Talent management solutions provider StepStone Solutions has rebranded as Lumesse.

The move comes as Lumesse reveals its findings of employee attitudes to their jobs and employers. Sourced from almost 4,000 employees in larger companies in 14 countries worldwide, including the US, UK, Germany and China, the survey reveals the different attitudes to work and employers among older and younger workers, men and women, and different regions.

The survey finds the oldest and youngest workers were the happiest, with employees starting work and nearing retirement consistently reporting higher levels of workplace satisfaction than their stressed-out, mid-career colleagues.

Meanwhile, disparity in pay rises, training opportunities and job satisfaction between men and women were still common, suggesting that not all employers have made good progress in equalising the workplace experience between the sexes in recent years.

Other key findings include:

· US employees are most likely to describe their companies as very successful; Swedish the least.

· French employees are the most loyal, while Scandinavians are the happiest. UK employees rank second last for job satisfaction.

· Chinese staff are almost three times as likely to report large pay rises as the global average.

· Less than a quarter of employees always feel trusted to make important decisions.

· More men (10%) than women (8%) report a large pay increase (over 20%) since 2008

· Almost 40% of older workers (aged 56-60) believe they will be recognised and rewarded if they work harder or take extra responsibility; only 19% of Gen Y (aged 18-25) agree.