“This generation is brave. Sarah El Haïry, Secretary of State in charge of Youth and Universal National Service, was Cyril Viguier’s guest on the political program “Face aux Territoires” on TV5 Monde, this Thursday. She answered a question 20 minutes from our #MoiJeune panel, with OpnionWay. According to this selfie of 18-30 year olds, for 51% of young people, the value of work does not speak to them or means nothing. So how to re-enchant work when you will have to work until you are 64?
“I actually believe that it is not so much the question of the value of work as of the value of work, explains the Secretary of State. Today, this youth, it is hyper committed. A [jeune] in four is involved in associations, one in two has mobilized politically for a cause regardless of the form of their commitment. And so they want to be in tune with the company they work in and basically it’s the value of the work. Remuneration of course, but the fair sharing of wealth, the impact on the environment, discrimination within companies themselves. »
Sarah El Haïry concludes: “I will never say that this generation is lazy. It’s not true. This generation, it undertakes, this generation, it is courageous in a world which is hustling, which is transforming. This generation is deeply demanding. »