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More and more employees in Germany are dissatisfied with their job.
Almost every third employee in Germany (28 percent) is thinking of resigning in the next three to six months.
The most important reason: too little money for the work done.
This is the result of the new McKinsey study »Great Attrition«.
Around 16,000 employees in nine European countries were interviewed, in Germany there were 1286 respondents.
Of these, 36 percent were dissatisfied with their managers, and 34 percent lacked prospects for professional development and promotion.
Logically, the most important reasons for not resigning are appropriate remuneration (50 percent said so), reliability and helpfulness in the team (39 percent) and flexibility (38 percent).
The desire for flexibility in particular increased significantly during the corona pandemic, says Julian Kirchherr, partner at McKinsey.
»One in three employees in Germany wants to resign – this number should shake companies awake.
Anyone who is not making an effort to keep their employees will be hit particularly hard by the recession,” says Kirchherr.
»With inflation in excess of ten percent, companies now have to make quick adjustments to their remuneration packages, and also focus on targeted personnel development.«
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In Poland, the proportion of employees who want to quit in the near future was highest at 50 percent, and lowest in Austria at 26 percent.
The survey shows another problem area across countries: in addition to the employees who are toying with the idea of resigning, there are those who do not want to resign but are still very dissatisfied with their job.
According to this, well over a third of the workforce is unmotivated.
It would be quite easy to remedy the situation, as Kirchherr summarizes laconically: »The formula for the whereabouts of the employees is: fair wages, fair bosses and nice teams.«
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