Intesa Sanpaolo, green light for 4 miles exit. There will be 3,500 entries

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Intesa Sanpaolo has reached an agreement with the reorganized unions (Fabi, First, Fisac, Uilca and Unisin) with which it will plan itself in the future, at least in terms of generational turnover and skills. 4 thousand exits have been approved which will be maintained voluntarily and by using the Solidarity Fund: so we are talking about another thousand exits compared to the 3 thousand that were planned ‘ thought at the beginning of the negotiation. At the same time, as people gradually leave, there will be 2 thousand recruits, at the rate of one entry for every two exits, maintaining the balance of the generational relay that marks the credit department. In addition, it was also planned to hire 1,500 people on hybrid contracts, half as consultants and half as staff, to support the branches alone. In summary, the number of such new entries reaches over 3,500, also because it must be considered that there will be around 50 stability.

The expanded view of employment

Nicola Fioravanti, Chief Management, Operations and Transformation Officer of Intesa Sanpaolo, is keen to emphasize that “by 2027, 3,500 young people will join Intesa Sanpaolo who will bring new ideas, skills and energy, digital people a native who will be able to. define the needs of families and businesses, finding the best solutions for them. The skills in innovation and technologies of new employers are and will be a relevant part of our growth.” What is relevant to the agreement, however, is an expanded view of the issue of employment that also gives its -in the employability of those who remain. «Intesa Sanpaolo has always believed that employment protection is fundamental: in the last three years we have created job opportunities for more than 5,300 people who is working in the Bank through special retraining programs with more than 31 million hours of training – explains Fioravanti -. We were the promoters of an important contractual renewal with a large economic increase, this is because we are believes that it is a value to link the growth of our profit to a significant improvement in the economic situation of those who work in the Bank. We believe in the value of the relationship with trade unions as has been indicated in this new agreement and as shown by the 1,265 agreements signed since Intesa Sanpaolo was founded in 2007.”

More training and wellness

For the unions it is an agreement that provides “the first defense responses against the digital transformation that will have a strong impact on the path of banking in the coming years”, says the Fabi coordinator in the Intesa Sanpaolo group, Paolo Citterio. In addition, the foundations were laid «for new methods of training and a Committee on digital transformation was created with the task of monitoring the real changes that are taking place. We have confirmed the process of extending smart working and a short 4×9 week for all colleagues in the branch and we have designed an organizational wellness project.”

Domenico Iodice of First Cisl predicts that “a new dropout rate will be equal to 70% of the full-time equivalent”. For the trade union, even «in the rapid evolution of technological processes» new collective visions of protection for the people of the organization are provided throughout the entire professional life cycle and in terms of solidarity between generations ». Roberto Malano from Fisac​​​​ says that “the discussion will also start on training to define a long-term plan aimed at maintaining skills, and on organizational well-being and health protection”. In Uilca, Simona Ortolani considers the agreement as a basis “to deal with the effects of digital transformation by putting people at the center, with the retraining and retraining of employees, and encouraging turnover generation with stable employment”.

At the heart of training in credit

The training center that appears in this agreement was also one of the chapters of the business plan and it appears as the tool that credit will look at with more attention than ever to ensure the earning capacity of bankers. An approach in line with what is expected also with the latest update of the national general agreement where the collaborations between the Solidarity Fund and the Employment Fund are strengthened in detail on the related chapter to the retraining of people and access to the training that was financed through Fba. , the Banking and Insurance Fund.