Worker Satisfaction of Job Rotations in Brazilian Poultry Slaughterhouses: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

This cross-sectional study aimed to analyze the poultry slaughterhouse workers’ satisfaction of job rotations, as well as verify the association of job rotation schemes and bodily discomfort perception. Workers from two Brazilian poultry slaughterhouses were selected randomly (n = 235) and interviewed about job rotations and bodily discomfort. The binary logistic regression between the job rotation schemes (≤1h and >1h) and the bodily discomfort perception were applied (p ≤ 0.05). Most workers performed job rotations (n = 226 workers; 96.2%) with 2–9 tasks, and of these, 96.5% were satisfied with this work organization. The main reasons for this satisfaction were activities’ diversification (60.9%), decreased tiredness (56.2%), reduced monotony (17.4%) and alternation between standing and sitting (11.1%). Additionally, of those who performed rotations, 94 (41.6%) workers felt bodily discomfort. There was not a significant association (p = 0.759) between the task durations that made up the rotations (≤1h and >1h) and the workers’ bodily discomfort perception.