The French brush is not only a specialist in the “Made in France” toothbrush, it is also a SME comparable to so many others where the rigors of employment make people doubt more about working Long.
by Julien Lemaignen (Beauvais (Oise) – Special Envoy)
In the Beauvais Employment Basin (Oise), the French brush is not equal to the Masset Massey-Ferguson, which spreads its tractors as far as the eye can see on car parks along the railway. Regardless: the SME installed behind the station prides itself on another glory title, that of producing eight million toothbrushes each year. Its former industrial director, Olivier Rémoissonnet, 52, resumed the company in 2012 while it ran to the liquidation, weakened by Chinese competition. He relaunched the activity thanks to the expertise of employees, “made in France” and eco -responsible products.
Business is well -6 million euros in turnover today against 3 million in 2012 -, but many, among the thirty -four employees, see suspiciously the pension reform which could upset their careers. Trimant workers on the righteous – these machines which plant at the speed of lightning of small bouquets of nylon threads in the head of toothbrushes – to the boss, each echoes the questions heard in recent weeks In the parliamentary debate and on the street: is the reform necessary? Just ? Well thought out? In a word: appropriate?
“We talk about it and sometimes it rises in temperature”, laughs Julien, 36 years old (he does not wish to give his last name), responsible for ensuring the maintenance and adjustment of the machines. The discrepancy from 62 years to 64 years of the legal retirement age, associated with the acceleration of the increase in the duration of subscription, gives off a scent of injustice here. First of all because on the channel, the work is wearing. White blouse of rigor and Charlotte on the hair, Sylvie Boy accounts: “Noise, repetitive gestures, quirky timetables, standing posture.” 2>
Evening and morning hours from one week to the next
This 59 -year -old worker, entry into the brush at 17, affects 1,650 euros net over thirteen months. She alternates evening and morning schedules from one week to the next. In recent times, hiring has been temporarily advanced by an hour at 5 am, which allows you to close the workshop on Friday afternoon in order to save energy while preserving productivity. But you have to leave the bed in the middle of the night and “it’s hard”.
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