Investment Quebec struggling with morale after office return mandate
Only 45% of employees trust management after new three-day-in-office requirement, internal survey shows.
The requirement that Investment Quebec employees return to the office three days a week has weighed heavily on staff morale, according to the organization's president and CEO Bicha Ngo during a parliamentary committee hearing Wednesday.
An internal survey of IQ employees conducted in March revealed significant dissatisfaction across the organization. Only 45 per cent of employees said they trust management. Some 67 per cent would recommend IQ as an employer — a figure that suggests the office mandate may be pushing people away from what was otherwise a stable workplace.
Investment Quebec is the province's financial arm, responsible for supporting economic development. When morale drops this sharply, it affects the organization's ability to do that work. The data suggests the return-to-office policy, rolled out without enough consultation, created friction instead of building the collaborative culture the province intended.