“With my colleagues, it’s very easy, but we remain careful with our hierarchy” | EUROtoday

Every morning, for a 12 months, Simon (who didn’t want to give his final title) took the prepare from Menton-Garavan station (Alpes-Maritimes), route Monaco. The younger man, aged 21 on the time, joined the power firm for which he labored part-time. A tough time for him, because the journey was typically punctuated by incidents with migrants. One morning, two cops knowledgeable him {that a} migrant was below his seat. “Everything happened very quickly, the man was arrested, the police treated him like an animal and made fun of him. » When he arrives at work, he expresses his emotion to his colleagues. His manager, who takes the same train line, tells the same story. From another point of view. “He said: ‘It’s horrible, these stories; last time it was me who had to call the police because a migrant was hiding.” »

In July, involved by the rise within the vote in favor of the National Rally in his area of Provence, the younger man, who now works within the CSR (social duty) division of an natural cosmetics firm, determined to put in writing a message to the eye of his colleagues. A textual content “to note the proposals of political parties on all ecological issues”. “Social issues are very present in my missions, I found it essential to take a position at the time of the elections by doing popularization”he says. He writes a textual content that he considers “factual and without affect” which he posts on the intranet for the 350 staff. “Within five minutes, I was told by management to tell me that we couldn’t do that, because it wasn’t legal. » According to the latter, the red line had been crossed.

How to talk about politics in business? This is the dilemma for some young, newly recruited graduates. The news of recent months – legislative elections, rise in voting for the extreme right and budgetary austerity – has multiplied and revived the opportunities to address hot topics in the office. If freedom of expression is a principle engraved in the Constitution, “it may be limited to promote the proper functioning of the company”recollects the social regulation lawyer at Bersay Anne-Lise Puget. A precept which appears understood by a majority of staff. In a survey carried out in 2022 on the time of the presidential election, Linkedin revealed that 52% of staff approached politics with “diplomacy”when 33% felt that the topic was “too risky”.

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