According to new research from Randstand, this year is the first time that financial gain is not the main reason for changing your job.
Income levels were offered as a reason by 38% of those surveyed. However, 40% indicated the desire for professional development and 40% also indicated dissatisfaction with their current employer as a reason for looking for a new job.
Radio Poland spoke to Natalia Pisarek, a human resources expert with Korn Ferry Organisational Consulting, to discover whether Poland is unusually idealistic or anti-materialist.
"On the contrary, this survey suggests that Poland is very much following global trends for wealthier countries. Globally, the younger generation, "GenZ", is much more interested in quality of life. Salary is not enough if it means sacrificing job satisfaction, family and friends or hobbies."
According to Pisarek, this trend is the more powerful because it is becoming intergenerational. A typical situation at work today is when a younger employee leaves work on time or expects other aspects of labour law to be respected. Older employees, members of Generation Y or X witness this and see that employees are not necessarily fired for this "lack of devotion" and they start leaving work on time as well. Of course this mechanism works fastest when there is an "employee market", one where the employees typically have other job offers to take up. This is currently the case in Poland in particular in certain sectors such as construction.
Sources: PAP
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