This evocative quote was brought back into the spotlight by the character of Évelyne Sainte-Marie, the ambitious financial authority in the series Before the Crash played by Karine Vanasse. Frenchwoman Laure Adler is well known in the French-speaking world for her books and her great career in the media.

“Workers, particularly those from younger generations, tolerate less and less the culture of secrecy and salary secrecy advocated by certain companies. This culture has too often served as a basis for salary inequities, to the detriment of women and minorities,” indicates the new Guide on transparency in remuneration from the Order of Chartered Human Resources Advisors of Quebec, which has just been published. Moreover, nearly one in two organizations (48%) have reviewed their practices for disclosing salary information in recent years or plan to do so, reveals the most recent survey conducted by the Order, and 90% of workers consider it important to access salary information for a position before applying. Not to mention that one in four people (25%) say they have already withdrawn from a recruitment process due to a level of salary transparency deemed unsatisfactory.

According to the most recent annual study by Concilivi, an initiative of the Réseau pour un Québec Famille (RPQF), difficulties in reconciling family and work have increased to return to pre-pandemic levels. Three out of five respondents (59%) find family-work balance easy most of the time compared to 67% in 2022. However, three out of five respondents (59%) also find it a source of stress important. Although 66% of respondents consider themselves well informed about the measures facilitating family-work balance offered within the framework of their employment, this number is lower than last year’s 74%. Concilivi fears that the progress observed during the pandemic, particularly with the advent of teleworking, will tend to crumble. In fact, nearly two in three workers (62%) would be willing to change jobs if they were offered better family-work balance measures. In 2022, 56% were considering it. Another relevant indicator from the study carried out among 3,030 working parents or caregivers: 62% reported having provided unpaid support at least one hour per week to one or more relatives with an illness, disability or temporary or permed.

Using technologies for senior employment will transform the lives of older workers and change the perception of aging in society, says Thai scientist Piyachart Phiromswad, who studies technological, social and economic ways to unlock the power of a global population aging. In his conference broadcast on the platform of the organization TED, specializing in technology, science and business, he explains how to compensate for the reduction in muscular strength and dexterity. “Let’s imagine a slip-on suit with cheap and accessible exoskeleton technologies that increases core muscle strength,” he explains. It also offers a robotic arm for the elderly surgeon who has lost his dexterity or even software integrated into a cell phone that would increase cognitive abilities like a companion brain. Older workers would have work-related information available at all times, without the need to memorize everything. “If we can do this, I believe we can become a wealthy and healthy aging society. »

While current leaders believe they are strong leaders, 68% of Generation Z disagree, reports Forbes magazine. And even if these same leaders perceive Generation Z as lazy, this idea is not yet confirmed by current data, specifies Forbes. How to reconcile the Z and the managers in place? By setting an example, advises the magazine. An organization must not just describe its leadership, its managers must exhibit the behaviors associated with this leadership. Then, the vast majority of the leadership training budget is allocated to managers and senior leaders. Imagine if leadership skills training was offered to beginners, suggests Forbes. Imagine what a significant boost this would bring to the business as a whole.