In Lombardy the quality of work and consequently corporate well-being are unparalleled in the rest of the country. Followed by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and Veneto; just off the podium we find the Autonomous Province of Trento, Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta.
However, the regions of Southern Italy performed poorly: with the exception of Sardinia, they are all placed in the lower part of the ranking. The most critical situations concern Sicily, Calabria and Basilicata which occupy the last three places in the national ranking.
The analysis was conducted by the CGIA Research Office on the basis of the BES (Sustainable Fair Wellbeing) report, presented by Istat. After the advent of the pandemic, our job market also underwent important transformations.
In many areas of the country, for example, companies are increasingly struggling to find profiles with adequate skills; therefore, never before have they needed to retain their collaborators more than now. This operation is taking place through a series of very virtuous behaviors; such as the payment of higher salaries, the transformation of fixed-term contracts into indefinite periods, the possibility of allowing employees to work more flexible hours, through the use of more innovative professional tools, encouraging career advancement and, finally, with the implementation of benefits and corporate welfare.
In the North this process of improving corporate well-being, especially in SMEs, has been underway for some years now. Despite this, the escape from the permanent job continues.
When the supply of labor is rapidly increasing and demand is scarce, the risk that companies ‘steal’ their best employees is very high. According to INPS, in fact, the voluntary resignations of private permanent employees under 60 years of age are increasing: in 2022 (latest data available) they reached 1,047,000 and, compared to 2019 (pre-Covid year) , grew by 236 thousand units (+29%).
Although these are raw data, it is likely that the number of those who have decided to leave their old jobs for a new one is increasing. A decision, the latter, often made after receiving a better salary offer and the provision of a less “stressful” working environment than the previous one.
