Study: Young Employees Want to Change Jobs More Often

The latest work climate index of the AK Upper Austria particularly shows among young employees the desire for advancement opportunities and change. Only 14 percent of 16 to 25-year-olds and a quarter of 26 to 35-year-olds want to stay in their current company and profession. One third of 16 to 25-year-olds and 26 to 35-year-olds respectively want to advance in their field of activity. In contrast, 70 percent of those over 45 want to stay in the same position and company.

AK Work Climate Index: Majority of Young People Desire Job Change

The Chamber of Labor Upper Austria (AK OÖ) creates the work climate index together with the research institutes IFES and FORESIGHT. For this, around 4,000 employees in Austria are surveyed annually.

The high professional burden and the declining job satisfaction are, according to AK OÖ, the reason for the high willingness to change among the young. "Only if working conditions are created in which employees can work satisfied and healthy, will they want to stay in the companies," said AK President Andreas Stangl in a statement. Here, "employers are to be held accountable."

Managers Complain About High Burden

The Chamber of Labor has also surveyed managers. The work climate index reveals that despite higher satisfaction with income and advancement opportunities, they feel a high burden from the management tasks themselves.

In view of the survey results, the AK demands better management of overtime and excessively long working hours and no interruptions of recovery phases by professional obligations to improve satisfaction in the long term. A focus must be placed on the "quality of leadership and the expansion of health-promoting measures" to achieve this.

(APA/Red)

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