more and more demanding, executives tend to slow down

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With an unemployment rate around 4%, executives are in a privileged situation. Nevertheless, according to a study carried out by Randstad which appears on Monday June 5, a certain number intend to invest less in their work, and young people are less tempted by the fact of becoming a manager.

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A setting in the La Défense district of Paris. (VINCENT ISORE / MAXPPP)

Managers are happy in their work, but they are also increasingly demanding. So much so that a certain proportion of them, no less than 36%, are affected by what is called “quiet quitting”, this desire not to want to invest more than necessary in the missions which are theirs. We even find 7% to recognize that they have less desire this year to get involved in their work.

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Another sign can worry about the withdrawal of executives and it concerns young people. Only two out of five young executives aspire to become a manager, the others being put off by the stress inherent in this responsibility. Finally, the last sign that goes in the same direction: a good number of executives are seduced by the four-day week paid for five. One in five executives would like to experiment with it now.

A third of current executives received an offer during the year

For Mathieu de la Thébeaudière, operational director of Randstad Search, executives, stars of the labor market, have become extremely demanding. Not only is the volume of job offers aimed at them soaring, but the market has become completely transparent. “In three clicks, explains the recruitment expert, they can know what they are worth in the market. They are more aware of the opportunities that come their way.”. One figure sums up this situation: a third of them have had a job offer in the last twelve months. A figure judged “enormous” by the head of Randstad.

Executives are also very critical of the recruitment process. Today, in France, it does not correspond at all to the expectations of executives, and in particular to those of the new generations, sums up Mathieu de la Thébeaudière. Three-quarters of executives find response times too long. Two-thirds are unclear about the number of people they will meet. Result, they are a good proportion to drop: half of the executives admit “ghost” – “ignore” in good French – their interlocutor after an interview.


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