“Before the Covid, teleworking was not a criterion. Now it is! » This is how Kani Diakité, freshly graduated from EM Normandie, sums up her choice. In early 2022, she landed a position as innovation product manager in a group in the Ile-de-France region, with three to four days of teleworking per week. A sine qua non for Kani, who lives in Vernon, in Eure. To get to the office, he needs at least three hours of public transport, round trip. If the trains are on time. During her job search, she admits having even refused a position, which required a daily presence. “For me, it’s impossible, now, to go back! I care too much about this organization. »
If she says she’s ready to come a little more to the office ” if necessary “in particular to create more links with his colleagues, Kani prefers to stay in this Normandy town, with his family, rather than settling in the capital. “When I hear Parisians talking about their small apartment at 1,000 euros a month, I say to myself that yes, I have transport and gas costs, but that it is still profitable in comparison”she decides.
“I couldn’t stand the idea of paying an arm for a chicken coop and a sofa bed! »
Adélie Montagnier also made the choice of distance. Originally from Orléans, she moved to Paris in 2018. Initially, this graduate of the ICN Business School relished the dynamism of the capital. Until the lockdown announcement. “My mother took care of me throughout this period. It was there that I realized the quality of life in his house, close to the countryside. It corresponded better to my personal expectations”, remembers Adelie. After almost two years of teleworking in these conditions, returning to his studio becomes unthinkable for him: “I couldn’t stand the idea of paying an arm for a chicken coop and a sofa bed! »
So, at 28, Adélie asks the recruitment firm that employs her to switch to permanent telework. For several months, she has been returning to Paris for two days every two weeks. The rest of the time, she works from her spacious apartment in Orleans, close to her family and friends: “I can come to the office in an hour by train if necessary. I feel free, with my own rhythm of work, while keeping the link with my colleagues. »
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Like Adélie and Kani, the idea of a softer life in the region, while keeping his Parisian post, thanks to teleworking, is beginning to attract more and more young graduates. A Cadremploi survey revealed in the summer of 2021 that 82% of Parisian executives wanted to leave. More than a third said they were ready to go back and forth if necessary. As for the report “People at work 2022” from ADP Research Institute, it shows that young employees demand telecommuting. At the question “If my employer insisted that I return to my full-time workplace, I would consider looking for another job”asked at the end of 2021, 71% of 18-24 year olds and 66% of 25-34 year olds agreed.
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