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For our 25th anniversary, four panelists debated the evolution of employer-employee relationships. Here are five standout moments from this discussion, led by our co-president
08 June 2023
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As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations, and to round off the festivities in style, we invited four renowned panellists to discuss this exciting and polarizing theme: the evolution of employer-employee roles and relationships. Here are the 5 highlights of this round table, moderated by Elisabeth Starenkyj and Annie Bissonnette, both Co-Presidents and Senior Associates of La tête chercheuse.
“Sometimes I see myself as a cheerleader for my employees’ happiness.” – Sheila Morin, Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Coveo
“I’m a marketing person and now head of a marketing team. I never studied human resources, but today 75% of my time is devoted to human resources! It’s a gift for me to see these ambitious young people grow up, but it’s not always easy, and it upsets me from time to time. Sometimes I feel like a cheerleader for my employees’ happiness, and that’s not easy every day.”
“That’s 100 fewer hours worked per year in the last 30 years!” – Francis Gosselin, Consultant, economist and speaker
“Since the 1980s, people have been working less and less. It’s a matter of a quarter-hour a week, but year after year, people are working less. Around the ’80s, people in Canada were working an average of 1,900 hours a year. In Quebec, it was a little under that, around 1890 hours. That’s 100 hours less worked per year over the past 30 years! It’s imperceptible, and the phenomenon will continue.
According to Statistics Canada: At the beginning of the 20th century, workers generally worked 60-hour weeks spread over 6 days. By 1960, a 5-day week of 37 to 40 hours had become the norm, since established by custom or collective bargaining. This standard is further reinforced by laws which provide for additional pay for hours worked over a certain threshold. But we also have to take into account the recent increase in jobs with short working hours (part-time jobs).
“Today’s young people don’t want to be evaluated on opinions.” – Sheila Morin, CMO, Corporate Marketing, Coveo
“OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) are a method that is part of the company’s values. […] For our employees, it’s a beacon, a framework and benchmarks that enable them to evaluate their work on a basis that’s not intangible. Employees at Coveo don’t want to be evaluated on opinions or intuition, they want it to be clear and precise and for us to be able to track their work in a very quantitative way.”
OKRs include an objective – a clearly defined goal – and 3-5 key results, specific measures used to track the achievement of that objective. The aim of the OKR is to define how to achieve the objectives through concrete, specific and measurable actions.
“More than 66% of millennial and Generation Z workers think their employer depends on them more than the other way around.” – Philippe Léger, columnist and journalist
“If we ask the question: ‘Who do you think depends more on each other, the employer or the worker? ” Over 66% of millennials and Generation Z workers will answer that their employer depends more on them than the opposite. It’s a paradigm.
Philippe Léger took part in 6 editions of L’étude Jeunesse imagined by Léger, calling on 3,000 respondents (Generation Z and millennials) to answer these surveys about their future, employment or their expectations of their employer.
We’re often told: “What’s the point of coming to work side by side in the office? ” – Maxime Dubois, Co-CEO, Altitude Sports
“We’re a company built around a mix of tech and retail, so we have different profiles within the company. We’re 100% hybrid, and to create cohesion, we have activities that are close to our values (sport), such as outdoor activities. […] We’re often told: “What’s the point of coming into the office to work side by side? Let’s face it, when you do everything by teleconference, everything’s a bit more complicated. One thing’s for sure, we’re not quite there yet when it comes to telecommuting.
Source: Regroupement des jeunes chambres de commerce and Léger survey on the job market and the needs and expectations of 16-35 year-olds: While half of young professionals (51%) have the opportunity to telework, 42% do so, even if only occasionally. On the other hand, 49% do not have the possibilitý to work from home. The average number of days spent in the office per week is 2.6.
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