A challenge for (as many as) half of employers

As shown in ADP's study "People at Work 2021: A Global Workforce View," almost 50% of Polish workers are considering changing employers. Compared to the rest of the countries of the old continent - we are definitely in favor of change. The distribution by category looks interesting:

• Women 54%
• Men 50%
• Generation "Z" 60%

All hands on deck

The ADP report indicates that we are not attached to the workplace. Only one in four employees say they intend to stay with their current company in the next 2-5 years. Contrary to earlier predictions, the pandemic situation has not turned the employee market, into an employer market. As a result, potential employees (especially young people) are speaking more boldly about their expectations from their future employer. They do not want to work at the expense of their private lives. Very long and frequent staying overtime, working on weekends, etc. are not an option. Young people value life-work balance very highly and care about their private environment. The economic factor also comes into play. The world is recovering from the pandemic, and with it the global economy. As a result, employers' demand for workers is very high. Young people are well aware of this fact and are boldly making demands for attractive salaries, especially when it comes to qualified individuals.

HR facing a challenge

At this point it is also worth mentioning the results of ManpowerGroup's "Talent Shortage" survey, which shows that 8 out of 10 employers in Poland have problems finding employees with the right qualifications for them. This is a very large scale of growth. In 2019, 70 percent of companies talked about this problem, but in 2018 the percentage was 51 percent. Here we can see an upward trend of more than a third.

Deterioration of living conditions

The pandemic situation, and thus the closure of many branches of economies around the world, must have caused and indeed did cause a significant financial crisis. The economy barely stood on its feet after the severe blow. As a result, many employees faced pay cuts, reduced working hours or even job cuts. It is hardly surprising, then, that a gro of them did not tie their future to their current jobs. Concerned about their employment and maintaining their lives at the current level, it was not uncommon for employees to decide on measures to improve their financial conditions. A popular method to reduce the fixed costs incurred each month was to move to a place that allowed them to rent an apartment at a much lower price. Working remotely was another solution that allowed employees to perform tasks related to their work from anywhere in Poland or the world. As a result, many Poles chose to return their hometowns, where much lower rates of Covid's were reported than in large metropolitan areas.