Staying or Leaving: Depending on how you slice the data, employees around the
world either are restless and ready to move, or content and intend to stay at
their jobs for the foreseeable future. BlessingWhite, a consulting company in
Princeton, New Jersey, published results of an employee engagement survey that
collected responses from 4,500 workers on four continents. Nearly six in 10
employees (58 percent) “definitely” plan to remain with their employer in 2008,
down from 65 percent in 2006. At the same time, the number of those who
“probably” will stay is up about 5 percent to 34 percent (from 29 percent in
2006). Still, a growing number of workers are eager to move on. Eight percent
say there is “no way” they will stick with their current job; 6 percent
expressed this sentiment two years ago.
Despite recessionary gloom and doom predicted for the U.S. economy, American
workers display the highest levels of job satisfaction, according to
BlessingWhite. Presuming they have a choice, 60 percent of U.S. workers say
definitively that they plan to remain with their employer, while 32 percent say
they are likely to stay put. Only 7 percent are committed to changing jobs in
2008. Employees in the Asia-Pacific region also expressed high levels of job
satisfaction. By contrast, 11 percent of European workers are committed to
finding new employers.
According to BlessingWhite, the biggest driver of employee dissatisfaction
isn’t necessarily lack of money. The majority of employees with no plans to roam
“like their work and the conditions under which they do it.” Conversely, most
employees contemplating a move want to “pursue personal growth or advancement”
in their professional careers.
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