Over half of those who left their jobs in the last year regretted it. This was established by the latest report from the HR Innovation Practice Observatory School of management of the Polytechnic of Milan created together with the market research company Bva Doxa. Which provides other data on psychophysical health in offices, including that on widespread malaise: only 5% of Italians are happy in the office and 13% also work in their free time.
The malaise and the great resignations
Three dimensions were taken into consideration by the study: physical, psychological and relational well-being. Based on these indicators, only 5% of employees today are “happy” in the office, 9% “feel good”. 42% of Italians are driven to change by malaise and unhappiness. Those who did it in 2023, however, would like to go back in 56% of cases: «Continue like this Great Resignationbut also the Great Regreatsays the report, which measures a 37% increase from 2023 in this repentance. However, those who left their permanent jobs did so in search of “physical and mental well-being” in 36% of cases, even though more and more people are changing for better career and employability opportunities in the medium to long term.
Continuous training is missing: employees and growth expectations
Among the factors that drive companies and employees apart is training. Companies are almost never able to offer aspiring employees a salary, a career opportunity and a lifestyle in line with expectations. This is why, says the study, “the workplace is less and less a place where people ‘feel good'”. This also contributes to the lack of matching between supply and demand. 88% of Italian organizations struggle to hire new employees. And the lack of alignment is mainly due to the absence of adequate skills, both technical, in 57% of cases, and relational (the so-called soft skills), in 36%.
The solutions
Today, it is essential for the observatory to try to attract talent, especially among digital experts, specialized workers, healthcare professionals and civil construction technicians. 40% of those who hire do so by offering higher salaries. It is above all SMEs who cannot afford it, defeated by what is defined as “a wage war with negative consequences for the entire market”. Among the proposed solutions is internal staff training, reskilling And upskilling. According to the report, we need to start with the people who risk losing their jobs because the digital transition requires new tasks and train them on the most requested skills: «According to HR management, 8% of workers already need to be reallocated or retrained because they are at risk of obsolescence». A process that should take place with the right harmony between the needs of the company and the personal propensities of the employees.
