The changing nature of work in the third sector in Glasgow
Glasgow?s third sector workforce faces a range of challenges that includes responding to economic austerity, welfare reforms, and the changing nature of paid work. Within this context, the Glasgow Centre for Population Health commissioned research which involved interviewing 163 staff from 71 third sector organisations, drawn from approximately 11,000 employees across the city. Some of the key results to emerge from the study were: - Third sector jobs were viewed as having many of the features of ?good jobs? i.e. characterised by flexibility, teamwork, support, autonomy, influence, and a relatively high level of security. - The majority of employees felt that their pay and conditions adequately reflected the effort they put in at work. - Four out of five were on full-time ?permanent? contracts. However, these ?permanent? jobs were often linked to time-limited funding. - A small number of workers reported passing a ?tipping point? of demoralisation and depletion.
