76% of smart worker is satisfied with his job, against 55% of the other employees interviewed.
