Business · Companies · 2 hrs ago
Italian automation firm plans to pass skills from senior staff to younger workers
Elettrotecnica Imolese, an industrial electrical automation services company based in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna region, has 240 employees.
It hires about 50 people a year, mostly young workers, and staff from several generations work together.
Several managers and technical specialists are expected to retire over the next five years.
The company wants to preserve the skills and knowledge they have built up.
It has formed a team to work with younger employees, arranged on-the-job guidance and created meetings to discuss development goals.
Some retired workers continue part-time, while some staff nearing retirement are taking on roles that support younger colleagues’ growth.
The effort is intended to maintain technical standards and help the company adapt, but building a shared workplace culture takes time.
Elettrotecnica Imolese is working to transfer specialist knowledge from senior employees to younger workers.
Chief executive Massimo Foresti said several managers and technicians are expected to retire in the next five years.
The company says it hires about 50 people a year, mainly young workers, and has 240 employees.
Its measures include mentoring, teamwork, part-time work for some retired staff and changes to the roles of employees nearing retirement.
Foresti said building a culture in which generations work together takes time and requires listening and exchange.
- Who
- Elettrotecnica Imolese, an industrial automation services company led by chief executive Massimo Foresti.
- What
- The company is working to pass specialist knowledge from senior staff to younger workers.
- When
- The company has started addressing generational succession; several central staff are expected to retire within the next five years.
- Where
- The company is based in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, with its registered office in Mordano, near Imola, and sites and offices in San Marino, Sasso Marconi and Sassuolo.
- Why
- To avoid losing internal knowledge and specialist skills as central managers and technicians retire.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
We hire 50 people a year, mainly young people.
The goal is not to lose the wealth of knowledge and specialist skills that exists within our company.
No generation has all the answers.
The value comes precisely from the ability to bring these perspectives together, create opportunities to meet and build bridges between different generations.
Elettrotecnica Imolese grew significantly, according to Foresti.
The company has 240 employees and says it is hiring about 50 people a year, mainly young workers.
Several central managers and technicians are expected to retire.
- Annual hiring
- About 50 people, mainly young workers
- Workforce
- 240 employees
- Expected retirements
- Several central managers and technicians in the next five years
- Registered office
- Mordano, near Imola, Emilia-Romagna
- Other sites and offices
- San Marino, Sasso Marconi and Sassuolo
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