What do workers want?

Here’s a snapshot of the Executive summary of a recent TUC poll of almost 3000 workers.

Most people are satisfied with their jobs, but around one in four is neither satisfied with their job, nor would speak highly about their organisation as an employer. Nearly six million workers in Britain are dissatisfied with their jobs.

Almost one in three workers says their organization does not fully engage them and less than half the workforce (46%) agree their employer deserves their loyalty.

The top attributes that people look for in a job are fair pay, working with great people and the chance to learn new skills. The biggest gaps between aspiration and reality are for promotion opportunities, fair pay and the chance to learn new skills.

The commonest problems that people report at work gather into three groups:

Pay
Just under half the workforce say their pay has not kept up with the cost of living (42 per cent) and significant proportions say that their workplace has unfair pay structures (26 per cent) or they do not get the same pay as people doing similar jobs for other organizations (31%).

Workloads, stress and hours
The biggest complaint is of an increased workload (46 per cent), with 39 per cent complaining of increased stress levels and 23 per cent of longer working hours.

Training and progression
30% complain of poor promotion prospects and 27 per cent say they lack training.

Those who are dissatisfied with their job in general report much higher levels of boring, repetitive work, little opportunity to progress and a lack of training - a significant group of the workforce are stuck in boring dead-end jobs.


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