In the curriculum of over half of the under 35s there are experiences of illegal work, precarious contracts and unemployment, but also harassment or harassment at work (they are reported by one in 7 young people). With average wages low, mostly under 10 thousand euros, more than half of young people have to give up autonomy, still living with their parents. The future is scary: almost three quarters are convinced that the amount of the pension allowance will not allow them to live in dignity.
Work: the identikit of the under 35s
This is the identikit that emerges from the survey conducted on a sample of 960 young people aged 18-35, carried out by the National Youth Council with the support of EURES, which will be presented on Monday in a webinar. Let’s start with the working condition. Five years after completing their studies, the young people interviewed worked on average for three and a half years. Only 37.2% of the sample has a stable job, while 26% have temporary relationships, 23.7% are unemployed and 13.1% are student-workers.
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The prevailing condition (33.3%) is characterized by a “high working discontinuity” (unemployment higher than 40% of the time) only 4 out of 10 worked for at least 80% of the time. Most have a salary of less than 10 thousand euros per year (23.9% less than 5 thousand euros and 35% between 5 and 10 thousand euros), while 33.7% of the sample earns between 10 and 20 thousand euros (only in 7.4% of cases it exceeds 20 thousand euros).
One in two under 35 still lives with their parents
It is not surprising that with these salaries 50.3% of the under 35 interviewed still live with their parents, while only 37.9% live alone (or with a partner). But the percentage of those who have created a new family unit reaches 56.3%, among those who can count on a stable job, with more than 20 points of difference on peers with discontinuous work (33.5%). The majority of young people (54.65) have work experience without a contract, 61.5% have accepted a low-paid job, 37.5% claim to have received payments lower than those agreed and 32.5% not to be been paid for the work done. 13.6% of young people say they have suffered harassment or harassment during their work experience (12.8% men and 14.5% women).
Emigration, family, home: the nodes in the foreground
In order to work, many moved to another region (27.1%) or to another municipality in their region (28%). Only 8.2% refused to work outside their community.