YOUNG EUROPEAN EMPLOYEES

Well-Being @ Work / #WBWbarometer
Press file - June 2015
10th edition of the Edenred-Ipsos Barometer (2015)
on the well-being and motivation of European employees
YOUNG EUROPEAN EMPLOYEES
Review of the methodology: survey undertaken among representative samples of employees from 14
European countries (France, United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Sweden and, for the first time
this year, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Finland, Austria, Czech Republic, Netherlands). Over 13600 employees
were surveyed online in January 2015.
18-24 years
678
25-34 years
3507
Number of respondents
35-44 years
3934
45-54 years
3587
55 years and over
1972
Key indicators

While the youngest employees (<35 years and especially 18-24 years) are slightly more motivated
and optimistic about the future than their elders (reflecting a 'fresh' perspective on companies
traditionally observed among 'new hire' profiles), they are not 'happier' at work (less so than
employees aged 55 and over).
Level
of motivation
Niveau
de motivation
Increasing
Augmente
Optimistic
about
their
professional
future
Optimistes
dans
leur
avenir professionnel
Reste stable
Stable
STOptimistic
Optimistes
ST
58
59
56
57
61
64
55
10
Europe
Europe
17
12
10
9
60
56
54
25-34
25-34
years
ans
35-44
35-44
years
ans
54
57
6
18-24 ans 25-34
35-44 years
45-54 years
18-24
25-34 ans 35-44
ans 45-54
ans 55
55years
ans et
years
years
andplus
over
Europe
Europe
18-24
18-24
years
ans
45-54 55
55ans
years
45-54
et
years
and
over
ans
plus
1
Happy au
at work
Heureux
travail
Never
Jamais

Fromtemps
time to time
De
en temps
Often
Souvent
8
8
8
9
8
7
52
53
52
52
52
49
38
38
37
37
39
42
Europe
Europe
18-24
18-24
years
ans
25-34
25-34
years
ans
35-44
35-44
years
ans
45-54
yearset
45-54
5555ans
years
and
over
ans
plus
Moreover, salary remains (for almost one in two of them) a central concern ahead of continued
employment;
Première
Main préoccupation
concern
Salary
Niveaulevel
de salaire
Time
spent
workingau travail
Temps
consacré
39
28
33
Europe
Europe
46
44
24
27
30
29
39
27
34
Continued
employment
Maintien de
l'emploi
34
34
27
35
39
31
18-24ans 25-34
25-34ans 35-44
35-44ans 45-54
45-54
years
18-24
ans 55 ans
et
years
years
years
years
andplus
over
The impact of the shift to digital for young employees in Europe


The youngest employees are extremely familiar (higher than average) with digital technology
Employees aged 25-34 have the most positive perceptions of the impact of digital technology on their
daily work
Familiarity
with digital
on a daily basis
Familiarité
avec letechnology
digital au quotidien
Perceived
impact
motivation au
at work
Impact
perçu
sur laonmotivation
travail
STFamiliar
Familiers
ST
79
73
Europe
Europe
78
Positive
Positif
Neutral
Neutre
Negative
Négatif
12
14
13
12
12
12
40
40
36
40
43
45
40
39
43
41
39
38
74
69
67
18-24
ans 25-34
ans 35-44
ans 5555ans
et
18-24
25-34
35-44ans 45-54
45-54
years
plus
years
years
years
years
and over
Europe
Europe
18-24ans 25-34
25-34ans 35-44
45-54 ans 55
18-24
35-44 ans 45-54
55years
ans et
years
years
years
years
andplus
over
2
Impact
perçuimpact
sur lesoncompétences
Perceived
skills
Positif
Positive
Négatif
Negative
8
6
8
8
7
7
35
35
30
34
39
38
51
50
55
50
48
49
Europe
18-24ans 25-34
25-34ans 35-44
35-44 ans 45-54
45-54ans 55
18-24
55years
ans et
years
years
years
years
andplus
over
Europe

Neutre
Neutral
Employees in the 25-34-year age group also have one of the highest levels of concern when it comes to
the effects on work-life balance; this age group is the most exposed (together with 35-44-year-old
employees, who are likely to have young children) to the phenomenon of 'blurring' and the need to
balance work life and personal life).
Their expectations regarding new managerial practices and working methods are also high and similar
to those of their elders - whereas 18-24-year-old employees are less critical about these issues.
Insufficient
Perceived
impact
on work-lifede
balance
Impact
perçu
sur l’équilibre
vie
Positive
Positif
Neutral
Neutre
Attention paid to new ways of working
Attention portée aux nouveaux modes d’organisation du travail
Negative
Négatif
Insuffisante
Insufficient
18
14
39
40
20
18
17
14
33
37
43
46
42
38
36
Europe
Europe
38
36
34
40
31
44
45
39
33
18-24ans 25-34
25-34ans 35-44
45-54 ans 5555years
18-24
35-44 ans 45-54
ans et
years
years
years
years
plus
and over
Europe
Europe
18-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55 years
18-24
ans 25-34
ans 35-44
ans 55and
ansover
et
years
years
yearsans 45-54
years
plus
Media contacts:
Ipsos France Julia Pironon / [email protected]
Edenred +33 (0)1 74 31 86 27 / [email protected]
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