Caixa Bankers Health Crisis: Fenae Research Confirms

A new national survey conducted by Fenae (National Federation of Caixa Personnel Associations) lights a warning about the health of bank and banking of Caixa Econômica Federal. The preliminary results of the survey reveal a worrying scenario of physical and mental illness, mainly mainly from the pressure by unattainable goals, the constant fear of loss of function and the absence of meaning at work.

The study, which investigated psychosocial risks and aspects of work organization, shows that more than half of employees (55%) feel pressured to sell products that you find unnecessary to customers. For 41%, the threat of decommissioning is permanent, and almost a third (28%) claims to see no purpose in their daily activities.

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Among the most harmful factors pointed out are excessive charges for results, the accelerated pace, the intense inspection and the insufficient number of personnel, due to the lack of competitions. The rigidity of norms and out of reality goals also appear as elements that enhance suffering.

The survey also reveals an alarming data: one in three employees (32%) resorts to medicines for work related to the work. In addition, more than one third reported having faced a physical (36%) or mental (37%) health problem in the last 12 months. Today, mental health departures (58%) already surpass the departures for physical causes (53%), revealing the severity of the crisis.

Another serious aspect is the duration of removal: almost 30% of them extend for six months or more, further overwhelming who remains in activity and generating a vicious circle of illness. The majority perception of the category (61%) is that Caixa does not offer adequate support to the mental health of its workers.

Given this scenario, Fenae argues that effective health policies that face the structural causes of the problem be prioritized, focusing on the management and organization of work, not just individual solutions.

“Research data confirm what we have heard from employees across the country: the way work is organized in Caixa is getting sick people. Charging for unreachable goals and job insecurity have generated an unsustainable environment. We cannot naturalize that more than half of the category use medicines for work -related reasons. This is a serious alert that should mobilize both Caixa management and workers’ entities,” the president reinforces the direction. From Fenae, Sergio Takeemoto.

For Takeemoto, research shows that the problem is not in the workers, but in the structure of the work imposed by management. “It is urgent to review this model and implement policies that put the health and dignity of employees in the first place. Defending the health of Caixa bankers is also to defend the quality of care to the population, because sick workers cannot provide the public service with the excellence that Brazilians deserve,” he said.