Unmo, Sweden’s largest neighborhood for the restaurant trade, has lately performed an intensive market survey amongst its members. The survey, which gathered responses from tons of of execs throughout the trade, reveals a powerful sense of delight and neighborhood amongst these working within the sector. On the identical time, it highlights a big problem: many exterior the trade take it as a right and underestimate its significance.
The outcomes communicate for themselves:
- 92% of respondents specific delight in working within the restaurant trade.
- Probably the most rewarding features are their colleagues, interactions with friends, and the chance to work with their ardour.
- 81% really feel a powerful sense of neighborhood throughout the trade, with colleagues and private improvement being essential components for staying within the occupation.
- 76% consider there are enough alternatives for improvement throughout the trade.
- In the meantime, 39% really feel that individuals exterior the trade view their work negatively.
In Sweden, roughly 200,000 individuals work within the restaurant trade, a sector that, regardless of its dimension and significance, is commonly met with prejudice and misunderstanding.
Widespread reactions from others when professionals speak about their work embrace feedback like “What are you going to do subsequent?”, “Is not it powerful?”, and “When are you going to get an actual job?” – questions that sign an absence of recognition of the occupation as a long-term profession path. Regardless of these prejudices, the survey reveals that there’s a deep ardour and robust dedication throughout the trade.
“It’s clear that there’s monumental delight and neighborhood throughout the restaurant trade,” says Johan Mårtensson from Unmo. “However on the identical time, there’s frustration that the occupation is commonly seen as one thing momentary or much less invaluable. We need to spotlight the fervour and talent that every day contributes to creating wonderful experiences. It‘s time for the general public to recognise the large significance of the trade.”
The survey additionally reveals a powerful want throughout the trade to drive change. Many are calling for enhancements in wages, work contracts, and a discount in stress ranges. On the identical time, personnel administration, discovering the correct expertise, and time constraints are a number of the largest challenges for these working companies.
“At Unmo, we see this as a possibility not solely to proceed strengthening cohesion throughout the trade but in addition to make seen the improbable neighborhood that already exists at the moment,” says Nathalie Jörnheim, Group Supervisor at Unmo. “We need to be a power for optimistic change and present that the restaurant trade is filled with profession alternatives, broad experience, and creativity – an extremely essential sector for society that deserves to be appreciated for what it’s.”
Unmo continues its work to strengthen the trade’s fame by way of numerous initiatives and options on its platform, with the objective of fixing the overall notion of the restaurant world and inspiring extra individuals to see it as a long-term and invaluable profession path.
For extra details about the survey, Unmo, or to rearrange an interview with one in all our neighborhood members, kindly use contact particulars under.
Adam Mikkelsen
Communications Supervisor
adam.mikkelsen@unmo.se
