I money doesn't buy happiness, or at least not only. Workers choose companies for the environment of positive relationships, for growth prospects, for training but also for the work-life balance and welfare. These are the results, in summary, of the research fielded by Fim Cisl Lombardy White&Blue Collar aimed at employees, middle managers, new and high professionals in the metalworking sector in Lombardy.
1603 questionnaires were collected and analyzed by the research, the average age is 43 years and of these 1 out of 4 is a woman, about 96% work indefinitely. These are mostly workers from medium-large companies, including some multinationals such as Whirlpool e Leonardo.
Metalworkers, the results of the FIM Lombardia research
To the question "What makes a job satisfying?", the analysis shows that in addition to the economic data of the salary, also the company climate and an adequate work-life balance are among the workers' priorities. And it is women who feel the greatest need to improve this last aspect and to have more flexible hours and greater opportunities to do smart working. But in general all workers express a positive opinion on remote working and almost 80% (a figure that rises further among young people up to 86%) of the interviewees would like to adhere to the proposal short week promoted by the national Fim Cisl.
Always with respect to the female gender, the women over 70% of those interviewed complain of difficulties and discrimination at work: "Women must commit themselves and demonstrate more" to be recognized professionally; "they earn less for the same jobs", and again "women are mainly concentrated in some company roles with lesser responsibilities and struggle to find space in others" and "they have experienced difficulties or unwanted job shifts after returning from maternity leave" .
Finally, according to the analysis, the need for one also emerges quality professional training and coherent with one's work activity to cope even in advance with the rapid changes that are affecting the world of metalworking (foreign languages, soft skills, computer skills and specific software, project management the most popular topics) and to add to the salary a welfare that responds to family needs, parenting support, protection of non-self-sufficiency, but also supplementary healthcare and complementary pensions.
