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Quiet quitting in France

Business Daily

BBC

News, Business

4.4796 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Why are so many young French people feeling demotivated and quitting their jobs?

Sabrina Teresi had a high-paying job as an engineer. She’d studied for years to qualify. She enjoyed the job at first but soon felt demotivated and after 3 years decided to quit.

Polls show more and more young workers are struggling to find the energy to do their job, suffering from boredom and quitting their jobs. Is France facing an epidemic of laziness? Or are companies simply not adapting fast enough to new ways of working?

Presenter / producer: Joshua Thorpe Image: Sabrina Teresi; Credit: Sabrina Teresi

Transcript

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0:00.0

In 2008, 23-year-old Norwegian student Martina Vic Magnuson was killed in an apartment near Mayfair.

0:08.3

Hours after her death, the only suspect in the case fled the UK to Yemen.

0:13.4

He's never been questioned by the police.

0:16.2

I'm Noelle Makhaffi, and I made a promise to Martina's family 15 years ago to find out what happened.

0:22.7

Murder in Mayfair.

0:24.4

Part of the documentary, find it wherever you get your BBC podcasts.

0:31.5

Hello and welcome to Business Daily on the BBC World Service.

0:37.0

On today's episode, Quiet Quitting Al-A Francaise.

0:41.1

Why are so many young French people feeling demotivated at work? Recent surveys show more and more

0:48.3

young workers are struggling to find the energy to do their job, suffering from boredom and quitting

0:53.9

their jobs in droves.

0:55.7

I felt demotivated and I had to go at the office every day. I work better on my sofa.

1:02.6

So is France facing an epidemic of laziness? Or are companies simply not adapting fast enough

1:09.4

to new ways of working?

1:11.2

During recruitment process, young people are asking more and more about the company's conditions

1:17.6

in terms of flexibility and work-life balance, in terms of working remotely,

1:22.7

in terms of time slots, etc., etc.

1:25.3

That's all coming up in this edition of Business Daily.

1:31.4

I was bored because I can't be really myself.

1:38.0

I can't really express myself, my feelings, my creativity.

1:43.1

I felt a little enclosed.

1:47.5

Sabrina Terezy, who's in her early 30s, had a high-paying job as an engineer.

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