On paper all good. Executive demand has never been stronger in France as salaries rise. But for this profession, the account is not there and the concerns are many and varied.
According to a study carried out by Viavoice with a representative sample of 1,000 executives from the General Union of Engineers, Technicians and Managers CGT and the Alfa group, the workload weighs more and more.
Thus, 42% of the executives surveyed say they work more than 45 hours a week (and 20% more than 49 hours), an increase of 5 points compared to 2021.
45+ hours per week for nearly 1 manager out of 2
This high working time is particularly marked among men, 47% of whom work more than 45 hours per week.
54% of executives say they frequently work on their days off, this is the case for 71% of civil servants and 59% of women whose time is more fragmented.
58% of managers (and 60% of women) believe their workload has increased since last year.
As a rather mechanical consequence, the top priority for executives remains work-life balance for 71% of them, a particularly strong aspiration for 74% of women.
Another concern is pay. 52% believe that it is not in line with their actual working hours (this is the case for 58% of women and 62% of civil servants) and 53% that it is not in line with their workload (this is the case 61% women and 65% civil servants).
Strong temptation to unionize
A problem obviously reinforced by inflation. As a result, 73% of executives (and 80% of female executives) believe their earning power has fallen in a year despite raises from employers.
Thus, when asked about their top three priorities in the context of their professional lives, 67% of executives cite the wages, that is, 14 points more than in 2021.
The prospective pension reform also seems to become a matter of concern for this profession. 82% of executives want a pension reform that guarantees a pension equal to at least 75% of the end-of-career salary and 56% want a pension reform that restores the retirement age to 60 years, taking into account the years of retirement. . A very marked aspiration among 66% of women but that goes perfectly against the current of the reform that aims precisely to increase the retirement age.
individualistic caricature
53% of managers consider that this reform should be financed with the contribution of dividends.
So many issues that would encourage executives to get involved or even to unionize, advances the survey “contrary to the individualistic caricature maintained many times”, underlines the CGT. Thus, 48% of executives are willing to demonstrate to defend their retirement and 37% to win a salary increase.
42% say they are ready to strike to defend their retirement and 35% to win a raise in salary. And 38% are ready to join a union. Remember that according to figures from Dares, 11.2% of executives are unionized compared to an average for all professions of 10.3% (2019 figures).
Source: BFM TV
