After a year of crisis linked to the pandemic, more than a quarter of workers (28%) say they feel “disconnected” from their organization and 23% say they no longer have any connection with their colleagues. This is what emerges on Tuesday from a study carried out by the Antwerp Management School (AMS) in collaboration with the Federation of Belgian Enterprises (FEB), in particular.
The survey was conducted among 2,783 business leaders and HR professionals as well as 4,660 workers.
In addition to a deterioration of the link with the company, the results also show that one in three employers is worried about the possible departure of good employees. And not without reason. One in four indicates that they are looking (actively and passively) for another job. This proportion has doubled compared to previous years.
Despite this connection crisis, employers’ confidence in their employees is on the rise, the survey points out. More than half of them say they have more confidence in their workers than before the crisis. Another finding: more than half of employers are now more positive about flexible hours, and only 5% are more negative.
Nearly half of the bosses surveyed were also positively surprised by the resilience displayed by their employees. But it also conceals a danger because no rubber band has unlimited resistance. After a year of crisis, one in four workers say they do not feel in good mental health and 53% feel a negative effect from the coronavirus crisis. However, only 7% said they were unable to work because the situation was too heavy to bear.
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