Workers in Hong Kong are more concerned about their salaries than others around the world. And almost four in 10 workers here are so unhappy about their current job that they are 'seriously considering leaving', according to a poll of about 30,000 employees worldwide.
The survey, conducted this year by recruitment consultancy Mercer, also indicated a high level of discontent among Hong Kong employees with their bosses.
Of the 1,000 local workers polled, only 39 per cent rated their benefits package as good. Only 47 per cent said their bosses showed concern for employees' well-being. However, 50 per cent also said their bosses knew how to set clear work objectives.
Mercer's study, released yesterday, covered Hong Kong and 16 countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific region.
With 100 as a base score, Hong Kong employees gave 'base pay' a score of 121, higher than the global average of 106. But unlike workers in other parts of the world who rated 'being treated with respect' and 'work-life balance' as the two most important factors in their work, local workers only gave respective scores of 109 and 104 to the two factors. That compares with the global respective averages of 119 and 111.
Among the factors local workers cared least about was 'having flexible working arrangements', with a score of 86. Despite the figures, Hong Kong workers were not the least loyal.
