I lockdown and it smart working have influenced everyone’s life, making the desire for independence grow resignation from subordinate work in the post Covid era. More and more people are approaching the Yolo (you-only-live-once) economy, guilty – so to speak – of having generated the consequent peak of openings of new VAT numbers in the second quarter of 2021. In fact, the so-called The Great Resignation, after the United States, continues to hit theItaly, with 484 thousand voluntary resignations in the second half of 2021, + 85% compared to 2020 (source: Ministry of Labor).
“It is undeniable that the various lockdowns that have taken place in recent months have changed the attitude of professionals towards the way of understanding work – he said. Pietro Novelli, Oliver James’ country manager Italy -. The result is what we are seeing in this period with the resignation boom and with the desire of many employees to become consultants, to gain autonomy in managing the time (and also the place) to devote to work. According to our research this is due to the taste of freedom of work that the pandemic has allowed. But not only: many have developed the awareness that from one day to the next life could be completely turned upside down, leaving behind a newfound importance dedicated to work-life balance “.
Oliver James built theObservatory on VAT numbers thanks to an international database of professionals to which are added periodic qualitative market intelligence projects. “Thanks to our experience and our analyzes we can confirm the boom in the opening of VAT numbers with a growth peak that exceeds 50% in the technological and digital areas compared to the past year – continues Novelli – in many cases the predominant motivation behind this choice was to always remain in the same workplace. In other cases, however, the desire to maintain a full remote mode of work seems to have motivated the choice of resignation “.
In light of the new demands that workers need, what can companies do to retain talent? He always answers this question Pietro Novelli: “There are elements that can influence the decision to stay with the company”, he says, then listing 4 in particular: “Flexibility, both hourly and workplace, possibility of being able to improve their skills, thus confirming that the continuous training it is an important element in retaining talent. Finally, a good corporate welfare plan and a definite career advancement path, judged the fundamental elements for not looking around “.
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